[TML] 20mm cannons and bulky aliens

[Brad Murray]

On Jan 23, 2008 4:49 PM, Stuart Frew <stuart at frew.net.nz> wrote:
> To say the K'kree are unconvincing aliens because they don't behave like
> humans is sort of circular reasoning.

That's not what I'm saying.  I'm saying they are unconvincing because
they are two-dimensional.  One simple psychology is pasted across the
entire species and it doesn't support the culture that they appear to
have.

On the other hand, the fact that their only interstellar competitive
possibility is to run huge ships where the crew requirement is dwarfed
by the military or cargo capacity *is* pretty cool.  K'kree as you
paint them wouldn't drive anything less than about 10,000 tons, and
that's a nifty cultural trademark.

Competition, by the way, isn't an option cultures can take or leave.
It's math.  If you ignore it you disappear.

-- 
Brad Murray (halfjack)