We’ve been in the process of subjugating Zenaka as necessary. Setal is apparently visiting the countries under the pretense of getting to know them and also ensuring their loyalty. However, according to Ilex she is actually just shopping for the best place to set up her new office and trying to determine which countries have the most scenic landscapes.
Anomalous behavior continues to be detected and harassment of local forces continue despite the national surrender. Currently believed to be an effort led by individuals not representing their state.
For record keeping reasons I have to summarize the mission you already went on for archiving accuracy. That could have gone better, could have gone worse.
Saving Archive…
A sale for the construction materials has been stolen in transit to the prospective buyer. Given how short the distance between the Winter and its selling positions are, this is highly abnormal. We know that the shipping frigates were taken before arriving at the Winter, and the original buyer is no longer alive. The Winter has since started its return as ordered.
Khymin says the big robot suit is almost done. He said to ask what kind of weapon you want for its short range option. I feel like he has asked this before, and you have likely answered. Retrieving data….error.
We know of multiple other galactic civilizations that do exist though their expanse might vary. Nelta represents the largest open coalition in the eastern side of the galaxy, though the Jesai are actually the largest multi-racial civilization. Though their theocratic government is much more difficult to work with. Due to their reclusive nature within the Chromaclysm they are considered a less prominent political force than Nelta even if they are larger, wealthier, and much more powerful. Up until they started invading Nelta they were a non-factor to most other civilizations.
The Exerlus is the most widespread of single race civilizations. They are not reclusive and are even helpful, to a fault almost. Most feats of super-engineering are their doing.
The Silnians are the largest civilization by population. Even if you do not count the drones, they have more sapient life within their territory than all other empires by a significant margin. Joining them is often not optional, if you are within their slowly expanding territory then you are joining them.
We learned from Mahuea that another civilization is contained to a single star near the center of the galaxy. Though they are famous for being extremely hostile to outsiders. However, investigating this civilization may prove useful since we know they are working with Arkaric in some form. Though they are known to be extremely advanced, enough so that no one has decided to mess with them.
You know what, here is a map of what we know about. Not super accurate given it doesn’t account for planes, just hastily generated to help provide visual aid. Jydoq is a galactically aware civilization so they might be able to help us more with this particular question of yours.
One of the cruisers has started to move outward from Eden in careful search of silnians to scan. The ensigns have a betting pool on how long until it stops reporting back in. The other is traveling to Zero North a bit slower.
I put their adventures in our notes archived to prevent data loss.
Greetings Irae, I see you’re still settling into Renjala’s office. Don’t worry I’m sure he’ll be fine, he has a rock orgy festival to come home to. Never underestimate a man properly motivated by…rock orgies. Usually musical but in this case literal rocks work too. Still no word though? Strange…I suppose falling out of the known universe might be pushing even the limits of a pandem bind. I do have to wonder what that means for his phylactery though.
So far it doesn’t seem any of the squires are terribly traumatized by the trip to Mokihi. One just complains about the hangover.
After the operation to the Areti, it seems everyone actually made it back. Though Reika is badly injured and being kept in quarantine. She can normally regenerate but the rot seems to be inhibiting her ability to do so. Sarnai informed me that Ankathi is concerned about this jesai business. Concerned in the way an empress feels the need to ‘maybe crush some resistance’. I swear I have been trying to explain to her that she might be biting off more than she can chew with this one but she seems to refuse to believe anyone could rival her at…literally anything.
Also you have a filing system for ordering upgrades to be focused on for Garden City. We moved the big portal up onto the city platform though at least and are in the process of moving the refugees up there bit by bit.
As for the fog production, there are two options. Open a rift to the ethereal plane, it looks cloudy enough, or have a machine do it. Might take a lot of polypropylene glycol though. So…rift? No Irae I do not know why Renjala orders certain things. I just carry them out and handle administrative duties.
Also on an unrelated note, Yoshai has volunteered to lead the the squires in elemental reproduction habits and studying. Technically, we know how they normally do so. Waianoa’s predecessors invented a whole new way to do it. For a silent turtle, Mokihi might become the most powerful archon with this ability hidden among his mountain people. With the death of the primordials back in the rising, it sort of leaves the archons as the rulers of the elemental plane.
To that note, Haziel is back at Moncayo and grumbling about everyone building cities on this ‘beautiful planet’. Yeah…planet…sure Haziel. Anyways, she has been talking with Sarnai a lot lately and Ankathi has been ‘unavailable’ on the same days. I am concerned. The Chosen Wolves are happy to see her again though, even if she can be a bit uncharismatic.
Apparently Eleazor had the Rena stolen by alien refugees, and is running around the galaxy with Echo Seven trying to get their ship back while getting dragged into inter-civilization wars between planets. What the fuck? I thought he was just taking a trip to Zero North with no pit stops. Oh well, sounds fun at least. That does explain why it’s taking him so long though…
Did you just try to force me to give birth to more drones for you? I’m calling HR. Lancaster!!!
