Hyperworks and Driveyards Cont.

[Camellia Swift]

[member="Darth Praelior"]

Well Camellia could believe that use, after all Leviathons and many other Sithspawns were incredibly large creatures and needed a lot of space. An Ark styled ship in a way was the perfect way to transport a large number of such creatures, unleashing a horde of nightmares on who knows what unsuspecting worlds and forces. Who wouldn't want a vessel such as that to unleash a hell on their enemies, especially when the creatures within usually transformed worlds into a hell by the time they were finished. "It seems highly practical then Lady Praelior. THe only problem I see depends upon is schematics and specs. I can't imagine its packed with many sub-systems, but depending on its defenses it is a rather big target an enemy will pick out."

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

[member="Camellia Swift"]

"It has enough systems to do as it needs to and after zeltros when the republic fired on their own people at the spaceport to fight the one ship of sithspawn we had. This one was given thick armor. Which should be enough to get it close enough to the ground and destroying a large ship like that over cities where they are deploying could be more dangerous then letting it land wouldn't you agree. The crash and secondary detonation of the reactor would ruin what they are trying to protect." She continued to look as they were nearly done and testing the croa with the device using Camellia's template. "There are many things I wanted to build for the sith but I am not certain if the ships will be needed."

 

[Camellia Swift]

[member="Darth Praelior"]

As someone who fought at Zeltros and didn't condone the bombing runs rogue Republic pilots had made without orders, Camellia could almost agree with the Giantess native from that world that letting the ship land would almost be better. However, she knew quite well that wasn't true. "Not at all, considering as you stated the ship carries ten thousand soldiers and sithspawn, I would see the collateral damage caused by the ship's debris to be much less costly to deal with rather than letting the Sithspawn run loose over a planet. A rampaging Leviathan is a horror itself, ten thousand similar creatures and threats of similar nightmarish qualities could only be more terrifying to let run loose as well. The damage would be more greater if it landed. Of course I do not think the Republic has any ships with that many soldiers to deploy, nor do they have such monsters to unload should one land. The effect they'd have landing normal soldiers doesn't have the same debilitating psychological effect. As a such designer as well, I can attest that unless its a hypermatter reactor the explosion would not likely consume the whole ship of that size, and then extend outward. AN Isotope-5 reactor might."

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

[member="Camellia Swift"]

Balaya was looking at her and had a grin on her face with that. The laugh showing before she let it out and the croa finished. "I have seen a leviathan walk away from a lot and a hydra vs a hammerhead from the republic. My pet died but not before breaching the ship." She was moving now as on the screens the different pens that were made for them. She had her hands playing over some of the equipment to open the doors for them while Elara was moving with a marker and some tape saying which pen was which generation. All seemed upset and not to smart for now but Balaya walked down the line from the fifth gens to a seventeenth generation who was fighting with the ones in the pens.

 

[Camellia Swift]

[member="Darth Praelior"]

Oh. . . . .so it was Lady Praelior who was present at Zeltros then. Camellia recalled hearing from her cruiser that a giant zeltron had burst through the bridge riding a hydra, and that the hydra was slain after a dropship pilot flew their craft into the beast to clear it from the ship. In a way she had suspected it since coming into contact with the Sith, but she supposed this solidified it. Not that it made a difference as the Rendili woman followed after the giantess regardless, looking into the pens as remarks were made about which generation they were from. All seemed scared or worried, and some did seem a tad dumb. However, Camellia knew their current living conditions and the disparity between their old lives and current situation had to be contributing in some way to that appearance. When they finally stopped down the line though. . . "See something you like Mistress?"

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

[member="Camellia Swift"]

"I like a lot of things but these ones seem to have devolved the most. Closest to feral cats." She was looking at the slip for generation seventeen and noted the couple before it were a little testy compared to the ones further down the line but not to this degree. "We'll need to observe them and get the croa here adequate rooms to be tested in and handled. Those will have to be installed and built so ensure any construction efforts we can borrow without arousing to much notice can be brought here." Balaya was tempted to see how well her pet could fight against the creatures but that could come later. For now as she was noting there was more to be tested. "Behave." Her power flexed outwards as the croa in the areas paused and stood still. They looked at her with glints in their eyes while she was moving down the line. "I'll let you be in charge of their exercise room, pets do need to be able to stretch their legs... in the lower levels."

