NationStates Jolt Archive

The Borg Collective of BLACKGRUE attemting to re-establish their alliances and find new ones, they've dispatched Spheres to explore many new areas of space restricted to them. They enter an area known as "Post-human corperate space" nearing a system.

Scans indicate 8 lifeless planets including only 2 suitable for genasis terraforming. There is 1 large gas gient suitable for a particle-fountain remote mine but the system was oterwise unremarkable other then a very faint sensor disterbence.

Casting about a brooding mother Tiberial Space Floater Mutant spotted the fast approaching BLACKGRUE unit. The unexpected movement enraged the creature and it sped towards it, tantacles trailing in its wake.

Ship ETA 6 light years.

Crassuss: Mutant attack movement system 16. No schedule stelar bodies. Investigate.

The sphere discovered the incomeing lifeform, It activated its ablative armor and tried to hail it.

Hail has no effect (obviously).

Like an enormous slimey mop the enormous tendrils of the Tiberial Mutant moved forward, to wrap the mysterious object. It no doubt would make a wonderful meal for its growing young.

The sphere in a point of self preservation fired cutting beams and stellar flame-throwers deep into the creature's mouth

It also made an emergency call to a pyramid which was now on its way there at warp 45.

OOC: Apologies to the few/none reading this :P that the posts are so short. You can see that neither of the participants have truly sentient brains as such so conversation is limited.

IC: The Mutant felt unexpected and enraging pain. Somehow something was hurting it. It didn't make any sense, the mutant was so confused. It ints fury it grasped for the craft.

At the other end of the system tiny Harpy Probes jumped in and began to scan the system for the anomaly that was disturbing the Mutant.

The alerted pyramid gated in and immediately fired a planitary assimilation beam at the creature. The sphere continued to fire a stellar flamethrower at it keeping it at bay while the massive amounts of nanites did their work.

Whilst the mutant writhed in agony, unaware of what was happening to it the Harpy Probes had completed their scan and Crassuss was mroe than troubled by the results. He was certain that there was some kind intellegent life moving back there, this was exactly what he did not want. Furious he sped in the nearest carrier ships, he needed a show of force, he decided that at least 40 of the 2km craft would be necessary. Though at least 35 would be empty no scans would be likely to be able to detect that. The mutant was lost but if those sentient discovered tiberium he would lose a major advantage. With the Harpy Probes he sent out a universal hail.

This is Crassuss, the rightful owner of this and many of the surrounding systems. Vacate immedeatly and stop your harassment of our property.

The collective recieved the hail and immediately responded.

"We are the Borg Collective of BLACKGRUE, we came in peace and your 'property' attacked us. We mean you no harm but it has been hit with a planitary assimilation beam. It's biological distinctiveness will be added to our own."

This was the worst possible news fr Crassuss to hear, he blared a message back to the BLACKGRUE ships, whilst his own floated round to form a sphere around the invading vessels with only one clear route of exit.

"BLACKGRUE Borg. Leave the Mutant and leave this system. It is unlikely that you are capable of doing us harm. Whils the genetic disctintiveness of such a twisted creature means little to us it is infested with a valuable mineral we cannot permit to leave [distortion] Space."

The collective considered this and decided to initiate a carefully diplomatic response.

"Removing the implants will take time and energy, if you were to initiate a peaceful diologe, we would ensure the creature's safety and well being untill it is de-assimilated."

Crassuss considered his position and his rapidly untenable bluff...

"A dialogue would be acceptable."

"Continue."

OOC: OMFG Shortest post EVA

"Our collective has just came out of a major war, we entered this area seeking allies. We have large amounts of raw material and technology that we can trade in exchange for peaceful relations."

Aside: True to their word, the collective was removing the implants as best as possible to keep the creature alive, it would have some augmentations in it's major organs by the end, but it shouldn't notice anything.

OOC: It probably wouldn't notice if youn left a ship in it :D.

IC:

"We don't need your technology or your raw materials. We do however have a use for allies. We will allow you the genetic information within that creature and passage to go free. We will accompany you with a Harpy Probe (Basically an upgraded Siren Probe you'll have come across Siren Probes before but thought nothing of them they act as if theyre broken when discovered. There are millions of them flaoting around aimlessly in space as they reproduce.) to study your culture and technology to assess if it is apropriatte to give you further access to our society."

The collective thought it over and considered it's options.

"We would also like to dispatch a diplomatic team into your space with similar goals. They will be unarmed and can even be cut off from the collective if you wish."

Crassuss considered his options and was forced to relent.

"A diplomatic team with delayed connectivity to your central management area would be acceptable. It may enter our space only, not the space that we protect. This space will be pionted out to the diplomatic team and any attempt to trespass on protectorate land will force us to destroy the team."

The Borg ships silently fired the tacheon burst that brought them back to gate space. At the agreed co-ordinates, a manned probe with only 4 drones and a queen gated in. The diolouge would commense and the borg were confident that they had a new ally to count on.