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Animorphs Section => Animorphs Forum Classic => Topic started by: Terenia on February 27, 2009, 10:42:24 PM
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If Earth exploded or otherwise became unlivable, where would you want to move?
Keep in mind that moving the human race there means coexisting with the habitat and current residents!
Initially I would pick the Andalite World, since it's most like Earth, but I'm not sure how the Andalites would feel about humanities city-building polluting ways.
Maybe Leera, since the continents are unused anyhow. I'm sure the Leerans wouldn't mind us colonizing those areas...
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I had to pick Iskoort, just because their buildings are so freaking awesome. Yes, I realize I'd have to live with the residents, but after you got used to the annoying factor, the Iskoort race might almost be cool. I mean, a race that will trade anything for anything? If you had stuff they liked, you could get pretty much any odd random thing you wanted. And I happen to really like odd random things. Finally, they mentioned in #26 that the Iskoort world is a place that all the random alien races of the galaxy hang out, so I would get to meet all the other cool aliens.
Point is, Iskoort world = win. I would so live there. Right now. I wouldn't even wait for earth to go boom.
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If the Yeerks were still a problem, I'd agree with Dino on the Iskoort thing. She makes a lot of good point. But, if the Yeerks were no longer a threat, I'd go live with the Hork-Bajir. Food could be a probem, but I'm sure that Father Deep's monsters would taste fine with some barbeque sauce...
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I'd go to the Hork-Bair world too, sicne I'm assuming this is after they've been defeated. And if ther's not enough room down there, I'm sure the Andalites could help us build some sort of colony on the non-valley area.
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Andalite. I always figured humans would be kind of famously misconceived there after the war. Like you always hear about the US's reputation in Japan.
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i reckon that leera would be the best choice, mainly cos the continents are unused, but the iskoort world is a close second
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I'd say find an alternative world where humans could begin building massive cities (a la Corsucant)
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The Andalite homeworld, apparently there are entire portions of it left unused because it doesnt suit Andalite needs, there are few animal species so we wouldn't be destroying the local ecology by introducing chickens (Cows might be too similar to Andalites to survive where Andalites can't) for our carnivorous needs.
Of course our very nature would have us asking why we can't build on the grazing land, then eventually going to war with the Andalites because they dared to be different . . . (sigh) then depending on how much of their technology we've absorbed we either wipe them out or get wiped out by a single dome ship in space while captain Joe Andalite laughs maniacally, and forces surviving humans to bake him cinnamon buns!
Leera would be my next choice because the Leerans don't use the land so we could have it, but then I remembered, weren't their lands actually blown up to make them useless to the yeerks? Even if the land itself remains intact it might be heavily radiated.
The Taxxon world might work since there aren't any Taxxons anymore . . . but it sounds like a pretty cruddy place, all desert? Sounds like Utah, the boring old place I live and imagining it as an entire planet instead of one single state is depressing.
The Hork-Bajir would slaughter us for cutting down their trees to make houses and football stadiums.
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Toss up between Leera and Iskoort. On one hand, a land based species might be able to easily peacefully coexist with an aquatic species. I don't think that would be too hard.
On the other hand, the Iskoort homeworld is so totally awesome! There's a guild for just about everything you could imagine.
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I would pick the Hork-Bajir for the inhabitants, but my vote is for the Andalite homeworld. I figure as long as the humans living there have some cooking skills, we'll be ok. Besides, the level of health care must be amazing (except for denstistry).
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I would pick the Hork-Bajir for the inhabitants, but my vote is for the Andalite homeworld. I figure as long as the humans living there have some cooking skills, we'll be ok. Besides, the level of health care must be amazing (except for denstistry).
lol, I agree with all of the above. Hork-Bajir are are nicer race, but I think I'd eventually become irritated by the lack of intelligent conversation. The trees there sound awesome, but I wouldn't like all the uphill walking I'd have to do there...
The Andalite homeworld sounds like the best bet. The civilians were said to be nicer than those in the military so that should be fine. Also, I could give them the wonders of salt, grease and chocolate in exchange for cool technology and a nice place to live.
Leera sounds like a bad idea since there would be very little land mass left due to the destruction of the main continent in #18.
So yeah, overall I'd say the Andalite world is the best option for humanity. Unless another ideal world with no inhabitants was available.
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Food could be a probem, but I'm sure that Father Deep's monsters would taste fine with some barbeque sauce...
HAHAHAHAHA
do we have to pick those choices? or can we choose other things?
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Food could be a probem, but I'm sure that Father Deep's monsters would taste fine with some barbeque sauce...
HAHAHAHAHA
do we have to pick those choices? or can we choose other things?
That's why there's an "other" option on the poll. Just make sure you tell us what it is!
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Anati!
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Anati!
