the nesk

[RYTX]

Psh, RYTX....didn't you know history got it wrong? EVERYTHING of worth takes place in SoCal. Including the end of the dinos. Obviously that's why Visser Three chose to ONLY focus his invasion there and not build a single other Yeerk Pool in THE ENTIRE WORLD.

I've spent the better part of the last three years in SoCal now. Nothing of worth takes place here.
Proof: Visser Three has proven himself a tactical moron several times through the series. Should have based in NorCal 

But now that I think about it: how did they have 3 years worth of story supposedly in SoCal, and only have like, one drought, instead of the typical 7 month heat wave. Too weird. And off topic so....

[Visser19]

Psh, RYTX....didn't you know history got it wrong? EVERYTHING of worth takes place in SoCal. Including the end of the dinos. Obviously that's why Visser Three chose to ONLY focus his invasion there and not build a single other Yeerk Pool in THE ENTIRE WORLD.

Yeah go SoCal! I was born and raised there and my family still lives there.

[MoppingBear]

yep its all about so cal

[estrid]

i never thought of that actually. i don't know. maybe the nesk could have possibly returned, or maybe where ever they went, they were wiped out. after all, 65 million yrs is a long time. and who knows how time would pass in another galaxy? that would have been awesome to know actually

[Azguard]

 well.... since we're on this topic...

 what do we know about the Nesk's attitudes? like...we're they spiteful? how smart were they? how advanced? I mean...they moved an asteroid to destroy a planet..but they didn't have any planet destroying weapons (assuming they would have used it if they did)...

 and why exactly did they want to destroy the Mecora?

[Kitulean]

Wasn't it just because they didn't want to share Earth? It's been awhile since I read the book, but I could have sworn them hitting Earth with the asteroid was the equivalent of 'Fine, if we can't have it, no one can!'

[aristh asela]

yea because the mercora were the "alien" species that came to earth. perhaps the nesk were originally from earth. they may have thought "its us or no one." unless they were aliens to earth also. considering the wide array of technology they stole from others. come to think of it they may have gone somewhere and did roughly the same thing.

[Azguard]

 i thought they were both alien...

[bizarrocarlos]

anybody else wonder how they got a rock the size of texas(not to scale) to just change direction?

[Kitulean]

Tractor beam?  All they'd have to do is give it a push.

[Azguard]

well, a push in the right direction. since they have space faring capabilities.... it probably wasn't too hard for them.

[Kitulean]

Yeah, I can't see it being that hard.

[aristh asela]

if i remember correctly, the mercora simply state that the "nesk had redirected the comet to hit that settlement" assuming that the nesk could only do this by strategically placed explosions, then wouldn't the animorphs see (or hear) some kind of explosions? why i am saying this is because perhaps the nesk calculated and measured that the comet was going to hit that settlement and they figured that the best thing to do is to leave. if this is true, if tobias and ax carried any guilt they shoulda have to worry. haha

[Visser19]

Yeah, it was as simple as putting it into decaying orbit around Earth.

Go Physics!