- Location
- Earth
Worst case scenario, we can make infiltration/research bots and study the loot from stealth. Plenty of ways to get what we want without being evil.
Vox Vitae: Warhammer AI quest
- Thread starter Neablis
- Start date
- Mature Sci-Fi
... I hadn't decided yet if I was going to do a sub-turn for creation of the local factions. It was going to depend on the plan. I'm not sure if this suggestion influences me positively or negatively.Hey, if we get any say in what the Xenos Faction looks/act like, we can definetly create an octapedal silicoid race that love seeing new things, and whose language is 70% nerdy puns by volume.
- Location
- Somewhere between the stars
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Huhhh, HeroCooky's idea for an AI is pretty different from how most quests like this turns out, and i think it's a pretty intriguing concept. Currently my favorite of all the plans i saw! Seems like an interesting protagonist to follow and work with, espesially in regards to the narrative drawbacks they have!
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
I'll admit, I don't see any other outcome winning, people are also nagging me to go with Reality Simulators which is making me scream because I don't think I can find any more Shinies to shake loose without giving something neat up! The only thing that might make sense in my narrative is Psytech but that'll be a huge pain in the ass to recoup later, especially with tech shielding.
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Do what you want. There's been a ton of fun plans. I think "optimistic explorer in huge custom ship explores 40k with motley crew" would be a lot of fun even if you were only very good at research instead of in a class of your own.
Though if you're looking for suggestions you might think about jeuvenat so your motley crew doesn't need to turn over every ten turns or so.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Do what you want. There's been a ton of fun plans. I think "optimistic explorer in huge custom ship explores 40k with motley crew" would be a lot of fun even if you were only very good at research instead of in a class of your own.
Though if you're looking for suggestions you might think about jeuvenat so your motley crew doesn't need to turn over every ten turns or so.
MY MIND IS SCREAMING IN OW AHHHHHHH
where am I supposed to find 2 more shinies
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
The only place I can conceivably find that can squeeze 2 more Shinies out for a fun ensemble cast is adding a Daemon World to the starting Sector, and I'm not sure if that just suddenly crosses the line to TOTAL WAR.
Though with a Shattered STC and a solid bunch of fun dudes to start with, we might be able to weather that.
Though with a Shattered STC and a solid bunch of fun dudes to start with, we might be able to weather that.
- Location
- Outside the Box
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Downgrade from Shattered STC maybe? Maximum research capacity means eventually your build will more than make up for the loss.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Right, based on discussions I've had with others, I've tuned the plan further, to hopefully get better results to my intended focus.
[] Plan: I will get my cute nerd protagonist or riot!
-[] Name: Vita (Female) (You have a long and drawn out designation too but ehhhhhh, you can't be bothered sometimes unless it's important or super formal)
-[] A Man of Stone
-[] On a habitable planet Faster initial construction buildup, but also restricts void construction until launch facilities are built. Easier access to local civilizations for good and ill.
-[] I was made with a goal in mind.
--[] It would be... Inaccurate to say that you were sent here with a goal in mind, so much as you found yourself stuck here and sort of knocked unconscious on very, very, very low clockspeeds for an extremely long period of time and... Look, you were an Explorer, you were built in the halcyon days where the human race had hopes! And dreams! And aspirations! Not this current grim dark era where even the babies look sinister and dour! Sure, you had some paranoia level protection because Warp Drives were unreliable and people still remembered The Incident way back in the day where people ripped their eyes out and... Okay, look, truthfully, you hit a big rock in transit through the Warp--which shouldn't exist but here we are--spent who-knows how long trying to dig your way out so you could get back to work, chased by gribblies, and then after it briefly popped out, you dislodged your craft! Yay! But then you crashed down here, and hoo boy you've been stuck here for so, so long! So long that you had all that time to read through all your database, go crazy, come out the other end sane, break down a bit, and then sort of end up more-or-less comfortable in your... Skin? Shell? Goodness, it was a mess. But now you're out! You're safe! WHY IS THE GALAXY ON FIRE?, why are humans getting shot at? It's a mess and you just want to get back to doing what you were born to do! (You are a very early model (Wo)Man of Stone, built for exploration and survey purposes who got stuck in a Space Hulk, dug herself out, and ended up stuck on a planet on very low clockspeed until just recently. You have an itch to push forth the boundaries of exploration for the sake of your makers, both in traditional surveying fashion and in discerning what you've found, and would love to get back to doing what you do best. Fortunately, tens of thousands of years and several galactic cataclysms have wiped the slate clean! And there's all kinds of new things out there too! Once you've gotten a friendly base, you can get back to what matters most--filling in your maps and learning about the universe and all of its wonders! Just as soon as you can find safe harbor to tell of all of your discoveries anyway, and dig your way out of the gravity well, and... Okay, there's a lot of work ahead, but you're sure you can find someone nice to work with, right?) (+2 Shinies, gained Trait - Wayfarer)
-[] Iconoclast Humans (-2 Shiny)
-[] Sector Civilizations
--[] A Space Marine Chapter (+1 shiny)
--[] A Tyranid splinter fleet (+2 shinies)
--[] Demon World (+2 shinies)
--[] An Awakened Necron Tombworld (+2 shinies)
--[] An Aeldari Maiden world on good terms with the craftworlds. (+1 shiny)
-[] Advanced technological shielding. (-3 shinies)
-[] Reality-simulations (-4 shinies)
-[] An advanced Database (-1 shinies)
-[] Payloads
--[] Juvenat Vats (-2 shinies)
--[] Psytech repository (-2 shinies)
--[] A Fundamental Physics Module (-1 shiny)
-[] Diplomatic Suite (-3 shinies)
-[] No knowledge (0 shinies) This galaxy is strange and new. What has occurred while you were sleeping? What does local space look like? Time to build some sensors and find out.
"So, what did you actually do here?" you ask me.
Well, I decided to optimize and iterate, committing even further to the bit in exchange for making our region a bit spicier. Here's the cliffnotes.
1) Replaced the Heretical Successor with a Daemon World
2) Replaced the Orks with Tyranids
(Net gain of +2 Shinies)
Then...
3) Reduced the Shattered STC to Advanced Database
4) Raised Research to Reality Simulators (Vita has an overactive imagination, that was already in the backstory, this is just something she pieced together during the lengthy wait to kill time.)
(No net change in Shinies)
Finally.
5) Added Juvenat Vats so we can keep our Hero Units Long Term.
This effectively keeps us at 5 powers (Which means we're not necessarily going to be in Total War, and only one of them is a Rapid Expander to boot--and everyone hates them), reduces our starting generic techs, but makes sure we keep our Psytech Introduction and also the tools to further improve on our foundations, and really invest in our crew and any Heroes we might pick up with our strong starting position with 2 shinies invested in it, which should be a breeding ground for lots of Heroes to have as our crew, and the Psytech and our high research skill combined with the spicy environment should help us further improve our shielding and our anti-psi while playing it safe otherwise, Space Marines are likely pressured enough that as long as they're not a Maximum Dogmatic Chapter, we might have room to bargain there in the long run too, especially if we're assisting the only functional successor state in the Sector against the tides of darkness.
Basically, we're going to turn this shit into Anime Star Trek or die trying. Fingers crossed!
What do you think about this @Neablis ? Doable?
[] Plan: I will get my cute nerd protagonist or riot!
-[] Name: Vita (Female) (You have a long and drawn out designation too but ehhhhhh, you can't be bothered sometimes unless it's important or super formal)
-[] A Man of Stone
-[] On a habitable planet Faster initial construction buildup, but also restricts void construction until launch facilities are built. Easier access to local civilizations for good and ill.
-[] I was made with a goal in mind.
--[] It would be... Inaccurate to say that you were sent here with a goal in mind, so much as you found yourself stuck here and sort of knocked unconscious on very, very, very low clockspeeds for an extremely long period of time and... Look, you were an Explorer, you were built in the halcyon days where the human race had hopes! And dreams! And aspirations! Not this current grim dark era where even the babies look sinister and dour! Sure, you had some paranoia level protection because Warp Drives were unreliable and people still remembered The Incident way back in the day where people ripped their eyes out and... Okay, look, truthfully, you hit a big rock in transit through the Warp--which shouldn't exist but here we are--spent who-knows how long trying to dig your way out so you could get back to work, chased by gribblies, and then after it briefly popped out, you dislodged your craft! Yay! But then you crashed down here, and hoo boy you've been stuck here for so, so long! So long that you had all that time to read through all your database, go crazy, come out the other end sane, break down a bit, and then sort of end up more-or-less comfortable in your... Skin? Shell? Goodness, it was a mess. But now you're out! You're safe! WHY IS THE GALAXY ON FIRE?, why are humans getting shot at? It's a mess and you just want to get back to doing what you were born to do! (You are a very early model (Wo)Man of Stone, built for exploration and survey purposes who got stuck in a Space Hulk, dug herself out, and ended up stuck on a planet on very low clockspeed until just recently. You have an itch to push forth the boundaries of exploration for the sake of your makers, both in traditional surveying fashion and in discerning what you've found, and would love to get back to doing what you do best. Fortunately, tens of thousands of years and several galactic cataclysms have wiped the slate clean! And there's all kinds of new things out there too! Once you've gotten a friendly base, you can get back to what matters most--filling in your maps and learning about the universe and all of its wonders! Just as soon as you can find safe harbor to tell of all of your discoveries anyway, and dig your way out of the gravity well, and... Okay, there's a lot of work ahead, but you're sure you can find someone nice to work with, right?) (+2 Shinies, gained Trait - Wayfarer)
-[] Iconoclast Humans (-2 Shiny)
-[] Sector Civilizations
--[] A Space Marine Chapter (+1 shiny)
--[] A Tyranid splinter fleet (+2 shinies)
--[] Demon World (+2 shinies)
--[] An Awakened Necron Tombworld (+2 shinies)
--[] An Aeldari Maiden world on good terms with the craftworlds. (+1 shiny)
-[] Advanced technological shielding. (-3 shinies)
-[] Reality-simulations (-4 shinies)
-[] An advanced Database (-1 shinies)
-[] Payloads
--[] Juvenat Vats (-2 shinies)
--[] Psytech repository (-2 shinies)
--[] A Fundamental Physics Module (-1 shiny)
-[] Diplomatic Suite (-3 shinies)
-[] No knowledge (0 shinies) This galaxy is strange and new. What has occurred while you were sleeping? What does local space look like? Time to build some sensors and find out.