 

[Camellia Swift]

[member="Darth Praelior"]

That wouldn't be too much of a problem. After all, the Sith were practically quarantining the planet, no one would be getting a look at it until the work was done, and the defense array in orbit manned by their crews converted into Croa were certainly going to help in preventing departures and arrivals from the surface. No one would notice, and if they did it wouldn't leak out. Besides, the Sith had sort of made it obvious this area was off limits, there was little use in hiding the transfer of equipment to expand the base. Regarding the new construction efforts for the Croa reaching ferality though, Camellia did have to wonder where the subjects came from. They had to be from those the Sith had let loose and the cities and those infected there.

All of the employees, technicians, and engineers of Rendili Stardrive, alongside most of the military from the planetside installations and defense array, were undoubtedly below the tenth generation mark considering how careful and planned the conversion process had been. If the Sith had used the furthest down the line when they let them loose in the few cities they targeted for samples, the uncontrolled process could possibly have spanned another ten generations down even if they could evaluate it. "Ah yes Lady Praelior. We've observed decent intelligence from those on the military bases since they took up their installations functions without much issue, same goes for all the Croa on the stations in orbit. Though since we took nearly two weeks to convert them all we had plenty of time to coordinate. For your subjects here, I'll assume those with only minor degeneration in their mental faculties can operate standard exercise equipment. We'll look into what we can provide for any close to or at the feral line."

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

[member="Camellia Swift"]

"Feeding them will also be the issue, we'll work to get some of the food handled for them and with these generations we'll be able to chart the decline. We'll also be able to judge their muscle as well as bone density." Balaya was looking at some of the areas while she was checking it to get a few for the monitors and sensors. Balaya led the way into one of the rooms that was empty and she had one of the croa brought it while moving about with it. Checking the fangs and getting some of the doctors into the facility to check on the transformations. "We will need to work and try to see about trauma that can occur. Transforming the body like that can be dangerous to the mind and body."

 

[Camellia Swift]

[member="Darth Praelior"]

Well they good just give them normal meat couldn't they? While the darkside did empower and sustain them it wouldn't kill them to eat other things. After all, if that were the case there wouldn't be enough Hissis meat to feed all the Sithspawn out there, and the Hssis themselves would die out before growing up to become the meal. "Feeding shouldn't be that big an issue you know. I do agree on the potential for trauma. We can put up observers among my employees and the soldiers turned to see if any display erratic behavior. Given the extensiveness of the changes, some personality traits are bound to change to fit in with societal roles. Its the dysfunctional quirks we want to keep an eye for and provide treatment thereof."

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

[member="Camellia Swift"]

Balaya worked on that and her hands were opening one of the pens and taking out one of the croa. She didn't bother with most of the precautions. She was a battlelord... more then that a warlord of the sith. She was already a sithspawn and infected her would be very very hard while she was going with her pet and her new pet. A smile on her face before stopping in one of the rooms and looking it over. "We can have the engineers secure this and maybe bring in some beds. For the ones who can be housebroken and trained to function we can test them and give them some place to be." She had a grin though looking at the one and kneeling down while checking her teeth and dainty claws.

 

[Camellia Swift]

[member="Darth Praelior"]

For those who did have intelligence the experience would definitely be degrading. And because of the compliance towards the Sith now programmed into them by the virus it was highly possible their lack of complaint or resistance to their surroundings could be taken as a lack of sentience. Hopefully a thorough check of the pens would sort the generations capable of sentient levels so they could get them better treatment. The ferals ones might very well ruin some things given to improve their living conditions, they would have to see what they could give to them without it being damaged Camellia supposed. As for someone infecting the giantess, the Rendili woman doubted anyone would be brave enough to try it, or would be able to considering how uncertain it was the infection would take to such an unusual host. "We'll do our best to figure out who we can give what then soon Lady Praelior. Would you like any subjects from generations not yet brought in as well?"

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

[member="Camellia Swift"]

"I need a few from the bases and stations to compare but we will wants one who can handle problems and large groups. One who have authority in their voices. There are simply not enough battlelords to control them all." She continued to examine the croa as she was going over the teeth and she checked the ones in the back of her mouth while noting the texture of her tongue had changed to be more coarse. "We'll also need to start making full detailed reports of all the changes, between them before and after the transformations if possible. I am certain Rendili would keep some records on file with information like broken bones, scars or injuries."

 

[Camellia Swift]

[member="Darth Praelior"]

Nodding at Lady Praelior's requests, Camellia already had a number of infected in mind who could help in such regards. Before their changes they had already held positions of authority so they could likely bear the same influence on their lessers now as they did then through the same means. The order to compile data on people's physical well being was also noted and reasonable. "Of course Lady Prealior. The Arch-Provost him. . . I mean now herself, along with some staff sergeants and perhaps other key officers of the Defense Force now turned, could help put some order in as you desire. Employee files should be up to date as well in all fields in the Military and for Rendili Stardrive. If someone is on leave from sickness or injury we should know. And if they were infected we can follow up and see how those illnesses or injuries responded to the transformation, as I guess is your point in that regard maam?"

