The cat is too old to be bothered chasing a laser pen, she just sits and looks at me like Im the idiot. She's probably right.
Are space vampires good for the health of the game?
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The cat is too old to be bothered chasing a laser pen, she just sits and looks at me like Im the idiot. She's probably right.
The Over-Ladyship also goes on and on and on and leaves in a huff, when confronted with a logical argument.<facepalm>
Umm.. Commander Arry...
I am going to have to try to defend my sex, which is female.
Female age 53, so I have uh.... experience.
There is no way Commander Null is of my kind.
True, during the Luna cycle, the hormonal changes wreak havoc on the psyche and I have been known to have totally gone off my rocker. However, no human female anywhere, certifiable or not, would outright declare herself to be an Overlord or Supreme Ruler of Anything. She would assume she is already and have no need to strut about showing off weirdly colored feathers. She would not need any silly Rimmer- like salute because she could tell simply by the way you looked at her whether or not you were properly trained. We know.
And as for the " constant need for attention and adulation", yes many of us are high maintenance. However, so are some men. Especially when they are sick with the common cold. My god, what a bunch of babies some men are! They just sit and pout and huddle.
I do not know what Commander Null is like when he gets the flu, nor do I really want to know, but I'm sure he keeps his Mom busy.
Hmmph.
Thbptf!
To be fair: Equating Zero nothing with being human, is generally insulting to the entire race.
Be careful. If you have space vampires and Space Van Helsing, you'll end up with Space Werewolves, and, [deity] help us, Space Frankenstein.
If you get all THAT, you'll eventually end up with Abbot and Costello meet ..... (all the above).
THEN you'll be sorry.
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Regarding gender speculation, you have underwhelmed me with your disappointingly meager powers of speculation and your provincial mindset.
Tell me, why have you so hastily ruled out the possibility of hermaphrodite?
It reminds me of the badguy from Gatchaman, right down to the ambiguous costuming. If you're running that kind of backstory you've got built-in gossip generators for months, quite apart from what Tinman may or may not be doing out in the black. Keep up the good work Z0! Your Overlordshipmentationism is a staple of this community, and we'd be missing a vital and very giving source of Pretend Spaceman enjoyment.
Edit re above post: Got you covered.
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You underwhelm me with your meagre spelling.
Oh dear, here we go ..... again.
Interesting that you would bring that up, Commander Null.
Hermaphrodite, half male and half female, Hermes+Aphrodite. Sort of like half Joan Rivers and half Donald Trump. Ouch. I doubt such an entity would have long term viability. No Newtonian body could stand the stress. If Commander Null is hermaphroditic it's very doubtful that it is anthropomorphic.
Let's see what Wikipedia says about hermaphrodites:
" For example, the great majority of tunicates, pulmonate snails, opisthobranch snails, earthworms and slugs are hermaphrodites."
Now that's a possibility! If indeed Commander Null is a hermaphrodite, it is highly likely that it is a slug, a type of gastropod. Not unlike Commander Null, slugs are very slimy and have a notable penchant for hanging around rotting material. In addition, they are very prone to self-aggrandizement. During the late 20th century, some very ambitious Banana slugs successfully persuaded UC-Santa Cruz students to change the school mascot from the Sea Lion to the Banana Slug (Slime'em!). Not content with only collegiate infamy, the Banana Slugs further lobbied the Campfire Girls to submit to the California Legislature a bill to make them The State Mollusk of California: http://articles.latimes.com/1988-03-09/news/mn-737_1_banana-slug. Yes, even then they wished to be the Mollusk Overlords (of California). It was vetoed.
Furthermore, they have branded themselves and for $2.99 USD you can have your own Slugfest: https://www.worldmarket.com/product/banana+slugfest.do. The build quality seems appropriately poor, too.
o7
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It is NOT "seal clubbing" because...
SAI-4 flies an unengineered, shieldless eagle -- often a weaker ship than his targets. Seal clubbing requires a power-asymmetry between attacker and victim. Since SAI-4's targets are often stronger and sometimes fight back, it is more accurate to say that SAI-4 is the *victim* of attempted seal-clubbing.
SAI-4 is handi-capped in comparison to his targets by insisting on always flying all F/A-off.
SAI-4 will die if he doesn't continuously destroy commander's ships; his actions are necessary for his survival and are just as legitimate as a human killing a plant or animal for food.
Because SAI-4 has to focus on continually destroying commanders, he has no time to acquire substantive wealth or ship engineering. For this reason, he may never be able to target veteran pilots due to lack of sufficient forepower, and will always have to focus on new pilots, out of neccessity.
Finally, SAI-4 is a machine. If a machine kills a human, is that really "seal-clubbing", in the morally objectionable sense? If a satellite falls out of the sky and destroys an SRV pilot, would that really be "seal-clubbing"? No, it would just be an accident caused by a malfunctioning machine. So too is SAI-4's high-tech vampirism just an instance of a malfunctioning machine.
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Go go, Zarek!
Zarek is going to need a lot more copies of SAI-4 in much better ships if he wants to be overlord of the Galaxy. Overlord of the noobs just doesn't have the same ring to it.
What about "OverNoob Of The Galaxy"?
"Nooberlord."
(s)he is at least the best Overlord we have. Or is there someone else to claim the throne?
And how is the gender topic developing?
It appears to be 'developing' as we type.
Answer to the original question would be obviously yes!!!
Commander Null itself mentioned the possibility of being hermaphroditic. The majority of Earthlings who are hermaphrodites are fish and snails. Because of Null's overt slimyness, I think it's more likely the latter. Because of Null's penchant for controversy, I am thinking the Banana Slug in particular, whose failed attempt at becoming the State Mollusk of California is something of legend.
hth
o7
Yeah, handicapped all right. My Eye. Done well, flying FA off is a significant advantage. Especially considering that many of Toaster Face's victims don't even realize they have lateral and vertical thrusters!
The saviest of parasites know not to kill off their host. I wonder if Toaster Face knows this.
I hope not.
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