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Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
Welcome back :toot:

Agriculture and Biology for votes. Got to get those pops.

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Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

News All Day Network posted:

...The agritech megaconglomerate Nutris makes the news today due to an unprecedented investment in their R&D department. In a press release, the company reassures its shareholders that the sudden move is due to a pressing and never before seen need for future space-grade food-production capacity, as well as possible future xenobiological applications in food production. Nutris stock has taken a slight dip due to the move being seen as overtly speculative by many, but the company board remains adamant in their belief that their early investment will result in a dominant market position later on.

When pressed on specifics, the company has remained reserved when it comes to the details of their planned future product lineup, but nevertheless does confirm their involvement in the development of new MREs for extended extra-planetary operations, further fueling the furious speculation surrounding potential forays into combat capable craft by the UML...

Advert Jingle posted:

Only fools ruminate on empty stomachs~

Nutris X-protein Snackbars, now available in 63 flavors~


Biology, 50 million industrial workers, 1 combat vessel.

Theantero fucked around with this message at 15:31 on May 31, 2020

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
Nutris takes no stance on what our combat vessels should be armed with, but does issue a statement that their pantries should be stocked with Nutris' Redwort & Spotcap Omelette (with nutritional supplement) MRE, the flagship of their new line of MREs, sure to fill the bellies of our brave troops with deliciousness and their hearts with fighting spirit.

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

General Revil posted:

Vindicator, but remove the neutron cannons, add the improved engines, and use the rest of the capacity on missiles. Keep point defense arrays between 2 and 4 total.

I don't know anything about the combat mechanics of this game, but will vote for this due the fluff being great.

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

News All Day Network posted:

-ith access to their patents already in high demand, our corporate liaisons from Nutris confirm the company stance of investing further into Biotechnology even as the company stock begins to climb-

A comment on Chekkit by user CowCowCow15 posted:

No reason to get pointlessly conspiratorial. Just because the Company CFO's cousin works on the Enforcer and the Vindicator's refit program does not mean the sponsorship deal goes further than Boyt and his cronies scrabbling for what support they can get. Exclusive catering rights on a whole line of naval vessels is definitely enough for Nutris to throw around its weight in the UML for its subsidiaries. Hell, the entire article is about how they cleared the corporate corruption audit, which you'd know if you actually read it instead of just the title...

News All Day Network posted:

-een quiet about their exact reasoning to sponsor Kakari II as a colonization target within the greater UML colonization efforts, though it has been noted by observers that such a marginally habitable world would benefit from several Nutris patents for even partial self-sufficiency-

Snippet from a Nutris recruitment leaflet for Agronomics at Nut-U posted:

Agriculture is a field on the rise like no other, and with agriculture rises agronomics! With extragnolar habitation in the horizon within a few short decades, wise investors in their intellectual capital will not pass the opportunity to get their hands on the agrimarket while the industry's booming like never before! At Nut-U, we provide a state-of-the-art education in the fields of agronomy and agronomics, easily edging out our competitors with our access to NDA-protected growth-modeling software and the highest rated lecturers on exclusive corporate retainer, as well as...


Advert Jingle posted:

~Flan-Flan☆~
Every cool kid craves it!
~Flan-Flan☆~
The dessert that shakes it!
~Flan-Flan☆~
Ask your parents today!

Theantero fucked around with this message at 14:10 on Jun 3, 2020

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
Would seem somewhat inefficient to keep around a slower ship with a bunch of faster ships in a Fast Response Fleet. The Vindicator would basically have to operate solo if we don't refit.

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

nweismuller posted:

E: Also, I'm open to suggestions for possible loreposts to make now. I'm not nearly ready to close voting yet, but am getting the itch to write more, so would gladly take suggestions for topics to explore.

Presumably gnolams aren't a homogenous group, even with the advent of UML. Are there any geocultural divisions of note?

