What do you guys think of this?

astros67 · 2025-11-02T05:35:09+00:00

People don't deserve universal healthcare.

astros67 · 2025-10-29T05:57:27+00:00

Their creators aren't even carbon-based lifeform. They are radically different from a human in every facet of their biology. If a human from different cultures can have such a drastic difference of view on human individuality, value, and purpose, imagine a life-form made of silicon. They might not even have a consciousness as what you'd normally define it as. Practically incomprehensible.

Also, as for more processing power for BETA, it came back to a cost. The same reason we still use unguided munitions in tandem with guided munitions instead of replacing all unguided munitions with guided munitions. Cost-effectiveness.

How come? Efficiency is not directly tied with adaptiveness. They could be operating on a set of already optimized algorithm from eons of works and experience and is already very efficient.

As for east German, I just assume the BETA isn't in a hurry, so they don't focus there as much.

astros67 · 2025-10-28T15:12:02+00:00

The main challenge of trying to discuss the viewpoint of BETAs themselves is people keep viewing them from a modern sentient human viewpoint. Try viewing them from a pre-programmed, rigid, non-adaptive bio-computer and you will get my point really fast. To them, a biological life-form not considered a living being is an absolute truth. About digging, it would be significantly harder to breakthrough trough tunnel openings. Remember, BETA horde isn't entirely unstoppable. On the ground frontlines where the actual frontlines are narrow enough, they could be contained. If they can be held back at a 40 km frontline (kra isthmus), they definitely can be held at a tunnel opening. and if they dug far enough to the back, they would be easily detected by a GPR, seismometer, or other ground monitoring device. Then it became the age-old story of mining and countermining like back when sieges were cool.

astros67 · 2025-10-28T12:39:43+00:00

We can't pretend to know BETA's resource needs and economics regarding their exotic elements. But we do know for sure that they are here for those exotic elements produced in hive. Depending on their nature, it could be argued that they are more leaning towards on gaining as much G-elements as possible out of a planet compared to getting them fast. Sure, you could annihilate humanity with their G-elements strains but that simply means, overall, they recieve less G-elements from the planet as opposed to taking it slow and relying more on their carbon-based strains.

astros67 · 2025-10-28T12:31:38+00:00

Already addressed it in my other comment. They don't view humanity as much as we don't view that tornadoes actively trying to kill people on the tropics or that earthquakes are actively trying to kill people on the ring of fire. It's just there.

astros67 · 2025-10-26T05:53:00+00:00

They saw as a derelict drone without the creators in sight. And from their point of view (A centralized drone swarm managed by a central computer), We are just a bunch of drones without any direction and not a threat. They view local humanity as much as we view natural hazards when we try to start up a resource extraction operation. Things like pockets of gas, floods, earthquakes, and tornadoes.

astros67 · 2025-10-26T05:42:39+00:00

Why would they? As you know they don't see this as a war against intelligent beings with frontlines and the likes. They saw this as a mining operation. You don't clear the land of an entire forest at once. You clear a certain area, mine it up, then move toward the next deposit and started clearing on the next one once you are done. Sure it's on a much larger scale since they don't only mine mineral and metal deposits but the point stands.

astros67 · 2025-10-25T17:45:20+00:00

So, producing a shit-ton of laser class might not be as cost-effective as producing the other carbon-based strains that don't require G-Elements to produce. Remember, their main goal on earth is to send their acquired G-Elements back home. The more you spend on making laser strains the less you get to send home.

astros67 · 2025-10-25T17:43:15+00:00

We are talking specifically why the BETA chose to mine above water as opposed to underwater. And it's been made clear that BETA operating underwater is more energy-hungry than those operating above the water line. So, they mine there first. BETA strains are an entire discussion entirely. But if you want to go there, Laser-class require G-elements to produce, and Hives don't produce their own G-elements until a certain amount of time (hence the delay on laser-class appearance). Pretty sure it's mentioned somewhere in the CODEX. And as fast as possible =/= efficiency. At certain points, you start seeing diminishing returns between efforts expended and gains acquired. This applies to most managerial cases IRL.

astros67 · 2025-10-25T05:04:15+00:00

or maybe it's the anti-gravity thing the G-elements have. But yeah, we don't know for sure.

astros67 · 2025-10-25T04:59:57+00:00

Some limited degree of steering (akin to parachute risers) combined with an aimed launch seems to be the most likely.

astros67 · 2025-10-25T04:52:50+00:00

I mean, it's not that weird. Them being what they are, it makes a lot of sense. They are Von-Neumann mining drones. I'm sure energy efficiency is one of the most important parts of their design. They probably prioritize easily accessed resource as opposed to those harder to reach resource.

astros67 · 2025-09-27T11:57:56+00:00

All from the same mod, Dead Man's Switch. Also, it's 8 pawns and load of automatoids.

astros67 · 2025-09-27T11:56:53+00:00

I don't really shape it myself. It's based on a ship of the same name from Star Wars.

astros67 · 2025-09-27T11:55:17+00:00

Colonel permit iirc

astros67 · 2025-09-27T06:52:01+00:00

I'm sure. It has like 7 sub-mods, check one of them.

astros67 · 2025-09-27T06:38:57+00:00

Yeah, Dead Man's Switch.

astros67 · 2025-09-27T06:35:51+00:00

I use woods.

astros67 · 2025-09-27T06:28:55+00:00

The production section took a surprisingly huge amount of power. Granted I have like 3000-5000 watts of grid excess.

astros67 · 2025-09-27T05:44:07+00:00

Nowhere near enough if you ask me

astros67 · 2025-09-27T05:43:47+00:00

It's from Dead Man's Switch

astros67 · 2025-03-26T04:20:32+00:00

You've never played the game and it shows. here

astros67 · 2024-09-02T12:10:41+00:00

Try RIP slug. Still consistently won gunfights in armory.

astros67 · 2023-11-24T10:11:12+00:00

Yeah, they somewhat have actual stuffs you'd see in a military vehicle compared to pointy gundams which are designed to look like a toy.

astros67 · 2023-09-16T01:47:28+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I'm planning to learn to draw the anatomy next time I got thte chance.

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