Isn't that the planet we know nothing about? :P
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yeah. let's go check it out.
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Exploring a new planet sounds like fun, but I'm definitely not going to be the one wearing the red shirt! :-\
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hmmm? i don't understand the red shirt part.
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Exploring a new planet sounds like fun, but I'm definitely not going to be the one wearing the red shirt! :-\
HA! I'm a total Trekkie too. I used to be fluent in Klingon.
Personally, I'm not looking at a colony. I'm just looking at me. I'd have a place on the Andalite homeworld, a mix of a one-level human home and a scoop. Some sort of eco-car to travel the distances between me and my neighbors, because I can't run as fast as them. Because every Andalite is supposed to contribute something, I'd have my own cafe; run out of my home. I'd really only interact with Andalites. Also, because I'm a vegetarian I'd grow or order my own food.
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hmmm? i don't understand the red shirt part.
It's a Star trek reference. The one wearing the red shirt will die.
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hmmm? i don't understand the red shirt part.
It's a Star trek reference. The one wearing the red shirt will die.
Every time the crew ofthe first Star Trek series went down to the surface of an unexplored planet, all the main characters would beam down. In the landing party, there would be the main characters and one crew member who never had a name, was in a red shirt and was never seen before that episode. They'd die within the first five minutes of exploration.
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hmmm? i don't understand the red shirt part.
It's a Star trek reference. The one wearing the red shirt will die.
Every time the crew ofthe first Star Trek series went down to the surface of an unexplored planet, all the main characters would beam down. In the landing party, there would be the main characters and one crew member who never had a name, was in a red shirt and was never seen before that episode. They'd die within the first five minutes of exploration.
really? lol
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I could see an Animorph Star Trek crossover, where the only thing to wear down to a planet is the color red, and before the Animorphs get out, they all shout their names.
Jake: We have to make a stop on this planet to continue our search for Ax.
Marco: I can't find any shirt that isn't red.
Jake: So wear the red one.
Marco: Are you insane!? Have you never watched Star Trek!?
Tobias: My name is Tobias! I'm the red tailed hawk!
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Nonono! It'd be like....
"The Ellimist has asked us to fight on this unknown planet! It's a dangerous mission, and it's more than likely that one of us will die. Who should I bring? Being the Captain Leader of the Animorphs, clearly I should go. I think I'll also bring Cassie, Ax, Marco, Rachel, Tobias and of course Ricky, who has just joined us! By the way, red leotard looks great on you, Ricky."
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Nonono! It'd be like....
"The Ellimist has asked us to fight on this unknown planet! It's a dangerous mission, and it's more than likely that one of us will die. Who should I bring? Being the Captain Leader of the Animorphs, clearly I should go. I think I'll also bring Cassie, Ax, Marco, Rachel, Tobias and of course Ricky, who has just joined us! By the way, red leotard looks great on you, Ricky."
Yeah, that's it! So where do the trekkies get all these new people, anyway? Eventually they should run out of crew.
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Nonono! It'd be like....
"The Ellimist has asked us to fight on this unknown planet! It's a dangerous mission, and it's more than likely that one of us will die. Who should I bring? Being the Captain Leader of the Animorphs, clearly I should go. I think I'll also bring Cassie, Ax, Marco, Rachel, Tobias and of course Ricky, who has just joined us! By the way, red leotard looks great on you, Ricky."
Yeah, that's it! So where do the trekkies get all these new people, anyway? Eventually they should run out of crew.
havent you ever heard of cloning labs?
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I'll buy that.
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I'll buy that.
so u should
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how much does it cost?
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uhh... a million dollars
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dang. how about in RAFcurrency?
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50RAFdollars
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i'd probably go live with the andalites.
definitely not the yeerk/taxxon homeworld, possibly the hork-bajir.
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Definitely Hork-Bajir. Giant trees, dramatic landscapes, Chadoo... =3
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I'd chose the Andalite homeworld.
1. It'd be awesome if they gave the humans living there, the morphing powers
2. Seems like the safest place from the Yeerks
3. Since the Andalites love earth food so much, negotiating with them wouldn't be too hard
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Yeerk Homeworld. Definitely.
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Yeerk Homeworld. Definitely.
Any reason why?
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assuming they're contained and defeated. we can terraform it! and it doesn't sound too bad...
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It rains acid daily. >= And huge tentacles spring up from the ground at unpredictable times... And there're creatures with wheels, for inexplicable reasons.
I dunno. I think the Yeerk Homeworld would only be fun if you happened to be a Yeerk, and even then, I'd rather be somewhere else. x3
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wait...it rains acid rain? why? i dun remember that part...