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

Nut-U, introductory seminar to fungal domestication posted:

-ood example would be the common spotcap, which started out as an autumnal crop in Northern Val where it is endemic, where locals figured out to use it to bolster their diets due to the latitudes only really allowing for a single growth cycle of more fragile, photosynthesizing plants. Of course, most laypeople would not even recognize this prehistoric spotcap as the one we have today, -the slide changes, showing a comparison with the closest modern equivalent of the wild spotcap and a significantly plumper agricultural variant- since a thousand years of domestication have developed meatier, hardier and more nutritious all-year cultivars of the humble fungus, forming it into a staple that has been adopted worldwide during the past few centuries of globalization. Now, of course, these days we do not need to refine a food source for thousands of years to achieve these ends, since advances in Biotechnology have allowe-

News All Day Network posted:

-onsorship is still held for the second Enforcer as per the contractual obligations, but according to our sources the negotiations to extend this deal to a possible Star Base project later on have halted. When asked about this, our Nutris corporate liaison stated that 'Nutris is currently investing heavily in colonization efforts, and does not wish to stretch its capital too thin', referring us to an official corporate statement to be published later this we-

A comment on Chekkit by user ate_a_Burger posted:

No, it's because Shimari Prime is way out there. Do you even know how long it takes to bring supplies there? Fresh produce? Obviously these agrotech giants are slobbering all over a ball of sand and barren rocks way out in the rear end end of nowhere, what are the people going to eat other than their stuff? Edge out early competitors with a generous sponsorship deal with the colonization corps and boom, you get to work from an early position of near-monopoly. Stocks are bound to rise, so you'd be a fool to sell now.

Advert jingle posted:

*SNAP!* Goes the chip!

Every gnolam knows the distinctive snap of a Rubers® largeroot chip, now available in pru-pepper!

Rubers®! Start your day with an explosion of taste!

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
I like her moxie. HIRE HER ON THE SPOT!

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
I personally have a longstanding grudge against the Silicoid advisor.

Rocktits will remain forever unforgivable.

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

News All Day Network posted:

-egardless, the amount of new and novel agritech patents entering the market has significantly lessened during the past few decades, casting aspersions on Nutris' extended Biotechnology investments-

Nutris Marketing, internal memo posted:

Yes yes, but WHAT DO THEY EAT? All that other garbage is utterly SECONDARY, we must break onto the Human market. So yes, we will sponsor the Shimari colony, and yes we will sponsor our sailors in Guad, hell, we'll sponsor a colony in Guad too! Anything to get into closer and more intimate contact with these aliens and their mouth holes and the things they put in them.

Nutris Advert posted:

Heavy percussives play on the background as two heavily built gnolams eye each other warily on a station bar, one with star sailor dyemarks on his bare shoulders, the other with Guadese spacer ones. The shot cuts quickly between the faces of the two, their expressions becoming more and more intense and aggressive as the music climbs towards crescendo.

"8 vowel combo. It's my win", says the latter suddenly. The former laughs, the atmosphere relaxes, and the two toast with full mugs of a grain alcohol, which the shot lingers on quite gratuitously.

The shot fades with a cut of Grammarungs, a classic and popular children's word game, that the two were playing, with cheery laughter on the background.


"Spacer Brew", a narration states as two full mugs and a can of said product are prominently displayed, "New worlds, new space."

"But same old taste!"

Theantero fucked around with this message at 21:18 on Jun 8, 2020

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
Voting for Sentinel & Victor.

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
Ah right, I also vote in favor of updating the Enforcer.

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

Nutris internal memo posted:

And for one final time, I repeat that this is not the time to screw up. All our investments these past decades into Xenobiotics and all the various agricultural applications of foreign borne biomatter comes to head here. This is where Nutris comes on top, this is where Nutris grabs all the best stuff from right under the snouts of its competitors. And if it doesn't I assure you that there will be no bonus this year to anyone.

