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Re: Announcing the Aquarium: the new Sea Monkey home.
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Sat, 15 Feb 2003 19:10:40 GMT
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In lugnet.aquazone, Felix Greco writes:
> > And that mastery of the environment is
> > something that the SMs disdain...they live in a general harmony with the sea.
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> True. This way, they're not just war-mongers, but on a worthy mission.
Possibly a crusade.
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> > So where do we see them living? The places I think of immediately are in the
> > marine trenches, or by hydrothermal vents...places not well explored by humans.
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> Interesting that you say that. One of the ideas I've been toying with
> lately is that SMs don't have to eat to obtain energy. I'm always
> dissapointed in sci-fi aliens because (as a biologist) I always see the same
> themes coming up: the aliens eat something, breathe something, see with
> something... see what I mean. The aliens created in most sci-fi are just
> humans but a bit different. I want to explore new ideas with the SMs (that
> will translate into MOCs obviously).
> For instance, they live underwater- but who says they need to breathe?
> Perhaps the SMs have no comparable phenomoenon to respiration.
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> Or eating; species on earth obtain energy by more than just eating living
> systems. They also trap it from the sun or live next to geothermal
> reseviors. Perhaps the SMs do something equally different...?
A possible idea would be that the SMs could absorb materials from their skin
or their tail. The tails are the largest part of their anatomy (and a real
PAIN to build around:)) so it would make sense that they would have a
practical purpose for them along with swimming.
This would also give a reason as to why they stay in the water...sea water
has a lot of materials in it that could be used that isn't present in tap
water or air.
And if the tail was the center of respiration and feeding, then they
wouldn't need their life support gear in the head, but in the tail.
Another idea could be the use of symbiotic creatures that provide them the
energy they need, like termites.
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> Another thing I'd like to do is give the sea monkeys a rich mythology.
> Perhaps because they're telepthic they've evolved a complex and rich
> spiritual system. Perhaps just as humans need explanations for the unknown,
> the SMs have they're own concept of gods and such. I've been thinking about
> SM villages, and it might be cool if each village/base/thing rallied behind
> a figure from mythology. For instance, I'm going to make a SM telepthy
> enhancement building. Perhaps this falls under thier gods of communication
> so to "bless" the building or however they think of it, the building would
> have some type of totum or mask. This could allow us to get really creative
> with our MOCs. This could also translate into war banners. So if a unit of
> attack crabs go out, they have one attack crab carry a banner or totum with
> the war gods image. What do you think?
That's a neat idea...the sprituality would give a reason as to why SM tech
is so different. If you choose to become spiritual, you would direct your
inventions in that area.
Another question is: if there are gods, that would impy those who were
priests...priviliged SMs that had special training or abilities to
communicate with the gods. A thought that crossed my mind is that there
might be a class system in place...the priests and then everyone else. The
priests could actually have the knowledge to create their buildings and
bless them...and the rest were the followers, to a certain extent.
Why this? Well, I kept on thinking about the teleporter they have and the
god that works it...what if that teleporter needed an icon or special object
to function? And how do make the item special to everyone else? You bless it
and make it very ornate and important, and you have someone to protect and
be able to repair it..hence the priests.
(I can see a group of SMs sent on a quest to retrieve the things needed to
create an Icon of Transference....and it sounds suspiciously like the
materials needed to make a circuitboard..but I digress)
The priest class could also be the leadership of the SMs. And their
distinguishing part would be the tail color...white or black.
And the totems and masks are great ideas, especially for building. The war
banners have sorta already been working themselves in what I am creating,
though I came up with markings on the 'saddles' of the creature I built.
Makes a lot of sense though, so I'll be working the banners into the MOCs.
> > But it could be that the SMs are planning for an invasion, with outposts and
> > weapons and aquaformers being made and sent over...
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> I like that idea.
This also makes for a neat storyline to play with
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> > The SMs could still have gates (and that would be a good reason to use the LOM
> > gates, parts-wise) to travel quickly long distances.
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> Just make sure you pay homage to the interstellar gate god, lest you incur
> his wrath!
One wonders what his wrath would be...vaporization?
Joe Meno
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| (...) Which means we don't have to worry about "land gear" for the head. Though its logical to assume they shouldn't stay out of the water for too long. (...) Thats a good idea. How do we make preists then? We could make it one color (like white) or (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| (...) True. This way, they're not just war-mongers, but on a worthy mission. (...) Interesting that you say that. One of the ideas I've been toying with lately is that SMs don't have to eat to obtain energy. I'm always dissapointed in sci-fi aliens (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.aquazone)
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