I don’t know much about the US, but I know Florida is closest by sea to central America
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@fralegend015
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@Centarian (no votes submitted)
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Round 25 - 6:00, May 1st, 2000
Round Summary
TO is starting to show it’s ambitions in expanding the ant domain…
The ants taken from the original nest site many hours ago have finally arrived in the labs, but it will still take some time for the first results to surface…
The Organism Report
TO searched for organisms which produce electricity on internet, finding out about the existance of animals like the electric eels. Then with a larger success it managed to place digesters in the mines where metals are extracted (100 R → 75 MH, 50 S). After that TO managed to trade some digester eggs for vials of a specific bacterium and the stuff to support them with a government official, they will arrive by [ROUND 29].
After that trade offer however TO did horribly in expanding the mining operations and didn’t get the diplomats to start setting a foothold in the government. Thankfully a commercial pact selling excess materials was still set up with some locals, giving the nest income…
Influence Report
TO ordered a massive expansion of the hive’s influence, sending many colonists to Costa Rica and with less success, expanding the matiguas colony and sending a smaller team to Honduras. The teams sent to these two countries should start sending back resources in some 18 hours…
TO tried making some boats for sea travel, however it seems like that they have many faults making them worse. As so only a small team could start travelling to Florida. At the same time another scout team was sent to Panama City. Florida Colony should start sending resources back in 36 hours and the Panama City colony in 24 hours…
TO then tried innovating new technologies, which has succeded to an extent. This allowed TO to expand the mining operations, generating even more income. Besides that other resources have also started being automatically harvested by the fellow children of TO.
RESULTS
(+50 R, +75 MH, +50 S, +50 H, +75 I)
TO Statistics
ARMOUR - 325
HEALTH - 3990/7503
STRENGTH - 6766
RESOURCES - 986/1536 (Used 200 R to regenerate 600 E)
ENERGY - 257/3950 (-475 E from actions)
SIZE - ~5M
PASSIVES: (1.5XSM)H/R, (1.5XSM)R/R
Other Statistics
HUMAN KNOWLEDGE - 3
POLITICAL POWER TIER - TRIBE
INFLUENCE - LOCAL
HUMAN POPULATION ~ 6099999999
COUNTRY POPULATION ~ 5100000
KILLS - 1 PERSON (TO - 1, NON-TO - 0)
INCOME - 75 | MONEY - 75
KNOWLEDGE: Electric Animals, Boats
INCOMING CHANGES
6 HOURS-
12 HOURS-
18 HOURS- COSTA RICA COLONY 6, HONDURAS COLONY 3
24 HOURS- geobacter sulferreductens Delivery, PANAMA CITY COLONY 5
30 HOURS- OLD NEST ANT LAB STUDY RESULTS
36 HOURS- FLORIDA COLONY 2
Mutations
Defensive M
Offensive M
Mobility M
Utility M
Brain/Sensory M
Body-wide M
Caste M
Miscellaneous M
For mutations prior to Round 25, look here.
World Map
TO location: South of Reserva Natural Sierra Quirragua, near Matiguas, Central Nicaragua
Notable Influence: Nicaragua (host country, no real influence)
(Removed to not take up forum space)
Miscellaneous
Anybody can join this forum game, it’s very easy!
Edit: @willow @CatSquared @fralegend015 @Centarian @Nigel I need your votes
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Actions:
- Work on the boats
- Try to sell anything that TO dug up
- Send scouts to establish a colony in New York
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Action 1: Retry to expand mining operations.
Action 2: Make diplomats search for corruptible political figures again.
Action 3: Research how to utilize electricity.
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instead of turning into an hive mind we turn into this:
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Sorry the shark lost the coin flip
mutation: optimize our neuronal endosymbionts by getting rid of unnecessary genes and transferring genes that aren’t needed in the neurons to make them function to plasmids in their host cell
action: ponder better ways for DNA to be replicated and stored cause this way is too prone to breaking the dna and repairing it wrong.