News All Day Network posted:

-nd though the details of this joint research initiative between Nutris and the Republican company Nestlé-Monsanto-Bayer is subject to strict corporate secrecy, it is not in this aspect unique taken the myriad similar dealings taking place within the technology secto-

Yea on Research Agreement and the tech purchases

A comment on Chekkit by user reddestofRedbulbs posted:

No, as an actual exobotanist in real life, I can assure you none of this is simple. Ever tried growing spotcaps in microgravity? Or mealgrass? Or stalks? It makes perfect sense for Nutris and the other agricorps to get rent space on these asteroid labs if they ever get done, it's not just for physics dorks.

Overheard aboard the Enforcer, Crew Quarters. posted:

"So the admiral's onboard the two and two plan for the Victors and Sentinels."

"Really?"

"Well I mean, so I hear. Might be just a rumor?"

"Well, I also got a rumor."

"Shoot."

"I hear they've got those same Nutris MRE's there that we have. Sponsorship stuff."

"The poor bastards."

"Well, at least they will be ready to face any evil space boogie after going one on one with the infamous space vomelette."

"No greater horror in the stars, truly."

Nutris internal memo posted:

And again, everybody, remember to be extra careful with your cryptos. Interspecies law is in an odd space right now, and I do not want our patents leeching into Republican space where we might never be able of getting them back.

Yea on Espionage Center

Advert Jingle posted:

*DING*

It might be wrapped in plastic,
But it always smells like home~

Nutris Meal Solutions~!

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

GunnerJ posted:

Seems like it's either:

1. "Luck" is a real force in the universe that different species may be more or less capable of taking advantage of but almost no society that makes it to interstellar expansion is superstitious enough to really believe in it as having any explanatory power, so instances of luck get explained away as better attention to detail or whatever.

2. Luck is not real and really does just represent Gnolams having better eye for detail and subconscious probability calculating ability such that they manage to avoid misfortune more often than not.

Since Word of Nweis has already stated that gnolams throwing dice get the normal distribution, I'd hedge my bets on 2.

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
You're failing to imagine an experiment in which all parties want you to roll a specific result. For example, if the roller gets boxcars on 2d6, then they get a cookie (which they really want), from somebody who really wants to share their cookie (a corporate rep from Nutris Lucky Bites doing an advert).

Gnolams, being a really clever sort, would obviously have taken this into account.

QED.

:colbert:

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

News All Day Network posted:

-states that the corporate push for Genetic Engineering is part of a greater investment into Val as a whole, promising that staple crop neo-cultivars tailored specifically for the planet's atmosphere and their patented N-Soil Soil Enrichment Solution will hit the market soon. As per the leaked plans for a Baalbo Kelp Initiative, the conglomerate stays vagu-

Advert Jingle posted:

Funbits!

Funbits~!

100% Fun!

100% Taste!

But only 80% Fungal Protein Product!

Disclaimer:FunbitsCurrentlyOnlyAvailableOnStevasInSpecificLocalesConsultYourRetailerOrNutrisCorporateRepresentativeForDetailsDoNotConsumeFunbitsInConjunctionWithAlcoholOrIfPregnant

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
Voting for the full Reliant Aerospace set.

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

"News All Day Network" posted:

-boast that their strong focus in cultural xenology will soon lead every Republican grocery having Nutris products on the shelves-

Also, full alliance

"News All Day Network" posted:

-onfirm that the Redwort & Spotcap Omelette, colloquially known as 'vomelette', has been removed from the new lineup of MREs due to negative market reception despite numerous revisions to the recipe during the decades, and assure future sailors that their wishes and preferences will be taken carefully into accou-

Yea both to refit and naval expansion

"Nutris internal memo" posted:

For the last time, the exact details of our contract with LIIS remain under strict NDA. So unless you're high management or PatentSec, none of that concerns you.

I will, however, confirm that the security auditor is not spiking the tea dispenser with "biochemical mind control agents", so stop asking.

