Thomas Thrien wrote: > I hope I remember that novels correctly. Then the difference between > that "aggressive alien ecosystem" and Midworld/Pandora is like the > difference between a parasite (that alien ecosystem) and an individual > (Midworld/Pandora). In the latter case, the world is *the* lifeform, > while in the other case life is existing on a world. > > But regarding that "invasion" idea, this difference might by rethorical > as its best. One may assume that an "invasion" from Pandora or Midworld > might be less agressive and more evolutionary, and that it will be more > assimilating the existing lifeforms than replacing it - but there is no > prove for that, it could be even faster and more radical. On success, > the invaded world would have changed its appearance completely - in > either case.
Exactly. And IIRC, the Chtorr did their share of assimilating: not everything was a matter of terran species being destroyed and replaced by Chtorrian species - although I'll admit that an awful lot of that took place. A Pandoran invasion could be just as terrifying to those who are being assimilated. And if it can happen to Earth, it can happen to other worlds. Perhaps the vegetative hive-mind in question isn't native to Pandora, either: it's merely an example of a world that has already been fully assimilated. > -- > Thomas Thrien > > Geo 51° 28' 12" N 7° 32' 17" E > > _______________________________________________ > GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l > -- Jonathan "Dataweaver" Lang _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
