Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread

[CF2]

or bizarre (and usually short-lived) tribal rituals.

Luck eating rituals confirmed.

[entity2636]

or bizarre (and usually short-lived) tribal rituals.

Luck eating rituals confirmed.

I could imagine the ancient Loroi eating the hearts or brains of their slain enemies, much like some ancient Terran cultures did and it would not surprise me at all.

[orion1836]

or bizarre (and usually short-lived) tribal rituals.

Luck eating rituals confirmed.

I could imagine the ancient Loroi eating the hearts or brains of their slain enemies, much like some ancient Terran cultures did and it would not surprise me at all.

KA-LI-MAHHHH!

[Warringrose]

Hey Arioch I had a quick question, I was going over possible lines this story might take and I gotta ask. How dark is the end of this and the next chapter going to get?

[Xolf]

How's Arioch possibly supposed to answer that other than "Spoilers!" ?

[CF2]

How's Arioch possibly supposed to answer that other than "Spoilers!" ?

MWAHAHAHAHA! Spoilers.

[Krulle]

Or just thinking "Spoilers!" and not answering at all.

[Arioch]

Hey Arioch I had a quick question, I was going over possible lines this story might take and I gotta ask. How dark is the end of this and the next chapter going to get?

NO FURTHER ENHANCEMENT
SPECIAL ORDER 937
SCIENCE OFFICER EYES ONLY

[cacambo43]

Hey Arioch I had a quick question, I was going over possible lines this story might take and I gotta ask. How dark is the end of this and the next chapter going to get?

NO FURTHER ENHANCEMENT
SPECIAL ORDER 937
SCIENCE OFFICER EYES ONLY

Ok, so I wonder who Ripley is in this case... (and Jonesy)...

I guess we know who the xenomorph is.

CJSF

[saint of m]

I forget if this was mentioned earlier buttt....

I watched something not too long ago that said Horseshoe crabs have blue blood because they are mostly copper.

Loroi blood is blue, which is why their skin is a light blue.

So, do they mostly have copper in their blood?

[fredgiblet]

How's Arioch possibly supposed to answer that other than "Spoilers!" ?

[orion1836]

Outsider, as written by GRRM:

Page 135:

Beryl and Alex look deeply into each other's eyes as torpedo lock-on warnings blare, painting the cockpit red. In the next panel, the Highland-7 is shown frantically trying to dodge, only to be knocked into a flat spin by the explosion of a near hit. Unable to maneuver, two more torpedoes slam into the shuttle, tearing it apart and sending the lifeless corpses of Alex and company tumbling into the void.

Cut to an entirely new set of characters to continue the story.

[entity2636]

I forget if this was mentioned earlier buttt....

I watched something not too long ago that said Horseshoe crabs have blue blood because they are mostly copper.

Loroi blood is blue, which is why their skin is a light blue.

So, do they mostly have copper in their blood?

Their blood contains haemocyanin instead of haemoglobin hence it's blue. Yes, they are "copper based" so to say.

[Krulle]

Outsider, as written by GRRM Ken Grimwood:

Page 135:

Beryl and Alex look deeply into each other's eyes as torpedo lock-on warnings blare, painting the cockpit red. In the next panel, the Highland-7 is shown frantically trying to dodge, only to be knocked into a flat spin by the explosion of a near hit. Unable to maneuver, two more torpedoes slam into the shuttle, tearing it apart and sending the lifeless corpses of Alex and company tumbling into the void.

Cut to an entirely new set of characters to continue the story.

Alex knows Beryl and the rest dies, but he survives once again, being picked up just in time by anotehr alien ship, and the story starts anew.

[SVlad]

Outsider, as written by GRRM: tearing it apart and sending the lifeless corpses of Alex and company tumbling into the void.

In case of taimat explosion there would be no corpses, they literally vanish in light.

[raistlin34]

Outsider, as written by GRRM:

Page 135:

Beryl and Alex look deeply into each other's eyes as torpedo lock-on warnings blare, painting the cockpit red. In the next panel, the Highland-7 is shown frantically trying to dodge, only to be knocked into a flat spin by the explosion of a near hit. Unable to maneuver, two more torpedoes slam into the shuttle, tearing it apart and sending the lifeless corpses of Alex and company tumbling into the void.

Cut to an entirely new set of characters to continue the story.

[CF2]

Do the Loroi have tank or artillery equivalents? Has telepathy shaped their mechanized ground weaponry in any particularly different ways compared to human examples?

[Arioch]

Do the Loroi have tank or artillery equivalents? Has telepathy shaped their mechanized ground weaponry in any particularly different ways compared to human examples?

Sure, the Loroi have armored vehicles. I don't think telepathy has a particular impact on ultra-tech armored vehicle warfare. Telepathy might give a slight speed edge over radio communication between tanks in battle, but I doubt it's decisive, and range would be an issue in a wide-ranging battle.

Ground forces are discussed a bit here: http://well-of-souls.com/outsider/forum_ground_war.html

[Werra]

Can male Loroi request mating encounters with females the same way females can express a preference for a certain male?

[Arioch]

Can male Loroi request mating encounters with females the same way females can express a preference for a certain male?

In some circumstances, if the male has sufficient status and influence. I think in a lot of circumstances, males could be allowed to choose from among the available females at his own status level (that is, those who had earned time with a male), but it would take significant influence to arrange being matched up with a female below his own status level, or getting a particular female more male-time than what she had herself earned.

Some females might be put off by being pursued in this way by a male (perhaps concerned about what her female peers might think, as it could be considered a sign of improper attachment), but others probably wouldn't mind at all.