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The screaming finally ceased.

Breathing a hollow sigh of relief as he casually flicked his wrist to spray a line of red across his cabin floor, Lord Silverpine's unnaturally glowing blue gaze watched the broken bundle of meat and blood squelch on the wooden floorboards. With the red mist fading from his mind, the warlord tilted his head to the side as the bloodthirsty thrill faded into a neutral expression as he inspected the fruit of his labor. The corpse had, before undergoing Lord Silverpine's administrations, been one of the humans that they had picked up during the raid on the West Port Docks.

While abducting people had not been originally part of the plan to steal some ships to take to the seas, a quick review during the trek to West Port of his followers had reveled a truth that needed to be addressed: None of his followers had ever sailed on the open sea before. Since the entire point of taking to the seas was to land on a far distant shore, securing some experienced seamen proved to be rather vital to their future efforts... so when they were raiding the port, securing some experience crewmen was added to the list of things that needed to be taken intact during the battle.

Of course, as was generally the case when it came to raiding parties, more was taken then was strictly needed. A number of people had been 'conscripted' that had no prior experience with the arts of sailing. Some of them had skills that would be useful for their new home and thus the fact that they could contribute nothing to the trip was excusable, but there were a handful that had no skills useful to the Regency at all... well, not many.

Ever since he had transcended mortality to become a knight of death, death and bloodshed were apart of Lord Siverpine's very being. While the living needed things like food and water in order to survive, Jasper hungered for the destruction of others like a man would desire a well cooked leg of lamb. In this regard, men like the former mayor of West Port proved their worth by stating his hunger without him having to start hacking into either a loyal follower or one of the pressed ganged crew members required for the functioning of the ship. Plus, the occasional torturous murder served as a wonderful motivational tool for those members of his crews who hadn't originally come onto the ships willingly.

That said, useless sacks of meat were starting to be in short supply. As Jasper finally reached for a cloth to wipe down his blade to clean it of blood, his head perked up as he heard a cry from up in the raven's nest.

"LAND HO!"

Woo!

In Hivemind 4 yrs ago Forum: Free Roleplay
We can discuss the plan on attack on the Wasp Hive itself when we get there and can get some proper recon. Until then, let's focus on digging the tunnel to get us into position to launch the invasion.

If I might suggest an idea in order to assist our bee allies by offering them some protection against possible Wasp raids. I recently had plans for a new breed of flying warrior. They are similar to the recon scouts but instead of having pheromones for the purposes of tracking, inspiration has been taken from the spiders to give them acidic venom and a single, spear like mouth to punch through outer layers of armor and skin.

The general idea for this swarm warrior is... well, to fight in swarms. A flying tide that is meant to swamp the target and inject them repeatedly with their acidic venom to literally melt the target from the inside out. If a few are killed in the attack against a bigger foe, that's fine because these aerial assassins are designed and bred to be spawned and grow to full size in large numbers quickly.
In Hivemind 4 yrs ago Forum: Free Roleplay
We have found the wasp hive! Now it is just a matter of dealing with the damn thing before it becomes to great a threat.

An overland assault is... not advised. They would spot it long before we got within striking distance of the hive and if what the bees have told us about them are true, the wasps would be -more- then willing to kick start a war out in the open for the sake of fighting... and they would have the edge in such combat.

Fighting in the skies isn't advised either, since we have only recently started to develop air units ourselves and they are not prepared for full on aerial combat on this scale just yet.

Having given the idea much thought, our best course of action might be to tunnel. Starting at the beetle log, we should start to develop a tunnel between it and the wasp nest. Along the way we can develop mini hives underground in order to store food supplies and places to rest in order to continue the advancement of the tunnel. The idea behind this plan is that if we can launch a surprise offensive against the hive itself, we can negate the advantages of the wasps and force them to fight defensively. We also have the benefit of being able to damage and destroy their means of replacing their fallen numbers at the source.
Just to let people know, this Rp isn't dead. There was a minor stall as some Character sheets were finalized, but it's still going and we're still looking for more people.
In Hivemind 4 yrs ago Forum: Free Roleplay
So some of the beetles have gone rogue and are interfering with our efforts to locate the lair of the wasps (even if unintentionally). Naturally, this treason can not be allowed to stand... but we have to treat the matter with some degree of care, since coming down on the wrong beetles will cause more harm in the long run.

I have an idea.

Step 1: We need to develop a pheromone that, when ingested, blends in with the natural scent of the eater, but can be picked up by our more sensory advanced scouts like the great light in the sky on a blue day.

Step 2: We use said pheromone lace a stockpile of berries. We can then offer it up to the beetles freely without uneven distribution for good or bad behavior. We can claim it is a celebration of unity and the bounty that we all now have access to since the end of the conflict between us. Try and cement some good will and maybe bring some beetles on the fence over to our side.

Step 3: With the laced berries being consumed, all we have to do is keep an eye out for a trail of the pheromone that is heading off into the general area the other rebel beetles have fled into. As long as we avoid giving the beetles any tasks or jobs that leads them in that general direction, any pheromone trail heading that way will stand out easily. Even better, it's likely that any group making the trip will take along supplies to help tide themselves over for the journey, as well as to help out whatever hive they are setting up.
In Hivemind 4 yrs ago Forum: Free Roleplay
Might I recommend keeping our distance from the hive that was under attack? Considering how alert they are, it is likely they would mistake diplomatic efforts as hostile. Just plant the seeds, look after the plants as they're growing to give the distressed hive a new source of food and allow us to show our peaceful intentions, but keep a non threatening distance from them.

The discovery and destruction of the Warp hive is a solid plan through.
In Hivemind 4 yrs ago Forum: Free Roleplay
Making adjustments for a wetter environment would be useful. We can test out the improvements on the river to the north, as well as work on things such as allowing a future strain to swim and breath under water.
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