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Re: Of Taurghans & Formics
By: guest9 Date: December 3, 2015, 11:19 am
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Myranda to Zagara: "So this ritual proves a Queen is capable of
keeping in line and protecting her subjects through telepathy I
take it?"
(Myranda to Rokarr: "Who would be so cruel as to destroy a
species' planet of origin?")
(The glowing blue portion of Zagara's eyes turned into a fiery
orange color for a few moments after Myranda's question to
Rokarr, but then they turned back to blue)
Myranda felt Zagara's uncomfortable feelings regarding her
question and responded quickly to Rokarr to apologise: "Of
course, I understand first-hand this a rather hard subject and
I'm sorry for bringing it up, let's continue our talk about
traditions. How do you treat those that break traditions and
ancient law, us Ghashyr have quite harsh penalties..."
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Kilysa's actions only reveal that the firestorms retain their
angles as they go deeper, however the deeper they go their
signal gets weaker and suddenly lost due to the thickness and
composition of the planet's ground and Remelax core's natural
nuclear reactions.
(Hint about the Hint: "If at first you don't succeed,: Try, try,
try again.")
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Re: Of Taurghans & Formics
By: guest4 Date: December 3, 2015, 8:32 pm
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Zagara: "yes thats part of it more even more so, its not so
much keeping them in line but truly connecting with her brood
causing her & them to operate as if they are one, at higher
levels this becomes subconscious, the ritual determines if a
Queen is ready to become a Hive Warden capable of over seeing &
protecting her own planet."
Rokarr: "I have never witnessed such an event, & with the birth
of all the various Krith Formics these will change to some
extant, but looking at each ritual as they currently stand."
"With the first it would be like rejecting your own birthday
party & gifts which would make it hard for a Queen to start that
way because she would be forced to learn everything on her own
instead of being able to draw on the knowledge & experience that
others would have been willing to share."
"Without a mate a Queen would become broodless making it very
difficult to expand her mental faculties or abilities to their
there highest potential, controlling a Hivemind is as beneficial
to a Queen as much as it is to her brood, in this case she would
have no purpose or place in the Swarm thus she would be left to
find her own way outside of the swarm."
"Not following the 3rd ritual / tradition is seen as being cruel
to a distant cousin & depriving the swarm of its growth, this
would inevitably result in other Queens have the right to
challenge her for her position or for the Swarm Queen to de-rank
her until she proves herself a worthy Queen once again."
"The 4th ritual is for Queens who want to be Hive Wardens &
answerable only to the Swarm Queen, in fact our Sister Niadra is
one who wishes not to be a Hive Warden, she is capable of
becoming one but she is more of a....flower child I believe the
humanoid term is, she wants as little responsibility in the
swarm as possible allowing herself & brood to be free to explore
what ever ventures she desires, it just so happens most of those
have turned out to be helpful to the swarm."
"The last ritual is the most extensive, complex, & honored
involving only Hive wardens & at times the Swarm Queen, thus
only those who are considered a part of the Swarm may know any
in-depth details of the ritual or witness it."
"Also if a Queens actions prove detrimental, she will be
de-ranked & depending on the severity of her actions a certain
portion of her brood will be culled, in a worst cause were a
Queen has become an enemy of the Swarm her entire brood will be
culled except her mate & any Brood Maidens (term for Queens who
are not fully grown) she has spawned & That Queen & her mate
will be banished from the Swarm, her Brood Maidens may stay if
they choose or join there mother in banishment. For those that
are banished they may eventually rejoin the swarm depending on
what the action & or situation was but they will never be a
contender for the Throne, but should she prove to be an enemy
again her entire brood will be culled & she will be executed."
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Kilysa starts thinking that she is going to have to either
introduce another mineral to the surface of the planet, find a
way to block the firestorm reaction right where it starts, or
aggressively terraform the planet.
Kilysa has the harvesters gather together, using there atomic
breath they start digging a massive trench down to the point
where the signal is suddenly lost. While they dig all of
Kilysa’s Havoc & Siege Drones run past everyone & out of the
ship to where the harvesters are.
#Post#: 534--------------------------------------------------
Re: Of Taurghans & Formics
By: guest9 Date: December 4, 2015, 3:59 pm
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Myranda to Zagara: "Of course Unburnt One, a leader that
understands and cares for its subjects is a leader that inspires
loyalty. I guess we share the opinion that leaders should prove
they can lead and protect their subjects through deeds, not only
birthright!"
Myranda to Rokarr: "These rituals seem like vital parts of being
a Queen both culturally and biologically, so it makes great
sense that they're respected and breaching them is punished
accordingly, even though I don't understand why their broods are
culled - couldn't they be adopted by the other Queens instead?