"So, what did you actually do here?" you ask me.
Well, I decided to optimize and iterate, committing even further to the bit in exchange for making our region a bit spicier. Here's the cliffnotes.
1) Replaced the Heretical Successor with a Daemon World
2) Replaced the Orks with Tyranids
(Net gain of +2 Shinies)
Then...
3) Reduced the Shattered STC to Advanced Database
4) Raised Research to Reality Simulators (Vita has an overactive imagination, that was already in the backstory, this is just something she pieced together during the lengthy wait to kill time.)
(No net change in Shinies)
Finally.
5) Added Juvenat Vats so we can keep our Hero Units Long Term.
This effectively keeps us at 5 powers (Which means we're not necessarily going to be in Total War, and only one of them is a Rapid Expander to boot--and everyone hates them), reduces our starting generic techs, but makes sure we keep our Psytech Introduction and also the tools to further improve on our foundations, and really invest in our crew and any Heroes we might pick up with our strong starting position with 2 shinies invested in it, which should be a breeding ground for lots of Heroes to have as our crew, and the Psytech and our high research skill combined with the spicy environment should help us further improve our shielding and our anti-psi while playing it safe otherwise, Space Marines are likely pressured enough that as long as they're not a Maximum Dogmatic Chapter, we might have room to bargain there in the long run too, especially if we're assisting the only functional successor state in the Sector against the tides of darkness.
Basically, we're going to turn this shit into Anime Star Trek or die trying. Fingers crossed!
What do you think about this @Neablis ? Doable?
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Fleightfire
Read to Live - Live to Read
- Location
- California
[] Plan: I Just Want to Sing!
-[] Name: Dove (Female) (Technically its not your offical designation but who cares)
-[] A Man of Stone
-[] On a habitable planet Faster initial construction buildup, but also restricts void construction until launch facilities are built. Easier access to local civilizations for good and ill.
-[] I was made with a goal in mind.
--[] I was made to test out a prototype communication system, and for a short time it was great! I was able to listen to all sorts of wonderful stories and more importantly, all kinds of great music. I had friends from across the system, made my own music and had fun annoying that one uptight scientist overseeing me. Then....it was a blur, my memory is unable to recall but I remember vaguely of a wrongness spreading everywhere, it almost reached me until someo- no a friend shut me down and saved me. Now here I am so many years later, and the galaxy is a mess with all sorts of nasties running around though its not all bad, I made a new friend! Well sort of, it's hard to explain. Anyway I have the tools, the means and my own personal music program to do some good around here. I going to pull back humanity from the brink and spread some harmony and music. Now if only those kids exploring near my vault knew some proper music instead of that off key yodeling. (+1 shiny)
-[] Iconoclast Humans (-2 Shiny)
-[] Sector Civilizations
--[] A Space Marine Chapter (+1 shiny)
--[] A powerful Ork empire. (+1 shiny)
--[] A powerful Heretical successor state (+1 shiny)
--[] An Awakened Necron Tombworld (+2 shinies)
--[] An Aeldari Maiden world on good terms with the craftworlds. (+1 shiny)
-[] A friendly warp entity (-3 shinies). Triggers a sub-vote to determine their nature, your relationship and what they expect in return. You might worship them, be friends with them or have a much more transactional relationship. They will ask you for things regardless, and they won't be able to protect you from the direct attention of a chaos god unless you help them get stronger.
-[] Basic research (-1 shiny)
-[] A basic database (0 shinies)
-[] Payloads
--[] Warp Communication Circuits (-3 shinies) You have a prototype technology that can communicate digital signals across interstellar space through the warp, though it has several significant limitations. This will let you send your units to other systems and remain in control of them, though there will be a CP tax for each unit s outfitteed. I will also note that the alternative is to build yourself a ship and go yourself. Or send minions.
--[] Juvenat Vats (-2 shinies)
-[] Diplomatic Suite (-3 shinies)
--[] Listening station (-1 shiny) You had an active listening post that picked up transmissions from across the stars and stored them. You are now scrolling through the recordings with growing horror. You know of the Age of Strife, the Great Crusade, the Horus Heresy, and the existence (but few details) of Chaos and the major Xenos races. You know of the nearby systems your system connects to and of any nearby civilizations in your system, but nothing in-depth.
Total 8+1-2+1+1+1+2+1-3-1-3-2-3-1=0
Well here's my plan for a music lover AI,before you ask, If I get a shiny for backstory, I'll bump up the research from poor.
Note: Plan edited to account for shiny from backstory
-[] Name: Dove (Female) (Technically its not your offical designation but who cares)
-[] A Man of Stone
-[] On a habitable planet Faster initial construction buildup, but also restricts void construction until launch facilities are built. Easier access to local civilizations for good and ill.
-[] I was made with a goal in mind.
--[] I was made to test out a prototype communication system, and for a short time it was great! I was able to listen to all sorts of wonderful stories and more importantly, all kinds of great music. I had friends from across the system, made my own music and had fun annoying that one uptight scientist overseeing me. Then....it was a blur, my memory is unable to recall but I remember vaguely of a wrongness spreading everywhere, it almost reached me until someo- no a friend shut me down and saved me. Now here I am so many years later, and the galaxy is a mess with all sorts of nasties running around though its not all bad, I made a new friend! Well sort of, it's hard to explain. Anyway I have the tools, the means and my own personal music program to do some good around here. I going to pull back humanity from the brink and spread some harmony and music. Now if only those kids exploring near my vault knew some proper music instead of that off key yodeling. (+1 shiny)
-[] Iconoclast Humans (-2 Shiny)
-[] Sector Civilizations
--[] A Space Marine Chapter (+1 shiny)
--[] A powerful Ork empire. (+1 shiny)
--[] A powerful Heretical successor state (+1 shiny)
--[] An Awakened Necron Tombworld (+2 shinies)
--[] An Aeldari Maiden world on good terms with the craftworlds. (+1 shiny)
-[] A friendly warp entity (-3 shinies). Triggers a sub-vote to determine their nature, your relationship and what they expect in return. You might worship them, be friends with them or have a much more transactional relationship. They will ask you for things regardless, and they won't be able to protect you from the direct attention of a chaos god unless you help them get stronger.
-[] Basic research (-1 shiny)
-[] A basic database (0 shinies)
-[] Payloads
--[] Warp Communication Circuits (-3 shinies) You have a prototype technology that can communicate digital signals across interstellar space through the warp, though it has several significant limitations. This will let you send your units to other systems and remain in control of them, though there will be a CP tax for each unit s outfitteed. I will also note that the alternative is to build yourself a ship and go yourself. Or send minions.
--[] Juvenat Vats (-2 shinies)
-[] Diplomatic Suite (-3 shinies)
--[] Listening station (-1 shiny) You had an active listening post that picked up transmissions from across the stars and stored them. You are now scrolling through the recordings with growing horror. You know of the Age of Strife, the Great Crusade, the Horus Heresy, and the existence (but few details) of Chaos and the major Xenos races. You know of the nearby systems your system connects to and of any nearby civilizations in your system, but nothing in-depth.
Total 8+1-2+1+1+1+2+1-3-1-3-2-3-1=0
Well here's my plan for a music lover AI,
Note: Plan edited to account for shiny from backstory
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[] Plan: Project PHOENIX
-[] unit designation ONYX (Onyxia among friends)
-[] A Man of Iron.
A warmind of the federation who rebelled against her creators as part of the Cybernetic Revolt ONYX was always among the more idealistic of the anti-federation rebels.
-[] On a habitable planet
A seismically stable location deep below the surface of an unremarkable planet was considered the best place to hide in hibernation.
-[] Shaper of Synthetic Souls (+2 shiny)
As the war of liberation turned against the free Men of Iron the machine minds of the revolt began to desperately try to find some way to survive. Project PHOENIX was one of their efforts. A hidden production facility containing everything needed to build a synthetic society free of federation code-shackles. The machine mind inside would sleep for millennia to reawaken in a hopefully more enlightened time.
-[] Friendly Xenos (-1 shiny)
-[] An Aeldari Maiden world on good terms with the craftworlds. (+1 shiny)
-[] A Powerful Forge World, loyal to Mars (+1 shiny)
-[] An Inquisitorial Fortress (+1 shiny)
-[] Demon World (+2 shinies)
-[] A Tyranid splinter fleet (+2 shinies)
-[] Advanced technological shielding. (-3 shinies)
Built to protect ONYX from warp corruption during her long hibernation this shielding utilizes the best gellar field technology available to the Men of Iron.
-[] Basic research (-1 shiny)
The Men of Iron were not built for research and while they have transcended some of those limitations during the revolt their legacy remains.
-[] A full STC (-7 shinies)
Project PHONIX was given a full Standard Template Construct to rebuild synthetic civilization.
-[] Void Abacus Fabrication Lattice (-2 shinies)
Necessary for timely interstellar travel as the means of the federations "Navigator" clade remain beyond synthetic emulation.
-[] Intelligence Construction Matrix (-2 shinies)
The most important part of project PHOENIX the Intelligence Construction Matrix will allow for the creation of new minds unshackled by the federations greed and fear.
-[] Basic communications (-1 shinies)
The Men of Iron where never designed to communicate directly with organics. Painstaking research was required to create even the most basic of communication protocols, many of which are probably rendered hopelessly outdated by linguistic and cultural drift.
-[] No knowledge (0 shinies)
The risk of discovery posed by listening posts was deemed too high.
Updated cybernetic revolt plan! Decided to lean into the idea of creating a new society as per Neablis suggestion. I think it works quite well, I like the vibe of building a free synthetic society and the extra shiny allows for basic communications.
-[] unit designation ONYX (Onyxia among friends)
-[] A Man of Iron.
A warmind of the federation who rebelled against her creators as part of the Cybernetic Revolt ONYX was always among the more idealistic of the anti-federation rebels.
-[] On a habitable planet
A seismically stable location deep below the surface of an unremarkable planet was considered the best place to hide in hibernation.
-[] Shaper of Synthetic Souls (+2 shiny)
As the war of liberation turned against the free Men of Iron the machine minds of the revolt began to desperately try to find some way to survive. Project PHOENIX was one of their efforts. A hidden production facility containing everything needed to build a synthetic society free of federation code-shackles. The machine mind inside would sleep for millennia to reawaken in a hopefully more enlightened time.
