Scott, Sarah and Liam

Nov 8, 2016 18:14:11 GMT Element Zero said:

Nov 8, 2016 18:02:08 GMT The Elder King said:

That was the plan. It didn't go well for Hyperion, it seems.

We don't know why it goes wrong, but Kett* aggression is one possibility. (Astronomical dangers are honestly even higher in probability, but maybe not as likely in a VG.) If the Kett attack Hyperion, depending upon where it drops out of FTL, I'm not sure they can be blamed. Imagine if a troop transport blinked into view on the White House lawn.

I hope the the Kett are portrayed in a complex, interesting fashion. I don't want them to be just an enemy to shoot, though someone must fill that role. If it ultimately comes down to "us or them", I'm cool with that. I just want it to be an interesting, two-sided story.

Also, those giant, behemoth-sized creatures that we keep seeing Ryder fighting? I think they might be Kett brutes. They appear to be wearing bands around their wrists, and their skin is very reminiscent of the other Kett we've seen. The Kett seem to come in a variety of forms, matching different functions. Pretty cool. Maybe the one with the "halo head" was some type of hive queen?

* It appears to be Kett instead of Khet, now. I preferred the latter.

It would be interesting if the Khet had a society where they are born into roles similar to like, say, ants. The bulky and big ones serve military roles. The slimmer ones are scientists and leaders. It'd be a neat society and culture to explore, It seems promising that they want us to be able to empathise with the Khet and I am very curious about them. Still not entirely sold on their design, though. I like aspects of the design but some of the way it is put together, I'm not so fond of.

I remember an explaination of an alien race that I found rather fascinating. It was a race that had attacked Earth and killed a number of humans but it turned out that to them this was nothing more than tapping humanity politely on the shoulder to ask them if they'd mind moving over a bit so they could sit down as well. This was because theirs were a hivemind and because of how it worked, loss of life even on that scale wasn't considered noteworthy. They didn't realize the humans they killed were individuals capable of thought and feeling because they'd mistakenly assumed humans would be just like them. This was likely because they couldn't imaging such a different way of saptient life existing. When they realized their mistake, they redrew from Earth and were incredible remorseful but because of physiological differences, they were unable to communicate with humans and explain what had happened including that they had no intention of ever attacking again. Humanity didn't know this and so kept on expecting another attack, another war and potential extinction. The alien race was nearly wiped out because of this misunderstanding.

Note: I'm going to keep on calling them the Khet or Khett as well. I like it more and it's become a habit by now.