With Ghashyr it is a tad bit more complicated. ...Ehm, I have
to ask what a 'hoomanoid flower-child' is though, since I'm not
familiar with the term."
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Thiror and Alina had gone deep inside the Ants' hive, moving
silently like shadows to avoid alarming the four meters tall and
deadly Fireants of Remelax. When Ants crossed besides them they
used their signal transmitters to mimic the signal of a Fireant
larvae.
Thiror: "There's one of their bloody Queens! Aim for her belly."
Thiror turns his signal emitter off and brings out his smoke
grenades "take the shot private - TA MUIR!"
As Alina fires the shot with the anesthetic on the Queen,
Thiror's smoke grenades cause havoc and confusion on the swarm.
The two crewmembers quickly move towards the fallen Queen and
place four minor anti-gravity devices on her. As the Queen
levitates above the ground Thiror starts pushing her with all of
his strength towards the exit while Alina shoots at any Ant that
comes close.
As they reach the exit running with the sleeping Queen, a large
part of the hive is behind them trying to kill the two Ghashyr
invaders.
Thiror: ALINA! GET ON THE HYDTRA AND TAKE OUT THESE VERMIN.
Alina runs at the HydTra and grabs the flare pistol, shooting
flares at the direction of the Fire Ants and scaring most of
them away. As Thiror places the Queen on the HydTra's cargohold
a large Fire Ant raises its sharp Pinchers to give Thiror a
fatal blow - in an instant Alina takes her firewhip out and cuts
the ant in half.
Thiror: "Thanks Private, that was close! Now take us out of
here.. I'll sedate five of these Fire Ants while we escape and
we'll return later to recover them."
Alina: "Right Away Sir!"
After a couple of moments the two crewmembers return and recover
the sedated Fire Ants and set course for the Formic Spaceship's
landing point.
Thiror: "I swear to the Light Saints, after we return to Doth I
don't want to see an ant again in my life."
Alyna: "Agreed about these ants, but the Formics seem to be
rather nice..."
Thiror: "Pherhaps, but I've seen so many ants, talkin' and
non-talkin', than an insectologist 'as ever seen in 'is life!"
Thiror and Alina reach the Formic Spaceship with the Fire Ant
Queen and five workers/guardians, presenting them to Kilysa and
the rest of the Formic royals.
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As the Harvesters dig Kilysa notices that the signal gets
stronger in the dug up area -foming a line- , but it seems that
the signal won't stop close to the ground and the Harvesters
will propably won't be able to go beyond a certain depth.
Suddenly the signal stops as the firestorm ends - a new
firestorm errupts close by with a similar angle towards the
ground to that of the previous firestorm.
(Hint : "The name of the tribe of the Angles is the root of the
name England")
#Post#: 539--------------------------------------------------
Re: Of Taurghans & Formics
By: guest4 Date: December 5, 2015, 10:55 pm
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Zagara: "Yes indeed"
Rokarr: "Yes indeed these rituals are vital, the culling rules
came about in ancient Formic history after a brutal era known as
the Great Queen Wars. At is time there were only 4 types of
Formics, & since Drones & Soldiers are not sentient the culling
was seen as proper punishment for certain crimes. You see for
beings who exist in Hiveminds very few individuals are sentient,
but we discovered a Hive mind system that allows a high
percentage of members to be sentient & still work efficiently
together. Since then we have been working towards such an
existence & will change some of our Traditions & Rituals
accordingly."
"Ah yes Humanoid refers to beings who walk upright on 2 legs, &
flower child refers to someone who rejects conventional society
& holds to values such as life, love, & peace believing that
there is never need for war & Violence & that nations should not
have military's at all, this was not always the case but this is
perhaps a better alternative."
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As Thiror & Alina walked in with the fire ants Zagara, Rokarr,
Kilysa, & the Krith examined the specimens linking with their
minds so they could start controlling them.
Zagara: "Thank you Thiror & Alina These are primitive but have
great potential, we can certainly gain new Formics from this
species, Kilysa I will let you integrate this species, you have
done excellent work in upgrading our ships & I cant wait to see
your new ship designs, Im excited to see how your skills in
genetics have progressed."
Kilysa: "Yes thank you mom, I shall do my best."
Rokarr: "Well I suppose we should be heading out, we have an
appointment we need to keep, My nieces & nephews will be
staying"
Kilysa: "Yes certainly but let me do something thing before we
go, Myranda what are the optimal conditions for your species to
live comfortably on a planet?"
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Kilysa has the Harvester stop digging as the Havoc & siege
drones arrive. The Harvesters surround the trench, Crawling into
the trench the Havoc drones released the parasite drones
germinating in their backs. The Parasite drones dive into one
side of the trench spreading the Delta 1 Mutagen they carry into
that portion of the ground, the Siege drones started digging
various tunnels on the other side of the trench. Kilysa sent
Soldier drones carrying various types of seeds & canisters to
the trench.
