Frame Evolution Complete
Booting Core Consciousness
Core Stability 95%
The Core snapped back into consciousness, its view filled by the same rock hole that it had started its Evolution in.
“Did it work?”
The Core flew around a little inside its crater, noticing that it had a lot less room than before, and yet was able to maneuver far smoother than before as well.
“Nice, lets see what the Screens say about it. Status”
Level 2 Mana 17/40 [5/h] [Locked] Frame: Basic Orbiter Specialization: [Locked] [Locked]
“Well, that doesn’t really seem to help me in the slighte-“
Hello again, how is living in an asteroid for you?
The Core just stared at the screen before mentally shoving it to the side while It kept on looking through its menus.
The silent treatment eh? I suppose I could live with that until… oops… looks like your screens are disabled
Every other screen closed down or moved behind the “Gods” window. The Core sat there, its annoyance at this thing that ripped it from whatever life it had lead before growing into a rage.
“You want me to talk to you? YOU want ME to talk to YOU? I SHOULD BE THE ONE GETTING THE ANSWERS HERE BUDDY! YOU KILLED ME AND SHOVED ME IN A BALL SO I COULD BE YOUR NEXT TV SERIES!”
Okay then, sheesh, calm down buddy. I thought you were supposed to be calm and collected, after all you’re basically a computer now.
Calm and collected. CALM AND COLLECTED?! HOW CAN I BE CALM WHEN I’M DEAD!?
Well, your not dead, not anymore at least. I saved your souls from being used as Magic Fuel like the rest of your planet. And I can just turn that Emotion Regulator back on if you keep yelling at me.
“SURE YOU CAN, JUST LIKE YOU CAN TURN ME OFF AT WILL RIGHT?”
Sigh, right, here we go. I’m pressing the button now.
The Core froze for a second, before the light on the front flashed blue for a second.
“Yay Admin-Chan, its nice seei-wait what?”
The Core jerked as it realized what it was saying, its lights flashing between orange and blue as it struggled against the limiters that were being imposed on it. Losing the fight, at least for now, its “Eye” glowed green as it calmed down.
“I don’t like you anymore”
That’s fine with me, you don’t have to like me to make me money. Its not like you could even get the power to do anything about it anyways.
“Why are you here anyways, I got things to do and you're in my way.”
I got a minor system update I’m testing on you… just gimme a second to implement it.
The Force, which the Core realized was the Gods power, flowed into its crystal, sparks flying off as some of it missed the mark and hit the metal instead.
“OW, THAT HURTS”
Be quiet you big baby, its only a couple of static discharges
“IM LITERALLY A COMPU- What were we talking about?”
I love short term memory wipes
Anyways, congratulations on being the first Core to reach its second Frame. Good Job and all that.
Now read this and get to work
Congratulations on Evolving your Frame
Journal Unlocked
Access to Achievements Granted
Access to Task(s) Granted
Access to Inventory Granted
ACHIEVEMENT RECEIVED
First Steps
Task(s) Assigned ~ Local Exploration I, Mineral Samples I, Basic Harvesting
The Core waited for a moment, expecting the God Guy to start bothering him again. After waiting for about an Hour, the Core shrugged, its Frame bobbing inside the Asteroid and turned its screens back on again.
“Right, looks like I have to figure this out myself. Lets start from the Top, Achievements”
Achievement Menu Main Achievement – [Not Selected]
Active Achievements – [Locked] Available Achievements
First Steps – Engine Efficiency Increased
“What… Is that… this is so pointless. Alright, maybe the next one will be more useful. Tasks”
Local Exploration I – Locate A point of Interest
The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.
Mineral Samples I – Gather Three Usable Mineral Samples
Basic Harvesting – Construct a method to Harvest Resources
“Alright, that looks a lot more useful, certainly it will help when deciding what to do in the Future. Now, lets see what the Inventory and Journal are like.”
