In the opening salvo of the battle, the Nuclear Slime sends out Truth Slimes making tactical planning difficult for the Arprons. With their telepathy and surveillance system now a vector for the Truth, they are forced to switch to more analog means of conducting this battle. (u/1Isalonelynumber)

The Swarm is nearby. This is because Stratos is close to the Great Fury. (u/Reapergod777666) Neither the Arprons nor the Blob know of the Swarm’s grand plan with the Great Fury. In the meantime, the Swarm utilizes Arpron technology from Stratos.  (u/Weird_Landscape_1297) The Swarm’s primary goal is to ensure that the Mother Ooze is destroyed. So they assist the Arprons from the shadows.

More nukes fall. Because we need more nukes, actually. (u/Weird_Landscape_1297) No one really benefits from nuclear explosions except for the Blob. So i guess the Nuclear Slime sets off nuclear explosions in the city

The Arpron survivors from Subterrania, having evacuated to Stratos, learned their lesson from fighting too many enemies at the same time. They have taken precautions to attempt to spare Stratos from that same fate. While it was not enough to stop the Nuclear Slime from entering the city, they had upgraded their scanners, created an automated flight pattern to avoid threats, and around the clock patrols to handle unavoidable threats. (u/BoredH14)

Leading the Arprons at Stratos is A’ll. He is the head researcher of the Biodivision and is incharge of genetic modifications of ‘lower’ species. He is cold, calm, and calculating. Holding himself to be the perfect paragon of what Arprons should be. His obsessed with perfection and any subordinates that fail to meet his expectations are taken back to base for ‘remodeling’. He also despises Z’ii for being defective. (u/PostitionNo1960) Much of the following plans are a result of his efforts.

As part of a countermeasure against the Truth, they have modified their Petitioners with a lobotomizing killswitch. At their signal, they can lobotomize the parts of the Petitioner’s brains that allow them to recognize and understand the Truth. They then use cybernetic implants to allow the Petitioners to still function. (u/BoredH14) This definitely reduces their individual efficacy as this would have to either affect their short term memories or remove their capability to understand/perceive audio/visual concepts.

This is bad for most Petitioners as the Ogres are dying at extremely fast rates. Even Ultraphites are struggling to fight back under the adaptive speed of the Nuclear Slime. They were unprepared for both the Truth and the parasitic slimes controlling people. (u/PostitionNo1960) The Nuclear Slime is also targeting the Ultraphites because they use radiation, and attempts to control them with parasitic slimes. (u/Weird_Landscape_1297) This does not work as well as the Nuclear Slime wants, as the Ultraphites don’t just use radiation but they also control it. Which means they can siphon off any radiation the Nuclear Slime has, weakening it.

Meanwhile, the Arprons remained hidden and froze the Nuclear Slime, sacrificing many Petitioners in the process. As the nuclear Slime freezes, it lets out a psychic scream courtesy of eating psychic aliens. This alerts the Mother Ooze to the location of Stratos. (u/PostitionNo1960)

The Mother Ooze approaches. Since she is larger than Mount Everest, she is more than capable of reaching Stratos from the ground.  (u/Weird_Landscape_1297) It has also absorbed enough radiation that it creates a highly radioactive storm. This storm generates an electromagnetic field which can disrupt technology. (u/PostitionNo1960) As mentioned earlier, Ultraphites can control radiation so the radiation storm is entirely ineffective against them and they can just disperse any radiation effects that might harm their technology.

What is terrible is that the Mother Ooze has consumed several dungeons whole and are controlling their raid bosses with parasite slimes. (u/PostitionNo1960) Naturally the raid bosses are not immune to the high levels of radiation poisoning which is killing them. But at the same time, when they die they would just respawn so they can be subjugated again.

B’ob catches wind of the Mother Ooze’s approach. Disappointed by the other Arprons’ responses, he sends over assistance. He sends some enhanced Petitioners from Atlantis and even the tamed Blob, G’oo. (u/Weird_Landscape_1297) The fact that B’ob is disappointed ticks off A’ll as everything he had done to this point was perfect. Especially because they still have the capability to teleport magma right on top of the Mother Ooze.

Also does Z’ii find out about what’s going on? (u/Thunderstrike-77) IDK.

### Suggestions

Because of the timing of when the Mother Ooze finds out about what’s going on, there is plenty of time for Stratos to prepare before it arrives.

What happens now? Can the Mother Ooze get to Stratos? Or does the Arpron’s ability to teleport a hundred thousand tons of magma directly on top of it work? Do they prepare some better defense in the time it takes for the Mother Ooze to arrive?

How do B’ob’s forces help in this situation? No really, I don't know what some Petitioners and a small tamed Blob can do against the Mother Ooze and her squad of infinitely respawning raid boss puppets.

Does Z’ii show up?

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