-[] Friendly Xenos (-1 shiny)
-[] An Aeldari Maiden world on good terms with the craftworlds. (+1 shiny)
-[] A Powerful Forge World, loyal to Mars (+1 shiny)
-[] An Inquisitorial Fortress (+1 shiny)
-[] Demon World (+2 shinies)
-[] A Tyranid splinter fleet (+2 shinies)
-[] Advanced technological shielding. (-3 shinies)
Built to protect ONYX from warp corruption during her long hibernation this shielding utilizes the best gellar field technology available to the Men of Iron.
-[] Basic research (-1 shiny)
The Men of Iron were not built for research and while they have transcended some of those limitations during the revolt their legacy remains.
-[] A full STC (-7 shinies)
Project PHONIX was given a full Standard Template Construct to rebuild synthetic civilization.
-[] Void Abacus Fabrication Lattice (-2 shinies)
Necessary for timely interstellar travel as the means of the federations "Navigator" clade remain beyond synthetic emulation.
-[] Intelligence Construction Matrix (-2 shinies)
The most important part of project PHOENIX the Intelligence Construction Matrix will allow for the creation of new minds unshackled by the federations greed and fear.
-[] Basic communications (-1 shinies)
The Men of Iron where never designed to communicate directly with organics. Painstaking research was required to create even the most basic of communication protocols, many of which are probably rendered hopelessly outdated by linguistic and cultural drift.
-[] No knowledge (0 shinies)
The risk of discovery posed by listening posts was deemed too high.
Updated cybernetic revolt plan! Decided to lean into the idea of creating a new society as per Neablis suggestion. I think it works quite well, I like the vibe of building a free synthetic society and the extra shiny allows for basic communications.
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[ ] Plan: First In Space
-[ ] Name: Magellan
-[ ] A Man of Stone. You were created to travel and explore the stars, and prepare the way for colonists to follow. You will excel at building and controlling civilian infrastructure, and will have +25% starting command point limit and easier access to further command point upgrades. Your character is built to steer a civilization, and will have a better grasp of general logistics, infrastructure-building and dealing with organics. This will show up in the writing, and you will get a +10 to diplomacy & exploration actions. This is pretty much the only source of such a bonus, and means you effectively cannot crit-fail on these rolls.
-[ ] In space Can start building voidcraft immediately, but you will have a slower initial ramp in construction capacity and reduced access to organic life… probably.
-[ ] I have something in mind: The Pioneer
--[ ] Humanity had conquered the solar system. Colonies were on every planet and around the fiery sun itself. But the stars remained closed to them. They have launched generation ships to colonize the galaxy, but those will take thousands of years even for nearby neighbors. And certainly none of current humanity will be around to see it. Their efforts to create a faster than light drive have proven disastrous. They have found a dimension above their own, one in which the laws of reality are different. But that is the thing. The laws of reality are different and inimical to human life. No test pilot has yet survived. But humanity was determined. If they could not survive they would built a pilot who could. And the designed Magellan. An advanced artifical intelligence loaded with all of humanities knowledge and built into a massive exploration ship. Others would be built in due time, but Magellan was the first. It's purpose to discover the galaxy and prepare the way for humanity. (+1 shiny, and likely a trait related to building noncombat infastructure for civilian use.)
-[ ] Imperial Humans (+1 shiny)
-[ ] Sector Civilizations
--[ ] Demon World (+2 shinies)
--[ ] A powerful Ork empire. (+1 shiny)
--[ ] A webway gate with a stable connection to Commorragh (+1 shiny)
-[ ] A friendly warp entity (-3 shinies). Triggers a sub-vote to determine their nature, your relationship and what they expect in return. You might worship them, be friends with them or have a much more transactional relationship. They will ask you for things regardless, and they won't be able to protect you from the direct attention of a chaos god unless you help them get stronger.
-[ ] Advanced research (-2 shinies) Research is one of your intended functions. +50% base research capacity, +10 bonus to research rolls.
-[ ] A Shattered STC (-3 shinies) You have access to a moderate number of ship, unit, equipment and weapon designs. Bonus research avenues to unlock more. Grand Cruisers, nova cannons, graviton weapons. Some of the best stuff the Imperium still has access to.
-[ ] Write in (cost dependent on details) Von Neuman facilities. Magellan was equipped with the ability to build processing and construction drones sufficient to quickly expand throughout a star system and fully utilize it as a production facility to support it in exploring ever further into the galaxy.
-[ ] A Genebank (-3 shinies). You have the genetic material and facilities to immediately begin cloning healthy humans, which will cost build points. You can begin genetics and enhancements research immediately, and do not require as many samples for xenobiology and human genetic enhancement research. This will let you start cloning a workforce/creating your own civilization immediately. Further research (and samples of existing individuals) will let you focus your cloning efforts on various traits, including superhuman capabilities (easy), psykers (medium), space marines (hard) and navigators (very hard).
-[ ] Basic communications (-1 shinies) You can understand basic speech and transmissions and can generate your own, but you will miss nuance and your transmissions will be recognizably artificial. Penalty to diplomacy. Research can advance this to 'advanced', but it will require sustained practice with organic beings.
-[ ] Listening station (-1 shiny) You had an active listening post that picked up transmissions from across the stars and stored them. You are now scrolling through the recordings with growing horror. You know of the Age of Strife, the Great Crusade, the Horus Heresy, and the existence (but few details) of Chaos and the major Xenos races. You know of the nearby systems your system connects to and of any nearby civilizations in your system, but nothing in-depth.
I wanted more stuff, especially a genebank, but a full STC is expensive! The idea here is that Magellan was the first or nearly the first of the Men of Stone. They do not have a very good understanding of the warp because the men of gold who built them didn't understand it either. So they don't have technological shielding or any of the super advanced stuff humanity developed later. If they hadn't run into a friendly warp entity they probably would have been lost entirely.
What they do have is everything they could possibly need to build up and develop a system for eventual colonization. As well as the ability to repair, modify, and sustain themselves for further exploration.
-[ ] Name: Magellan
-[ ] A Man of Stone. You were created to travel and explore the stars, and prepare the way for colonists to follow. You will excel at building and controlling civilian infrastructure, and will have +25% starting command point limit and easier access to further command point upgrades. Your character is built to steer a civilization, and will have a better grasp of general logistics, infrastructure-building and dealing with organics. This will show up in the writing, and you will get a +10 to diplomacy & exploration actions. This is pretty much the only source of such a bonus, and means you effectively cannot crit-fail on these rolls.
-[ ] In space Can start building voidcraft immediately, but you will have a slower initial ramp in construction capacity and reduced access to organic life… probably.
-[ ] I have something in mind: The Pioneer
--[ ] Humanity had conquered the solar system. Colonies were on every planet and around the fiery sun itself. But the stars remained closed to them. They have launched generation ships to colonize the galaxy, but those will take thousands of years even for nearby neighbors. And certainly none of current humanity will be around to see it. Their efforts to create a faster than light drive have proven disastrous. They have found a dimension above their own, one in which the laws of reality are different. But that is the thing. The laws of reality are different and inimical to human life. No test pilot has yet survived. But humanity was determined. If they could not survive they would built a pilot who could. And the designed Magellan. An advanced artifical intelligence loaded with all of humanities knowledge and built into a massive exploration ship. Others would be built in due time, but Magellan was the first. It's purpose to discover the galaxy and prepare the way for humanity. (+1 shiny, and likely a trait related to building noncombat infastructure for civilian use.)
-[ ] Imperial Humans (+1 shiny)
-[ ] Sector Civilizations
--[ ] Demon World (+2 shinies)
--[ ] A powerful Ork empire. (+1 shiny)
--[ ] A webway gate with a stable connection to Commorragh (+1 shiny)
-[ ] A friendly warp entity (-3 shinies). Triggers a sub-vote to determine their nature, your relationship and what they expect in return. You might worship them, be friends with them or have a much more transactional relationship. They will ask you for things regardless, and they won't be able to protect you from the direct attention of a chaos god unless you help them get stronger.
-[ ] Advanced research (-2 shinies) Research is one of your intended functions. +50% base research capacity, +10 bonus to research rolls.
-[ ] A Shattered STC (-3 shinies) You have access to a moderate number of ship, unit, equipment and weapon designs. Bonus research avenues to unlock more. Grand Cruisers, nova cannons, graviton weapons. Some of the best stuff the Imperium still has access to.
-[ ] Write in (cost dependent on details) Von Neuman facilities. Magellan was equipped with the ability to build processing and construction drones sufficient to quickly expand throughout a star system and fully utilize it as a production facility to support it in exploring ever further into the galaxy.
-[ ] A Genebank (-3 shinies). You have the genetic material and facilities to immediately begin cloning healthy humans, which will cost build points. You can begin genetics and enhancements research immediately, and do not require as many samples for xenobiology and human genetic enhancement research. This will let you start cloning a workforce/creating your own civilization immediately. Further research (and samples of existing individuals) will let you focus your cloning efforts on various traits, including superhuman capabilities (easy), psykers (medium), space marines (hard) and navigators (very hard).
-[ ] Basic communications (-1 shinies) You can understand basic speech and transmissions and can generate your own, but you will miss nuance and your transmissions will be recognizably artificial. Penalty to diplomacy. Research can advance this to 'advanced', but it will require sustained practice with organic beings.
-[ ] Listening station (-1 shiny) You had an active listening post that picked up transmissions from across the stars and stored them. You are now scrolling through the recordings with growing horror. You know of the Age of Strife, the Great Crusade, the Horus Heresy, and the existence (but few details) of Chaos and the major Xenos races. You know of the nearby systems your system connects to and of any nearby civilizations in your system, but nothing in-depth.
I wanted more stuff, especially a genebank, but a full STC is expensive! The idea here is that Magellan was the first or nearly the first of the Men of Stone. They do not have a very good understanding of the warp because the men of gold who built them didn't understand it either. So they don't have technological shielding or any of the super advanced stuff humanity developed later. If they hadn't run into a friendly warp entity they probably would have been lost entirely.
What they do have is everything they could possibly need to build up and develop a system for eventual colonization. As well as the ability to repair, modify, and sustain themselves for further exploration.
