"Infinitus Dominium" Grand OOC

[Old Sarthal]

Why is a contingent of the Swarm known as a 'Rainbow'? Because a Rainbow has many Colours.

I've decided that the Sarthantai'd will refer to them as the "Shadows that Danced", seeing as they are impossible to actually perceive in the traditional sense.

[The Nuclear Fist]

Why is a contingent of the Swarm known as a 'Rainbow'? Because a Rainbow has many Colours.

I've decided that the Sarthantai'd will refer to them as the "Shadows that Danced", seeing as they are impossible to actually perceive in the traditional sense.

That's a pretty neat name.

[The Nuclear Fist]

Steel Confessors, when you refer to the Colours as a 'level III swarm', what do you mean exactly? Because I take offense to not being considered more dangerous than the shambling mushroom people.

[Steel Confessors]

Steel Confessors, when you refer to the Colours as a 'level III swarm', what do you mean exactly? Because I take offense to not being considered more dangerous than the shambling mushroom people.

Well, you are a little more dangerous than the shambling mushroom people, especially since you fill in that niche better with specialized castes. However, mushrooms are hard to exterminate...

Instead though, I'll label you Level IIIA and him Level IIIB. There?

[Tribea]

As far as I understand, his fungi can form full size humanoid (or not so humanoid) creatures.

They can FORM, but how big are they without creating a fungal culture?

Bout 5 feet 7 inches, and they CAN get bones.

[Tribea]

Steel Confessors, when you refer to the Colours as a 'level III swarm', what do you mean exactly? Because I take offense to not being considered more dangerous than the shambling mushroom people.

Well, you are a little more dangerous than the shambling mushroom people, especially since you fill in that niche better with specialized castes. However, mushrooms are hard to exterminate...

Instead though, I'll label you Level IIIA and him Level IIIB. There?

We aint just mushrooms.
We molds, mushrooms, parasites, beasts, predators, agile creatures, etc.
You can never tell...

[The Nuclear Fist]

Steel Confessors, when you refer to the Colours as a 'level III swarm', what do you mean exactly? Because I take offense to not being considered more dangerous than the shambling mushroom people.

Well, you are a little more dangerous than the shambling mushroom people, especially since you fill in that niche better with specialized castes. However, mushrooms are hard to exterminate...

Instead though, I'll label you Level IIIA and him Level IIIB. There?

It's fine. I was joking, of course.

Can you explain your nation's classification system for swarms, as well as the definition used for them?

[Steel Confessors]

Well, you are a little more dangerous than the shambling mushroom people, especially since you fill in that niche better with specialized castes. However, mushrooms are hard to exterminate...

Instead though, I'll label you Level IIIA and him Level IIIB. There?

We aint just mushrooms.
We molds, mushrooms, parasites, beasts, predators, agile creatures, etc.
You can never tell...

You're fungi.

Deal with it. The eat plasma.

[Pavlostani]

Well, you are a little more dangerous than the shambling mushroom people, especially since you fill in that niche better with specialized castes. However, mushrooms are hard to exterminate...

Instead though, I'll label you Level IIIA and him Level IIIB. There?

We aint just mushrooms.
We molds, mushrooms, parasites, beasts, predators, agile creatures, etc.
You can never tell...

So a mushroom walks into a bar and the bartender says,

"Hey, you can't be here." The mushroom replies,

"Why not? I'm a fun guy."

Get it? Fun guy=fungi? No? Kay.

[Tribea]

We aint just mushrooms.
We molds, mushrooms, parasites, beasts, predators, agile creatures, etc.
You can never tell...

So a mushroom walks into a bar and the bartender says,

"Hey, you can't be here." The mushroom replies,

"Why not? I'm a fun guy."

Get it? Fun guy=fungi? No? Kay.

LAWL!

[Nezon]

We aint just mushrooms.
We molds, mushrooms, parasites, beasts, predators, agile creatures, etc.
You can never tell...

You're fungi.

Deal with it. The eat plasma.

Do you classify other races that aren't swarms or just swarms?

[Steel Confessors]

Well, you are a little more dangerous than the shambling mushroom people, especially since you fill in that niche better with specialized castes. However, mushrooms are hard to exterminate...

Instead though, I'll label you Level IIIA and him Level IIIB. There?