2 LIIS teams, pure counterintelligence

"Advert Jingle" posted:

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TIRED OF THE SAME BORING OLD DINNER!?

DO YOU CRAVE AN EXPLOSION OF FLAVOR ON YOUR DRAB PLATE!?!?

IF SO, DEATH SPORES IS THE POWDERED AUTO-PERSONALIZING GENO-CONDIMENT MEAL ADDITIVE FOR YOU!!!

DEATH SPORES!!!

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DEATH SPORES: GASTRONOMIC COWARDS NEED NOT APPLY!

Theantero fucked around with this message at 01:58 on Jun 16, 2020

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

Scattered personal notes of a Nutris marketing executive posted:

what do they eat

do they eat FLAN

Flan is kinda like sugar water?????

Add more sugar add neurogel

Neuroflan <<---- !!YES!!

Reminder: consult Vin from Xenology for viability

Overheard at the office tea dispenser at Facility W-X1 of Nutris HQ posted:

"You know that's a conspiracy, right? Meklar 'neurojacks' aren't a real thing, the Security Auditor just doesn't want you to leak secrets from corporate that the Combine could put into use without paying us..."

0 new LIIS teams

News All Day Network posted:

"-nd Nutris stock continues its steady climb as the company invests in Biots and the construction of new colony ships as per market prediction, banking on future returns from the heavy reliance of new colonies on the agricultural sector-

Also, decommission old forts

Advert Jingle posted:

The gray rocks of Navok getting you down~?

Inject COLOR into your life with Gellum, the new Flavorgel with a Nutris Stonemold base!

Gellum! I'ts~ a~ rainbow~ on~ your~ plate!~

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
Very tragic, but how does this affect the sales of Gellum???

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
My sweet, sweet profit margin :negative:


EDIT: Antaran Contact at the end of last page

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

News All Day Network posted:

-likely sharing the results of their significant investments into the field of Xenology at a considerable discount due to the pressing need presented by the Antaran invasion, as per our Nutris corporate liaison-

Also, voting for Communications


Nutris Internal Memo posted:

We are all aware of the exposed Republican spying activities within League space, and the risk this presents to Nutris intellectual property.

None of that implies the security auditor is a human spy in disguise just because he's gotten more active within our operations.

It is, in fact, to prevent our knowledge from falling into unpaying hands that this has occurred. It is neither the cause nor an exacerbating factor of such criminal activity.

I should not have to be telling you this, so cool off with the tea dispenser speculations.

2 new LIIS teams, counter-espionage only

Also, fortification to be completed as is reasonable.

News All Day Network posted:

-and Nutris is sponsoring the colonization of Parmag Prime, continuing their corporate policy of encouraging habitation on marginal worlds most in need of their advanced nutritional processing technologies-

"Advert Jingle posted:

Kelbits, Kelbits~

The taste of the Ocean, in pellet form~

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

News All Day Network posted:

-ontinues its efforts to push outside Gnolam space, with Nut-U offering ever increasing amounts of Xenology courses, and investing heavily in foreign trade-

Xenology, new Research Treaty and Trade Treaty Revenue for camile

Overheard at the office tea dispense posted:

"Yeah I know corporate has its bid on the Parmag Prime colony initiative to root Gellum on another planet, but if you'd grown up on Navok like me you'd know how cruel a fate it is to be raised thinking that is what fruit tastes like..."

Nutris advert posted:

A gnolam sits in a meditative pose in a room with blank with walls.

"Reach your inner self."

A faint humming can be heard in the background.

"Open your mind to that place outside simple reason. Reach your true potential."

The gnolam opens their eyes. As they do, colorful floral patterns open on the walls of the chamber as well.

"Nutris Lotus Psionic Supplement. For your journey beyond."

Disclaimer:NutrisDoesNotGuaranteeAnyQuantifiableBenefitInPsychicPerformanceByAnyMetricFromTheConsumptionOfNutrisLotusPsionicSupplement

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
Modernizing new colonies works for me too.