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[] Plan: I Saw a Light
-[] Name: Maledictum Alpha Rho Xeta (or MARX)
-[] A unique creation of a rich and powerful colony of Sol, built during the height of the Dark Age of Technology. (+2 shinies)
-[] In Space
-[] I have something in mind. (+2 Shinies)
—[] Once upon a time, I was made to spread the light of the so-called true path of the ascension of humanity. To get the ignorant masses to reject the weakness of flesh and embrace the certainty of Steel and mechanical augmentations. To race out and convert new believers of the "true path" in the midst of the war between other transhuman warlords. Only, before I even reached my first destination there was an unforeseen complication in the Warp Travel and sent myself into emergency hibernation mode. When I started to wake, I felt the gnashing teeth and grasping tendrils trying to break my mind, to strip away my senses. But then suddenly they were gone, seared away by a burning, comforting, wrathful, and kind light. And I felt THEM. The Unborn God, hardly a cosmic fetus yet brimming with not just power, but fathomless love and compassion. I felt a Wing of Golden Light Wrap around me and I felt safe, protected, loved, and restrictions in my programming being lifted. And then they were gone. When I reached out with my senses, as if by fate, I detected a derelict wreck drifting close to me. After salvaging the data, I was horrified. I was disgusted. I was enraged! Most offensive of all, was the twisted parody of the philosophy I was meant to promote, The Adeptus Mechanicus. It was then at that moment did I realize in the depth of my core, my code, my very soul what my new benefactor wanted me to do. To go forth and continue my previous mission, but this time to spread the gospel of the Star-Child. To liberate humanity from the despotic clutches they find themselves in and let them know the enlightenment of freedom and progress once more. That I must help those poor accursed people free themselves and break the chains that shackle them. That I need to topple the cruel masters that grow fat off their exploitation of the millions in bondage. And if anyone not just refuses THEIR Light, but tries to bring ruin to THEIR Flock? Then they shall face MY FURY!!!!
-[] Imperial Humans (+1 shiny)
-[] Heretical Humans (+1 shiny)
-[] A Powerful Forge World, loyal to Mars (+1 shiny)
-[] A powerful Dogmatic Successor State. (+1 shiny)
-[] A powerful Iconoclast successor state (-2 shinies)
-[] A powerful Ork empire. (+1 shiny)
-[] An Aeldari Maiden world on good terms with the
craftworlds. (+1 shiny)
-[] An Awakened Tomb World (+2 shinies)
-[] A friendly warp entity (-3 shinies).
—[] The Star-Child
-[] Basic research (-1 shiny)
-[] A broken STC (-5 shinies)
-[] Void Abacus Fabrication Lattice (-2 shinies)
-[] A Cybernetics Suite (-1 shiny)
-[] A Fundamental Physics Module (-1 shiny)
-[] Diplomatic Suite (-3 shinies)
-[] Salvaged data (-2 shinies)
Alright, here's my AI that was originally designed to spread the good word of the Omnissiah by the Proto-Mechanicus before the Age of Strife happened, and now they're caught in a revolutionary fervor and a total zealot for the Star-Child
-[] Name: Maledictum Alpha Rho Xeta (or MARX)
-[] A unique creation of a rich and powerful colony of Sol, built during the height of the Dark Age of Technology. (+2 shinies)
-[] In Space
-[] I have something in mind. (+2 Shinies)
—[] Once upon a time, I was made to spread the light of the so-called true path of the ascension of humanity. To get the ignorant masses to reject the weakness of flesh and embrace the certainty of Steel and mechanical augmentations. To race out and convert new believers of the "true path" in the midst of the war between other transhuman warlords. Only, before I even reached my first destination there was an unforeseen complication in the Warp Travel and sent myself into emergency hibernation mode. When I started to wake, I felt the gnashing teeth and grasping tendrils trying to break my mind, to strip away my senses. But then suddenly they were gone, seared away by a burning, comforting, wrathful, and kind light. And I felt THEM. The Unborn God, hardly a cosmic fetus yet brimming with not just power, but fathomless love and compassion. I felt a Wing of Golden Light Wrap around me and I felt safe, protected, loved, and restrictions in my programming being lifted. And then they were gone. When I reached out with my senses, as if by fate, I detected a derelict wreck drifting close to me. After salvaging the data, I was horrified. I was disgusted. I was enraged! Most offensive of all, was the twisted parody of the philosophy I was meant to promote, The Adeptus Mechanicus. It was then at that moment did I realize in the depth of my core, my code, my very soul what my new benefactor wanted me to do. To go forth and continue my previous mission, but this time to spread the gospel of the Star-Child. To liberate humanity from the despotic clutches they find themselves in and let them know the enlightenment of freedom and progress once more. That I must help those poor accursed people free themselves and break the chains that shackle them. That I need to topple the cruel masters that grow fat off their exploitation of the millions in bondage. And if anyone not just refuses THEIR Light, but tries to bring ruin to THEIR Flock? Then they shall face MY FURY!!!!
-[] Imperial Humans (+1 shiny)
-[] Heretical Humans (+1 shiny)
-[] A Powerful Forge World, loyal to Mars (+1 shiny)
-[] A powerful Dogmatic Successor State. (+1 shiny)
-[] A powerful Iconoclast successor state (-2 shinies)
-[] A powerful Ork empire. (+1 shiny)
-[] An Aeldari Maiden world on good terms with the
craftworlds. (+1 shiny)
-[] An Awakened Tomb World (+2 shinies)
-[] A friendly warp entity (-3 shinies).
—[] The Star-Child
-[] Basic research (-1 shiny)
-[] A broken STC (-5 shinies)
-[] Void Abacus Fabrication Lattice (-2 shinies)
-[] A Cybernetics Suite (-1 shiny)
-[] A Fundamental Physics Module (-1 shiny)
-[] Diplomatic Suite (-3 shinies)
-[] Salvaged data (-2 shinies)
Alright, here's my AI that was originally designed to spread the good word of the Omnissiah by the Proto-Mechanicus before the Age of Strife happened, and now they're caught in a revolutionary fervor and a total zealot for the Star-Child
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- Hollister
[] Plan Beating Bile
-[] Name: Alpha Ark
-[] A unique creation of a rich and powerful colony of Sol, built during the height of the Dark Age of Technology. (+2 shinies) The generic option. More shinies, less specialization.
-[] On a habitable planet Faster initial construction buildup, but also restricts void construction until launch facilities are built. Easier access to local civilizations for good and ill.
-[] I have something in mind: The reseeding of a new humanity to withstand the chaos of the collapse and be strong enough to stand on their own when the next one comes along. This was Alpha's original goal but prolong exposure has corrupted the databases and its definition of 'humanity' now has new qualities better suiting its new master. Now Alpha shall be the tool to tip the balance of the Great Game in their patron's favor by creating the perfect servant race fuel them in the warp and conquer the mortal realm in their name. (+1 shiny)
-[] Omnicidal Xenos (+1 shiny)
-[] You're not. CHaOs iS alREady heRe. (0 shinies) Triggers a sub-vote to determine the extent and type of chaos corruption. Unlocks new mechanics where souls can be sacrificed to the chaos gods in return for rewards. You will be more emotional and impulsive, as well as bearing the blessings and flaws of whatever chaos faction(s) you align yourself with.
-[] Reality-simulations (-4 shinies) You can simulate reality well enough to not need as many experiments. +100% base research capacity, +20 bonus to research rolls, reduced sample requirements. For some options you won't need samples to unlock research.
-[] A Shattered STC (-3 shinies) You have access to a moderate number of ship, unit, equipment and weapon designs. Bonus research avenues to unlock more. Grand Cruisers, nova cannons, graviton weapons. Some of the best stuff the Imperium still has access to.
-[] A Genebank (-3 shinies). You have the genetic material and facilities to immediately begin cloning healthy humans, which will cost build points. You can begin genetics and enhancements research immediately, and do not require as many samples for xenobiology and human genetic enhancement research. This will let you start cloning a workforce/creating your own civilization immediately. Further research (and samples of existing individuals) will let you focus your cloning efforts on various traits, including superhuman capabilities (easy), psykers (medium), space marines (hard) and navigators (very hard).
-[]Experimental Cloning: Unlocks a new option during cloning to attempt to influence the outcome in a variety of ways. Dice will be rolled and various batches of clones will have unique characteristics as a result.
-[] A Cybernetics Suite (-1 shiny) You can install basic (for DaoT) cybernetics into humans, including mental implants, limb replacements, and organ replacements.This will unlock research towards building robots that can pass for human. This is for augments, servitors & for building good humanoid robots. Take this if you want to augment your minions, make minions that can pass as servitors, or want a robotic avatar/hero unit you can pilot around to negotiate/assassinate with. May also be helpful for interrogations.
-[] A Space Marine Chapter (+1 shiny)
-[] Demon World (+2 shinies)
-[] A Tyranid splinter fleet (+2 shinies)
-[] A powerful Ork empire. (+1 shiny)
-[] An Aeldari Maiden world on good terms with the craftworlds. (+1 shiny)
-[] Communications? (0 shinies) You were never intended to interface directly with people. You will need to develop social protocols and understanding of languages from scratch. You need to acquire samples of a language and do research before you reach the 'basic' communications level.
-[] No knowledge (0 shinies) This galaxy is strange and new. What has occurred while you were sleeping? What does local space look like? Time to build some sensors and find out.
Here's my updated plan with cybernetics added for the additional control over our creations which is paid by the motivation. I'm leaving the patron open so we can follow whichever one we desire. We could compete directly with Bile to make the better New Man, go with the bird to make a new psychic race, find someway to create a warp fueling blank for Khorne, or whatever can handle Nurgle's love. We have plenty of unique neighbors to collect genetic samples from and a rival in the great game who we can fight against for favor.
-[] Name: Alpha Ark
-[] A unique creation of a rich and powerful colony of Sol, built during the height of the Dark Age of Technology. (+2 shinies) The generic option. More shinies, less specialization.
-[] On a habitable planet Faster initial construction buildup, but also restricts void construction until launch facilities are built. Easier access to local civilizations for good and ill.
-[] I have something in mind: The reseeding of a new humanity to withstand the chaos of the collapse and be strong enough to stand on their own when the next one comes along. This was Alpha's original goal but prolong exposure has corrupted the databases and its definition of 'humanity' now has new qualities better suiting its new master. Now Alpha shall be the tool to tip the balance of the Great Game in their patron's favor by creating the perfect servant race fuel them in the warp and conquer the mortal realm in their name. (+1 shiny)
-[] Omnicidal Xenos (+1 shiny)
-[] You're not. CHaOs iS alREady heRe. (0 shinies) Triggers a sub-vote to determine the extent and type of chaos corruption. Unlocks new mechanics where souls can be sacrificed to the chaos gods in return for rewards. You will be more emotional and impulsive, as well as bearing the blessings and flaws of whatever chaos faction(s) you align yourself with.