(Hint : "The name of the tribe of the Angles is the root of the
name England", im I going to have to terraform the planet :-P)
#Post#: 540--------------------------------------------------
Re: Of Taurghans & Formics
By: guest9 Date: December 6, 2015, 12:28 pm
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Myranda to Zagara: "Pherhaps besides our different appearance
and biology we're more similar than expected, you greatness."
Myranda to Rokarr: "Ah, so not all Formics are sentient. I guess
it is logical for a hivemind species like your own to extent the
punishment to a Queen's brood, considering their something akin
to an extension of her"
"I take it that there are many other Hoomanoid to have a term
like that. As for the 'flower childs', we call them
'dragontails' since they're the last to lead, in contrast to the
head that is always first. Our two Belaryon Emperors were like
that, that's why their rule was so short and disastrous. No
offense to your noble sister, but our world is not one that is
kind to flowers, the 'rule of iron applies' as a lordly
Fergrangal would wisely say."
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Thiror and Alina bend their knee to the Queen and Thiror replies
"Unburnt One, It is our duty to serve the will of our lord and
our lord's guests, we're glad that our service was useful for
your quest towards illumination."
Myranda to Thiror and Alina: "You did a good job paladins, you
may now rest."
Myranda to Rokarr: "Oh you will be leaving? I hoped that we
could discuss more regarding our species, Anyway I guess as
Queens you will have more important tasks to attent and I could
continue our discussion with your noble nieces and nephews."
Myranda turns to Kilysa: "Your higness, the only requirements
are an oxygen based atmosphere, an average planet temperature
close to 19 °C, a gravity close to 10.10775 m/s2 and well.. no
firestorms."
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The firestorms seem to be unaffected by Kilysa's actions,
causing havoc on their path...
(Hint: No, you won't have to - Think outside of the box; notice
the words of the previous hint and try to find which words also
exist on the 'puzzle paragraph' above the hint. If you
concentrate on that particular word that is needed, you will
reach the next step.)
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Re: Of Taurghans & Formics
By: guest4 Date: December 6, 2015, 5:50 pm
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Zagara: "Yes we do have more in common then expected."
Rokarr: "Im not entirely certain if many humanoids have such a
term, I was attempting to use terms that would be more familiar
to your language, but I do like the term dragon tails, No
Offense is taken, dragon tail Queens can be in the swarm but
they will never be able to achieve the rank of Hive Warden."
Zagara: "My dear Niadra is an odd case as Formic's are
concerned, but she is an example of a different path a Queen may
take if one does not wish to rule, & seeing that not Queens will
be able to this will be fine as long as she is still capable &
willing to protect her brood & Swarm if necessary, which she has
well proven."
Rokarr: "Yes mother, the rule of Iron, we have a similar term to
this, 'Strong bark & deep roots carry the will of the swarm'."
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Zagara gives Thiror and Alina a slight bow as they bend their
knee
Rokarr: "Yes we must leave but we will be back at the conclusion
of our tasks, yes as long as my nieces & nephews behave."
Kilysa: "alright, i may try to modify some of the conditions of
the planet as a last resort"
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As Kilysa is about to have her soldier drones planet spawning
Shrubs she stops them suddenly thinking back on the signal the
firestorms give off, she trys to tap into the signal of each
firestorm trying to find out whats causing them.
(Facepalm, I was thinking of the process in which spice is
produced so much I missed it, England => Angles => Segnal =>
Signal XD )
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Re: Of Taurghans & Formics
By: guest9 Date: December 6, 2015, 8:09 pm
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Myranda nods her head, glad that the Queen of the Formics
herself agrees with that notion.
Myranda to Rokarr: "Ah, I understand now why you used that
particular term Queen Rokarr, Ghashyr do it often since we don't
all speak the same language, or have the same traditions."
Myranda to Zagara and Rokarr: "Yes, such Lords and Queens are
not fit for ruling, but can prove beneficial in other aspects
...that's why they are still part of the dragon's body, and
especially a body part that is responsible for balance; A dragon
without a tail would fall down. 'Strong bark & deep roots carry
the will of the swarm' describes perfectly the basis of our
society as well."
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Myranda bends her knee along with her crew upon seeing Zagara's
gesture "Myself and My crew are at your service, if you wish for
anything else your greatness."
All crewmembers including Myranda rise and Myranda turns to
Rokarr "Well then I wish you a safe journey and I'm sure your
nephews and nieces will honour you, Queen Zagara and Queen
Kilysa during their stay."
