[Corp] The Tierra Prima Collective

[Dark Ambition]

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II=Begin Transmission.=II
Greetings, nomad. We will have our men ready your progenitor for your arrival.

Coordinates received. Preparing Mothership for jump.

II=End of Transmission.=II

Guess we will be going on a quick trip, eh?

(Ignores Sim) I will be bringing defensive templates along. Cole, you will have to come with us. Bring an emitter, your dopple and your ship.

Affirmative.

(The mothership jumps along with Cole's extensions.)
(The mothership, as a safety measurement, deploys a plasma shield and updates Cole's struc growth path)

So... this is it?

It says so in the transmission. Next thing to do is to open the channels in the transmission.
!!=Opened channels: SXFP-CHYK-ONI6-S89U=!!

alright... what now?

hmm... "transmit this on open channels..."
Did he mean the transmission itself or for us to present ourselves?

...how about we present ourselves?

II=Sending Message=II

Greetings. We are the Tierra Prima Collective representatives. I am L-Arc-WYD-114.
I am ZO-Sim-OS-114
We have been sent here by an entity named 'Nomad' to receive a reward of sorts here. We wil be waiting for your response.

II=Message sent.=II

Alright, now we wait...

[close]

Larcwyde: Still no response...

Zosimos: Isn't this place outside of Redacted Space? Why are there emitters here?

Larcwyde: They don't seem to be active.

Cole: I don't get it...

Larcwyde: Don't get what?

Cole: This place. It's too symmetrical.

Zosimos: Huh. Yeah. And... our side, and the other seem to be well defendable. It's almost as if it's... an arena...

Cole: Something's coming!




ADMISSION CODE RECOGNIZED.

STRENGTH.
OR KNOWLEDGE.

CHOOSE.

II=Priority Alert: FTL Inhibitor Detected - Rift Drive Offline=II
II=Priority Alert: Schematic Scrambler Detected - Ship Construction Unavailable=II

II=Scanning Vessel...=II
Scans suggest technology similar to Exile and Nomad's, suggesting they built this vessel.
However most of the tech used is, while still superior to ours, inferior to Exile and Nomad.
Either this ship has not been upgraded, or is built this way on purpose.

[theachevah]

the trip

Previous

II=Begin Transmission.=II
Greetings, nomad. We will have our men ready your progenitor for your arrival.

Coordinates received. Preparing Mothership for jump.

II=End of Transmission.=II

Guess we will be going on a quick trip, eh?

(Ignores Sim) I will be bringing defensive templates along. Cole, you will have to come with us. Bring an emitter, your dopple and your ship.

Affirmative.

(The mothership jumps along with Cole's extensions.)
(The mothership, as a safety measurement, deploys a plasma shield and updates Cole's struc growth path)

So... this is it?

It says so in the transmission. Next thing to do is to open the channels in the transmission.
!!=Opened channels: SXFP-CHYK-ONI6-S89U=!!

alright... what now?

hmm... "transmit this on open channels..."
Did he mean the transmission itself or for us to present ourselves?

...how about we present ourselves?

II=Sending Message=II

Greetings. We are the Tierra Prima Collective representatives. I am L-Arc-WYD-114.
I am ZO-Sim-OS-114
We have been sent here by an entity named 'Nomad' to receive a reward of sorts here. We wil be waiting for your response.

II=Message sent.=II

Alright, now we wait...

[close]

Larcwyde: Still no response...

Zosimos: Isn't this place outside of Redacted Space? Why are there emitters here?

Larcwyde: They don't seem to be active.

Cole: I don't get it...

Larcwyde: Don't get what?

Cole: This place. It's too symmetrical.

Zosimos: Huh. Yeah. And... our side, and the other seem to be well defendable. It's almost as if it's... an arena...

Cole: Something's coming!




ADMISSION CODE RECOGNIZED.

STRENGTH.
OR KNOWLEDGE.

CHOOSE.

II=Priority Alert: FTL Inhibitor Detected - Rift Drive Offline=II
II=Priority Alert: Schematic Scrambler Detected - Ship Construction Unavailable=II

II=Scanning Vessel...=II
Scans suggest technology similar to Exile and Nomad's, suggesting they built this vessel.
However most of the tech used is, while still superior to ours, inferior to Exile and Nomad.
Either this ship has not been upgraded, or is built this way on purpose.

[close]

.....Oh.... oh my....

oh no... schematic inhibitors...

ok, ok. Relax. They are not attacking. This guy is friends with Exile and Nomad.

They have given us a choice.

'knowledge or strength'...

hmm...

huh... id say strength.

Id say knowledge.

...dude...

sim, who knows what this knowledge could entail?

who knows what strength could entail too?

it is most logical to gain knowledge. Without knowledge, humanity would have been doomed.

BUT, with enough power, we can not only have more chance to fend off against the hydraxils, but NEUTRALIZE them!

with mindless power, we could self-destroy.
With knowledge, you gain not only power, bu-

COLE! Your decision?

... so you're going to segway me into the argument like that, huh?

