Torians- too cute to kill?

[x Krelian x]

I can understand wanting to take down the apes or robots- you can get mad at them. But the Torians are so cute... they look like ET.

I often find myself reluctant to screw them over... am I the only one?

[Fried-Psitalon]

::Holds up a steak skewer with Torian-Tar-Tar::

Too cute to kill outright, maybe- but not too cute to cook with a dash of parsley.

[yin26]

Yeah, it's kind of like squashing an avuncular slug...

So I just threaten to toss salt on them. That pretty much clears things up.

[Eric S]

Unless I decide from the beginning for a pure military-conquest game, I'm quite happy doing the peaceful coexistence thing until they think they have something to gain by making it less than peaceful. My all time favorite game of GalCiv involved a long, protracted war where I managed to build up technical superiority, and then hit the Torians hard enough to take them out of the game, the second race to go.

[Nirvana_CN]

Oh you all have not Seen ET get worked up them

Cuteness or not, they have to die, the only guys i actually dont like killing are the poor drengin!

[WarpStorm]

Their skin is rather tasty.

[vee4473]

I wonder what a female torian looks like..

[x Krelian x]

I'd rather see a female Altarian.

I can't believe no one thinks Torians are cute...

[Harry Seldon]

Who has time for the Torians when there's a sleek, angular Yor to cuddle up next to? Just seeing that pointing helmet gives me goosebumps...

[civer3]

Torians look cuter than ET and the Asguard but they remain cute only until they attack you. I thought the Altarans were cool too until they attacked me in my latest game. Now, I'm fighting for my very life with this bozos whom I hoped to ally with.

[The Templar]

Originally posted by vee4473
I wonder what a female torian looks like..

How do you know:
(1) Their leader, Tlas, isn't a female?
(2) The concepts male and female apply to an alien species that evolved in an alien environment?

As for Altarian females:
(1) How do you know NetroMancer isn't female?
(2) How do you know they are biologically similar to us?
(3) the females are probably featured prominently in those holomovies ol' Netro is always talking about

[Brazuca]

The better

Develop your economy and put the boot at war, sit and watch the survivor have a ruined economy, kill the survivor

[x Krelian x]

If the Altarian leader is female, some game designer has a weird sence of humor...

[The Templar]

Originally posted by x Krelian x
If the Altarian leader is female, some game designer has a weird sence of humor...

There was an episode of Farscape (RIP) where there was some alien species that looked human but the particular members were female (although they looked male/played by male actors).

Episode ends with Crichton asking Aeron if she was a female (Aeron played by the exquisite Claudia Black ). The show never really answers this explicitly (sure Crichton has sex with "her", doesn't mean "she" is not really a "he" ...)

[vee4473]

Originally posted by x Krelian x
I'd rather see a female Altarian.

I can't believe no one thinks Torians are cute...

Yeah, they are kinda cute.