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- Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:00 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Loroi Trade translation request general
- Replies: 350
- Views: 645008
Re: Loroi Trade translation request general
But I think the importance placed on the heroic myths and the analysis thereof is probably more Western than Eastern. So, more or less as if "Lord of the Rings" ever becomes scripture? May I say that the level of detail and self-consistency you have put into the setting of this story is truly Tolki...
- Fri Sep 10, 2021 12:48 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: How the Historians did it
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14282
Re: How the Historians did it
[Historian]: And now I can rewrite your DNA! HA HA HA HA HA!
[Zap]
[Human]: Uh, I don't feel any different.
[Historian]: You used to be lactose intolerant. Here, have some milk.
[Zap]
[Human]: Uh, I don't feel any different.
[Historian]: You used to be lactose intolerant. Here, have some milk.
- Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:28 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Human Superiority (again)
- Replies: 100
- Views: 36715
Re: Human Superiority (again)
The Loroi and most of the other major combatants use taimat-powered "Floater" drives. Taimat (also known as "Type A" fuel) is an artificially-produced form of exotic matter with similar properties to helium-4. It is unstable, and can be induced to self-annihilate on demand, which releases an amount...
- Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:21 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: How the Historians did it
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14282
Re: How the Historians did it
Being able to send particles in a pattern is one (very hard) thing--being able to meaningfully recode something as complex as human DNA is something else entirely.
- Fri Sep 03, 2021 2:17 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Human Superiority (again)
- Replies: 100
- Views: 36715
Re: Human Superiority (again)
Forgive the newby, uninformed question, but can someone remind me what kind of drive the Loroi ships use when simply traveling through normal space? What that ever described?
- Fri Sep 03, 2021 1:52 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 211: Grand Theft Umiak Cruiser
- Replies: 123
- Views: 85367
Re: Page 211: Grand Theft Umiak Cruiser
Alex has been named Ambassador of his species, and was sent with the explicit mission of collecting information and establishing communication, not getting Earth involved prematurely in the Loroi/Umiak war. Picking sides will be the deliberative decision of Terran policy makers, not a random ensign,...
- Mon Aug 16, 2021 9:50 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Human Superiority (again)
- Replies: 100
- Views: 36715
Re: Human Superiority (again)
Hi everyone. First post. It seems to me that you can't evaluate or compare military technology without specifying the strategic goal. Presumably the goal for humanity in an armed confrontation with either of the warring parties isn't to win, but to make invasion so expensive, through attrition tacti...