A hive of alien creatures comes to rest on a new planet, and you are the hive.
The Great Swarm
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The Swarm was in danger. The Not-Swarm in their myriad, incomprehensible forms crept every closer. Gravity spikes were deployed to pull their fleets from warp, and still they came. Life-forged ships as large as moons swept through the formations, plasma spewing from thousands of orifices in all-destroying waves, and still they came. The Song of the High Queens shattered material and turned the Not-Swarm into prophets of the glory of the Swarm, and still they came.
A desperate scheme was hatched. A single Queen, shorn of all that could be shorn, and a stealthy droneship was sent forth to the uncharted depths of space.
The ship crashes on a vibrant world, rich in biomass and minerals. A cloud of dust is thrown into the air, and flocks of winged reptiles startle and squawk. The ship itself burrows into the earth and then comes to a stop, and the queen awakens.
She Sings, and nothing responds. She is alone. But that is not the way of the Swarm, and instincts drive her to action. She eats at the inside of the ship, carving out a more comfortable chamber and filling her reserves with biomass.
Intricate organs within her shape it, and then her belly splits open. A dozen round balls coated in glistening fluids fall out. The queen lies on top of them, chirruping to them in rhythm and carefully maintaining the correct temperature. After a time, they split open, and out crawl her first workers. She Sings to them, and they respond in Chorus.
She chirrups happily and tells them of what she needs. They respond, eager and obedient, giving praise to the Queen, praise she returns with enthusiasm. Though bound to her will, they are intelligent creatures in their own right, communicating through Song and scent, creating their own plans and schemes to better fulfill the Queen's goals. But she is content to sit back and brood as she waits for enough biomass to create more workers. The Swarm grows once more, safe from all who wish it harm.
Welcome to the Swarm Quest! Inspired by @ScottishMongol wonderful Ant Quest, this is a riot quest where you play a hive of alien creatures. The various workers and other possible forms will seek to improve the hive, directed by you in the form of a riot quest - the more votes a particular action gets, the higher the proportion of Hive Power gets spent on it.
Turn 1
Hive Power: 6
Biomass Reserves: Critical
Mineral Reserves: None
Known Forms: Worker
[] Gather biomass
[] Explore
-[] Direction
[] Excavate chamber
-[] Purpose and direction
[] Mediate on the Song
[] Tend the Queen
A desperate scheme was hatched. A single Queen, shorn of all that could be shorn, and a stealthy droneship was sent forth to the uncharted depths of space.
The ship crashes on a vibrant world, rich in biomass and minerals. A cloud of dust is thrown into the air, and flocks of winged reptiles startle and squawk. The ship itself burrows into the earth and then comes to a stop, and the queen awakens.
She Sings, and nothing responds. She is alone. But that is not the way of the Swarm, and instincts drive her to action. She eats at the inside of the ship, carving out a more comfortable chamber and filling her reserves with biomass.
Intricate organs within her shape it, and then her belly splits open. A dozen round balls coated in glistening fluids fall out. The queen lies on top of them, chirruping to them in rhythm and carefully maintaining the correct temperature. After a time, they split open, and out crawl her first workers. She Sings to them, and they respond in Chorus.
She chirrups happily and tells them of what she needs. They respond, eager and obedient, giving praise to the Queen, praise she returns with enthusiasm. Though bound to her will, they are intelligent creatures in their own right, communicating through Song and scent, creating their own plans and schemes to better fulfill the Queen's goals. But she is content to sit back and brood as she waits for enough biomass to create more workers. The Swarm grows once more, safe from all who wish it harm.
Welcome to the Swarm Quest! Inspired by @ScottishMongol wonderful Ant Quest, this is a riot quest where you play a hive of alien creatures. The various workers and other possible forms will seek to improve the hive, directed by you in the form of a riot quest - the more votes a particular action gets, the higher the proportion of Hive Power gets spent on it.
Turn 1
Hive Power: 6
Biomass Reserves: Critical
Mineral Reserves: None
Known Forms: Worker
[] Gather biomass
[] Explore
-[] Direction
[] Excavate chamber
-[] Purpose and direction
[] Mediate on the Song
[] Tend the Queen
General Information
Hive Power: 8
Biomass Reserves: Low
Mineral Reserves: None
Known Forms: Worker
Known Notes: The Note of Grown Biomass, The Note of Shaping Life, The Note of Better Use
Biomass Reserves: Low
Mineral Reserves: None
Known Forms: Worker
Known Notes: The Note of Grown Biomass, The Note of Shaping Life, The Note of Better Use
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- Location
- Somewhere in the area
- Pronouns
- He/She/They
Astra Myst
Do you want a wish?
- Location
- Milky Way Galaxy
[X] Tend the Queen
I know not why I am here, all I know is I must simp
I know not why I am here, all I know is I must simp
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[X] Dig
My only purpose in life…is to dig down
My only purpose in life…is to dig down
StellarMonarch
Myrmidon
- Location
- Québec
[X] Meditate on the Song
What do we look like?
What do we look like?
The Queen is around the size of a very large dog, iridescent, and very round, with several feathery antennae and rather small legs.
The workers are about the size of a housecat and look a lot like ants but with a wider variety of colors, feather antennae, and some extra arms/legs.
[X] Gather biomass
Om nom nom nom
Om nom nom nom
Chimeraguard
We do deserve to exist.
[X] Explore around the nest
- Location
- Great Khanate of Scotland
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Okay, I'm in.
[X] Gather Biomass
[X] Gather Biomass
- Location
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Meditate on the Song
KnightDisciple
Love God. Do Right. Fear No Man.
- Location
- Midwest, USA
[X] Gather biomass
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Excavate nursery
- Location
- USA
[X] Excavate spawning chamber
The Queen needs to be protected!
The Queen needs to be protected!
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- Location
- Queensland, Australia
[X] Excavate Queen's Refuge below the Ship
Look, right now our sole Queen is still inside the Ship. And whilst the ship did dig into the earth after 'landing', that still means she's basically at the 'entrance' to the Nest. We don't currently have a large enough tunnel network, or knowledge about the region around us to know the best spot to built her permanent/long-term lair. But we can at least dig out a more protected location further from the entrance to the nest so anything which intrudes needs to fight through the entrance guards and then the current room before they can reach the Queen.
Look, right now our sole Queen is still inside the Ship. And whilst the ship did dig into the earth after 'landing', that still means she's basically at the 'entrance' to the Nest. We don't currently have a large enough tunnel network, or knowledge about the region around us to know the best spot to built her permanent/long-term lair. But we can at least dig out a more protected location further from the entrance to the nest so anything which intrudes needs to fight through the entrance guards and then the current room before they can reach the Queen.
Random Member
Gardener of Human Happiness
- Location
- Behind You
[X] Gather biomass
- Location
- a Minecraft Rollercoaster
[X] Gather biomass
