>>5683944the old ambassador, though he is glad to be on an alien planet in a human colony and all that, is saddened all he can really do is wheel around in his chair till some bionics and cranial augmetics can be wrangled up, but his mood improves when some of the workers practically latch onto him as favored pets. apparently worker bugs can be taught to push wheelchairs easily. he becomes nicely distracted by space tourism, such as it on a bunch floating on some water
his assistant, meanwhile, the new standing ambassador is feverishly studying and devouring records and files and folders for the new hefty job she will have to do in the meantime
speaking of, the response from the Queen is...nothing, except for the fact she leaves the planet in her warship for B6, or is about to. the standing ambassador is nicely asked aboard, plus some security bodyguards.
which she accepts, not exactly knowing just how big a queen creature gets at full size (too busy studying diplomacy, not enough time for xenobiology).
the standing ambassador and some freed security men go off in the warship to...sort out that situation you suppose.
speaking of, those staff officers you rescued, one of them is apparently from xenobiology on that other ship. she is reasonably confident that if you can locate where all the human ship salvage went, she *might* be able to use one of the lost ships machines to work on this infection problem everyones running into. she is, though, sadly speaking out her ass, you know for a fact both ships had the same machinery in that regard.
the plane project. within a near ice cave, with the Queen providing some rare space rocks, you have some air defense. a small number of human-acceptable aircraft
the defense lasers. the prototypes are fully wired in and fortified at this point. anything trying to orbit with hostile intent is in for a surprise.
and, that's a good thing. one of the specter ships, acting weirdly from its fellows and after being shot at by its brethren, is making its way in this direction now, and not stopping. it's about to cross B5 soon, in hours, and appears to be aiming to nosedive directly into the B4 ice at full speed. this is unusual, even for them, becuase even loose pirates have self-preservation in their heads. this ship doesnt
bug forces radio they are mobilizing and request your aid at all stages in making sure it doesnt reach B4, and if it does, knock it out of the sky before it impacts. and, if it lands, and something comes out, they request your tech and and knowledge help in repelling any invaders
