Are Thargoids really all that threatening?

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Re: Are Thargoids really all that threatening?

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But the Thargoids are just a sub-intelligent race that basically is a threat
I dunno about that.. some of their tech is better than ours.. and some of ours was inspired by theirs..

Don't confuse strange (to us) behaviour with lack of intelligence.. :wink:
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Thargoids have minds immeasurably superior to ours - they just don't know how to deal with parking meters!
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Re: Are Thargoids really all that threatening?

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Diziet Sma wrote:
Gouanaco wrote:
But the Thargoids are just a sub-intelligent race that basically is a threat
I dunno about that.. some of their tech is better than ours.. and some of ours was inspired by theirs..

Don't confuse strange (to us) behaviour with lack of intelligence.. :wink:

Right ok lol... but they could just be using the technology while some bigger thing person/alien could be supplying it to them...

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Or maybe they are the descendents of these...
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Smivs wrote:
Or maybe they are the descendents of these...
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THAT is just.. so... <words fail me>
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Gouanaco wrote:
Who knows maybe they have some powerful weapon up there sleeve that there about to pull out like a Black Hole Emitter and maybe ( i dunno) they mainly hide in a hidden galaxy called Galaxy 9 ( i might write a book on that actually) ;) :P
Are you aware of the books that have already been written about them?

[wiki]Incursio[/wiki] and [wiki]Finis[/wiki] especially deal with some of the inner workings of Thargoid culture (including a fearsome new weapon), but I'd recommend that you read the complete [wiki]Oolite Saga[/wiki] anyway, beginning with [wiki]Status Quo[/wiki] and [wiki]Mutabilis[/wiki].
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Re: Are Thargoids really all that threatening?

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Commander McLane wrote:
Gouanaco wrote:
Who knows maybe they have some powerful weapon up there sleeve that there about to pull out like a Black Hole Emitter and maybe ( i dunno) they mainly hide in a hidden galaxy called Galaxy 9 ( i might write a book on that actually) ;) :P
Are you aware of the books that have already been written about them?

[wiki]Incursio[/wiki] and [wiki]Finis[/wiki] especially deal with some of the inner workings of Thargoid culture (including a fearsome new weapon), but I'd recommend that you read the complete [wiki]Oolite Saga[/wiki] anyway, beginning with [wiki]Status Quo[/wiki] and [wiki]Mutabilis[/wiki].
Actually the cool thing is... at my school we had to choose to read a novel... and i choose the entire Oolite Saga XD
My English teacher even said that the books were very interesting :D

Im gonna be reading them on my Xperia Play :D

Looking forward to it actually... i read the first few pages and so far its awesome :)
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