Travis Edmunds wrote: > > For example, the other day a friend of mine asked > me an interesting question. He wanted to know > what type of species I would use, if I could > magically have one million individuals of that > species, as a ground force army. (snip) > Finally after much deliberation, I had the > field narrowed down to three possible choices: > > -Klingons (Star Trek) > -Jem'Hadar (Star Trek) > -Jaffa (Stargate) > (snip) > What species would you pick? What would you base > your decision on? Do you have any choices that I > may have initially overlooked? (snip) > > -Travis >
Protectors (from Larry Niven's Known Space series) Strengths: super strong, super fast, super intelligent, do not age, excellent engineers who would run circles around MacGuyver at his best. Weaknesses: The only thing that motivates a Protector is the survival and success of his descendants. In some of the more flexible sub-species (humans included), "my descendants" can be generalized into "my species as a whole" with the right conditions. Unless you have unassailable control over that, their loyalty can shift in a moment. I would use them in such a way that I was (either actually or in their minds) related by blood, and that they understood my goals enough to make them happen. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