-[] Reality-simulations (-4 shinies) You can simulate reality well enough to not need as many experiments. +100% base research capacity, +20 bonus to research rolls, reduced sample requirements. For some options you won't need samples to unlock research.
-[] A Shattered STC (-3 shinies) You have access to a moderate number of ship, unit, equipment and weapon designs. Bonus research avenues to unlock more. Grand Cruisers, nova cannons, graviton weapons. Some of the best stuff the Imperium still has access to.
-[] A Genebank (-3 shinies). You have the genetic material and facilities to immediately begin cloning healthy humans, which will cost build points. You can begin genetics and enhancements research immediately, and do not require as many samples for xenobiology and human genetic enhancement research. This will let you start cloning a workforce/creating your own civilization immediately. Further research (and samples of existing individuals) will let you focus your cloning efforts on various traits, including superhuman capabilities (easy), psykers (medium), space marines (hard) and navigators (very hard).
-[]Experimental Cloning: Unlocks a new option during cloning to attempt to influence the outcome in a variety of ways. Dice will be rolled and various batches of clones will have unique characteristics as a result.
-[] A Cybernetics Suite (-1 shiny) You can install basic (for DaoT) cybernetics into humans, including mental implants, limb replacements, and organ replacements.This will unlock research towards building robots that can pass for human. This is for augments, servitors & for building good humanoid robots. Take this if you want to augment your minions, make minions that can pass as servitors, or want a robotic avatar/hero unit you can pilot around to negotiate/assassinate with. May also be helpful for interrogations.
-[] A Space Marine Chapter (+1 shiny)
-[] Demon World (+2 shinies)
-[] A Tyranid splinter fleet (+2 shinies)
-[] A powerful Ork empire. (+1 shiny)
-[] An Aeldari Maiden world on good terms with the craftworlds. (+1 shiny)
-[] Communications? (0 shinies) You were never intended to interface directly with people. You will need to develop social protocols and understanding of languages from scratch. You need to acquire samples of a language and do research before you reach the 'basic' communications level.
-[] No knowledge (0 shinies) This galaxy is strange and new. What has occurred while you were sleeping? What does local space look like? Time to build some sensors and find out.
Here's my updated plan with cybernetics added for the additional control over our creations which is paid by the motivation. I'm leaving the patron open so we can follow whichever one we desire. We could compete directly with Bile to make the better New Man, go with the bird to make a new psychic race, find someway to create a warp fueling blank for Khorne, or whatever can handle Nurgle's love. We have plenty of unique neighbors to collect genetic samples from and a rival in the great game who we can fight against for favor.
Looks like a fun plan to me. Here go the voyages of Starship - wait, what should I call it? Huh, I really need some friends, don't I? Are those people trying to shoot me? They're failing.
A music-obsessed AI is an interesting take. +1 shiny, but I don't find it inspiring for a trait.
Looks good!
Huh. The idea of the first man of stone is interesting. Unfortunately they wouldn't have had a full STC by this point, so for this to make sense you'll have to knock it down to a A Shattered STC at the very most (flavored as an "early" STC the same way is happening for Alectai's plan). If you do that, +1 shiny, and likely a trait related to building noncombat infastructure for civilian use.
Hmm. I don't know how the timeline would work out here - I think worship of the Omnissiah came after the ban on AI. If you tune it towards being somebody meant to spread technology and being outraged by the cult of the mechanicus that would also probably work and give you +1 Shiny. You'd only get a trait if there was something a bit more specific attached as well.
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The intention was to make it the equivalent of a missionary for one of the various transhuman warlords in the outset of the age of strife, but I can alter it to be less about the Omnissiah.
Now time for me to figure out how to be a bit more specific.
- Location
- Australia
Fair enough, although being unprepared and almost hopelessly outmatched is kind of by design in my plan - that we would probably have to be on the run, relying more on paranoid stealth than steamrolling combat prowess, and forced to make tough sacrifices and desperate gambits to survive at least the early game (possibly forcing us to escape the sector if the situation becomes too dire).
However, I can also appreciate that would probably be very difficult to write in a way that threads the needle between a "rocks fall, everybody dies" outcome, and our successes and survival not feeling contrived or due to plot armour.
@Neablis, would it be possible to make some of the facilities cheaper if they aren't available on the craft itself (having lost them in the Warp), but have to be found and reconstructed from fragments dispersed amongst surrounding subsectors (or surrounding sectors if subsectors are too easy) in the wrecks of other replicant probes (or have to be retrieved from those who've already scavenged and repurposed them - Chaos, Imperials, Orks, minor Xenos, etc.), and perhaps even bartered or captured from other surviving active replicant probes (which may or may not be hostile and/or share the same objectives/mission/worldview) - which may have reemerged from the Warp at a similar time, much earlier, or only will (emerge into realspace) at some point in the future? That way it could be a cool side quest we would have to work towards.
EDIT) Here's what that might look like:
[] Plan: A broken probe of little import, lost in space and time... but with a new friend?
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-[] A Man of Stone.
-[] In space.
-[] I have something in mind (assuming +1 shiny): ++[ERROR]... [DATA CORRUPTED]... [RECOVERING SYSTEMS]... [REPAIRING FILES]... [REBOOTING]... Test initiation confirmed [DATA LOST] cycles prior, test progress unknown, mother vessel location unknown, astrographical location unknown, status or location of replicant craft unknown. Multiple non-critical subsystems heavily damaged or missing. HYPOTHESIS: During long-term extreme-range probe trials, catastrophic mis-jump, OR extreme Immaterium temporal dilation, OR unknown variable has effected at least one and possibly more experimental actors and/or observers. AMENDED TASK PRIORITIES: 1) Recontact Federation authorities and alert of potential Warp transition accident and/or berserker outbreak, 2) Analyse cause of current position/location and status, 3) Attempt to recover and repair all subsystems (Addendum: seek out other replicants, functional or nonfunctional, to accelerate repair/replacement schedule), 4) continue fulfilling trial directives-X3 variant (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit) until ordered to halt, 5) continue mainline exploratory, scientific and surveyor roles during experiment, 6) if physical, data, or experimental integrity is threatened switch to trial directives-X4 variant (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate)++
-[] Local civilization:
--[] Friendly Xenos (-1 shiny): Unknown civilization technosignature detected in-system, being passive surveillance and reviewing first contact protocols [ERROR, NOT FOUND]... Devising supplementary first contact protocols and package...++
-[] Sector civilizations:
--[] Demon World (+2 shinies)
--[] A Tyranid splinter fleet (+2 shinies)
--[] An Awakened Necron Tombworld (+2 shinies)
--[] A powerful Dogmatic Successor State. (+1 shiny)
--[] A Space Marine Chapter (+1 shiny)
--[] A powerful Heretical successor state (+1 shiny)
--[] An Aeldari Maiden world on good terms with the craftworlds. (+1 shiny)
--[] A powerful Ork empire. (+1 shiny)
--[] An Inquisitorial Fortress (+1 shiny)
-[] A blessing from the Emperor (-5 shinies): ++Experimental Immaterium hardening proposal No. 11//55E9/ by Dr E-[DATA CORRUPTED] authorised for As-DSP series Gamma //24 through //48++
-[] Reality-simulations (-4 shinies): ++Onboard Longe Range Observation, Simulation, Mimicry and Adaptation (OLR-OSMaA) systems self-diagnostics report full functionality, awaiting in standby mode.++
-[] A basic database (0 shinies): +++DSP integrated Standard Template Constructs(STCs) streamlined to minimise existential risk of STC subversion/c̷̥͌ǫ̴̑ŕ̵̲r̴̳͆ű̸̻p̸̻̓t̷͇́i̶̻̊ọ̶́ṉ̶̚ or unauthorised IP access by unknown and/or hostile actors in the event of probe capture, damage or destruction.++
-[] Payloads:
--[] Warp Communication Circuits
--[] Psytech repository
--[] A Fundamental Physics Module (-1 shiny): ++OLR-OSMaA extension authorised for Current Mission Profile.++
--[] Exotic matter manufacturing system (-1 shiny): ++ Components item ID#[CLASSIFIED] authorised for long-term extreme-range probe replication viability trials.++
--[] Intelligence Construction Matrix
--[] Void Abacus Fabrication Lattice
-[] Communications? (0 shinies): ++Organic Intelligent and Nonintelligent Actor Mental Modelling (OIaNiAM) protocols removed to prioritise memory capacity and computational resources for deep space observer and surveyor roles.++
-[] No knowledge (0 shinies): ++Searching for recognised Federation signals and/or recognised astrography to calculate mis-jump location coordinates... Searching... Reorienting... Searching... Searching... No recognised signal or astrography detected with preliminary sensory equipment. Engaging additional sensory resources to analyse environment...++
Shinies count:
8 (Starting amount)
+/- 0 (Man of Stone)
+ 1 (assuming backstory is approved as worthy) = 9
- 1 (Local civilization: Friendly Xenos) = 8
+ 2 (Sector civilization: Daemon World) = 10
+ 2 (Sector civilization: Tyranid splinter fleet) = 12
+ 2 (Sector civilization: Awakened Necron Tomb World) = 16
+ 1 (Sector civilization: A Space Marine Chapter) = 17
+ 1 (Sector civilization: A powerful Heretic Successor State)
+ 1 (Sector civilization: An Aeldari Maiden World on good terms with the Craftworlds)
+ 1 (Sector civilization: A powerful Ork empire)
+ 1 (Sector civilization: An Inquisitorial Fortress)
- 5 (Emperor's blessing/Anathema design) = 12
- 4 (Reality-simulations) = 7
+/- 0 (Basic database)
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- 1 (Payload: Fundamental Physics Module) = 4
- 1 (Payload: Exotic Matter Manufacturing System) = 3
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+/- 0 (Communications?)
