Re: [GZG] Ixx Psychology & behaviour?

I really like where you're going with this. I love the conflict based on

a *massive* misunderstanding.

I'd like to add a minor wrinkle. The Ixx attitudes to humans are not 
unlike those of the bugs in Alan Dean Foster's Humanx Comonwealth. They 
have deep seated prejudices against humanoids, just like humans do 
against bugs. They think we're squishy and gross beyond belief. However,

the Ixx manage to look past *their* prejudice to *share* with Humanity. 
But, humanity does not have the same conception of sharing. This is the 
greatest insult to them. They've decided to be the bigger species and 
humanity has thrown it back in their face. That doesn't keep them from 
continuing to try to share with us, but it is continually vexing and 
insulting to them.

-Mark

Eli Arndt wrote:
> Jon,
>
> I like your concept for the nomadic society, but I am not too keen on
the
> predatory/parasitic nature/motivations of the Ixx. Perhaps the Ixx are
not
> at all interested in dooming the other species in the space where they
> converge. Perhaps conflicts with other species in those regions are
not over
> the Ixx attempts to kill/dominate/wipe out the resident races, but
something
> more grounded and fundamental such as simple resource-oriented
conflicts.
> Perhaps the Ixx way of life centers around a form of nomadic
pragmatism that
> follows a, "We share what we have and expect others to share as we do"
> mentality that gets them in trouble with other species who do not
understand
> their intentions.
>
> Also, your limited FTL works wells for the worldships. If you consider
the
> immense mass of these vessels, perhaps the energy needed to move such
a
> structure at FTL speeds is so great that it limits their abilities to
do so.
> FTL scouts and survey ships could move easier searching out resources
that
> the Ixx could use. Then, once located, the worldships converge and
begin
> harvesting the resources. These survey missions and the resulting
> convergiance of the Ixx worldships might be the source of their
conflicts
> with other species as these movements could easily be looked on as
invasive
> and/or hostile.
>
> -Eli
>
>
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