How would Ren know? "The White Ones" as you've named them haven't been seen yet.

I was more asking you for when they getwithin range of sight. Assuming they are not invisible right?

Course, just giving you grief. Yes they are insectiod in form.

Hey lads. I just got a notification from Gunner that he is on vacation for the next week. He'll most likely be absent, but least we know when and why.

As for Esayo... yeah... he's just gone... No idea what's up with him...

Just as an FYI guys. "The White Ones" are not the swarm itself. The White Ones are literally the albino ones that are huge and very few in number. The rest of the horde is still charging.

Is Jack wants to find a leader, The White Ones are very few, have stopped out of gun range, and seem to be making a ton of noise without doing anything.

If I knew how to draw and upload stuff, I'd do it to show what was going on. But basically at some points the bug are literally at the wall and getting soaked in the tar. At other points, like the ones where the group is they are holding them about 25 feet away, but that gap is shrinking quickly.

Basically this horde isn't called "The White Ones"; the white ones are The White Ones. They should really be called The Brown and Black Ones with a few Really Big White Ones. If you want to get technical...

OK I'm keeping this data up for future reference, but I like the idea of the whole horde stopping now that I've had time to think about it. Keep what I said in mind, but it didn't happen that way.

Hmm, would you consider the infrared light spectrum to be affected by the radio dampening field? One thing we might be able to do is create an optical relay that would send an infrared beam to the ship's sensor relay much like a radio signal would, only directed. It is already prevalent with fiber optic cables so I'm sure a futuristic version could be feasible with the setting.

Absolutely not. Light is light, it's not a signal. However I would say that one would need to direct it straight at the ship for any message to be received. The message would work, and it would be easier to make, but you would need to know where the ship is in orbit.

OK, just to say it. I hate Ren right now.

We were talking in Steam and the is when we got talking about solutions for the bugs, and I really, really wish we did it in this OOC section.

But basically we were talking and Ren talked about using the fusion batteries, not as fuel, but by cutting the transfer power and letting the fusion reaction take place unmitigated. Basically Ren made a nuclear bomb out of a battery.

I love your creativity dear. I only wish we talked about it here.

This is why I made this situation, to test ya'll creativity. Ren, nice job.

LOL, actually I was more or less spitballing solutions. First was using an infrared signal to get an orbital strike to take out the bugs though the message would ned to be aimed right at the ship. Then we figured sending a phsychic pulse through their hive mind though the equipment needed runs on electricity. Finally we came up on the fusion battery bomb. The IR relay will still work to get help, though it will not be as much use as the battery bomb

Hate to do this to the lot of you, but school is starting back up, and I've got some personal things going down, so I think I'm gonna have to duck out of this. It was a fun ride, but I haven't got the time to devote to it that I thought I would. Teeth and Dres can just stay on pause, I'm not sure what should be done with Six, so I'll just let you lot figure that out.

Well, we already have the fusion core battery bombs. Could have it so Six and the ones who are looking to exit get killed holding them off. Seeing his allies get killed makes something snap in Rennac's head and he goes right to making the bombs to blow up every one of the bugs.

Sorry for vanishing lads. Something real big came up and it is still going on, but I figured I'd let you guys know that the RP is going to go on temporary freeze. Half our cast is off to school, and the rest of us are generally occupied. Hopefully in a few months this can be revived. But I felt the need to apologize for vanishing and make it written...

The RP is temporarily suspended until we get more of the crew back from real life.

Oh and I won't be killing anybody just because they have to peel out for a minute. I'd sooner assume control and just BS them to safety. I'd like permission to do that, but if the situation prevents it; again, I'd rather take control than kill them or leave them behind on a hostile world for dead.