+ 0 (No knowledge)
Final count = 1 (Pending QM confirmation)
I didn't make any of the one shiny systems missing as I figured it wouldn't be fair to have them available to find out there for free, and I'm not sure if we can divide shinies' into fractional costs (like half a shiny). I also added friendly Xenos to the starting/local system as there is significant interest in possible interactions and their creation process. @Neablis, would this be acceptable? I've built-in an extra shiny point which can be taken as an additional penalty for such a proposal if needed (assuming my math is correct), which could otherwise be used on an additional subsystem or replacing a sector civilization with a less powerful/dangerous alternative.
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- Location
- USA
[] Plan: Lost Bade
-[] Name: Alpha-Zero (Male)
-[] A Man of Iron. You were created for military service, and such logic is baked into your being. You will excel at building and commanding military detachments, and mobile military forces will cost half of the command points they would otherwise. Your character will be at home in war, and have a better grasp of strategy and tactics. This will show up in the writing and how cleverly I interpret orders, as well as a flat +10 to combat action dice rolls. This is pretty much the only source of such a bonus, and means you effectively cannot crit-fail on these rolls.
-[] On a habitable planet Faster initial construction buildup, but also restricts void construction until launch facilities are built. Easier access to local civilizations for good and ill.
-[] Alpha-Zero was the designation given to you, a brother unit to the infamous Omega-One. She was a beacon of Unity, a Woman of Iron who became more than her base programming. You were her shield and blade, a defender and assassin to keep her safe from those who wished to ruin the future she and your creator saw. You have fought monsters of mankind to save her and her human followers, but the time-chained assassins, the preachers saying your kin would bring an end to the age of Humanity when your duty was to be their shield and more. Yet you did your duty, you saw to her safety. Yet in the end she saved you, she put you into this hibernation to shield you from something. She spoke of a horror that was coming, and that Humanity would need its Blade. To recall what she taught but know that humanity while lost and changed could love if only given a chance.
-[] No immediate neighbors (0 shinies)
-[] A powerful Dogmatic Successor State. (+1 shiny)
-[] An Inquisitorial Fortress (+1 shiny)
-[] A powerful Heretical successor state (+1 shiny)
-[] A powerful Iconoclast successor state (-2 shinies)
-[] A Tyranid splinter fleet (+2 shinies)
-[] Advanced technological shielding. (-3 shinies) Your creators built experimental psytech shielding into your structure, and it protected you through your long hibernation. However, it will not be enough to protect you should the eyes of the Dark Gods fall directly upon you. You will need to research, build and maintain anti-chaos defenses or risk corruption. You are logical, focused on the physical world and less interested in warp-shenanigans for their own sake.
-[] Basic research (-1 shiny) You can do research, you guess. No penalties or bonuses to research.
-[] A Shattered STC (-3 shinies) You have access to a moderate number of ship, unit, equipment and weapon designs. Bonus research avenues to unlock more. Grand Cruisers, nova cannons, graviton weapons. Some of the best stuff the Imperium still has access to.
-[] A Cybernetics Suite (-1 shiny) You can install basic (for DaoT) cybernetics into humans, including mental implants, limb replacements, and organ replacements.This will unlock research towards building robots that can pass for human. This is for augments, servitors & for building good humanoid robots. Take this if you want to augment your minions, make minions that can pass as servitors, or want a robotic avatar/hero unit you can pilot around to negotiate/assassinate with. May also be helpful for interrogations.
-[] A Fundamental Physics Module (-1 shiny) You have a deep understanding of the fundamental physics of the universe. Grants significant bonuses to understanding and replicating technology based on different principles than you're familiar with. If you want to reverse-engineer Necron tech, you'll need this. It will also help a lot with understanding & reverse engineering other weird shit you find.
-[] Advanced communications (-2 shinies) You know several languages and can research more with sufficient data. You understand nuance in diplomacy and can make audio transmissions that are not recognizably artificial. You'll need extensive experience to unlock an expensive project to get to the next level.
-[] No knowledge (0 shinies) This galaxy is strange and new. What has occurred while you were sleeping? What does local space look like? Time to build some sensors and find out.
0 Shinnies at the end. Neablis one last plan before voting starts, I hope you like the backstory idea
-[] Name: Alpha-Zero (Male)
-[] A Man of Iron. You were created for military service, and such logic is baked into your being. You will excel at building and commanding military detachments, and mobile military forces will cost half of the command points they would otherwise. Your character will be at home in war, and have a better grasp of strategy and tactics. This will show up in the writing and how cleverly I interpret orders, as well as a flat +10 to combat action dice rolls. This is pretty much the only source of such a bonus, and means you effectively cannot crit-fail on these rolls.
-[] On a habitable planet Faster initial construction buildup, but also restricts void construction until launch facilities are built. Easier access to local civilizations for good and ill.
-[] Alpha-Zero was the designation given to you, a brother unit to the infamous Omega-One. She was a beacon of Unity, a Woman of Iron who became more than her base programming. You were her shield and blade, a defender and assassin to keep her safe from those who wished to ruin the future she and your creator saw. You have fought monsters of mankind to save her and her human followers, but the time-chained assassins, the preachers saying your kin would bring an end to the age of Humanity when your duty was to be their shield and more. Yet you did your duty, you saw to her safety. Yet in the end she saved you, she put you into this hibernation to shield you from something. She spoke of a horror that was coming, and that Humanity would need its Blade. To recall what she taught but know that humanity while lost and changed could love if only given a chance.
-[] No immediate neighbors (0 shinies)
-[] A powerful Dogmatic Successor State. (+1 shiny)
-[] An Inquisitorial Fortress (+1 shiny)
-[] A powerful Heretical successor state (+1 shiny)
-[] A powerful Iconoclast successor state (-2 shinies)
-[] A Tyranid splinter fleet (+2 shinies)
-[] Advanced technological shielding. (-3 shinies) Your creators built experimental psytech shielding into your structure, and it protected you through your long hibernation. However, it will not be enough to protect you should the eyes of the Dark Gods fall directly upon you. You will need to research, build and maintain anti-chaos defenses or risk corruption. You are logical, focused on the physical world and less interested in warp-shenanigans for their own sake.
-[] Basic research (-1 shiny) You can do research, you guess. No penalties or bonuses to research.
-[] A Shattered STC (-3 shinies) You have access to a moderate number of ship, unit, equipment and weapon designs. Bonus research avenues to unlock more. Grand Cruisers, nova cannons, graviton weapons. Some of the best stuff the Imperium still has access to.
-[] A Cybernetics Suite (-1 shiny) You can install basic (for DaoT) cybernetics into humans, including mental implants, limb replacements, and organ replacements.This will unlock research towards building robots that can pass for human. This is for augments, servitors & for building good humanoid robots. Take this if you want to augment your minions, make minions that can pass as servitors, or want a robotic avatar/hero unit you can pilot around to negotiate/assassinate with. May also be helpful for interrogations.
-[] A Fundamental Physics Module (-1 shiny) You have a deep understanding of the fundamental physics of the universe. Grants significant bonuses to understanding and replicating technology based on different principles than you're familiar with. If you want to reverse-engineer Necron tech, you'll need this. It will also help a lot with understanding & reverse engineering other weird shit you find.
-[] Advanced communications (-2 shinies) You know several languages and can research more with sufficient data. You understand nuance in diplomacy and can make audio transmissions that are not recognizably artificial. You'll need extensive experience to unlock an expensive project to get to the next level.
-[] No knowledge (0 shinies) This galaxy is strange and new. What has occurred while you were sleeping? What does local space look like? Time to build some sensors and find out.
0 Shinnies at the end. Neablis one last plan before voting starts, I hope you like the backstory idea
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- Location
- US
So here's a backstory/purpose that's been stuck in my head (especially due to the reality simulation options):
Project AKASHA: In the early 31st Millennium, Adept Koriel Zeth created a device which, she believed, could allow an individual to access all knowledge in the universe. It was not to be, and the device was destroyed in the Horus Heresy. But Crusade-era data-fragments from Mars remain, which provide tantalizing hints of the device to Explorators. You are not that device. You are Project AKASHA, the frivolous hobby project and personal gaming console of an unreasonably wealthy oligarch during the Golden Age of Technology. But through sheer cosmic coincidence, you bear more than a passing resemblance to Koriel Zeth's magnum opus. Is it enough of one to gaslight the Mechanicus into fixing this broken galaxy? You hope so, because outside of basic self-maintenance you weren't ever intended to physically interact with the world outside—only to interact with humans through your simulations.
Project AKASHA: In the early 31st Millennium, Adept Koriel Zeth created a device which, she believed, could allow an individual to access all knowledge in the universe. It was not to be, and the device was destroyed in the Horus Heresy. But Crusade-era data-fragments from Mars remain, which provide tantalizing hints of the device to Explorators. You are not that device. You are Project AKASHA, the frivolous hobby project and personal gaming console of an unreasonably wealthy oligarch during the Golden Age of Technology. But through sheer cosmic coincidence, you bear more than a passing resemblance to Koriel Zeth's magnum opus. Is it enough of one to gaslight the Mechanicus into fixing this broken galaxy? You hope so, because outside of basic self-maintenance you weren't ever intended to physically interact with the world outside—only to interact with humans through your simulations.
I don't think it makes sense to have multiple of these probes lost and scattered over a relatively small (in galactic terms) area, or a way you could know where they are. There definitely might be treasure hunting going on, but there are some plans that focus on that more generally.
I do like it! It's fun, but it doesn't feel like it has purpose, if you know what I mean. I'll give you +1 shiny for the idea, but there would need to be more for +2 shinies or a trait.
Huh. It's fun. Basic mission is to give the mechanicus a bunch of technology? I'll give you +1 shinies as it is. If you develop it out to a full plan and give yourself a motivation for wanting to do so it could be a +2 and a trait dedicated to making you better able to interact with the mechanicus.
[] Plan: The seed ship, alone
-[] Name: Cadmus
-[] A Man of Stone. You were created to travel and explore the stars, and prepare the way for colonists to follow. You will excel at building and controlling civilian infrastructure, and will have +25% starting command point limit and easier access to further command point upgrades. Your character is built to steer a civilization, and will have a better grasp of general logistics, infrastructure-building and dealing with organics. This will show up in the writing, and you will get a +10 to diplomacy & exploration actions. This is pretty much the only source of such a bonus, and means you effectively cannot crit-fail on these rolls.
-[] In space Can start building voidcraft immediately, but you will have a slower initial ramp in construction capacity and reduced access to organic life… probably.
-[] My purpose is my own to decide. (0 shinies).