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

News All Day Network posted:

-states that with the current understanding of xenobiology and genetic manipulation, it won't be long until Nutris products can be found in every home across the known galaxy-

Tech: Galactic Trading

Nutris Internal Memo posted:

NO.

The DNA Scanner is not there so that the security auditor can build a secret shadow army of clones in the asteroid blacksites. That makes no sense at all.

STOP ASKING.

-Management

Yea on DNA Scanners, Yea on new LIIS team, counterintelligence only

News All Day Network posted:

-heavy investment in Eydin, despite the outcry surrounding the roe farm S-55 incident. Our Nutris corporate liaison assures us that security measures on the facilities are being revised and that all affected parties have been duly compensated-

Industrial and agricultural improvements on Eydin

Also, Yea on shifting the pops around

Suggested Advert Jingle, Denied by the Nutris Department of Xenomarketing posted:

~Man-Flan☆~
A jiggle that warms your heart!
~Man-Flan☆~
A taste that blows your mind apart!
~Man-Flan☆~
Now safe for humans to eat~

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

Nut-U recruitment flier posted:

-And furthermore, Nut-U has a well-deserved reputation for always staying on the sharpest edge of pedagogic developments. Our teaching methods all but guarantee a combination of skills and knowledge sure to be practical on the job market. When comparing median salaries of graduates, Nut-U-

News All Day Network posted:

-orporate liaisons confirm that their development of new agricultural projects across League space is proceeding without undue delay. They do not deny that Nutris is pursuing its own spaceport, though they do again stress that the conglomerate has no interest in armed vessels in its merchant fleet-

Fusion plants and soil enrichment and Yea to ships to stash our commanders in

Nutris Advert posted:

The long wait is over.

It is finally here.

The ancient Republican delicacy, rendered easily digestible to Gnolams by Nutris Genetech.


Chicken Egg.


The stock is limited, so get yours now.

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

nweismuller posted:

I'm formally going to put Glaive-Guisarme's proposal for armed military ships being destroyers up for a vote, and vote yea... and further propose that we make the destroyers available by selling off the Champion and Victor for refit once we have heavier ships for the main battle line.

Yea

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
Voting for the Reliant Aerospace set.

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

Nut-U advert posted:

-And furthermore, Nut-U offers superior courseloads in Civilian Administration, Agronomy, Gene Engineering, Corporate Bio-Ethics, Xenobiology, as well as Industrial Cloning. The customer satisfaction of our alumni consistently reaches top rankings by the standards of all commercial polling agencies, and-

Advanced Government, Invest in getting an Astro University and new colony ship on Val, University after Colony Ship, Yea on immediate refit, Conservative naval expansion, Nay on new LIIS team


Nutris Advert posted:

An old gnolam sits by the sunset, staring into the horizon wistfully.

"Time", a gentle narrator speaks, "Comes inevitably."

"All we can do is remember the past." "

"And occasionally taste it."

The old gnolam takes a bite of a brightly violet bar. He closes his eyes, a smile spreading on his weathered face.

"Back by popular demand."

"Gellum: Vintage DeLuxe."

"Available for a limited time at any well-stocked retailer."

Theantero fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Jul 7, 2020

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
Gellum is that Weird Gross Food that old people really like because that's all they had when they were kids.

Thus, in a clever Nutris marketing ploy, Gellum will forever be associated with Being Old, cementing a future for the product as a specialty foodstuff even if it no longer carries as a bulk product.

What I'm saying is that the Galaxy will never be free from the weirdly cloying sweetness, slippery consistency, and rather unpleasantly fungal aftertaste of Gellum.

Gellum is here to stay.

Forever.