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I believe it was in HBC. Gimme one second to grab a quote. ^^()
*hold music plays*
I could not watch anymore. I ran outside, unnoticed by the adults. I ran outside into the Yeerk
twilight. The wild green and yellow-streaked sky was turning dark.
The harsh air rasped in my throat. Soon the nightly rain, the acid rain, would fall and I would
have to retreat back into the shelter.
I don't think it says why. Just a random fact to add character to the planet, I suppose.
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huh. that's awesome! thanks for telling me.
how in the world did the yeerks ever live in an environment like that?
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I don't think it says why. Just a random fact to add character to the planet, I suppose.
Does it need a reason why?
Natural adaptations. We couldn't live there without som major changes, but they've evolved to the conditions.
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It's kind of a cliche that evil creatures inhabit dark, dismal, and dangerous places/worlds. While the good guys live in places/worlds that are a lot like ours.
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well. maybe the yeerks aren't all bad. its just that they are the way they are, and to us its bad.
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It's kind of a cliche that evil creatures inhabit dark, dismal, and dangerous places/worlds. While the good guys live in places/worlds that are a lot like ours.
There is a grain of truth to that, though. I mean, if you're living in some hell hole of a planet, you're going to be pretty bitter. Particularly if you're next to a race that has a great world, lots of space but won't let you move there. I'd be pretty pissed, too.
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It's kind of a cliche that evil creatures inhabit dark, dismal, and dangerous places/worlds. While the good guys live in places/worlds that are a lot like ours.
There is a grain of truth to that, though. I mean, if you're living in some hell hole of a planet, you're going to be pretty bitter. Particularly if you're next to a race that has a great world, lots of space but won't let you move there. I'd be pretty pissed, too.
The thing is, though, if you're raised there, you wouldn't think of it as 'bad'. Humans think things are bad just because our instincts tell us so. Darkness is bad only because we can't see predators, acid rain is bad only because we are hurt by it, etc. Thus, if you evolved to deal with certain conditions, you aren't bothered by them, and are in fact much more likely to be bothered by opposite conditions.
As a matter of fact, in book #4 and in #6 it is mentioned that when the Yeerks took over earth they would make it more like their planet. Indicating that they don't seem to be too bitter about their planet being 'inferior' to anyone else's.
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yeah...true that. they were going to convert it. maybe we see them as evil because their conditions have made them the opposite of us.
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I don't think it was their homeworld that the Yeerks were bothered by. I think it was abilities that they lacked. They wanted the ability to see, for example. To manipulate objects. When they realize that other creatures have these abilities, including the ability to explore beyond their world, of course the Yeerks will want to partake.
And when they are refused the ability or made subject to Andalite authority, there will be a bit of bitterness.
Really, the Yeerks are only achieving their desires through the avenue prepared for them through evolution. Just sucks for us. :)
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yeah true that. sucks for them really. to them its the only way to evolve.
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The Andalites successfully chose to de-urbanize. As a Distributist, I have loads of respect for that. So, I'd love to live with them. But, I don't think they'd want too many humans showing up and building cities. They'd be the galactic equivalent of the USA--complete with illegal immigration and La Migra.
Hmm. There's definite possibility for a fanfic there. (anyone who wants the idea may have it)
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huh. that's awesome! thanks for telling me.
how in the world did the yeerks ever live in an environment like that?
maybe the acid rain contains nutrients or whatever found in a yeerk pool that the yeerks need to survive...
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I'd go to the Iskoorts. Even if they are annoying, I'd rather live in a city than in the middle of nature with the Andalites or Hork-Bajir. Plus as long as you have something good to trade they'll do pretty much whatever you want.
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yeah, good point... if i could change my vote, i'd change it to the Iskoort world...
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The Andalite home world for sure, it's the most like earth and the animals there sound cool
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I choose some random, uninhabited world we can terraform. Human beings have never shown the slightest tendency, as a species, to be able to coexist peacefully with our neighbors. So yeah, we can have good relations with alien species and maybe even have some of our own live there, but to dump the whole race there? Not a good idea. Personally, I'd prefer the Iskoort world. Why? Just because the buildings are so freaking awesome! But in this instance, I went with what was best for the whole species instead of me.
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If Earth is gone, let us return to Kobol, origin of the twelve human colonies.
Rabbit and we are on a Battlestar Galactica kick lately.
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Perhaps, but I more prefer going back to Mars, our ancestral homeland. :D
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If Earth exploded or otherwise became unlivable, where would you want to move?
Keep in mind that moving the human race there means coexisting with the habitat and current residents!
Initially I would pick the Andalite World, since it's most like Earth, but I'm not sure how the Andalites would feel about humanities city-building polluting ways.
Maybe Leera, since the continents are unused anyhow. I'm sure the Leerans wouldn't mind us colonizing those areas...
Wasn't the main continent blown up by the Andalites during Book 18?