Zan replied to me: > I wonder if there is a Bioship society of sorts? Are they all hard-wired > instinct, or do they need all kinds of training in using the tractor > beam, FTL flight and orbital mechanics? Are these bioships raised by > bioship parents or by humans? > > How are they socialized? What if a baby bioship does something wrong, > like crashing into a space station and damaging the dock? Does it get a > spanking? Or is a disappointed look and using all three of its names > enough?
Hello Zan, how about this line of thought: * As written in the color text -- but not the game mechanics -- the crew section is an implanted into the bioship. It isn't a natural part of the species. * This crew section has to get changed as the bioship grows. That means repeated surgery. * On the other hand, the brain is sentient. * What bioship parents would inflict such an upbringing on their children, and wouldn't the use of this payload section constitute child labour? So the bioship is obviously an enslaved species that gets the short end of the stick ... Or it is all completely different, the 3,000-ton bioship may not be fully grown, but IQ 16 is smart enough to make a decision about a course of work that requires some physical changes to the organic structure. Perhaps only a few bioships decide to implant the human carrier pod, and most frolic in the belt. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