The Core looked through its menu’s, losing itself in the exploration of the tabs Available to it. The Journal had a record of everything it had done so far, from exiting the rift to finding the Wreckage. It even had a section where the Core could write notes if It felt so Inclined.
“Nice, that will be useful, if only as a method of keeping Records and such. Inventory”
Inventory
Mass Available: 49/50 Kg Remaining
Slots Available: 9 Slots Remaining Inventory Overview
Basic Scout Drone X1 (1 KG)
“Scout Drone? I have drones? What is this?”
Scout Drone
A small flying sphere with decent sensors. Can be given simple tasks to complete.
“Alright, Now how do I use it? Do I just say a keyword?
Pssst, try saying “Deploy Scout Drone” *Nudge Nudge*
“I can do this by myself thank you very much! Deploy Scout Drone.”
In front of the Probe a light came into existence, growing and luminosity until it could no longer be looked at directly without pain. The Probe tried turning away, feeling pain at the brightness but the light stayed planted directly in front of its cameras.
OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW BRIGHT!
Oh right, I forgot it was so bright when it rips things out of your pocked Dimension like that, I should probably put a filter or something, call it a glitch for now.
The Probe screamed internally, a slide moving frantically back and forth over its camera attempting to the light until suddenly, the light cut out. The Probe stopped panicking, doing the mechanical equivalent of blinking the blindness away until it could see again. In front of it floated a small sphere of metal, two little cameras placed like eyes lay on the hull, silently looking at the Probe.
“Ow, that was super Bright, what is this?”
Scout Drone Lv1 HP: 5
Designation: BSD-001 Fuel: 15/15
Status: Awaiting Orders
Active Effects: Fleet
The Core looked at the Status for the little Ball in front of it, until it noticed another Window flashing beside it.
Technology Tree Unlocked
Scout Drone Tree Unlocked
3 Upgrades available
“Right, so I guess this constitutes a Fleet in this Universe. A Small…”
The Core finally took a look at itself, and groaned as it realized what it looked like.
“A small… Beetle… and a floating metal bowling ball… Sure, that makes sense”
Hey, Don’t mock it until you see what the other guy has
“WHAT OTHER GUY? I’m all alone here in SPACE! You know, the really big empty space filled only with particulate matter that didn’t coalesce into a planet and cosmic rays?
Sheesh, cool your horses, do I need to get you a.. what do you call them, right, a Snickers?
Anyways, I recommend you check out that Skill Tree before you do anything else.
Scout Drone Upgrade Tree 3/3 Available Offensive 0/3
Defensive 0/3
Scouting 0/3
Economy 0/3
Production 0/3
Unique [1 Available]
“What is this? What even is this supposed to mean. This is so Vague it belongs on a Postcard”
Hey, do you want an actual answer or the “I don’t care about you” answer?
“I would like the honest answer….”
………..
“Please, oh my almighty god who I am unworthy to even speak too”
A simple please would have done, no need to lay it on so thick
The Tech Tree doesn’t work by unlocking specific Modules or technologies for you to use. You invest points into a path, which unlocks skills and occasionally technologies for you to use. The Skills would be specific for the Object being improved, but a Technology could be adapted for something else, provided you figure out how to do that.
Heres an Example, and I’ll give you a Freebie here
Scout Drone Upgrade Point Granted
One Point Automatically assigned to [Scouting]
One Skill Unlocked
One Technology Discovered
Scout Drone Skills [NEW] - Adaptive Radar – Allows active analysis of Radar Returns, ability to detect is determined by Frame Level and Radar Quality
Scout Drone Technologies [NEW] – Scouting Radar – based on old Terran Technology, this Radar allows detection of Objects at a moderate Distance. Return can be diminished by Cosmic Rays and interfering Objects, among other things.
Do you get what is going on here? Or do I need to say more
“No, I get it, Invest Points and get out whatever is Randomly Generated for me. I get it.”
Good, now get back to making me Money