From: David Hobby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Outlandish but exceedingly fun. Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 00:06:56 -0500
As with most questions, I imagine the reader is supposed to interpret it so that it makes sense. Here's the original:
So you can't use vampires, or episarchs, or Kryptonians, because allowing them makes the question degenerate. Or put it this way--anything can come, but they have to leave their powers with the physics of their home universes. I'm with Damon, it doesn't say anything about the SIZE of the million individuals, at least as long as they can move around on a planet. So bigger is better! Feeding them should not be an issue; one assumes that an army comes with supplies. It could well degenerate into a contest to name bigger species... but I do like the "human consciousness in dinosaur bodies" things mentioned in Banks's _Feersum Endjinn_, and even in _Kiln People_ there were dittoes of similar sizes.
---David
I see what you're saying. Allow me to define this a little more clearly. Obviously a Kryptonian would be a little more robust than a Klingon lol.....I could use various super beings. However, in order to keep things somewhat in line, simply self moderate your own thinking. Don't go too far fetched with it. Anything that's some uber powerful lifeform must be eliminated from your picks. Keep in mind though, that is only the first little scenario on the table. Go where you want with it!!. But first it would be nice to resolve the one million standing army scenario.
Another thing to consider is how believeable your picks are. My three aren't too "out there", and I had decided that based on my criteria, they were pretty much the top three choices (that I know of) that I could have made.
-Travis
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