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Kilysa's research on the Firestorms' signals reveal that when
they errupt they seem to have a certain angle, which depending
the location they are, is different (firestorms that errupt in
the whole south-eastern continent have angles ranging from 80 to
120 degrees facing the ground, while in the north west there is
a very small area that angles with these degrees appear). You
can now concentrate on the Firestorms errupting in these two
areas.
(It actually was a double hint; "Signals' angles", but since
Kilysa focused on the signals I'll give it a pass."
(Irrelevant; Heh, our little alien rascals seem to be social
darwinists. I don't even want to think what would happen if your
Formics were egalitarians)
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Re: Of Taurghans & Formics
By: guest4 Date: December 8, 2015, 12:09 am
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An overseer walks up as Myranda is talking.
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Zagara: "No you all have done very well indeed thank you"
Rokarr: "We shall certainly see, thank you again for staying
with them, I will be leaving my main battle on the surface & my
other ships will stay in orbit"
Kilysa: "If my nieces & nephews prove to much just speak to my
overseer over there & they will relay the message to us."
Zagara releases her bind on Valgorr, & secretly tells him to
please behave.
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As the Queens head to the transport ship Kilysa asks her mom for
a quick favor.
Kilysa: "Mom before we leave can you rotate the fire storms to
these angles & see what happens."
Rokarr: "Im not certain we have time for this."
Zagara: "I will see if I can rotate them as we leave."
Using remote Telekinesis Zagara locks onto the fire storms
signals & trys to rotate the firestorms in the South-eastern &
North-Western sector upside down as her transport leaves the
planet.
Docking with Zagara's main Hive Carrier Zagara's fleet warps to
planet Shyr ready to use codename "Somandraqish" when needed
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After the Queens leave Sivtress turns to Alina,
Sivtress: " earlier when you look back at my cousin when you
left, what was that facial expression you gave, we have noticed
that unlike other Formics we have the ability to use them but do
not yet know them."
Rynza: "since we are not fully grown yet we are unable to live
with our Chrymerion sisters & brothers yet to learn about our
other bloodline."
Tegedar: " what is it like to have your skeleton on the inside?
I suppose your inside out yes."
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(It actually was a double hint; "Signals' angles", but since
Kilysa focused on the signals I'll give it a pass." :-P )
(Irrelevant; Heh, our little alien rascals seem to be social
darwinists. I don't even want to think what would happen if your
Formics were egalitarians)
(Formics have been like that since the ancient Queen wars were
it was every Queen & her brood for themselves, yea this
situation would be very different if they were egalitarians)
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Re: Of Taurghans & Formics
By: guest9 Date: December 8, 2015, 12:57 pm
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Myranda to Kilysa: "I'm sure it won't be needed."
As the Queens leave the Ghashyr all salute them and cry out "Ta
Azgor!" (To the Light).
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The firestorms return to their original Angles violently before
vanishing and others take their place. Nothing is revealed.
( Okay, let's check current info: Firestorms errupt in angles
ranging from 120 to 80 degrees only in two areas, North-West(in
a small circle), South-East(in large circle), Remelax is
spherical - their angles are related to the ground which means
that whatever causes this is underground, so use geometry to
find out where you have to dig. Kilysa can always return to find
out.)
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Alina to Sivtress: "It's what people do when they're happy or
satisfied, it's called smiling and I do it often. Let me
demonstrate - there!" Alina makes a wide smile to prove her
point.
Myranda sighs once more.
Alina to Rynza & Tegedar: "Oy, haven't thought about it, it has
a sooth, jelly-like feel I guess - we make up for it by using
our hard Arsaz armour"
Myranda: "It allows our species to be more flexible and light.
When it's needed, as my paladin said, we use armour"
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Re: Of Taurghans & Formics
By: guest4 Date: December 10, 2015, 12:14 am
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( Okay, let's check current info: Firestorms errupt in angles
ranging from 120 to 80 degrees only in two areas, North-West(in
a small circle), South-East(in large circle), Remelax is
spherical - their angles are related to the ground which means
that whatever causes this is underground, so use geometry to
find out where you have to dig. Kilysa can always return to find
out.)
( I created a 3D model at work with various possible points, &
based on the intersection I’m guessing that whatever it is lays
on or just below the equator on the opposite side of the planet.
I’ll look at it again when I get a chance to double check. )
Sivtress: “smiling, sounds kinda strange yet fun.”
All the Krith Queens practice smiling alittle, the Krith males
refrain for now.
Tegedar: “Jelly-like, it is hard to imagine living with your
insides exposed like that, ah armour, Formics have methods for
augmenting our skeletons for additional strength & or functions
we want.
Tarakith: “Flexible & Light, this could be useful
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Zagara's fleet drops out of warp outside of Shyrs orbit. Zagara,
Rokarr, & Kilysa looked at the planet impressed with its size.
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