Re: KV history/psychology - St. Jon has been reading minds again.....

Laserlight wrote:

> >We concluded that this was (similar to Jon) a defence mechanism for
the
> >species - both for the individual and (on a larger scale) for the
clan and
> >race. Individuals were expendable to protect key clan/race assets.
>
> 1 a)	Do they each berserk individually, or
>     b) does the first to berserk give off pheromones which help
> trip the response in other nearby individuals?
> 2 a)	If the latter, does the pheromone guarantee the response
> (no die roll needed), or
>     b) does it just raise the probability (die roll modifier) ?
>

Another possibility is that their bodies don't use pheromones.	Maybe
their
response is triggered by visual cues that go straight to the response
center.
Like a rabbit that will reflexively freeze when a hawk-like shape is
above it.

In this case, vac-suits would have no effect.  Though I agree that the
sight of
some berserking should increase the likelyhood that they all will.

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