Author Topic: Iskoort (Read 2571 times)

SmartGirl333 · « **on:** November 07, 2013, 03:57:05 PM »

I like the Iskoort cuz they are so funny with their "buy or sell anythiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiing!!!!!!" attitude and their overwhelming honesty. Share your opinion of Iskoort and book 26 in general.

Astarte · « **Reply #1 on:** November 17, 2013, 08:51:10 PM »

Refresh my memory, who are the Iskoort?

yunyun · « **Reply #2 on:** November 18, 2013, 09:57:28 PM »

They're the main aliens focused on in #26, The Attack (the one where Cassie and Jake kiss XD) that are all born into a role (eg. Seller iskoorts, guild iskoorts, consumer iskoorts, etc) and end up leading the animorphs around. Oh, and their homeworld is where a battle between the Howlers (Crayak) and the (Animorphs) Ellimist takes place.

Yeah, I guess they were funny...though I personally found them also sorta annoying and weird.

VisserZer0 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 30, 2013, 02:58:06 AM »

I would have liked more enlightenment on the relationship between the Yoort and the Yeerks. I thought the Iskoort were fascinating.

NateSean · « **Reply #4 on:** November 30, 2013, 12:40:43 PM »

I'm going with Pop Arena's theory on this one.

The Ellemist used the Iskoort as a smoke screen for his real intent, which was to remove the Howler's effectiveness as a tool of Crayak.

Tim Bruening · « **Reply #5 on:** December 29, 2013, 01:02:10 AM »

Quote from: NateSean on November 30, 2013, 12:40:43 PM

I'm going with Pop Arena's theory on this one.

The Ellemist used the Iskoort as a smoke screen for his real intent, which was to remove the Howler's effectiveness as a tool of Crayak.

Mr Crayak can easily solve the problem of the Howlers becoming contaminated by memories of Jake and Cassie kissing: Just wipe out ALL the Howlers universe wide and start them all over again!

NateSean · « **Reply #6 on:** December 31, 2013, 07:08:05 AM »

Yet he didn't. Instead he spent the majority of the book trying to convince Rachel to join him.

MoppingBear · « **Reply #7 on:** January 04, 2014, 02:04:14 AM »

Quote from: Tim Bruening on December 29, 2013, 01:02:10 AM

Quote from: NateSean on November 30, 2013, 12:40:43 PM
I'm going with Pop Arena's theory on this one.

The Ellemist used the Iskoort as a smoke screen for his real intent, which was to remove the Howler's effectiveness as a tool of Crayak.

Mr Crayak can easily solve the problem of the Howlers becoming contaminated by memories of Jake and Cassie kissing: Just wipe out ALL the Howlers universe wide and start them all over again!

Crayak probably had to give The Elimmist a concession to be allowed to make a species. Wiping them and starting from scratch would requite another one, probably more of one.

SmartGirl333 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 15, 2014, 07:30:59 PM »

i posted this cuz i WANT MO' ISKOORTS!!!!! pls link a fic!!!!!!

NateSean · « **Reply #9 on:** March 17, 2014, 08:56:41 AM »

You could always write the fic yourself.

SmartGirl333 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 17, 2014, 03:05:40 PM »

Quote from: NateSean on March 17, 2014, 08:56:41 AM

You could always write the fic yourself.

Im still working on my yeerk fic.

My Visser 3 fic

Falco tinnunculus · « **Reply #11 on:** April 11, 2014, 09:53:15 AM »

The word Iskoort is combined with Isk and Yoort,and isk is the currency of the EVE universe(which means Inter-Stellar Kredits),and this word is also the currency code of Iceland Kronar......Maybe this can explain why they are so fanatic of trading?

Aluminator (Kit) · « **Reply #12 on:** April 11, 2014, 10:35:05 AM »

Haha. That is a bizarrely awesome set of coincidences ^_^

DinosaurNothlit · « **Reply #13 on:** April 11, 2014, 10:58:20 AM »

Lol, that is pretty interesting.

One thing, though: it's pretty clear, from what happens in the books, that the Iskoort don't actually have their own currency. I mean, they use literally everything imaginable for money EXCEPT money, lol. Memories, hair, their own children, etc.

Which does seem odd, now that I've actually started thinking about it. Their planet is a mecca of commerce, and they trade with every species under the sun. Yet nobody ever introduced them to the idea of currency? I mean, there are big economic reasons we moved from trading to buying/selling very early on as a civilization. Wonder why the Iskoort never made that leap, when they're obviously very advanced in so many other ways?

Aluminator (Kit) · « **Reply #14 on:** April 11, 2014, 12:15:25 PM »

...Do we hear about currency being used by anybody else in the Animorphs universe? The Skrit Na were also trade only, right? And the Ketrans? Do we ever have the opportunity to find out about the Yeerks or Andalites?

I can't think of a single alien species in this series that actually has a concept of a currency, off the top of my head. It may simply be that currency is a distinctly human thing.

DinosaurNothlit · « **Reply #15 on:** April 11, 2014, 01:30:10 PM »

The only example I can think of (and this one is obscure enough to very possibly be a KASU) is a mention in #38 about Arbat 'selling' organs. Which doesn't prove too much, as they may have been using the word 'sell' instead of 'trade' simply because words don't always translate directly that way. But it's something.

