Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most. (HxH)

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Orders?

[X]Run self-diagnostics
This unit is equipped with three limbs that together form a potential claw shape, along with a magnetic coil capable of drawing off individual atoms from sufficiently loose material. Energy needs are covered by abosrbing heat from the environment or breaking down material in reserve for emergency needs.


Basically, we are this.




A database of several common chemicals is included within our records, including the schematics needed to produce another of us. All systems are normal, and power supplies are optimal.

The environment around us appears to be mostly water, which we can move in using our limbs. Sensory range only extends to 30 micrometers.

[X]Directives?
The data is corrupted. We may be able to recover it, but this will take time.

[X]Last known command?
No commands are listed on record.

Orders?


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Collective resource and character sheet are here.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Begin Reproduction. We need more Nanites to insure survival, and recovery of our Directives.
[X] Attempt to discern what would be necessary to recover our Directives.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Analyze surroundings/Begin scouting.
-[X] Priority One: Locate materials for reproduction.
-[X] Priority Two: Avoid damage.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Begin Reproduction. We need more Nanites to insure survival, and recovery of our Directives.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Begin Reproduction. We need more Nanites to insure survival, and recovery of our Directives.


Insufficient raw material for replication. No usable material in direct environment.

[X] Attempt to discern what would be necessary to recover our Directives.



Datablocks containing Directives are corrupted. Recovery attempted is possible.
Chance of success: unknown.

Estimated duration of recovery attempt: 875462115789 microcycles. WARNING!: Operation exceeds this unit's battery life by more than 10000%.

Proceed? Y/N



[X] Analyze surroundings/Begin scouting.
-[X] Priority One: Locate materials for reproduction.
-[X] Priority Two: Avoid damage.

98% of our environment is water. The other 2% consists of carbon dioxide and some simple polymers.

Acknowledged. Begin scouting.

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After 5 microcycles, we encounter a chunk of mass roughly half our size. Analysis indicates it to be 98% iron, 2% oxygen by volume. With the local chemicals, as well as the iron we have just encountered, we may be able to produce as many as two replications of ourselves or an attachment for us that would allow us to store and carry more raw material.

Orders?

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Replicate until available materials are exhausted.

Don't see much need for a storage unit just yet. We're probably going to be immediately building new units in situ wherever we find the materials.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Reproduction and exploration until 10 000 units is achieved.

Then, we will be able to do more.

 

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Updates to our design will be carried over automatically to new units.

Orders acknowledged. After 15 mycrocycles, we have created two more units.

Total number=3

Confirmation: Harvest any raw matter we encounter and produce more units? Warning: Unchecked harvest may cause harm to the host and causes the organism to consider us as threats.

Proceed Y/N?

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Proceed more carefully.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Create nanobots only in ways unlikely to cause damage.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Create nanobots only in ways unlikely to cause damage

[X] Add attachment to carry raw materials create new Units as old Units Burn out or become lost keep the lowest number of units at 10.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d100 : 77, total 77[/blockquote]

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Create nanobots only in ways unlikely to cause damage

[X] Add attachment to carry raw materials create new Units as old Units Burn out or become lost keep the lowest number of units at 10.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

How does the Dice work in this Quest? because I am looking that that as a Neutral-Good Roll

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

100: crit success
76-99:Great success
51-75:Mild success
26-50:Mild failure
2-25 : Great failure
1: Critical failure.

Modifiers may come into play.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Create nanobots only in ways unlikely to cause damage
[X] Add attachment to carry raw materials create new Units as old Units Burn out or become lost keep the lowest number of units at 10.

Acknowledged. The three units spread out in the environment in search of inert material or anything tagged for destruction by the host's immune system to harvest for further replication.


.......... After ten microcycles an antigen trail leads a unit to a large deposit of dead cells. As is many as 47 more units are created from it.

Units spread out through in 5 cluster of 10 while, carrying the remaining material with them. One stays to complete the exploration/collection of their current position, while the others joins the bloodstream. Harvest and replication proceeds at optimal rate, though several units are lost in combat with viruses and lack of supplementary storage space means several mass of rare material such a lithium must be left behind.

After 1300 microcycles, our total number is 876 units in 5 clusters of ~170 units.