Hehe nah I’ll see about getting the paperwork processed.
Actually speaking of finding a particularly talented wild life explorer who is good on camera…actually nevermind we can’t find that damned gnoll.
So are you going to make a classic dog movie about a fenalis to promote the fenalis industry now? They are cute at least.
Also I managed to get Haziel to come by…I didn’t know I had to pull strings to do that. It turns out she isn’t a member of the federation, she’s actually a rogue agent. Did you know that? I didn’t know that. I submitted paperwork and made phone calls and everything and then it took six other people before someone finally told me they could ‘approve’ visitation and I said “Okay great when can she come visit?” then they pointed out they have no idea. They don’t even have access to Haziel, she just appears here and there and we had to go through more people to get to Eerihild and request her mother come by. I made so many phone calls for nothing. Now I have to make brownies and put the game on or something since this is a civilian house visit apparently rather than an appointment. I am not prepared for guests! We don’t even have a stove! I mean yeah she’s a druid but it feels rude to just ask her to come visit and then not have food.
Huh? Oh right, actual druid business. No she can’t reprogram the ichor. It also goes against her whole thing to do so. Though she can control drones, more accurately she can calm them down rather than control them. My own orders can outrank hers, but the drones just like being around her. Now that I am kind of like the animals that druids can empathize with, I am realizing their relationship to the wildlife is much more complicated. Though boils down to, ‘nice lady, don’t bite. nice lady wants me to go this way, i go this way’ rather than any actual form of dominance. Well…except for Haziel and Eerihild specifically. They’re more of ‘they will win if it comes down to biting, better not piss them off’ on a primal enough level that you can just feeeeeeel that Haziel is the big bad wolf.
As for containing the synapse on planetary assaults…uh…we’re working on that. They really just love to bite everything once they get loose though.
Also yes your position to relevant things helps your greater seer. It’s why you have the cat tingles when you are near something that is about to go terribly wrong.
Traveling across systems is…finding a ship large enough for me and Rhazin I suppose. The drones fit in about anything else just fine.
I dunno, people dramatize everything I do. If I could end free will I wouldn’t need so many containment units. People would just do what I told them, it would be great…hrmm…desoir can kind of do that…I need a desoir for study.
Also no clue, if I knew what it did it wouldn’t be a new spell. I’m just trying to make it work. I’m going to go on a limb and guess that it destroys things judging by what these planetary bursts are doing. I’m just trying to replicate the effect and see what it does. That being said, I have successfully replicated the effect. Kind of…an iffy spell. It explodes. Actually it compresses the users mana and releases it in a super burst. Normally we can only use so much magic at a time as it has to flow here and there. The mana burst just blasts 100% of your mana reserve and knocks you unconscious immediately. Big boom though. If I can imitate Salied’s mana reserve than basically anyone with this spell would be a walking bomb. I’m actually working on converting it into a more utility effect, kind of like maximize augment for arcane magic. Not really much point to replicating an already known trick but if it works then it’s at least a proof of concept.
Anyways I have enough of a basis to work with, I’ll just use whatever data they send me from the facility. It’s time for me to get back to traveling. Oh right hi, I’m back. So where would we find some desoir vampires?
SDFLKJLSD I really wish you would just walk over here normally instead of appearing through the floor. Welcome back though.
Also Rhazin does speak fluent common so you know. He just doesn’t need to very often. If he growls at you, you stop doing whatever you were doing. Conversation over. Actually he gets along really well with Haziel…I am however concerned that Rhazin also recognizes Haziel as the biggest baddest thing around. For crying out loud, Rhazin is a wingless dragon built specifically for war, what the fuck is Haziel? I’m too scared to ask her directly.
Grinhys has found no spectacularly useful properties in the microscopic life other than flavor. I mean yeah they can absorb mana better than most but arcurans are kind of way ahead on that front. It is interesting that there is life at all though, before the planet explodes into a star I wonder if it would develop any more advanced life.
I think a lot of it has to do with them being newborns so they don’t have as much need for advanced communication or concepts. They don’t need to tell you how they want their coffee, or complain about their boss, or monologue to their victims. They can speak all they want through the synapse with their peers just fine but they don’t communicate verbally. So to them, speech just isn’t a necessary thing to do too often. Maybe if they were deployed on independent operations where communication with the other branches was necessary than they would develop their speech a bit more?
Si Yeon reports that Kaylen’s new student’s mana rupture is unique. It might be because no one has ever thought to use the self mastery of the body that is zankou to treat a mana rupture. They also report that it is probably very uncomfortable but not as debilitating as it would normally be.
Have fun being the local kitty cat. By the way, consider building more housing around Roha.