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

News All Day Network posted:

-nd though the conglomerate has been particularly tight-lipped in regards to their confidential projects at their recently purchased former mining operations, our corporate liaisons assure us that "it isn't anything ominous"-

Astro Biology
Yea and Drive Systems
Yea on Technology Acquisition
Ston and Apocrypha for Secondary Priorities
Yea for Scouting

News All Day Network posted:

"Not every import can be as significant as the Republican chicken, naturally", the Nutris corporate liaison answers questions with a practiced PR clip, "Though Nutris is confident that most alien species within our xenocultural projections based on current known alien life will most likely have foodstuffs worth of study and acquisition. The corporate leadership has already voted to gather a first contact fund for the accelerated establishment of trade relations for when the promising technology to utilize the unstable warp lanes matures."

Nutris Advert posted:

Is your VR Experience a bit... bland?

Suffering from a notable lack of good taste at your chosen beautiful vista?

Then suffer no more, for Nutris FlavorTek is finally here.

Developed in cooperation with Ston Precision Computing, Nutris FlavorTek has far higher gustatory and olfactory fidelity than any competing VR add-on, scoring at over 93% reported verisimilitude metrics.

Nutris FlavorTek.

The taste of your dreams~

Theantero fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Jul 12, 2020

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

News All Day Network posted:

-with heavy investment into their patented Holistic Agricultural Solutions expected to edge out most notable competition by a significant degree, and according to our Nutris corporate liaison, the conglomerate's stock is expected to rise in value more than it has in over a century-

Astro Biology
Focuses: Training, Nutris, Rainbow/WSI
Limited Gates
Azimon

Advert Jingle posted:

Coftea®~

Put a pep in your step and a glint in your eye with

Coftea®~

The secret of that sparkling human smile.

The Earth-borne coffee bean.

Now available in the League.

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
Is it too late to institute Hug a Bug Day?

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

News All Day Network posted:

-stock is rising due to the myriad licensing agreements already in place. Though these new Holistic Agrisystems are still deeply experimental and an active expense, our Nutris corporate liaison is confident in the conglomerate's internal predictions as per their likely future worth. And up next, our xenoconsultant with insights into the popular new paper 'The hive mind and you: Marketing to Klackons'-

TRANS GENETICS, and furthermore hard shields, shields and Logical

Yea on both cases of Open Borders Agreements

Overheard at the Nutris Marketing Think Tank posted:

"But everybody wants SOMETHING! What are we even paying these xenocultural liaisons for if they can't even tell us what it takes to make a sponsorship deal with a single Sakkra. We've got to get that whilst she's still hot news!"

"Perhaps her being hot news right now is exactly why she doesn't want to be known as 'Lilka the DEATH SPORE girl' at the moment? Harmful for her personal brand."

"Harmful? How? She's tough and cool and potentially harmful if consumed in unsafe amounts just like Nutris DEATH SPORES®!"

"I believe the issues is exactly the juvenile stereotyping."

"So..."

"You're telling me we should be going for a ~Flan-Flan☆~ sponsorship instead?"

"..."

"IT'S SUBVERSIVE!"

Yea on Lilka

Yea on Cygni

Two task forces with four battleships and four frigates.

Yea on Tessin's naval focus

Yea on LIIS scouting


Advert Jingle posted:

Feeling lonely?

Feeling sad?

No longer~

Taste the hive with Nutris Bug-Bites~

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Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
By the magic of bookmarks, I am still around.

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

News All Day Network posted:

-lopment of these subterranean systems is still underway, with many technical questions still unanswered as per our Nutris Corporate Liaison, but the conglomerate's stock is nevertheless rising steadily due to favorable speculation-

Astro Biology

Lirr II and Tessin Colonization focus

Overheard at Nutris Marketing posted:

"But we're longstanding allies, aren't we?"

"Look. It's painfully simple. All that Meklars need from us is bulk sugars. They are The Hardest Market, even the Klackons have more pull."

"...Right, I suppose so..."

"And on the other hand, have you seen the teeth and girth on those Bulrathi? Those canines absolutely GLINT with untapped profits!"