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By “this way” you mean the way most organisms do it?
Edit: @Nigel @Centarian I need your votes
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Mutation:
an absolutely tiny caste that has small insect wings and is made in large batches
Action: Get on good terms with a popular for profit company.
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Actions: Expand mining operations, improve automation, and half and half for the 3rd action.
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You mean you want to expend your 3rd action on improving the two others?
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4 1 1
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4(3+1) 5(4+1)
Round 26 - 12:00, May 1st, 2000
Round Summary
TO had a few unlucky incidents, but growth of the influence is slowly marching onwards…
The Organism Report
TO has improved it’s endosymbiotic neurons, decreasing the number of unnecesary genes in them (+100 ME). TO also developed some cancerous growth but it managed to get rid of them (-50 H).
Strangely enought for the noon of 1st of May, the ant was hit by a series of unlucky incidents - it got hit by a branch while thinking about something, hit trees a few times while trying to reach the diplomats and had an incident while experimenting with electricity (-150 H).
TO then started to work on better boats, constructing a superior version which is capable of transporting an entire troop of mutated ants! After this success TO managed to greatly expand the mining area, now generating far more income (+50 I). Automation of the nest has also been increased, with increasingly more decisions being taken by the smarter TOlings (+25 I).
Influence Report
TO attempted selling some items it dug up from ground, however that didn’t seem to do too well, but some person decided to cheaply buy these items anyway (+75 Money). A new colony of scouts was sent to establish a colony in the NYC. It should start sending resources back in some 36 hours…
People started to notice the potential of cooperation with the ants, and so it was only a matter of time before the ants made their own business - cooperation with the higher-ups of the local government managed to give the ants a small for now company, which however is already generating some income (+25 I).
RESULTS
(-50 H, +100 ME, +100 I, +75 Money, +150 R)
TO Statistics
ARMOUR - 325
HEALTH - 3940/7503
STRENGTH - 6766
RESOURCES - 961/1536 (-75 R from Mutations, used 100 R to regenerate 300 E)
ENERGY - 207/4050 (-350 E from actions)
SIZE - ~5M
PASSIVES: (1.5XSM)H/R, (1.5XSM)R/R
Other Statistics
HUMAN KNOWLEDGE - 3
POLITICAL POWER TIER - TRIBE
INFLUENCE - LOCAL
HUMAN POPULATION ~ 6099999999
COUNTRY POPULATION ~ 5100000
KILLS - 1 PERSON (TO - 1, NON-TO - 0)
INCOME - 175 | MONEY - 325
KNOWLEDGE: Electric Animals, Boats, Better Boats
INCOMING CHANGES
6 HOURS-
12 HOURS- COSTA RICA COLONY 6, HONDURAS COLONY 3
18 HOURS- geobacter sulferreductens Delivery, PANAMA CITY COLONY 5
24 HOURS- OLD NEST ANT LAB STUDY RESULTS
30 HOURS- FLORIDA COLONY 2
36 HOURS - NYC COLONY 4
Mutations
Defensive M
Offensive M
Mobility M
Utility M
Brain/Sensory M
Neuron Gene Cleanup
Body-wide M
Caste M
Miscellaneous M
For mutations prior to Round 25, look here.
World Map
TO location: South of Reserva Natural Sierra Quirragua, near Matiguas, Central Nicaragua
Notable Influence: Nicaragua (host country, no real influence)
(Removed to not take up forum space)
Miscellaneous
Anybody can join this forum game, it’s very easy!
Edit: @willow @CatSquared @fralegend015 @Centarian @Nigel I need your votes
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A1: look up info on how electricity is made and used
A2: search for info on making tiny permanent magnets and electromagnets
A3: split between the two
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Actions:
- Send a colony to Rio
- Send a colony to Brasilia
- Work on better boats
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I think you’ll need more advanced boats to do that…
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Action: use the money to buy tools in order to expand the mining operations more.