As for the Skrit Na and the Ketrans, I don't think we know enough to know one way or the other. The Skrit Na are more of a scavenger race than a trading race, anyhow, so I could actually see how they might evolve without the concept of currency (ie, if you can just take what you want from some unsuspecting planet whenever you want it, what's the point of having an assigned value system for buying and selling such things?). Which might help explain the Iskoort situation, because they may have developed that same sort of opportunistic mindset as they were evolving, as well. And only came up with trading when it became obvious that you can't always take everything you want with no consequences.

For the Ketrans, your guess is as good as mine. The book never even goes into detail about what they look like, let alone how their economy works.

NothingFromSomething · « **Reply #16 on:** April 12, 2014, 05:50:18 PM »

It's been forever since I've read the Ellimist, but weren't Ketran's kinda bipedal bird-like things? I think there's some crazy wacky description of them in it somewhere.

DinosaurNothlit · « **Reply #17 on:** April 12, 2014, 08:24:02 PM »

Well, we have a basic idea how many limbs they have, and that they have quills, or something. And 'docking talons' and 'pods' whatever the crap those are. But the book doesn't give you any real idea how they're actually put together.

SmartGirl333 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 15, 2014, 05:59:49 PM »

those things you were confused of? they are feet.

SmartGirl333 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 30, 2015, 06:39:46 PM »

Guys i'm no longer a noob.

planetstella · « **Reply #20 on:** April 02, 2015, 08:37:10 PM »

Quote from: yunyun on November 18, 2013, 09:57:28 PM

They're the main aliens focused on in #26, The Attack (the one where Cassie and Jake kiss XD) that are all born into a role (eg. Seller iskoorts, guild iskoorts, consumer iskoorts, etc) and end up leading the animorphs around. Oh, and their homeworld is where a battle between the Howlers (Crayak) and the (Animorphs) Ellimist takes place.

Yeah, I guess they were funny...though I personally found them also sorta annoying and weird.

You DO realise they were Yeerks, right?

planetstella · « **Reply #21 on:** April 02, 2015, 08:37:55 PM »

Quote from: NateSean on November 30, 2013, 12:40:43 PM

I'm going with Pop Arena's theory on this one.

The Ellemist used the Iskoort as a smoke screen for his real intent, which was to remove the Howler's effectiveness as a tool of Crayak.

OH MY GOD YUSSSS. Agreed. Also, poparena RULES.

SmartGirl333 · « **Reply #22 on:** April 03, 2015, 02:04:47 AM »

That makes a lot of sense. How did that never occur to me? So, um, let's just discuss this over the page mark and pretend the OP never happened. Agreed?

SmartGirl333 · « **Reply #23 on:** June 05, 2015, 04:20:16 PM »

Quote from: Dpsb5 on June 05, 2015, 03:38:40 PM

I feel like the concept of a currency is simple enough concept, that most sentient races would use money.

Yeah, I reckon that the concept of something entirely useless that only exists because it is rare enough to use for trading is simple enough.

Tim Bruening · « **Reply #24 on:** June 08, 2015, 12:46:49 PM »

Quote from: planetstella on April 02, 2015, 08:37:10 PM

Quote from: yunyun on November 18, 2013, 09:57:28 PM
They're the main aliens focused on in #26, The Attack (the one where Cassie and Jake kiss XD) that are all born into a role (eg. Seller iskoorts, guild iskoorts, consumer iskoorts, etc) and end up leading the animorphs around. Oh, and their homeworld is where a battle between the Howlers (Crayak) and the (Animorphs) Ellimist takes place.

Yeah, I guess they were funny...though I personally found them also sorta annoying and weird.

You DO realise they were Yeerks, right?

GOOD Yeerks!

planetstella · « **Reply #25 on:** June 08, 2015, 03:10:00 PM »

Quote from: Tim Bruening on June 08, 2015, 12:46:49 PM

Quote from: planetstella on April 02, 2015, 08:37:10 PM

Quote from: yunyun on November 18, 2013, 09:57:28 PM
They're the main aliens focused on in #26, The Attack (the one where Cassie and Jake kiss XD) that are all born into a role (eg. Seller iskoorts, guild iskoorts, consumer iskoorts, etc) and end up leading the animorphs around. Oh, and their homeworld is where a battle between the Howlers (Crayak) and the (Animorphs) Ellimist takes place.

Yeah, I guess they were funny...though I personally found them also sorta annoying and weird.

You DO realise they were Yeerks, right?

GOOD Yeerks!

I know XD but they seemed to be forgetting that biological fact altogether

SmartGirl333 · « **Reply #26 on:** June 08, 2015, 05:19:27 PM »

It seems like the Animorphs caught the Idiot Ball for a while there with that.

Tim Bruening · « **Reply #27 on:** June 08, 2015, 07:38:52 PM »

Quote from: SmartGirl333 on June 08, 2015, 05:19:27 PM

It seems like the Animorphs caught the Idiot Ball for a while there with that.

I remember Ax freaking out when he realized that the Iskoots are a type of Yeerk!

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