((Dice images, and dice rolls, are courtesy of random.org, in case anyone cares.))

follow them, kidnap kreelus and drag him off. you will teach him proper words and tell him what is going on and then lead him back to his people where he shall tell his tale about how their accusation was pretty much a giant insult.

>>310952
go to 4chan start raid on random.org for fucking up our shit hmm its tempting to press on to find out more about what happened to the godless Zatrai, it would be better to return home for now. You should tell your people of these new godless ones. You don't need to tell them the whole story, just say you met them, they seemed intellegent, they thought you were responsible for something bad and things became hostile so you left.

Don't do this:
>>310957

Do this instead:
>>310959

Return home.

As tempting as it is to try to remedy this misunderstanding immediately, you didn't actually kill any, so I don't think it'd give your species an unsalvageably bad reputation with them.

>>310959
Ah, good. Show the stuff you found as proof, and to be on alert, they're going to come back, and search the area, might find the tribe and attack.

WOOOO! PARTAY! Get outrageously sloshed and have an awesome time. Inform the Stonetalkers of those weirdoes in the forest and the burninated village. Not necessarily in that order.

>>311233
You should definitely take him up on his offer. Combat skills could well save your life.

Get combat training and learn how to understand godless voices before heading out of the nest again.

((I was gonna start a discussion thread for the quest, but the prologue thread seems to have vanished. It's only been two days since the last post in it... anybody know what happened?))

((probably in the archive.))

>>311251
((Just link to it when it appears in the archive))

(( http://quest.lv/kusaba/questdis/res/347469.html ))

>>311233
Aw, Aiaka's all grown up and getting men to do favors for her in hopes of... favors. Sure, take him up on his offer. Don't do anything too silly or extreme, though; you have adventures ahead! No time for getting trapped in romantic entanglements.

>>310929
While the dice rolled very badly... but dice roll was unnecessary.
We were offered:
1. Diplomacy: Surrender, learn their language and show them you aren't a threat: Auto success.
2. Escape
3. Attack

The thing is, the 3 fucktards who were here voted "hurr durr GET ANGRY at armed and scared people who don't speak our language who think we are murderers and yell at them to convince them we aren't the killers".
The author was SUPREMELY generous by even allowing a dice roll for such an action.

>>311512
1. Diplomacy: Surrender, learn their language and show them you aren't a threat: Auto success.
no we surrendered and had a CHANCE at diplomacy if they didn't decide we were too much of a threat and kill us anyway.
also Aiaka is linked to how the SPECIES develops. surrendering when threatened would make the species as a whole weaker. while what happened may not of been good for her it was very good for the future. do not accept falsehoods, lying becomes a bad thing culturally.

>Hunt Beast
Advance as warriors
>Harvest stone
Advance as builders
>Find plants
Advance as cultural? spiritual?... Actually I am thinking probably explorers...
>Follow godless voices
Potential for advancement in diplomacy... or warriors if we are as bad about it as last time. Potentially explorers too but less likely.

Recalling that we are a portion of the oblisk uplifting this race and guiding them, and that our focus on our wards will help guide the race, and that we (well, the people before me) explicitly agreed that this species is to be explorers for the emptire... It affected the design of the species, it caused the selection of the job of our current chosen one...

As such the option that is most in line with all our previous choices as well as our long term goals would be exploration... that is, find medicinal plants.

>>311522
It's 4X, remember? The options are always Conquer, Build, Discover, Explore.

I'm willing to go with Discover on this one, though. Advancing tech is always good.

and the lower core must of old them to tech up for a reason. perhaps it detected a new strain of bacteria forming and needs to make sure it can't get a foothold and become a plague?

Imminent plague eh? Sounds bad. Discovery it is. Let's go get us some magic plants.

3rd mission. The medicine will be a good permanent boost for the tribe, and we can even get a nice portion of it too.

>>311527
4x is actually: explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate. It was coined by a developer of the game "master of orion".

Explore: Find minerals/vespene gas/gold/timber/planets.
Expand: Build new bases, cities, colonies.
Exploit: Harvest minerals, build army, etc.
Exterminate: Kill everyone but yourself.

Anyways, we are now at 5 votes for finding new medicine plants and 0 votes for the other options.

>>311530
Sure, lets get the medicine. If the core is telling them to do it then we should assist.

voting find plants as well.

Aiaka 2011/06/10(Fri)21:37 No. 311764 ID: 679e7a
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((There's a reasonably popular 4X game that uses the 'Build, Conquer, Discover, Explore' division of techs. If you look reeeeeeeal closely, you can even see we're using its tech tree...

Further discussion in /questdis/, though.))

>>311767
Stealth is a no. You said yourself that you kinda stand out here. As for scaring it off, if it's standing in the open, and is bight green, then it's not afraid of predators. It's just as likely to attack you as flee. The best option is too approach peacefully. However, you should watch it for a bit longer first and see what it's doing.

((by the way did Aiaka just give birth back there?))

>>311781
((yup she did. MOTHERHOOD, GO!))

>>311775
it's an animal, not a godless voice. You do not have "peaceful relationships" with wild animals.

It is however less likely to be spooked if it doesn't "think" you are stalking it.

That being said, your mother isn't a stonefinder, I doubt she can stalk.

I wouldn't intentionally try to spook it, I say follow it stealthily. if it sees you don't look agressive and don't move TOWARDS it, pretend to be some other animal, a herbivore.

isn't stalking animal's your department? stalk that thing.

>>311902
Trust in your natural weapons; no need for a spear here. Its emotions don't reflect what would be expected from something about to attack, so you can gamble on its peaceful intentions and try to appear to reciprocate them.

