"You suppressed Cure for cancer because… You want it to be a reward for the truly worthy? Okay, we only use it on the truly worthy."
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Ant queens can lay a couple of thousand eggs per day. There are six gaim queens total. To sustain a population of six billion, each gaim queen would have to lay about 70,000 per day. And those gaim are all more chemically complex than ants.
I mean, do we know anything about how long Gaim live? I know they age, and I know that stealing drones from other queens is a key component of Gaim cold warfare. Given their bioengineered nature they could easily have a lifespan of multiple centuries, which would reduce the required reproduction rate, and would explain why stealing drones is worth the effort.
Pretty much, even leaving aside her role as a member of the Grey Council.
As noted, it was at least heavily implied that Ivanova and Talia Winters had a thing, but it was rather more subtle than DS9's "Dax's past life's love" episode...
Was it? It's been awhile, but I took it as the sleeper personality was the fake one, especially as it's heavily implied by Bester that Psi Corps dissected her afterwards.
Given canonically Kelsey was one of Bester's sidekick agents, I wouldn't hold out much hope for that.
Huh. I always thought 'outer Talia' was fake because she was being used for infiltration, but the wiki agrees with you.
It makes sense if you consider that, IIRC, the sleeper personality thing was highly experimental, so they presumably couldn't be sure how long it would last once the activation phrase was given.
All right, time to see what the heck is going on on the surface here. Natural mines or Apokoliptian weapons factory? What kind of defences are the slaves under, beyond the threat of local animals? And how easy will it be to wreck it all?
Because there's not a lot of difference between, say, laser drills and laser guns outside of range. But when the guards have guns and the workers don't, it's a lot more difficult to act up.
Because Apokolips does love their apocalypse bunkers. usually filled with terrors beyond human understanding. Or at least big bombs.
Probably safer this way, given there would be defences at the doors that might take exception to unauthorised visitors.
Slaves from all over the sector, no doubt. Likely taken in conflict, but it's not impossible bought or stolen from traders.
Because they feel things deeply but the emotion is not lingering. Part of why Kor'iandr would make a good Blue - She feels strongly, but trauma slides right off unless it's really bad, allowing her to keep her hopefulness in the face of a harsh universe..
And some gunners would be perched above the general population, able to cut down a knot of unruly workers without wasting other resources. Efficient cruelty.
Since they seem to produce some radiated emotional energy, if the descriptions of trembling and weeping workers is anything to go by.
Meaning if he wants to get anyone out of here, the fleet has to be dealt with first.
Presumably they were considerably nerfed. Evidently the simulation had safeguards to avoid killing prisoners unjustly.
Probably being held near some Fear Crystals to maximise his weakness.
Or they 'acquired' a Boom Tube Generator or two. Unlikely, I know. So the crystals are shipped out aboard the shuttles, then they come back for the workers... Shows their priorities,
No wasting energy forcing an entrance when you can just wait for the door. Watch out for subtle tells, though, such as environmental disruptions to smoke or shedding raindrops on a clean floor.
Ah, the classic 'lights built into the seams between walls and roof and/or floor.'
Presumably storage, rather than manufacturing.
He's seen what powderised crystals do, saturating an area with Yellow Light so that all other colours fizzle and get stifled out. I imagine the intact forms are simply less diffuse but more intense.
Oooh, that'd be bad if the Reach got any of this on their side.
Presumably updating the reports with data as it assembles it before initial sending.
Oh, I just bet it is...
So it's like an incredibly detailed holodeck. Albeit with poorly marked boundaries, if OL stumbled in without noticing.
There's quite a variety of designs over the years. From the 'brutish warrior' creations of Kirby to more mundane soldiers in the 90's and the barely-humanoid bug-folk of later years...
The sim tailoring its props to the current 'user', eh?
Raker, eh? Probably a legacy piece from the time of its' creation. At least this pegs the facility as dating back to the war.
No doubt a lot more skilled in the art of visualisation, given the early rings had even less AI than the modern spec.
More likely this is a fantasy scenario for Gaart, making him feel mighty before...
...The fall comes. Crushing his will and drawing out fear. Could be this is how the facility manufactures the crystals.
Most likely another prop of the sim, as why the hell would Kalibak be here and not immediately going after the thieves above?
Ah... They were like that in Justice League: War and Injustice... I think they were depicted like that earlier as well, but I'm not sure where. I'm mostly just complaining.
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Trailers..? As I said, I'm mostly just complaining about what they did to-.