: Although controlled by the Pfhor cyborg, they clearly have some autonomy as
: evidenced in Marathon 2, Come and Take Your Medicine, Terminal 1 (2nd
: message). They can even keep some of their thoughts and actions from the
: Pfhor, as evidenced by Terminal 2 on the same level.
: So let's say your a Pfhor enforcer (clearly willful rank) on the Marathon and
: you just discovered a hidden alcove with a computer terminal. There is a
: S'pht compiler nearby and you want him to get to work right away accessing
: the terminal to see if there is anything of immediate use. Unless the
: Pfhor have started using cybernetic implants since the S'pht noted
: otherwise during the conquest of Lh'owon 500 years ago, you will have no
: direct means of communicating with the compiler. So what are you supposed
: to do? Contact the Pfhor mother ship to have the Pfhor cyborg tell the
: compiler what you want him to do? That seems rather absurd, doesn't it?
: For the sake of argument, let's assume that the S'pht can hear and
: understand Pfhor speech. How then does the compiler tell you that the
: terminal is in self-destruct mode and that you only have a few seconds to
: get out? By the time the message gets to you from the mother ship, it will
: be too late. There must be a more direct means of communication, but it
: sure doesn't seem to involve sound, as we never hear the S'pht utter
: anything.
maybe --just maybe-- they talk using frequencies that no human could hear (did anyone check the wavelength spectrum of marathon during play? just joking)
i agree on the cybernetic implant thing. but hey, maybe they got communicators we can't see because the marine's helmet's visor (you wear it all the time in the game, don't you?) has too little resolution (like, let's say 640x480 (not countinh the hud), 16-bit = 256 colors...)...
or they use... hmm... no.