>>311906
Yeah no spear shaking. Lets not mess up another first encounter.

>>311889
>not a godless voice
False preconceptions can be deadly.

Do not attack. Seriously, don't. We want to make PEACEFUL contact. Sit there and observe it, until you can figure out its' mind.

try to call your mother forward, she has had more practice at talking to them.

You should probably just introduce yourself and your mother, tell it you have a similar job to it, and then maybe just ask it if there are any medicines around here.

I am uncertain medicines that work on one species would work on another. For example, in human's chocolate can induce euphoria. In dogs it can induce death.

I agree on the statement of who you are and what your job is. Show your commonalities and make peaceful talk of your cultural similarities and differences.

do not talk of the minnara though. even you with being use to them were unsure about them when younger. to a being who has never encountered the idea of another thing living within it could be frightful.
and for the medicine ask if it has seen plants that seemed strange.

point at yourself and say your name, point at your mother and say hers. Introduce yourself... It is wondering if you are able to talk and it needs to see that you can talk but just differently then it.
Start by talking to it in your own language, we want it to understand there is difficult communicating, not think you are stupid because you speak its language badly. Say something in your language, then stop and try repeating it in their language.

"can you help us? our leader has asked us to find things to use as medicine. have you seen any odd plants or animals?"

Ask to be introduced to its people, make friends with them, trade medicine knowledge.

It seems very friendly so far. I say we visit their nest and offer to trade medical knowledge.

how about agree to have some people meet it at this spot at a later time since you both know where this location is, and explain that you are on a schedule.

Tell it you have a important task right now, but you'd like to meet again at this place later on.

>>312740
Query: Would it be acceptable for multiple candidate species to be accepted from a single planet? I can't see any reason that would make this unacceptable.

No. We can't have every animal that become allies with the Zatrai gain the Minarra and tail clubs if we want to be the dominant species of the planet. The Minarra's a secret weapon.

>>312740
Designate any sapient non-candidate species that becomes allied with the candidate species as a potential candidate and begin an evaluation period. They should be evaluated over a minimum of one generation for likelihood of long-term compatibility with the primary candidate species and any existing secondary candidate species. If a high likelihood is determined, designate potential candidate as a secondary candidate and attempt to influence them by all available means to integrate socially with the primary candidate in a mutually beneficial manner, extending benefits and responsibilities after that process has been substantially completed. If no high likelihood of mutual compatibility is determined, designate potential candidate as a non-candidate and extend no benefits or responsibilities.

>>312754
I don't think Tail-Clubs are going to be particularly useful beyond the Dirt Age, but I am somewhat ambivalent on the subject of the symbionts. I'm gonna wait for more arguments before properly voting, but put me down for a tentative "Yes".

The tail clubs were a naturally-occurring feature of this species. The things that could be considered "benefits of being the candidate species" are the Minarra, communication with the 'Godstone', and the probability manipulation to help them survive/thrive.

>>312756
Sounds pretty good. They can have the benefits, including the Minarra, if and only if they can integrate into the society, and if they do so, they are also considered a candidate, on the same level as the Zatrai.

On a different note, is it possible for us to move ourselves over land?

yes yes. they must prove themselves.

ISLHC 2011/06/13(Mon)20:19 No. 312991 ID: 679e7a
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((In other words, if you okay this, you'll have the option to switch focus to a member of another species in a later chapter.))

Make it so.

>>312992
Return on resource investment must be positive, and analysis of interaction must indicate that return on resource investment will remain positive with a high probability, given increasingly close cooperation with the primary candidate species while being subject to probability manipulation favoring peaceful integration angled towards mutual benefit. This projection will need to be made with a sufficient quantity of data that it is reasonably reliable.

Essentially, only approve a secondary candidate species if we are close to certain that it will not backfire on us and disrupt the primary candidate species' development in an undesirable fashion.

>>312992
This is a solid plan.

ISLHC 2011/06/14(Tue)10:10 No. 313149 ID: 679e7a
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((You can't just go being sesquipedalianally loquacious like that! That's my endearing character trait!))

Aiaka 2011/06/14(Tue)10:11 No. 313151 ID: 679e7a
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((In other words, take this opportunity to ask her questions, suggest any unusual courses of action, et cetera.))

perhaps the silent air beast was a demon such as that which struck the godstone. if that is the case, then the godstone must of protected you from it, for they are foes.

>>313151
How long will it be before your egg hatches?

((Any other business, or should I move on?))

What form did the demon's attack take? Was it a straight beam of light, or a roundish blast (and if so, did you see any projectile)?

Did it swoop downward to attack, or did it remain high in the air?

>>313377
Oh! Aiaka! Have you started naming your Minarra yet? And if so, what are some of their names?

An egg...who's the father?

>>314012
look back, it says it earlier.

Aiaka 2011/06/19(Sun)12:59 No. 315109 ID: 679e7a
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((Aiaka hasn't named her Minnara, mainly for lack of good names. She's got a couple dozen of the things!))

so it wasn't destroying everything but beaming them up? That is probably really bad.

A couple names for the Minnara:

Nirzz
Mici
Lirra
Grota
Relfa
Torrzi
Alfra
Ionia
Burka

((Pick two to four kana that sound good when you put them together. Female names have hard sounds in them, male names have soft sounds in them. There are 'neuter' words, with hard and soft sounds, but they're not used for names.

Yes, that does mean that the Minnara are mostly male bugs.))

>>315148
So, like these?:
Fasha
Shila
Losra
Cholu
Quara
Zorma
Loji
Rovu

Meh, that's enough.

continue on.

Voting for Burka. We're naming the Queen only, not every single one of them.