RE: [Epic] Tyranids : good or evil?
> > So do you think that Tyranids need to destroy/assimilate the whole
> > galaxy to survive? Can't they just assimilate a part of it? In
> addition, > as someone already said it, they can't survive as they
> destroy all they > need to survive. Tyranids don't act for their
> survival, they make a
> > suicide.
>
> That's exactly why I say they're like locusts. They see food, they
> eat it. When it runs out they move on. They've got no sense of how
> "big" the universe is or what'll happen to them if they eat all of it.
> It's not atypical for species to eat themselves out of existance (give
> us time, we seem to be doing a decent job of that ourselves) unless
> they have some sort of inbred population control instincts like
> lemmings do...
>
> But, judging by the fluff, the 'nids don't seem to be "fighting" for
> any reason beyond the fact that their prey fights back when they try
> to eat it. They don't seem to be interested in conquering anything
> since they just seem to show up, eat everything then leave a wasted
> husk of a planet behind. They're not building empires, they're just
> really skilled at hunting and procreating.
>
> It's kind of like termites, the queen directs the workers and warriors
> to do their specialized tasks in a vaccum of ignorance (she has no
> conception that they are weakening the structure that they're invading
> and that if left unchecked the eventual result is that the place will
> crash down on their heads). Of course, as the 'nids assimilate more
> intelligent species who knows how aware they may become...
>
> In this light I'd almost consider the Orks to be the same as the
> 'nids. As I recall from the fluff they seem to be more interested in
> fighting for fighting's sake (as though it's an instinct -and remember
> that mekboyz have the basic knowlege for building vehicles and weapons
> ingrained in their dna which really makes even the most advanced
> aspects of their war effort the results of instinctual actions)
> rather than any sort of concerted goal of universal domination...
>
> Steve (the other)
>
Received on Fri May 15 1998 - 21:44:10 UTC
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