Action: search for better methods to refine ore
Action: Research business practices and economy in general in order to better manage our business.
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more automation, more efficiency of extracting metal, taller tower
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Not sure, perhaps the regulations weren’t implemented yet.
Edit: @Centarian I need your votes.
I’ll repeat my last votes
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3(2+1) 2(1+1)
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@Centarian (REPEAT)
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Round 27 - 18:00, May 1st, 2000
Round Summary
Looks like as the evening falls on the 1st of May, the Ant business is booming, even if just locally.
The Organism Report
TO used it’s internet abilities to search for how to make proper electricity. This information was not too hard to find. After that attention was directed towards making tiny magnets and electromagnets, but not so much came out of it.
While sending a colony of scouts to Brasilia, TO was harrased by some people. It decided to not go after them, but some damage has been done (-50 H). Then it started working on better boat designs, but they still seem too weak to cross the large ocean behind which lies the old world…
With some money already being harnessed, TO decided to use it to increase the scale of the mining efforts. Thankfully, it found cheap and also good quality mining tools on sale. Not soon after the nest area became a lot more noisy (-300 Money, +100 I). Following this TO also tried to make the extracted ores more pure, which was also a large success (+50 I). Some reforms were put into the crude business model of the nest, which maked the entire process a bit less complex (+25 I).
A new mutation developed in the egg-producing tissues of TO, but this time it doesn’t seem to be cancerous; Instead a new, tiny caste was developed (100 R → 25 S, 75 MH). After this occurence TO made new deals with better companies, generating even more incomes (+50 I).
Influence Report
A new scout colony has been sent to Brasilia, it should start sending resources back in some 36 hours…
Alongside TO’s doing some new processes have also been going on in the nest structure itself, making everything more automatic (+50 I), and getting the metal extraction processes to be more efficient (+75 I). The tower’s height was also increased, with the now mostly metal structure reaching some 350 meters into the sky. Perhaps this signifies a new era of the antlings’ influence on the worldwide affairs?
RESULTS
(+100 H, +50 R, +25 S, +75 MH, -300 Money, +350 I)
TO Statistics
ARMOUR - 325
HEALTH - 4040/7578
STRENGTH - 6791
RESOURCES - 886/1536 (-25 R from mutations, used 100 R to regenerate 300 E)
ENERGY - 157/4050 (-350 E from actions)
SIZE - ~5M
PASSIVES: (1.5XSM)H/R, (1.5XSM)R/R
Other Statistics
HUMAN KNOWLEDGE - 3
POLITICAL POWER TIER - TRIBE
INFLUENCE - LOCAL
HUMAN POPULATION ~ 6099999999
COUNTRY POPULATION ~ 5100000
KILLS - 1 PERSON (TO - 1, NON-TO - 0)
INCOME - 425 | MONEY - 450
KNOWLEDGE: Electric Animals, Boats, Better Boats, Bit Better Boats, Electricity, Magnet Stuff
INCOMING CHANGES
6 HOURS- COSTA RICA COLONY 6, HONDURAS COLONY 3
12 HOURS- geobacter sulferreductens Delivery, PANAMA CITY COLONY 5
18 HOURS- OLD NEST ANT LAB STUDY RESULTS
24 HOURS- FLORIDA COLONY 2
30 HOURS - NYC COLONY 4
36 HOURS - BRASILA COLONY 3
Mutations
Defensive M
Offensive M
Mobility M
Utility M
Brain/Sensory M
Neuron Gene Cleanup
Body-wide M
Caste M
Tiny Winged Caste
Miscellaneous M
For mutations prior to Round 25, look here.
World Map
TO location: South of Reserva Natural Sierra Quirragua, near Matiguas, Central Nicaragua
Notable Influence: Nicaragua (host country, no real influence)
(Removed to not take up forum space)
Miscellaneous
Anybody can join this forum game, it’s very easy!