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

[member="Camellia Swift"]

"Yes I want to see a before and after, if the transformation rewrites them and heals injuries or if it keeps them the same could go a long way. Mental illness as you have said or sicknesses. Some could have cancers or other things. Amputated body parts, childhood trauma. The list can go on and we need to know what can happen with it." She finished with the croa's mouth while checking the rest of her hair and ears. The yelps that came while she was working her her watching. "The ones who you are bringing down will be and should be helpful in this once we get better accommodations for them."

 

[Camellia Swift]

[member="Darth Praelior"]

The Rendili woman merely nodded to the Sith Zeltron's request while she continued watching the giantess perform examinations of the Croa subjects still. That was actually an interesting theory, one that went beyond Camellia's own. Truthfully she had expected those with disabilities would still have them if they were to check, but if the Virus overwrote them in such a way that it healed their debilitations then there was a lot more potential in the virus than first expected. However, she was completely dubious on that theory. "I shall check maam, but I doubt we will see them healed in all regards Lady Praelior. If it clears out the damage of diseases it might not do damage done long before like a damaged brain, and to completely replace a lost limb would be quite the feat. . . . I'll get all the reports we can, but I don't see much hope in that theory Lady Praelior."

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

[member="Camellia Swift"]

"I see it being at best half in the best ideas. Limbs are doubtful but with alchemy you can reattach and convert a being to have new body parts. Mental disabilities could possibly be suppressed for a time like taking medicine but not eliminated. I don't have enough information to say what it can do and what it can't do transforming a body but I know what my alchemy can do and it can make science and logic its queen." There was a grin on her face while she finished examining the face and head of the one and left it there standing up. "Now you little one I want to wait right here." She was looking over the rest of her and the remains of a uniform of some sort.

 

[Camellia Swift]

[member="Darth Praelior"]

Well with that logic it seemed plausible at least, not entirely impossible, but improbable then. Regardless, it wasn't as if the Rendili woman could give the Sith Zeltron the answers immediately. Still, Camellia got on her comlink and put forth a call on Rendili Stardrive's corporate frequency, looking to reach her aide and chief staff, requesting they compile all their files on employee physical tests and notifications as well as for them to collect similar information from the planetary defense forces files. "It will take a few days to compile all the information Lady Praelior, maybe longer considering the fact several organizations and departments will need to be in contact with each and compile the files needed. Plus they will need to hunt down each of the subjects in the files and check how they are before they send the data over, so that may add another week or month to the sorting process."

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

[member="Camellia Swift"]

The typical sith answer was to say 'One day' or something like that to give an impossible deadline. She was a sith, she reveled in the evil she could cause but she was practical and while Camellia was most likely giving the rough estimate of a timetable it could be increased in small ways or take long then that if she ran them all ragged and possibly harmed them. The opposite of what she wanted to do while looking over the uniform. "We have all the time needed to wait for it and run our own tests. Once the bedding arrives for the subjects we will start to work on some of the other things with them. Stimulation of their brains when they are asleep and converting them into do as wanted without question or sith who don't have the power to command."

 

[Camellia Swift]

[member="Darth Praelior"]

Camellia was quite aware of how Sith acted and how they usually preferred not to have to wait for some things. However, there was no use in lying and promising something she couldn't get them, though if pressed Lady Praelior would likely be right, there would be some ways to speed up the task, but the Rendili woman was just being honest in how uncertain she was of how long it would take. She just knew it would take a while. First to collect the records, then to collect the records from other departments and organizations, all while they may bicker over the chore at some level, and then compile the data and verify it, then hunt down the individuals from the files so they could record what their current state was as compared to the data in the reports. "Of course maam. I will push them to move as quickly and efficiently as possible in the meantime. As well as impress upon them to get you a more accurate timetable than my haphazard estimate."

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

[member="Camellia Swift"]

"It will be ready when it is, I have faith in your ability to oversee my will on your sisters. You wouldn't want my anger to show pet." She said the last with a small hiss as the biot in her tongue hissed for a moment while rising up. "Come along." She let the one Croa go to the corner and brought out another one as she was checking it the same and stopped looking at her forearm that was covered in fine fur but had silver sticking out of it. Balaya held the creatures arm up and slowly was pulling at it with her fingers. "A pin for a broken bone that might have healed or just been dislodged in the transformation."