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[Tomcost]

(( I choose to view them as cockroaches with teeth that need to be stepped on. ))

Hah, you're fine to try. But I fear that it would go the other way. You must exterminate them with much more dedication than that 

((That's true. Roaches survive a damned lot of things))

[Patrick Hunt]

(( Well by stepped on I meant shot in the face then hacked to pieces then burned then fed to a goat that will also be burned. Sound about right? ))

[Tomcost]

(( Well by stepped on I meant shot in the face then hacked to pieces then burned then fed to a goat that will also be burned. Sound about right? ))

((You forgot burning the feces. Okay, I won't make more bad jokes))

[ReDeadEr]

Character sheet submitted.

[blazing glory]

I'm really confused,are we meant to PM our actions or not?

[PewdsRocks]

It depends.

If your action is standard then no, just post it here.
If it's something that your doing in secret or it involves another player and isn't being done for them to see then yes.

[Hanslanda]

((From what I remember of the movies, xenomorphs can be divided into facehuggers (which can arguably be either gender), queens (definitely female), and the "normal" 'morphs (roughly analogous to the sterile female workers in many insect species, especially since the queens were stated in one of the posts to be formed from the "workers" (which I'm not sure if any insects actually do, but that doesn't matter much.)))

((Indeed. I am leaving the decisions about basic alien biology to the Alien players first, then the rest of the player second. If you want to be a girl, be a girl. If you want to be a boy, be a boy. It doesn't affect actual gameplay unless you decide to flirt, which is creepy and weird, so please don't do that.))

It depends.

If your action is standard then no, just post it here.
If it's something that your doing in secret or it involves another player and isn't being done for them to see then yes.

This. I know it's a bit complex, but I'm sure things will start running a little more smoothly once we all get the hang of it.



GWG, if you have any more questions, I'm very happy to answer them in great detail. I was just a bit rushed this morning, which is my explanation for the slight snappishness I exhibited earlier. >.> Also, if someone is asking questions, don't deride them. If you can't answer the question, ignore it and let me handle it.

I don't have much time right at the moment, so I won't be doing an action update at this time, but I will do one tomorrow night. Please have your actions in by then.

[blazing glory]

Well,I suppose my current action is kinda a secret sort of thing,and I already PMed it to hanslanda,oh well,let's bumble through this system praying I get it right.

[GreatWyrmGold]

((IIRC, I think that they reproduce by asexual means, and they absorb DNA from hosts, thus not having genders and then not needing sexual reproduction.))

((They still do have genders. It's certainly not asexual. If it was, the kids would be genetically identical to the parents.))

Personally, I view xenomorphs as gendered creatures. On a mental level, at least.))

((What does that even mean?))

((Oh, well, I see them as souless begins even worse than the Zerg and the Tyranids fused. I guess that it is just different visions))

((Objectively? Tyranids are worse than either, and I'm as sure as I can be that Zerg are worse than xenomorphs as I can be without actually knowing the first thing about Starcraft.
...Well, I know the first thing, but definitely not the third one. Probably not even the second, but I'm not sure.))

((From what I remember of the movies, xenomorphs can be divided into facehuggers (which can arguably be either gender), queens (definitely female), and the "normal" 'morphs (roughly analogous to the sterile female workers in many insect species, especially since the queens were stated in one of the posts to be formed from the "workers" (which I'm not sure if any insects actually do, but that doesn't matter much.)))

((Indeed. I am leaving the decisions about basic alien biology to the Alien players first, then the rest of the player second. If you want to be a girl, be a girl. If you want to be a boy, be a boy. It doesn't affect actual gameplay unless you decide to flirt, which is creepy and weird, so please don't do that.))

((Could be worse. I hear the fourth movie included a weird half-alien half-Ripley hybrid.))

I don't have much time right at the moment, so I won't be doing an action update at this time, but I will do one tomorrow night. Please have your actions in by then.

((Acceptable. Action posted.))

[Sarrak]

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((They are perfectly capable of detouring that via host DNA. So, xeno DNA is preserved throughout the generations while each individual has its own set of features. Still, they may be able to reproduce sexually too, to include some diversity into genes. Asexual reproduction was also shown - with drones cocooning humans to get an egg (director cut, I think). So, gender question is a bit hard to answer once and for all))

((In current context it meant that if I would play an aggressive, batshit crazy berserk, it would be male. As I chose curious, flexible and a bit easy-going one, it probably better off as female. So, more like definitive gender characteristics in relation to xenos get you it's gender...))

[GreatWyrmGold]

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((They are perfectly capable of detouring that via host DNA. So, xeno DNA is preserved throughout the generations while each individual has its own set of features.

((The xenomorphs are not clones of each other; they mix their genetic information with others. Therefore they reproduce sexually. It's as simple as that.))

((In current context it meant that if I would play an aggressive, batshit crazy berserk, it would be male. As I chose curious, flexible and a bit easy-going one, it probably better off as female. So, more like definitive gender characteristics in relation to xenos get you it's gender...))

((The questions being...
1. Why are those traits inherently male or female?
2. Let's assume they are. What if you wanted to play a flexible but aggressive xeno, or some other mix of stereotypical gender traits?))

[Sarrak]

((Yeah, you can put it so...

1. Stereotypes.
2. Decide for yourself - but the best possible variant of all is just to call every xeno "it" and be happy. A bit boring, but true to the universe.))

[Xantalos]

((Turn PM'd ... in 8+ hours.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((Yeah, you can put it so...

1. Stereotypes.
2. Decide for yourself - but the best possible variant of all is just to call every xeno "it" and be happy. A bit boring, but true to the universe.))

((I agree that that's the best. Why are we trying to stick gender stereotypes everywhere, anyways? Aren't we trying to move past that, as a society?))

[Sarrak]

((Yeah, you can put it so...

1. Stereotypes.
2. Decide for yourself - but the best possible variant of all is just to call every xeno "it" and be happy. A bit boring, but true to the universe.))

((I agree that that's the best. Why are we trying to stick gender stereotypes everywhere, anyways? Aren't we trying to move past that, as a society?))

((Stereotypes are just that strong and predominant. They are part of nowadays human psychology and probably will outlive more than several generations even if we try to eradicate them. They have done it all the time from ages immemorial.))