"How would you Like your K'Kree today, sir?"
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jfetters
SOC-14 1K
as a k'kree player.. i would say raw... and live and kicking.... wine choices would be blood wine... as in your blood being spilled while you whine.... and no i am not violent ... just crazy
Nah, I say bring it. I'd like a group of characters to open the Omaha Steaks of the Third Imperium. :devil:
Peter Newman
SOC-12
Er, I'm a vegetarian and I hate the K'kree. They give the rest of us a bad name.
I say kill them all, dump their bodies in the nearest large body of water, and let nature take its course.
I say kill them all, dump their bodies in the nearest large body of water, and let nature take its course.
I would be willing to take those K'Kree bodies off your hands and ... recyle them instead of letting them pollute a perfectly good large body of water. :devil:
I've never accepted the "It's their nature" excuse for bad behavior. If a K'Kree or a Vargr or an Aslan don't know how to play nice, he'll have to learn. Or else...
Actually, my pet dislike is the Aslan. The K'Kree and the Vargr are so unashamedly and upfront about their antisocial behavior. But the smug, selfsatisfied, sanctimonious Aslans pretend to be so honorable and so much holier than thou when most of them are self-serving, backstabbing, landgrabbing hypocrites. Faugh!
Hans
Actually, my pet dislike is the Aslan. The K'Kree and the Vargr are so unashamedly and upfront about their antisocial behavior. But the smug, selfsatisfied, sanctimonious Aslans pretend to be so honorable and so much holier than thou when most of them are self-serving, backstabbing, landgrabbing hypocrites. Faugh!
Hans
You know what I would like to do in a re-imagined OTU is a different take on the Aslan. Totally relaxed, nearly impossible to anger and extremely patient with members of other species. My reasoning:
As they are evolved from apex predators, they simply do not have a deep-seated reaction of fear towards others. Being intelligent and cultured, they do neither see them as prey, but they still do not have the instinct to be afraid of others, especially not of aliens. So when a small hairless ape talks big, they just shrug it off because they don't have the instinctual background of fear that drives violent reactions towards "the other". They do still fight over territorial disputes (or modern stand-ins) with their peers, but even this does not take the form of deadly conflict - it's more of a sport, and in any case one which is not for aliens.
So what you have would be a race of 7-feet-tall, furry, clawed space hippies. (Well, not exactly. They would still be capable fighters if need be and they would still wage war if absolutely necessary. But they would approach this a lot more calmly and reluctantly than us fearful, jumpy humans.)
As they are evolved from apex predators, they simply do not have a deep-seated reaction of fear towards others. Being intelligent and cultured, they do neither see them as prey, but they still do not have the instinct to be afraid of others, especially not of aliens. So when a small hairless ape talks big, they just shrug it off because they don't have the instinctual background of fear that drives violent reactions towards "the other". They do still fight over territorial disputes (or modern stand-ins) with their peers, but even this does not take the form of deadly conflict - it's more of a sport, and in any case one which is not for aliens.
So what you have would be a race of 7-feet-tall, furry, clawed space hippies. (Well, not exactly. They would still be capable fighters if need be and they would still wage war if absolutely necessary. But they would approach this a lot more calmly and reluctantly than us fearful, jumpy humans.)
chshrkt
SOC-12
This is the coolest reimagining I have read in quite a while. Have a kind of stylized ritual fight where no one actually touches each other, kind of like capoeira, the skill comes in coming close, but not actually touching your opponent with your extended razor sharp claws.
Anyone ever read that book about the aliens that crash on earth and look like big rabbits. I forget the name, but the title began with Q. They have that kind of culture.
Yes, but you're not vegetarian because you hate meat eating. And you're definitely not the "Typical" vegetarian... you wear way too much leather!
Me, I like the K'Kree... they are a near perfect villain race. Intractable, intransigent, insufferable, inhuman, and insane.
Peter Newman
SOC-12
Well yes, but it's made from the skins of my victims, not innocent cows....
They're great villains but their claustrophobia is nearly crippling. The design restrictions it requires on their starships, and the subsequent hobbling of their ability to run a decent invasion make it hard for them to be as big of a threat. Their slightly lower level of technology, although it makes sense with their conservativism and generally low intelligence, doesn't help either. [Now if you're a human client state, and not the Third Imperium, then they'd make a great threat, because of their vastly higher population.]
They'd be a better threat in a rules system where jump-fuel didn't take up so much room, without the claustrophobia, or with a higher tech level to make them more of a threat.
I say develop the Hiver as the real threat, one so bad that we have to ally with the K'Kree. Now that would be even more interesting.
Thanks a lot. The capoeira idea fits very well too.
Unfortunately, I don't know the book you're talking about. Remember the author or anything? Might be worth checking out...
Cooked K'kree
K'kree enchiladas with Rojos (Red sauce)
A nice red Pinot Noir Wine to go with it.
Pinot Noir is Burgundy's most famous Noble grape.
Pinot Noir is a dry, red wine that typically exhibits fruit-forward character with strawberry, cherry, raspberry and blackberry fruit taking the cake for palate presence. Notable earth-driven layers are also quite common in a glass of Pinot, with herbal, mushroom, leather, and game-like qualities being fairly familiar. Warm spice notes also make their way into the Pinot Noir palate profile, often in the form of cinnamon, clove and smoky, tobacco nuances.
K'kree enchiladas with Rojos (Red sauce)
A nice red Pinot Noir Wine to go with it.
Pinot Noir is Burgundy's most famous Noble grape.
Pinot Noir is a dry, red wine that typically exhibits fruit-forward character with strawberry, cherry, raspberry and blackberry fruit taking the cake for palate presence. Notable earth-driven layers are also quite common in a glass of Pinot, with herbal, mushroom, leather, and game-like qualities being fairly familiar. Warm spice notes also make their way into the Pinot Noir palate profile, often in the form of cinnamon, clove and smoky, tobacco nuances.
Timerover51
SOC-14 5K
How does it go with Pinot Grand Fenwick?
When I first read 'Hiver' last year... I thought they would be like that old sf/horror story where humans on Earth emulated ants. A hive mind, a 'kill any humans who don't want to be ant-like', etc. That is scary.
If Hivers were like that, they would be a major problem for everyone in Traveller.
Another question is "How would you like your Vargr prepared and served?"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat
"How would you like your Aslan cooked this evening?"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_meat
Of course, there are some recipes for eating apes and monkeys. Is eating a human minor race that far behind? How do uplifted gorillas and orangutans feel about that?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/feb/24/highereducation.biologicalscience
Personally, I think that the idea of eating another sentient being is in 'bad taste'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat
"How would you like your Aslan cooked this evening?"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_meat
Of course, there are some recipes for eating apes and monkeys. Is eating a human minor race that far behind? How do uplifted gorillas and orangutans feel about that?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/feb/24/highereducation.biologicalscience
Personally, I think that the idea of eating another sentient being is in 'bad taste'.
Only one way - BBQ!
I beg to differ!
Roast with Taters and Horseradish sauce is quite good actually!