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	Re: A theory about the Wasps and eggs
	Posted By: Callie21V	Date: 7/19/02 3:55 p.m.
	In Response To: Re: A theory about the Wasps and eggs (Steve Levinson) : Having been intrigued by the possibility that the wasp is a Pfhor at another : phase in their life cycle or perhaps another sexual form of the Pfhor, I : would tend to agree that wasps are probably a lower life form unrelated to : the Pfhor. The reason that I believe this to be the case is that they tend : to use them as a weapon and not for other purposes, such as companionship : or reproduction. What about the "dormant" wasps hovering high up in the incubation chamber? (Even if you shoot them, they don't spit back at you... or even move out of the way.) Maybe only a certain number of breeder males are needed to mate with the queen, and it's the "surplus" that are converted into weapons...? : If the wasps were necessary for Pfhor reproduction, then why weren't they : present on Lh'owon, where the Pfhor were stationed for 17 years. They : would carry them with them on battleship, but not station them on : Lh'owon? Unless there is a good reason, such as an incompatibility with : Lh'owon's atmoshpere or environment, I just don't buy that. Good point. The best I can come up with is that we just never came across the wasps or breeding areas in other Pfhor facilities -- maybe that one scoutship had a huge surplus of males for some reason. I hate to go into elaborate conjecture defending a "plot point" that was never intended by the creators, but it is indeed an intriguing thought (and it's the only explanation I've ever heard to account for those pacifistic wasps observing the egg.) P.S. In a complete non sequitur, Jason Jones apparently thought the incubation chamber was the ship's main reactor.

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	A theory about the Wasps and eggs	Agent Shem	7/12/02 7:08 a.m.
	Re: A theory about the Wasps and eggs	Steve Levinson	7/12/02 7:35 a.m.
	Re: A theory about the Wasps and eggs	Agent Shem	7/12/02 8:02 a.m.
	Re: A theory about the Wasps and eggs	Tru7h	7/12/02 10:55 a.m.
	Re: A theory about the Wasps and eggs	:: Beer Can ::	7/13/02 1:36 a.m.
	Re: A theory about the Wasps and eggs	Steve Levinson	7/13/02 9:20 a.m.
	Re: A theory about the Wasps and eggs	Agent Shem	7/13/02 11:57 a.m.
	Re: A theory about the Wasps and eggs	Callie21V	7/19/02 3:55 p.m.
	Re: A theory about the Wasps and eggs	C Lund	7/12/02 9:26 a.m.
	Re: A theory about the Wasps and eggs	Steve Levinson	7/12/02 10:03 a.m.
	Re: A theory about the Wasps and eggs	Agent Shem	7/12/02 10:32 a.m.
	Re: A theory about the Wasps and eggs	Tru7h	7/12/02 10:57 a.m.
	Re: A theory about the Wasps and eggs	REB	7/12/02 4:40 p.m.
	lol *NM*	Inverted Sock Puppet	7/12/02 7:39 p.m.

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