Naaah na na. I dont wanna hear it. Your decision. Now.

... i feel knowledge as most appealing to me.

... see? He said power. Lets go contact the du-

who are you trying to fool? Lets just choose knowledge and get this over wi-

naaah nah nah nah... i dont want to hear i-

Father, its a 2v1. You got me into the argument and wanted my opinion. And i chose knowledge.

...

II=Begin Transmission.=II

Greetings. We have taken the decision of choosing the path you call 'knowledge'. Now, not to be rude, and excuse if i am being so, but may i ask, what is this place?

and also, how is it that you got to control these emitters? They are still... hostile? And either wa-

(Covers Sim's mouth) (Zosimos, for god's sake, we cannot build anything and you are being disrespectful?)


(hey, they are keeping us 3 in here in this terraformed system, we might as well get some ''''knowledge'''' about that.)

(sigh...)

Can i ask, If it is able to know, what is it that we will be doing here?

(this place is kinda giving me the creeps...)

II=End of transmission.=II

[Dark Ambition]

Previous

.....Oh.... oh my....

oh no... schematic inhibitors...

ok, ok. Relax. They are not attacking. This guy is friends with Exile and Nomad.

They have given us a choice.

'knowledge or strength'...

hmm...

huh... id say strength.

Id say knowledge.

...dude...

sim, who knows what this knowledge could entail?

who knows what strength could entail too?

it is most logical to gain knowledge. Without knowledge, humanity would have been doomed.

BUT, with enough power, we can not only have more chance to fend off against the hydraxils, but NEUTRALIZE them!

with mindless power, we could self-destroy.
With knowledge, you gain not only power, bu-

COLE! Your decision?

... so you're going to segway me into the argument like that, huh?

Naaah na na. I dont wanna hear it. Your decision. Now.

... i feel knowledge as most appealing to me.

... see? He said power. Lets go contact the du-

who are you trying to fool? Lets just choose knowledge and get this over wi-

naaah nah nah nah... i dont want to hear i-

Father, its a 2v1. You got me into the argument and wanted my opinion. And i chose knowledge.

...

II=Begin Transmission.=II

Greetings. We have taken the decision of choosing the path you call 'knowledge'. Now, not to be rude, and excuse if i am being so, but may i ask, what is this place?

and also, how is it that you got to control these emitters? They are still... hostile? And either wa-

(Covers Sim's mouth) (Zosimos, for god's sake, we cannot build anything and you are being disrespectful?)


(hey, they are keeping us 3 in here in this terraformed system, we might as well get some ''''knowledge'''' about that.)

(sigh...)

Can i ask, If it is able to know, what is it that we will be doing here?

(this place is kinda giving me the creeps...)

II=End of transmission.=II

[close]

IN A WORLD SUCH AS THIS, TOO MUCH OF STRENGTH OR TOO MUCH OF KNOWLEDGE CAN BE DANGEROUS.
BUT IN A WORLD SUCH AS THIS, THERE CAN NEVER BE TOO MUCH OF BOTH.
YOU MUST HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO USE YOUR STRENGTHS.
AND YOU MUST HAVE THE STRENGTH TO ACQUIRE MORE KNOWLEDGE.

YOU HAVE CHOSEN KNOWLEDGE. LET US SEE IF YOUR STRENGTH CAN BALANCE YOUR CHOICE.

REACTOR ONLINE.
SENSORS ONLINE.
WEAPONS ONLINE.
EMITTERS ONLINE.

ALL COMBAT SYSTEMS NOMINAL.

OOC

Now just wait as I finish up the custom map :P

[close]

[theachevah]

Spoiler

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.....Oh.... oh my....

oh no... schematic inhibitors...

ok, ok. Relax. They are not attacking. This guy is friends with Exile and Nomad.

They have given us a choice.

'knowledge or strength'...

hmm...

huh... id say strength.

Id say knowledge.

...dude...

sim, who knows what this knowledge could entail?

who knows what strength could entail too?

it is most logical to gain knowledge. Without knowledge, humanity would have been doomed.

BUT, with enough power, we can not only have more chance to fend off against the hydraxils, but NEUTRALIZE them!

with mindless power, we could self-destroy.
With knowledge, you gain not only power, bu-

COLE! Your decision?

... so you're going to segway me into the argument like that, huh?

Naaah na na. I dont wanna hear it. Your decision. Now.

... i feel knowledge as most appealing to me.

... see? He said power. Lets go contact the du-

who are you trying to fool? Lets just choose knowledge and get this over wi-

naaah nah nah nah... i dont want to hear i-

Father, its a 2v1. You got me into the argument and wanted my opinion. And i chose knowledge.

...

II=Begin Transmission.=II

Greetings. We have taken the decision of choosing the path you call 'knowledge'. Now, not to be rude, and excuse if i am being so, but may i ask, what is this place?

and also, how is it that you got to control these emitters? They are still... hostile? And either wa-

(Covers Sim's mouth) (Zosimos, for god's sake, we cannot build anything and you are being disrespectful?)


