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Re: Rule Thirty-Pfhor...
Posted By: Rule Thirty-PfhorDate: 5/28/13 5:11 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Rule Thirty-Pfhor... (PerseusSpartacus)

: : Slave races.

: Actually, most of the enemies we meet are not slave races. Fighters,
: Troopers, Hunters, and Enforcers are clearly all, in some loose way,
: genuine Pfhor. In fact, all of the slave races, as far as we know, fit
: into the 'Conditioned' Rank, which sits at the absolute bottom of the
: Pfhor hierarchy. However, Enforcers and even Troopers have been seen to be
: members of the 'Willful' Rank, the third-lowest and fourth-highest Rank in
: the Pfhor hierarchy. Clearly they are not slave races: no-one puts slaves
: in charge of their rank-and-file soldiers.

: We're not dealing with slaves, and we're not dealing with a Zerg-like force
: either (pardon the Starcraft reference). So what could be the explanation
: for the diversity of the Pfhor 'species'?

: I'll throw out three of them for you: Explanation #1: The Pfhor create new
: embryos scientifically and give them genomes that make them perfectly
: suitable for certain roles within the Pfhor military.

: This reminds of me of the words of James Watson, one of the two men who
: discovered DNA: " If we could make better human beings by knowing how
: to add genes, why shouldn't we do it? " Likewise, if the Pfhor knew
: how to make better Pfhor by tweaking their genomes, why wouldn't they do
: it?

: Explanation #2: The Pfhor genetically modify already-existing embryos early
: in development to make them fit the different roles within the Pfhor
: military. Where the embryos come from, of course, is the question; and a
: rather disturbing one in terms of its implications. Therefore, I'll leave
: you at the 'genetic modification' segment for now.

: Explanation #3: The Pfhor, like any good insects, have a few organisms
: high-up in their hierarchy who do nothing but spit out new Pfhor. Perhaps
: these organisms are 'specialized', in that one organism will spit out
: Enforcers, another will spit out Fighters/Troopers, etc. This reminds me
: of a discussion we had at some point in the last year where somebody
: brought up the Hindmost Creche and implied that perhaps it serves this
: type of function. Interestingly, if I can remember correctly, I think I
: took the line that it did indeed serve that purpose. If anybody could find
: that discussion, I'd be eternally grateful.

: Vale,
: Perseus

Enforcer heads could be helmets similar to Admiral Tfear's helmet.

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