It's fine. I was joking, of course.

Can you explain your nation's classification system for swarms, as well as the definition used for them?

In order to fulfill a swarm category it has to hit three characterizations.

1) Produces large amounts of organisms in often times rapid quantities at once and is capable of fully supporting such large numbers of creatures. Your womb-ships and worlds fill this.

2) Utilizes total environment to organize what could be considered the host organism, such as your use of bio-matter to produce more of you guys and especially with the whole mutagenic invasion.

3) Viral in its ability to reproduce, often times accumulating from the smallest organism into a massive flood of bodies.

Now, the individual levels were discussed earlier, but here's the bit:

As such though, Level I swarms are creatures that breed like rabbits, often times infest a planet, wiping out the population until they only exist. This can be included with or without their own naturally spawned ecosystem. Xenomorphs for example would fall here. They produce rapidly and effectively but lack the ability to get off world and often times are relegated to minor castes.

Level II swarms are creatures that fall under the above category but in addition have the ability to produce a manner of leaving their homeworld and infesting solar systems. They are also categorized based upon their ability to produce multiple castes. This may not be included in the next steps upwards. Tyranids and Zerg would fall here.

Level III swarms are swarms that included the above requirements but have the ability to utilize technology in some manner. Whether this is bio-mechanical in nature, such as a home grown rifle, or simply the ability to create and utilize tech of any kind. Orks and your lads would fall here.

Level IV swarms are technological in nature. Often times things like nannites but things like the Rethast would fall here too.

Tactics vary on manner of dealing with them, procedures to be observed, battle rites to be carried out and often times certain plans to take action. Not the first rodeo mate. Think though of like MOPP for a modern army.

[Tribea]

We aint just mushrooms.
We molds, mushrooms, parasites, beasts, predators, agile creatures, etc.
You can never tell...

You're fungi.

Deal with it. The eat plasma.

You mean electrically charged gas?
Sweet.

[Steel Confessors]

You're fungi.

Deal with it. The eat plasma.

Do you classify other races that aren't swarms or just swarms?

Exterior species all fall under categorization based upon their innate abilities and appearance. When you've got a lot of time and often times wind up facing lots of species and those of similar kinds you quite quickly just produce a mission plan for each one to follow out.

[Tribea]

Military: Take the advantage

Government: Direct Democratic Communism

Swarm is where a shit load of small beings go and rush a smaller group of bigger beings.

To us you are a Swarm. A level III swarm though.

Swarms are a broad based thing that labels creatures based upon their reproduction rate and method of reproduction. This is often times characterized by large 'batches' of creatures produced at a time. Numbers though are often critical too. Such as troops produced, total population and method of control of a planet. Orks for example would be considered a level III swarm. And they are fungi. What you are taxonomically has no impact on the 'swarm' label.

As such though, Level I swarms are creatures that breed like rabbits, often times infest a planet, wiping out the population until they only exist. This can be included with or without their own naturally spawned ecosystem. Xenomorphs for example would fall here. They produce rapidly and effectively but lack the ability to get off world and often times are relegated to minor castes.

Level II swarms are creatures that fall under the above category but in addition have the ability to produce a manner of leaving their homeworld and infesting solar systems. They are also categorized based upon their ability to produce multiple castes. This may not be included in the next steps upwards. Tyranids and Zerg would fall here.

Level III swarms are swarms that included the above requirements but have the ability to utilize technology in some manner. Whether this is bio-mechanical in nature, such as a home grown rifle, or simply the ability to create and utilize tech of any kind. Orks and your lads would fall here.

Level IV swarms are technological in nature. Often times things like nannites but things like the Rethast would fall here too.

OH, and Yalos, I'm going to try to send an Emissary to your civil war. You're human so you warrant our interests in keeping you guys stable and not killing each other.

Orcs are animals, though the kingdom of fungus is more related to animals then plants.

[Steel Confessors]

You're fungi.

Deal with it. Then* eat plasma.

You mean electrically charged gas?
Sweet.

Well, fine then howabout a railgun driven ferro-tungsten alloy, high explosive slug?

[Yalos]

Just out of curiosity steel, when do you plan to send the emissary? Should I wait before doing anything major, or do you think itll take some time?