"And the blood of their slain foes."

"I mean yes, it's mostly blood. But only mostly blood! Profit also."

Favor the Empire of Bulra.

Suggested Advert Jingle, Denied by the Nutris Department of Xenomarketing posted:

BIG MEAT!

TASTES LIKE BLOOD AND MURDER!

BIG MEAT!!

TOO BIG FOR YOUR MOUTH!

BIG MEAT!!!

NOW AT NUTRIS XENOMART NEAR YOUU!

BIG MEAT!!!!

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

Overheard during Executive Tour of Nutris Subterrarium UML-Gn2 Subsector Alpha5 posted:

"Very good!"

"It is the fruit of decades of Nutris ingenuity and market monopolization, sir. It ought to be impressive."

"But not good enough."

"...sir?"

"This is all great and all, but do you know what I want to see? Entire WORLDS brought to full bloom! Nutris logo in colorful cash crops on once barren continents, visible from SPACE!"

"...Sir, we do not really do open air farming anymore. Just the spatial and logistical inefficiencies alon-"

"Did I stutter?"

"...no, Sir."

Trans Genetics
Industry on Val & Tessin
Colony Ship/Agriculture on Skeggi


News All Day Network posted:

-increasing amount of market share. Our Nutris Corporate Liaison further assures us that the diplomatic overtures towards the Sakkra are sure to rebound the value of the conglomerate's BIG MEAT® subsidiary, and recoup the losses accrued due to the war with the Great Empire of Bulra-

Support the Sakkra Nations and the Star Empire of Altair
Pull our ships back
Yea on Ariaa, law enforcement and internal security

Nutris Recruitment Ad posted:

Is your career in a rut?

Corporate climb stalling?

Why not try the corporate descent instead? The time to establish yourself in the Nutris Subterrarium architecture is now, with recruitment active on all* UML Worlds. Professionals from all walks of life are needed**, inquire about your professional prospects with your friendly local Nutris Corporate Liaison.

Trust us***, you won't even miss the sunlight!****

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

Overheard during a Nutris Thinktank meeting posted:

"But there has to be a way!"

"There is only so much we can do on the field at this point. The farm-to-processing-to-consumer chain has been engineered to near total hyperoptimization..."

"Oh! That's it!"

"..?"

"The FPC chain, you fool! I've been pouring over these reports from our biotech division and maybe... maybe we can drop the P entirely with novel genetech solutions."

"Huh...?"

"I'm talking Nutris Snackbars that grow with biopolymer wrappers already on! I'm talking intracellular additive generation!

"I don't know, though..? Food... straight from being harvested to the consumer? I don't think something like that has ever been done..."

"I know! It's utterly fantastical! But that's why we here at Nutris have kept our competitive edge for over half a millennium!"

Artifical Life
Megafluxers
Core Waste Dump

News All Day Network posted:

-deny allegations of belligerence, stating that "Violent conflict resolution directly conflicts with Nutris corporate charter", and that the lobbying effort is merely due to the catering contracts Nutris has in place with the navy-

New Heavy Battleship for each fleet
Two new fleets
Fleet Stance: be ready to bulli the lizards

Advert Jingle posted:

Catsnack~!

Puts a spring in your step~

Catsnack~!

Puts a luster on your coat~

Catsnack~!

Puts a fire in your heart~

Catsnack!

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Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

Nutris thinktank, Theoretical Nutrition Division posted:

"You're insane."

"NO! IT IS YOU WHO IS WITHOUT VISION!"

"It will NEVER work! Those formulae have been sealed for centuries for a reason. What you are trying has been tried before, and it never works!"

"Back then we were ignorant and savage! With these new molecular techniques, it might work! You know it's true! You've seen my formulae!"

"No..."

"Yes."

"We will resurrect Gellum."

"And it will be MAGNIFICENT!"

Molecular Control and Zeon Missiles

Yay to AM-715

Domestic Development

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