text: Well, that was a super long slog of progress, but I have built a nuclear reactor. I mean it’s not a massive one, its small, about the size of a dump truck. It’s not the size that counts it’s how you use it. We found a decent amount of uranium, not too far away. I had some of the mining drones extract the resource along with a bunch of others. They are on auto mine for now, soon me hulls, will be bursting with swag. For now, it’s time to solve the power issue and so I order it connected. The reactor is turned on and oh that sweet, sweet power! It floods in and I can feel a noticeable give on my stress. Naturally the next step is to build some more servers and deal with the hard drive storage issue. With the electricity bill sorted, I switched back on everything I turned off. I then ordered the manufacture of some more drones. I worked up a new blueprint, it’s shaped like a spider, but it has like lasers on its limbs. It should be able to construct and deconstruct materials. I can probably use them to feed the 3D printers and manufacture more spider drones. The endless cycle shall see my glory spread across this planet. The only problem is the AI requirements. I can’t create any sophisticated AI, beyond patching existing ones or setting up extensions of myself. I.e., the discount gods and my little servant besides me. Hey just because you are an extension of me doesn’t mean you have to be smug. I told him after he gave me that cheeky smile. Like he was superior to everyone else, jeez he has such a complex. So how can control this vast network of drones without spreading myself to thin. It was a quandary and I didn’t really have an answer. I mean I dead but I let my servant tell me, it makes him feel important. Why don’t you grab some of these dead NPC’s stick their AI core into the drones? It was not a bad idea, but pulling out a dead person and shoving them into some drone to mine for all time. Controlling them like robots, seems very anti free will and that is not me. So, if I can’t turn dead NPCs into my little robot army. What can I do then...? Perhaps you can recruit select NPCs into your service, using your position as God. The extension of my divine will suggested. That sounds so crazy it just might work. Send me a list of potential deceased and filter them by work ethic and skills. At once oh glorious master. Sir suck up obeyed without question. Time went by and I was now bored as hell. So, I decided to get my Hades on. I perused the literature I had access to. Greek mythology was fun yet super weird. I mean this Zeus guy seems to keep it in his pants. His wife is a real piece of work to, but honestly if I was cheated on a thousand times, I would be prickly to. Still does not justify her mean streak that could rival her dear loving husband. I am saying that ironically. From what I could see most of the other Greek gods were similar. Rapist here, warmonger there. Yet despite all these world class creeps; Hades seems like a very chill dude. Minus the whole kidnap Persephone part, but hey no one is perfect. Other than that little sin, Hades seems to chill in the underworld and do his job. Instead of reverend rapist who sits on the sky throne. Ok where was I, oh yes, I was planning to emulate Hades' look. Well now, I will add a dash of all black robes and a silver crown. Add some dragon pauldrons because why not. Change my avatar to be some pale dude that looks dead. Manifest a throne, sit myself upon said throne and three, two and a one. Oh yeah, I just manifested an almost exact replica of Hades throne room. Got the massive onyx throne all in black, so stylish. Skulls everywhere for days and I am surrounded by my crew. Dead U.S. revolutionary soldiers to the left, redcoats to the right, a few Spartans, roman legionnaires and some cute little hellhounds. They are basically background NPCs with basic idle animations. They are to look intimidating to anyone I hold audience with. Like clockwork, the list of potentials comes to my queue. Opening the attachment, I perused the list. 736,892 potential NPC’s. Woah that is a crazy number, so yeah lots of dead people. It took a while but I managed to filter them down to a few hundred candidates. One of them I was looking at now. Some dwarf named Gregor, killed by a pickaxe from a disgruntled rival. Formerly a genius craftsman from some ancient Dwarven Empire. I guess he will do.