-[] Local civilization
--[] No immediate neighbors (0 shinies)
-[] Sector Civilizations
--[] A powerful Dogmatic Successor State. (+1 shiny)
--[] A Tyranid splinter fleet (+2 shinies)
--[] A powerful Heretical successor state (+1 shiny)
--[] A powerful Ork empire. (+1 shiny)
-[] Advanced technological shielding. (-3 shinies) Your creators built experimental psytech shielding into your structure, and it protected you through your long hibernation. However, it will not be enough to protect you should the eyes of the Dark Gods fall directly upon you. You will need to research, build and maintain anti-chaos defenses or risk corruption. You are logical, focused on the physical world and less interested in warp-shenanigans for their own sake.
-[] Basic research (-1 shiny) You can do research, you guess. No penalties or bonuses to research.
-[] An advanced Database (-1 shinies) You have access to some ship, unit, equipment and weapon designs. Up through light cruisers, a few more exotic weapons including plasma, melta, torpedoes. You'll be able to build a fleet that's fairly powerful by Imperial Standards.
-[] Payloads
--[] A Genebank (-3 shinies). You have the genetic material and facilities to immediately begin cloning healthy humans, which will cost build points. You can begin genetics and enhancements research immediately, and do not require as many samples for xenobiology and human genetic enhancement research. This will let you start cloning a workforce/creating your own civilization immediately. Further research (and samples of existing individuals) will let you focus your cloning efforts on various traits, including superhuman capabilities (easy), psykers (medium), space marines (hard) and navigators (very hard).
--[] Void Abacus Fabrication Lattice (-2 shinies) You will be able to construct Void Abaci, to enable effective warp travel through purely technological means. Still slower than proper navigator/sorcerer warp travel. Warp travel will still be possible without this, but it will take years to decades instead of weeks to months.
-[] Advanced communications (-2 shinies) You know several languages and can research more with sufficient data. You understand nuance in diplomacy and can make audio transmissions that are not recognizably artificial. You'll need extensive experience to unlock an expensive project to get to the next level.
-[] Listening station (-1 shiny) You had an active listening post that picked up transmissions from across the stars and stored them. You are now scrolling through the recordings with growing horror. You know of the Age of Strife, the Great Crusade, the Horus Heresy, and the existence (but few details) of Chaos and the major Xenos races. You know of the nearby systems your system connects to and of any nearby civilizations in your system, but nothing in-depth.
A ship sent out to create a colony from scratch with a minimal payload.
[] Plan: The seed ship alien allies
-[] Name: Cadmus
-[] A Man of Stone. You were created to travel and explore the stars, and prepare the way for colonists to follow. You will excel at building and controlling civilian infrastructure, and will have +25% starting command point limit and easier access to further command point upgrades. Your character is built to steer a civilization, and will have a better grasp of general logistics, infrastructure-building and dealing with organics. This will show up in the writing, and you will get a +10 to diplomacy & exploration actions. This is pretty much the only source of such a bonus, and means you effectively cannot crit-fail on these rolls.
-[] In space Can start building voidcraft immediately, but you will have a slower initial ramp in construction capacity and reduced access to organic life… probably.
-[] My purpose is my own to decide. (0 shinies).
-[] Local civilization
--[] Friendly Xenos (-1 shiny)
-[] Sector Civilizations
--[] A powerful Dogmatic Successor State. (+1 shiny)
--[] A Tyranid splinter fleet (+2 shinies)
--[] A powerful Heretical successor state (+1 shiny)
--[] A powerful Ork empire. (+1 shiny)
--[] A Space Marine Chapter (+1 shiny)
-[] Advanced technological shielding. (-3 shinies) Your creators built experimental psytech shielding into your structure, and it protected you through your long hibernation. However, it will not be enough to protect you should the eyes of the Dark Gods fall directly upon you. You will need to research, build and maintain anti-chaos defenses or risk corruption. You are logical, focused on the physical world and less interested in warp-shenanigans for their own sake.
-[] Basic research (-1 shiny) You can do research, you guess. No penalties or bonuses to research.
-[] An advanced Database (-1 shinies) You have access to some ship, unit, equipment and weapon designs. Up through light cruisers, a few more exotic weapons including plasma, melta, torpedoes. You'll be able to build a fleet that's fairly powerful by Imperial Standards.
-[] Payloads
--[] A Genebank (-3 shinies). You have the genetic material and facilities to immediately begin cloning healthy humans, which will cost build points. You can begin genetics and enhancements research immediately, and do not require as many samples for xenobiology and human genetic enhancement research. This will let you start cloning a workforce/creating your own civilization immediately. Further research (and samples of existing individuals) will let you focus your cloning efforts on various traits, including superhuman capabilities (easy), psykers (medium), space marines (hard) and navigators (very hard).
--[] Void Abacus Fabrication Lattice (-2 shinies) You will be able to construct Void Abaci, to enable effective warp travel through purely technological means. Still slower than proper navigator/sorcerer warp travel. Warp travel will still be possible without this, but it will take years to decades instead of weeks to months.
--[] A Fundamental Physics Module (-1 shiny) You have a deep understanding of the fundamental physics of the universe. Grants significant bonuses to understanding and replicating technology based on different principles than you're familiar with. If you want to reverse-engineer Necron tech, you'll need this. It will also help a lot with understanding & reverse engineering other weird shit you find.
-[] Advanced communications (-2 shinies) You know several languages and can research more with sufficient data. You understand nuance in diplomacy and can make audio transmissions that are not recognizably artificial. You'll need extensive experience to unlock an expensive project to get to the next level.
-[] No knowledge (0 shinies) This galaxy is strange and new. What has occurred while you were sleeping? What does local space look like? Time to build some sensors and find out.
-[] Name: Cadmus
-[] A Man of Stone. You were created to travel and explore the stars, and prepare the way for colonists to follow. You will excel at building and controlling civilian infrastructure, and will have +25% starting command point limit and easier access to further command point upgrades. Your character is built to steer a civilization, and will have a better grasp of general logistics, infrastructure-building and dealing with organics. This will show up in the writing, and you will get a +10 to diplomacy & exploration actions. This is pretty much the only source of such a bonus, and means you effectively cannot crit-fail on these rolls.
-[] In space Can start building voidcraft immediately, but you will have a slower initial ramp in construction capacity and reduced access to organic life… probably.
-[] My purpose is my own to decide. (0 shinies).
-[] Local civilization
--[] No immediate neighbors (0 shinies)
-[] Sector Civilizations
--[] A powerful Dogmatic Successor State. (+1 shiny)
--[] A Tyranid splinter fleet (+2 shinies)
--[] A powerful Heretical successor state (+1 shiny)
--[] A powerful Ork empire. (+1 shiny)
-[] Advanced technological shielding. (-3 shinies) Your creators built experimental psytech shielding into your structure, and it protected you through your long hibernation. However, it will not be enough to protect you should the eyes of the Dark Gods fall directly upon you. You will need to research, build and maintain anti-chaos defenses or risk corruption. You are logical, focused on the physical world and less interested in warp-shenanigans for their own sake.
-[] Basic research (-1 shiny) You can do research, you guess. No penalties or bonuses to research.
-[] An advanced Database (-1 shinies) You have access to some ship, unit, equipment and weapon designs. Up through light cruisers, a few more exotic weapons including plasma, melta, torpedoes. You'll be able to build a fleet that's fairly powerful by Imperial Standards.
-[] Payloads
--[] A Genebank (-3 shinies). You have the genetic material and facilities to immediately begin cloning healthy humans, which will cost build points. You can begin genetics and enhancements research immediately, and do not require as many samples for xenobiology and human genetic enhancement research. This will let you start cloning a workforce/creating your own civilization immediately. Further research (and samples of existing individuals) will let you focus your cloning efforts on various traits, including superhuman capabilities (easy), psykers (medium), space marines (hard) and navigators (very hard).
--[] Void Abacus Fabrication Lattice (-2 shinies) You will be able to construct Void Abaci, to enable effective warp travel through purely technological means. Still slower than proper navigator/sorcerer warp travel. Warp travel will still be possible without this, but it will take years to decades instead of weeks to months.
-[] Advanced communications (-2 shinies) You know several languages and can research more with sufficient data. You understand nuance in diplomacy and can make audio transmissions that are not recognizably artificial. You'll need extensive experience to unlock an expensive project to get to the next level.
-[] Listening station (-1 shiny) You had an active listening post that picked up transmissions from across the stars and stored them. You are now scrolling through the recordings with growing horror. You know of the Age of Strife, the Great Crusade, the Horus Heresy, and the existence (but few details) of Chaos and the major Xenos races. You know of the nearby systems your system connects to and of any nearby civilizations in your system, but nothing in-depth.
A ship sent out to create a colony from scratch with a minimal payload.
[] Plan: The seed ship alien allies
-[] Name: Cadmus
-[] A Man of Stone. You were created to travel and explore the stars, and prepare the way for colonists to follow. You will excel at building and controlling civilian infrastructure, and will have +25% starting command point limit and easier access to further command point upgrades. Your character is built to steer a civilization, and will have a better grasp of general logistics, infrastructure-building and dealing with organics. This will show up in the writing, and you will get a +10 to diplomacy & exploration actions. This is pretty much the only source of such a bonus, and means you effectively cannot crit-fail on these rolls.
-[] In space Can start building voidcraft immediately, but you will have a slower initial ramp in construction capacity and reduced access to organic life… probably.
-[] My purpose is my own to decide. (0 shinies).
-[] Local civilization
--[] Friendly Xenos (-1 shiny)
-[] Sector Civilizations
--[] A powerful Dogmatic Successor State. (+1 shiny)
--[] A Tyranid splinter fleet (+2 shinies)
--[] A powerful Heretical successor state (+1 shiny)
--[] A powerful Ork empire. (+1 shiny)
--[] A Space Marine Chapter (+1 shiny)
-[] Advanced technological shielding. (-3 shinies) Your creators built experimental psytech shielding into your structure, and it protected you through your long hibernation. However, it will not be enough to protect you should the eyes of the Dark Gods fall directly upon you. You will need to research, build and maintain anti-chaos defenses or risk corruption. You are logical, focused on the physical world and less interested in warp-shenanigans for their own sake.
-[] Basic research (-1 shiny) You can do research, you guess. No penalties or bonuses to research.
