The Sacrifice: Yeerk Falcon Nothlit

[Tim Bruening]

p 26 of paperback: A Yeerk falcon tells Ax that it wants to be a nothlit, and is only 5 minutes away from that goal.  It says that once it is frozen in Falcon form, it will be free from Kandrona, orders, and war.

Was this falcon an actual Yeerk in its natural form, or merely a Yeerk's host?  If it was the host body, won't the Yeerk inside still need to feed every three days?

[Snakie]

p 26 of paperback: A Yeerk falcon tells Ax that it wants to be a nothlit, and is only 5 minutes away from that goal.  It says that once it is frozen in Falcon form, it will be free from Kandrona, orders, and war.

Was this falcon an actual Yeerk in its natural form, or merely a Yeerk's host?  If it was the host body, won't the Yeerk inside still need to feed every three days?

It would have to be an actual morphed Yeerk, because you are correct.

Despite this, I definitely remember seeing Yeerks morph their host bodies.  Tom exposed both the Yeerk itself and his host body to the cube, I recall him even saying he could morph Tom as a Yeerk.  Weird stuff.

Seems to me like having host bodies able to morph would be a major escape risk, though.  Wonder if the books address that, I'll admit its been a while since I read one.

[Tim Bruening]

p 26 of paperback: A Yeerk falcon tells Ax that it wants to be a nothlit, and is only 5 minutes away from that goal.  It says that once it is frozen in Falcon form, it will be free from Kandrona, orders, and war.

Was this falcon an actual Yeerk in its natural form, or merely a Yeerk's host?  If it was the host body, won't the Yeerk inside still need to feed every three days?

It would have to be an actual morphed Yeerk, because you are correct.

Despite this, I definitely remember seeing Yeerks morph their host bodies.  Tom exposed both the Yeerk itself and his host body to the cube, I recall him even saying he could morph Tom as a Yeerk.  Weird stuff.

Seems to me like having host bodies able to morph would be a major escape risk, though.  Wonder if the books address that, I'll admit its been a while since I read one.

Visser 3 never seemed concerned about the risk of Alloran escaping when Visser 3 needed to feed.

[Chad32]

I don't think the books really adress the idea that the yeerks wanting to be nothlits might be taking their hosts with them. They may be able to remain alive with their Yeerk mass in Z-Space. I don't know. I was always suspicious of that.