(hey, they are keeping us 3 in here in this terraformed system, we might as well get some ''''knowledge'''' about that.)

(sigh...)

Can i ask, If it is able to know, what is it that we will be doing here?

(this place is kinda giving me the creeps...)

II=End of transmission.=II

[close]

IN A WORLD SUCH AS THIS, TOO MUCH OF STRENGTH OR TOO MUCH OF KNOWLEDGE CAN BE DANGEROUS.
BUT IN A WORLD SUCH AS THIS, THERE CAN NEVER BE TOO MUCH OF BOTH.
YOU MUST HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO USE YOUR STRENGTHS.
AND YOU MUST HAVE THE STRENGTH TO ACQUIRE MORE KNOWLEDGE.

YOU HAVE CHOSEN KNOWLEDGE. LET US SEE IF YOUR STRENGTH CAN BALANCE YOUR CHOICE.

REACTOR ONLINE.
SENSORS ONLINE.
WEAPONS ONLINE.
EMITTERS ONLINE.

ALL COMBAT SYSTEMS NOMINAL.

OOC

Now just wait as I finish up the custom map :P

[close]

[close]

wha- CALLED IT! I F{lipp}ING CALLED IT!

oh? A fight? Only the 3 of us huh? No extra ships?

(psst. Sim. I now know how they inhibited our templates.)

(...and?)

(...you idiot. I can try and nullify the effect somehow. Just give me some time and i will develop something that will do just that.)

(oh... perfect. You go do that while cole and i plan out how we can get through this challenge of sorts.)



([{[Out Of Character Theachevah: cant wait for that map :D]}])

[theachevah]

[Update Log Entry Added: 001-7]

[theachevah]

[New entry to update Log: 001-9]

[theachevah]

[!=New entries to the update log.=!]

[theachevah]

[new update log entry: H01-1]

[theachevah]

[created new Update Log String. Reason: first String is now too big.]
[new entries in Update Log. String 002.]

[theachevah]

[New entry in Update Log. String 002: H01-4]

[theachevah]

[new update log entry: H01-5]

[Dark Ambition]

(Directly after this map: http://knucklecracker.com/forums/index.php?topic=28303.0)



II=Commencing Scans...=II

Scanners have detected the following advanced technology:
[1] Dimensional Fission Power Generator
[2] Living Metal Hull
[3] Unknown FTL Drive [Possibly Rift Based]

Additionally: There is a portal/wormhole at the center. A message is being transmitted through the aperture.

---------------------
You used your knowledge to augment your strength, and it has allowed you to succeed.
The T-Mat has voted to allow you through and receive your reward.

Come.
-The Administrator
---------------------

[theachevah]

quote

(Directly after this map: http://knucklecracker.com/forums/index.php?topic=28303.0)



II=Commencing Scans...=II

Scanners have detected the following advanced technology:
[1] Dimensional Fission Power Generator
[2] Living Metal Hull
[3] Unknown FTL Drive [Possibly Rift Based]

Additionally: There is a portal/wormhole at the center. A message is being transmitted through the aperture.

---------------------
You used your knowledge to augment your strength, and it has allowed you to succeed.
The T-Mat has voted to allow you through and receive your reward.

Come.
-The Administrator
---------------------

[close]

proceed we shall.

alright.

uhh... guys?

what is it Cole?

what if this leads to another challenge?

hmm...

but the 'administrator' told us that there lies the reward.

waaait wait wait, hold the phone. Who the hell is "hysoka"?

oh. you saw the ships.

Both Larc and I have direct access to the Update Log. now, who is that guy?

yeah, i will explain that meanwhile we go through the portal.

it doesnt sound like an ordinary name.

that is because he is a hydraxil the TPEC rescue-

hold it.

..you mean to tell me...

you let a hydraxil...

get into the main ship inventory back in Tierra Prima...

and TAMPER with our TEMPLATES!?

A HYDRAXIL?!

was he from the cooperat-

he wasnt. but, he has contributed greatl-

A HYDRAXIL?! NOT FROM THE COOPERATIVE?! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?

... dont blame me. that is Alexander's doing.

ALE- WHY DID- ALEXAN-
I=ERROR. DRIVES OVERHEATING.=I
(=INITIATING COOLDOWN PROTOCOLS...=)

... that is new...

not new to me. it has happened before. turns out, your father sim is a bit... ill tempered.

yeah, I figured that one out.

hmm... there could be indeed something to gain from a hydraxil directly related to the collective.

speaking of cooperative, hysoka is about to join it.

good.

.. so are we going in there or no-?

(=COOLDOWN SUCCESSFUL=)
... a hydraxil...

alright, lets go in!

nnnooO no no no, keep talking about this 'hysoka' guy, why dont y-

{Cole's Dopple body was already going in the portal}
whoopsie daisy, my dopple's in.

god dammit Cole!

{The mothership follows in, along with those stolen ships}

[theachevah]

[Added entry to update log string 002: 023-1]

[theachevah]

[New entries in the update log]