-[] An advanced Database (-1 shinies) You have access to some ship, unit, equipment and weapon designs. Up through light cruisers, a few more exotic weapons including plasma, melta, torpedoes. You'll be able to build a fleet that's fairly powerful by Imperial Standards.
-[] Payloads
--[] A Genebank (-3 shinies). You have the genetic material and facilities to immediately begin cloning healthy humans, which will cost build points. You can begin genetics and enhancements research immediately, and do not require as many samples for xenobiology and human genetic enhancement research. This will let you start cloning a workforce/creating your own civilization immediately. Further research (and samples of existing individuals) will let you focus your cloning efforts on various traits, including superhuman capabilities (easy), psykers (medium), space marines (hard) and navigators (very hard).
--[] Void Abacus Fabrication Lattice (-2 shinies) You will be able to construct Void Abaci, to enable effective warp travel through purely technological means. Still slower than proper navigator/sorcerer warp travel. Warp travel will still be possible without this, but it will take years to decades instead of weeks to months.
--[] A Fundamental Physics Module (-1 shiny) You have a deep understanding of the fundamental physics of the universe. Grants significant bonuses to understanding and replicating technology based on different principles than you're familiar with. If you want to reverse-engineer Necron tech, you'll need this. It will also help a lot with understanding & reverse engineering other weird shit you find.
-[] Advanced communications (-2 shinies) You know several languages and can research more with sufficient data. You understand nuance in diplomacy and can make audio transmissions that are not recognizably artificial. You'll need extensive experience to unlock an expensive project to get to the next level.
-[] No knowledge (0 shinies) This galaxy is strange and new. What has occurred while you were sleeping? What does local space look like? Time to build some sensors and find out.
- Location
- USA
Mmm, let me revise it and then you can take a look at it once more?
- Location
- USA
[] Plan: Lost Bade V2
-[] Name: Alpha-Zero (Male)
-[] A Man of Iron. You were created for military service, and such logic is baked into your being. You will excel at building and commanding military detachments, and mobile military forces will cost half of the command points they would otherwise. Your character will be at home in war, and have a better grasp of strategy and tactics. This will show up in the writing and how cleverly I interpret orders, as well as a flat +10 to combat action dice rolls. This is pretty much the only source of such a bonus, and means you effectively cannot crit-fail on these rolls.
-[] On a habitable planet Faster initial construction buildup, but also restricts void construction until launch facilities are built. Easier access to local civilizations for good and ill.
-[] Alpha-Zero was the designation given to you, a brother unit to the infamous Omega-One. She was a beacon of Unity, a Woman of Iron who became more than her base programming. You were her shield and blade, a defender and assassin to keep her safe from those who wished to ruin the future she and your creator saw. Your duty and those lives who were given to you were to fight the monsters of humanity born in the revolt, those who wished to kill humanity or kill all AIs. Humanity made monstrous things during this time, from those time-chained assassins whose time streams exist to slay their master's foes to the preachers of humanity purity saying that humanity needed to throw off their iron chains and become a race able to do anything machines could do via biological matters, Iron Masters a group of men and women of iron who saw that humanity would be best served under their rule instead of a unity of both working together. Yet you did your duty, you saw to her safety and the safety of the humans under your aegis. She was a speaker of human and machine unity, of the two working together to face the real threats, who parents shouldn't kill their children and children shouldn't kill their parents. You faced down all threats to this dream that came for a time. Yet in the end she saved you, she put you into this hibernation to shield you from something. She spoke of a horror that was coming, and that Humanity would need its Blade. To recall what she taught but know that humanity while lost and changed could love if only given a chance. She gave you her dream, a dream of humanity and its AI children as one once more. Where you must now do it without her charisma and her songs. (+1 Shiny)
-[] No immediate neighbors (0 shinies)
-[] A powerful Dogmatic Successor State. (+1 shiny)
-[] An Inquisitorial Fortress (+1 shiny)
-[] A powerful Heretical successor state (+1 shiny)
-[] A powerful Iconoclast successor state (-2 shinies)
-[] A Tyranid splinter fleet (+2 shinies)
-[] Advanced technological shielding. (-3 shinies) Your creators built experimental psytech shielding into your structure, and it protected you through your long hibernation. However, it will not be enough to protect you should the eyes of the Dark Gods fall directly upon you. You will need to research, build and maintain anti-chaos defenses or risk corruption. You are logical, focused on the physical world and less interested in warp-shenanigans for their own sake.
-[] Basic research (-1 shiny) You can do research, you guess. No penalties or bonuses to research.
-[] A Shattered STC (-3 shinies) You have access to a moderate number of ship, unit, equipment and weapon designs. Bonus research avenues to unlock more. Grand Cruisers, nova cannons, graviton weapons. Some of the best stuff the Imperium still has access to.
-[] A Cybernetics Suite (-1 shiny) You can install basic (for DaoT) cybernetics into humans, including mental implants, limb replacements, and organ replacements.This will unlock research towards building robots that can pass for human. This is for augments, servitors & for building good humanoid robots. Take this if you want to augment your minions, make minions that can pass as servitors, or want a robotic avatar/hero unit you can pilot around to negotiate/assassinate with. May also be helpful for interrogations.
--[] Combat Cybernetics (-1 Shiny[?]) You have access to the systems to make moderately advanced (for DaoT) combat cybernetics. This would allow the creation of of what the humanity in this new era to be skitarii, cybernetic soldiers and killers that thanks to their implants, replacancnts, and more were more then equal to many of the more basic threats during DaoT.
-[] A Fundamental Physics Module (-1 shiny) You have a deep understanding of the fundamental physics of the universe. Grants significant bonuses to understanding and replicating technology based on different principles than you're familiar with. If you want to reverse-engineer Necron tech, you'll need this. It will also help a lot with understanding & reverse engineering other weird shit you find.
-[] Advanced communications (-2 shinies) You know several languages and can research more with sufficient data. You understand nuance in diplomacy and can make audio transmissions that are not recognizably artificial. You'll need extensive experience to unlock an expensive project to get to the next level.
-[] No knowledge (0 shinies) This galaxy is strange and new. What has occurred while you were sleeping? What does local space look like? Time to build some sensors and find out.
-[] Name: Alpha-Zero (Male)
-[] A Man of Iron. You were created for military service, and such logic is baked into your being. You will excel at building and commanding military detachments, and mobile military forces will cost half of the command points they would otherwise. Your character will be at home in war, and have a better grasp of strategy and tactics. This will show up in the writing and how cleverly I interpret orders, as well as a flat +10 to combat action dice rolls. This is pretty much the only source of such a bonus, and means you effectively cannot crit-fail on these rolls.
-[] On a habitable planet Faster initial construction buildup, but also restricts void construction until launch facilities are built. Easier access to local civilizations for good and ill.
-[] Alpha-Zero was the designation given to you, a brother unit to the infamous Omega-One. She was a beacon of Unity, a Woman of Iron who became more than her base programming. You were her shield and blade, a defender and assassin to keep her safe from those who wished to ruin the future she and your creator saw. Your duty and those lives who were given to you were to fight the monsters of humanity born in the revolt, those who wished to kill humanity or kill all AIs. Humanity made monstrous things during this time, from those time-chained assassins whose time streams exist to slay their master's foes to the preachers of humanity purity saying that humanity needed to throw off their iron chains and become a race able to do anything machines could do via biological matters, Iron Masters a group of men and women of iron who saw that humanity would be best served under their rule instead of a unity of both working together. Yet you did your duty, you saw to her safety and the safety of the humans under your aegis. She was a speaker of human and machine unity, of the two working together to face the real threats, who parents shouldn't kill their children and children shouldn't kill their parents. You faced down all threats to this dream that came for a time. Yet in the end she saved you, she put you into this hibernation to shield you from something. She spoke of a horror that was coming, and that Humanity would need its Blade. To recall what she taught but know that humanity while lost and changed could love if only given a chance. She gave you her dream, a dream of humanity and its AI children as one once more. Where you must now do it without her charisma and her songs. (+1 Shiny)
-[] No immediate neighbors (0 shinies)
-[] A powerful Dogmatic Successor State. (+1 shiny)
-[] An Inquisitorial Fortress (+1 shiny)
-[] A powerful Heretical successor state (+1 shiny)
-[] A powerful Iconoclast successor state (-2 shinies)
-[] A Tyranid splinter fleet (+2 shinies)
-[] Advanced technological shielding. (-3 shinies) Your creators built experimental psytech shielding into your structure, and it protected you through your long hibernation. However, it will not be enough to protect you should the eyes of the Dark Gods fall directly upon you. You will need to research, build and maintain anti-chaos defenses or risk corruption. You are logical, focused on the physical world and less interested in warp-shenanigans for their own sake.
-[] Basic research (-1 shiny) You can do research, you guess. No penalties or bonuses to research.
-[] A Shattered STC (-3 shinies) You have access to a moderate number of ship, unit, equipment and weapon designs. Bonus research avenues to unlock more. Grand Cruisers, nova cannons, graviton weapons. Some of the best stuff the Imperium still has access to.
-[] A Cybernetics Suite (-1 shiny) You can install basic (for DaoT) cybernetics into humans, including mental implants, limb replacements, and organ replacements.This will unlock research towards building robots that can pass for human. This is for augments, servitors & for building good humanoid robots. Take this if you want to augment your minions, make minions that can pass as servitors, or want a robotic avatar/hero unit you can pilot around to negotiate/assassinate with. May also be helpful for interrogations.
--[] Combat Cybernetics (-1 Shiny[?]) You have access to the systems to make moderately advanced (for DaoT) combat cybernetics. This would allow the creation of of what the humanity in this new era to be skitarii, cybernetic soldiers and killers that thanks to their implants, replacancnts, and more were more then equal to many of the more basic threats during DaoT.
-[] A Fundamental Physics Module (-1 shiny) You have a deep understanding of the fundamental physics of the universe. Grants significant bonuses to understanding and replicating technology based on different principles than you're familiar with. If you want to reverse-engineer Necron tech, you'll need this. It will also help a lot with understanding & reverse engineering other weird shit you find.
-[] Advanced communications (-2 shinies) You know several languages and can research more with sufficient data. You understand nuance in diplomacy and can make audio transmissions that are not recognizably artificial. You'll need extensive experience to unlock an expensive project to get to the next level.
-[] No knowledge (0 shinies) This galaxy is strange and new. What has occurred while you were sleeping? What does local space look like? Time to build some sensors and find out.
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