[Steel Confessors]

To us you are a Swarm. A level III swarm though.

Swarms are a broad based thing that labels creatures based upon their reproduction rate and method of reproduction. This is often times characterized by large 'batches' of creatures produced at a time. Numbers though are often critical too. Such as troops produced, total population and method of control of a planet. Orks for example would be considered a level III swarm. And they are fungi. What you are taxonomically has no impact on the 'swarm' label.

As such though, Level I swarms are creatures that breed like rabbits, often times infest a planet, wiping out the population until they only exist. This can be included with or without their own naturally spawned ecosystem. Xenomorphs for example would fall here. They produce rapidly and effectively but lack the ability to get off world and often times are relegated to minor castes.

Level II swarms are creatures that fall under the above category but in addition have the ability to produce a manner of leaving their homeworld and infesting solar systems. They are also categorized based upon their ability to produce multiple castes. This may not be included in the next steps upwards. Tyranids and Zerg would fall here.

Level III swarms are swarms that included the above requirements but have the ability to utilize technology in some manner. Whether this is bio-mechanical in nature, such as a home grown rifle, or simply the ability to create and utilize tech of any kind. Orks and your lads would fall here.

Level IV swarms are technological in nature. Often times things like nannites but things like the Rethast would fall here too.

OH, and Yalos, I'm going to try to send an Emissary to your civil war. You're human so you warrant our interests in keeping you guys stable and not killing each other.

Orcs are animals, though the kingdom of fungus is more related to animals then plants.

I know. I'm talking about 40K orks which are giant, angry mushrooms.

[Nyte]

You know, I was going to get rid of my flamethrowers... Then I thought of Tribea and I changed my mind.

[Steel Confessors]

Just out of curiosity steel, when do you plan to send the emissary? Should I wait before doing anything major, or do you think itll take some time?

Oh, feel free to mate. It'll be a bit until I whip something up and at most it'll just be me bringing in my ship into orbit above your planet and giving a hello.

[Tribea]

You mean electrically charged gas?
Sweet.

Well, fine then howabout a railgun driven ferro-tungsten alloy, high explosive slug?

How about divine creatures ripping apart your derpy area?
/sigraid

[Steel Confessors]

You know, I was going to get rid of my flamethrowers... Then I thought of Tribea and I changed my mind.

Plasmathrowers are where it's at.

Well, fine then howabout a railgun driven ferro-tungsten alloy, high explosive slug?

How about divine creatures ripping apart your derpy area?
/sigraid

I'm, not sure about the derpy area section, but immediate response is more bullets and bigger guns.

[Old Sarthal]

Well, fine then howabout a railgun driven ferro-tungsten alloy, high explosive slug?

How about divine creatures ripping apart your derpy area?
/sigraid

Well then you have to go straight to EXTERMINATUS.

[Tribea]

Just out of curiosity steel, when do you plan to send the emissary? Should I wait before doing anything major, or do you think itll take some time?

You mean while my guys react from the measurement system confusion in terror?

[The Nuclear Fist]

In order to fulfill a swarm category it has to hit three characterizations.

1) Produces large amounts of organisms in often times rapid quantities at once and is capable of fully supporting such large numbers of creatures. Your womb-ships and worlds fill this.

Hmm. Interesting. Every world is a womb-world, every bit of land taken used to expand the Swarm. A standard Swarm fleet might contain three womb-ships, which take in matter and produce materials, including ships.

2) Utilizes total environment to organize what could be considered the host organism, such as your use of bio-matter to produce more of you guys and especially with the whole mutagenic invasion.

Ah yes. Any planet with a sustained invasion of the Swarm will begin to see its environment and atmosphere change, with a common change being a sudden increase of rainstorms. These storms are seeded with 'the Gift', a microscopic substance that attaches to anything it touches and, as more drops fall, change and adapt it, bringing it into the Swarm's fold.

The Gift of Damballah is adapted to affect the lifeforms of a given planet. So a creature with the Gift will rapidly become a drone, which are sent en masse as cannon fodder against enemies.

3) Viral in its ability to reproduce, often times accumulating from the smallest organism into a massive flood of bodies.

As is the case of the Swarm, of course. Even the barest fraction of a Colour left alive is enough to birth a new Rainbow in Damballah's image.