Tyki

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

"very well" she replies evenly, looking over the menu and ordering a large rack of ribs after sitting with him, seeming unperturbed by his monstrous height. "what is it you wished to speak of specificially?" she asks evenly before digging into her ribs, devouring them ravenously

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

the holo-pod slowly disentegrates once it's shut off, the captain arriveing in what seems to be a diplomatic vessel with quite a few automatic turrets for defense rather than arriving unarmed, though she does step off of it if there's no hostility, leaving it at a landing bay or the nearest forest clearing before going over to the bunker or diner that the commander had gone into, carrying a small vial with her as well as a fairly hefty pistol that looked to be an improvement over the older model. she towers over the clones as she walks confidently towards where she had been told to meet the commander for dinner

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

"i must deny that request i'm afraid as i have no pull with the warrior queen, though i can offer you my own in her stead since the frigate will most likely be landing on the third moon of your's to form a nearby colony." the captain replies, adding the last part as she pulls up the details on her bracelet, the course already being plotted before they fire some sort of organic material at the moon, it growing visibly lush from the planet's surface as an atmosphere forms before a way gate is sent to the surface and a town rather rapidly erected within a half hour, crops and a mine being made within the next half hour, all the while the sergal captain remains in contact with the commander

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

"this sounds agreeable. the last remnant of the clone empire we'd spoken too had formed an alliance as well so i see no reason we can't. we come from the sergal empire and seek new allies to assist us in exchange for resources we may offer. this current frigate is an expeditionary vessel and part of the larger fleet. what say you?" the captain replies, the ship dropping another communication and scanning sattellite which in turn runs a preliminary scan of the planet, looking for materials of particular note while also allowing the clones to keep the goings on in their bunkers to themselves

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

the sergals drop another holo-pod to the planet which was quite tiny, the image of the sergeant appearing once more as she states evenly "we're... wait? i was informed that the clones had been wiped out in the fight with the undead king?" her voice growing confused along with her posture

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

the sergals don't seem to mind so long as they had something to do, though when lisa puts her fist out for a fist bump the sergal goes as if to dodge before just cocking it's head and looking at her fist strangely

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

They soon leave as asked before leaving a small satellite in orbit that doesn't seem to actually do anything to harm them and only really seems to have a small scanning and communications relay built into it with a solar power cell. the frigates then continue searching while the sergal's home dimension is soon as colonized as the sergals wish, additional frigates and corvette cores built before it's rather suddenly stopped as if all resources meant to construct more frigates were being used elsewhere.

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

the sergal in particular that she hugs looks at her strangely before licking her face with a tongue long and wide enough to completely cover her face in ectoplasmic saliva while the sergal drac gifts the seeds to, nods and says a small thanks before the rest get busy plowing fields and planting the seeds

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

the dead sergals pretty much just sort of float around, feeling rather bored since they aren't able to produce anything or do any form of work.

The live sergals however, fire a small holo-pod at the planet which springs up a bit to show the commander of the frigate in full regalia as she says "hello insectoid species. this device transmits an image of myself from my ship. we have come seeking other species with which to trade, and/or learn from. what do you offer if anything?" before awaiting a response with her arms behind her

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

the sergals refuse, seeming to reach a group decision after a bit of organization, seeming to value their future too much to be greedy with their own lives, many of thier mates having actually survived the fight to care for their children in their stead. However, they do help clean up after learning that this was their new home, most of them actually eating their own corpses or just tossing them into the void before looking into forming a small township of the dead for their kind as well as some form of crop or good that could be produced.