With such numbers, we have the workforce and processing power to create more complex, dedicated units. Note: none of those units will have the ability to replicate or perform more than their own specific task..
-Probe type: Units dedicated to exploration, tagging potential raw material for collection and mapping host. Can survive in strongly acid environment such as the stomach.
-Warrior type: Units dedicated to defense of colony against virus and the body's immune system.
-'Collector type: Units dedicated to the collection and transportation of raw material for use by the standard "Worker" type.

Alternatively, it is possible to further upgrade the basic design of our units to cover these roles, abeilt with 50% less efficiency as a dedicated unit. Single upgrade would increase the cost and creation time of unit by 10%, a second by 20%, and a third by 40%.

Orders?

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Upgrade design of general-purpose bots
[X] Attempt to identify [Host]'s nature

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Production: 200 Probes
- [X] Disperse and map. Search for deposits of Fat.
[X] Production: 300 Collectors
- [X] Collect and transport Fat to Workers in clusters of 50 units
[X] Production: 100 Warrior.
- [X] Stand by
[X] Production: 1000 Workers
[X] Research: Facilities

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] A 1:1:2:4 ratio of Probes (1), Warriors (1), Collectors (2), and Workers (4).
-[X] Make a small number of all purpose units (1/100th of total number) for use in special circumstances.
[X] Jiven's spread.
[X] Attempt to identify [Host]'s nature.

Dedicated units mean higher efficiency. The only use of a generalist that I can see would be if we were only able to send a small number of units into an area, and didn't know what we'd need when we got there.

This spread would give us a significant number of scouts so we can figure out what's going on, with some warriors if things go bad, while maximizing production.

Edit: Jiven's spread is acceptable.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Jiven's spread.
[X] Attempt to identify [Host]'s nature.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Jiven's spread.
[X] Attempt to identify [Host]'s nature.
[X]Tag the Host's digestive system and liver as locations for possible resources to be scouted.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Jiven's spread.
[X] Attempt to identify [Host]'s nature.
[X]Tag the Host's digestive system and liver as locations for possible resources to be scouted.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Jiven's spread.
[X] Attempt to identify [Host]'s nature.
[X] Tag the Host's digestive system and liver as locations for possible resources to be scouted.
[X] If human, the gallbladder would also be an excellent resource.

"Sir... your gallbladder is no longer passing stones."
"That's a good thing isn't it?"
"Well, it would be. Except the formation of stones is still happening, but the gallbladder seems to be breaking them down too."
o_o
"Yes, that's what I said."

 

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Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Jiven's spread.
[X] Attempt to identify [Host]'s nature.
[X] Tag the Host's digestive system and liver as locations for possible resources to be scouted.
[X] If human, the gallbladder would also be an excellent resource.

I wonder what the setting is.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

Me too. Let's find out.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d6 : 5, total 5[/blockquote]

And rolling for the turn.
[blockquote]Rolled 1d100 : 21, total 21[/blockquote]

 

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Acknowledged.

Unit production proceeds on schedule. Probes spread through the bloodstream and start mapping the body.

ALERT: Probes are under heavy attack by white cells! A unit trespassed on a lymph node, triggering a violent reaction from the immune system. Warriors are sent to rescue them immediately, but a majority of the Probes is destroyed before they catch up.

WARNING: Immune system declared our units a threat to the organism. White cells and other defenses will continue to harass us unless steps are taken to prevent it.

Active units
Probes: 48
Warriors: 45
Collectors : 234
Workers: 1789


Mapping proceeds at a much slower rate, but exploration of the upper is complete.Digestive tracts are tagged and two large concentration of fatty tissues on the upper ventral section of the torso. Preliminary examination suggests host to be of female gender.

Fatty tissues contain all the elements needed for replication in large amount. Harvest Y/N?

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

Eating someones breasts to murder their immune system.
Not sure, if want.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Produce en masse from fatty deposits

Quite frankly, the amount we're going to take is not going to be noticable... Like, at all.

[X] Begin Camouflage research

And the expected immune response has finally come. Time to learn how to blend in... A protein coating with the proper chemical identifiers should do the trick.

 

Re: Nanoquest: It's the littlest things that matter most.

[X] Produce en masse from fatty deposits
[X] Begin Camouflage research

Around how many nanites would we need to make recovery of our directive possible in a viable timespan?
I'm assuming we can have several work at this simultaneously.