Suederwind wrote:Pro's:
1.) Such a character would be interesting, as they are currently not present in the comic, but play an important part in Loroi society. The RP could benefit from it, if the character is well played and the player knows its boundaries.
It can probably work out okay even if sunphoenix (or whoever else) overdoes it a little, just not a lot.
Suederwind wrote:2.) The player could show us a bit about the "inner workings" of a Loroi male. Would he be not confused in such a situation with all those similar looking aliens, all these human males around him and all those females that would react very differntly to his presence, than he is used to?
3.) The player hast the chance to develop the background of his char basically from scratch, as there are few informations. What cast would he be? Why is he there? There will be a strong motivation neeeded to explain the later.
I think that could even be something of a point: if the Loroi Union thinks that maintaining semi-friendly relations with the TCA is valuable, then a "counter intuitive" envoy such as a male equivalent to the Listel (forgot the cast name) might be seen as the perfect choice.
Suederwind wrote:Con's:
2.) Like mentioned by others before: the Loroi are a basically a militaristic dictatorship. Also their males are rare and protected, like we protect our children. I can't imagine why they should let a male wander around or travel to the TCA. Someone will notice him and, againe, I can't imagine a Loroi frighter captain taking him aboard without facing the consequences. If we add to the mix, that this male might be a strong telepath, then the gripp of the Loroi goverment will be even tighter. Regardless, I am sure no Loroi will be able to simply buy a ticket on a starship and travel around freely.
3.) And they major point against such a character: we know they have a very strong sexdrive, so far that they get sick if they can't let off some steam, so to speak. I can imagine that this will lead to some _very_ unpleasant scenes with female player or nonplayer characters, because Loroi males are apparently used to get "helped" if they develop such a "problem" by any female around.
I do think both of these could be toned down, and are likely to be more subtle in Arioch's actual setting than it might seem: having to keep a full 1/11 of your population sequestered is inherently difficult if they aren't prone to playing along with it. I imagine the solution involves a lot of "men's cities" with multiple sub-districts (e.g. you don't stick the men's housing in the commerce areas) embedded into normal ones, so that the sequester can be converted to simple patrols & checkpoints. A Loroi who does get pregnant without authorization would be easy enough to detect later on, so they just need to restrain the statistics, not the totality.
dragoongfa wrote:@Sunphoenix
If I may make a suggestion about the plausibility of your character, we do know that Loroi males are over protected and kept away from the female masses in order to limit the population growth.
A fertile Loroi male running around freely would be a big no no in Loroi society but a Loroi male who would want to travel around and 'escape' the usual restrictions of Loroi society would have to undergo the Loroi equivalent of a vasectomy or vasalgel injection.
Vasalgel analogues seem more likely, even a group overseeing thousands of males would normally be dubious about permanently sterilizing even one of their males, since they're a limited resource.
dragoongfa wrote:Would make an interesting character tidbit as well as allowing for the much needed freedom he would crave. (He could also mate at will with any Loroi without any issue since infertile).
Or he could be a member of some sort of social-control monastery. Though I suppose that would go down with you guys about as well as growth hormones :p .
sunphoenix wrote:...And despite their having ultra-tech weapons that can lay waste to planetary surfaces.. the concept of a 'condom' is lost on them for controlling their population growth in means less than surgery.
Vasalgel isn't that big of a deal actually, you're thinking of vasectomies. Vasalgel is supposed to be reversible (if I remember right, with a baking soda solution). Condoms are arguably more heavy-handed than that when used over an extended period, not less, and it's availability is really just a matter of technological development. Given the Loroi lifespans, gender ratios, and male sex drive, it could probably be argued that temporary fertility inhibitants (I spelled that the way that I meant) would have been very important during long-lasting stretches of peace: Arioch has outright said that one of the changes that lead to the sustainability of Loroi society was controlling access to males, but even then they probably had fairly high death rates, so if they had to actually cut-off access to males for
most of the population during times of peace, then it probably would have lead to chronic (though presumably not major) rioting.
Also, condoms and doom-cannons are really only related to each other in the realms of artillery jokes, and over-compensation.