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Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Oct 30, 2007 @ 5:05PM 20 replies

So I've been relistening to Infection and Earthcore before the next novel (so i can hold back the withdrawl). While listening to Earthcore, I heard the part where the Rocktopi history is explained. Sigler himself told me via email that the Rocktopi homeworld was destroyed by the Sklorno... Which was about 10,000 (or what ever) years ago. So then wouldnt that mean that the Sklorno have been space faring for thousands for year, and would have RELDICULOUSLY advanced technology. It would make fighting them like cavemen vs modern day soldiers. So would the Sklorno dominate everything? Or have I found some hole in the Silgerverse? *Gasps and begs forgiveness* --Denver 4 President--

el_schnee

Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Oct 30, 2007 @ 5:15PM

"2502 Sklorno achieve FTL capability." -Galactic Time Line "Yep, the Sklorno wiped out the Rocktopi. Or at least drove them to the bring of extinction. I’ll be tying those things together more in the print versions of EARTHCORE and THE ROOKIE that are coming up in the next couple of years. Let me know if you need quotes 'from the author' for your project." -Scott responding to an email I sent him Oh snap, I done found a plot hole!

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Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Oct 31, 2007 @ 5:55PM

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Contra

Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Nov 02, 2007 @ 12:34AM

It could be that before FTL they used generation ships that went at a fraction of the speed of light, so everything took forever... but they had the patience to. FTL is developed by others and they take it and 'develop' it, saying they did it themselves. You never know --- Mike---well.... you don't-->

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CrackerBob

Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Nov 08, 2007 @ 9:29AM

Who says they needed FTL technology to dominate another planet? Humans wouldn't need FTL to attack Mars, for example. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For The Love of Comics"

Xenophanes

Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 @ 6:31AM

I'll throw in my two cents on this. The speed of development in an alien society is something of great debate. Depending on the biological constraints of a species the technological development could be extremely slow. I could easily imagine an alien species that doesn't really draw conclusions (as it isn't hard wired to find patterns like we are) and tests EVERY SINGLE possibility when doing an experiment. Doing science in such a methodical way would slow a society down. It is possible that the Sklorno are such a species. Who knows. 0100001101101000011010010110001101101011011001010110111000100000 0101001101100011011010010111001101110011011011110111001001110011

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DragonRiderOfPernEatenByAncestors

Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 @ 1:53PM

The Irishman from Ohio"I never Get to Get it!"-Wacko Warner Assumptions...we can only guess the history of an Alien race. Look at the excepted history of our Earth. Over billions of years life has nearly been wiped out six different times. The time periods last for millions of years. Hell, in our planets recent history we have had an Ice Age about every 50,000 years. Look a the technology we have gained since the Industrial Revolution. Just over two hundred years we learned to fly in the oceans, race as fast as sound on the ground, and fly hyper sonic speeds in the air. That's MACH 5+. If one does not include the unproven tech from illegal aliens from space that might be real, the knowledge gained from Nickolai Tesla, and Henry T. Moray. the tech they came up with was from 100 years ago. Its still 200 years more advanced than what we have publicly today. If an race had 10,000 years and did survive trashing themselves and their planet, they may move slower out of the Respect and Power of the knowledge..

The Irishman from Ohio

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Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Nov 28, 2007 @ 8:17AM

it's science FICTION get a clue time lines and worlds and space do not always agree and who's to say what lurks in the mind of our overlord, the SEGMEISTER (DAMN HIM) * It's all about the Numbers, my friends The Math god

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Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Dec 08, 2007 @ 2:38PM

Kind of creepy to contemplate. I don't know and don't want to warp my brain too much thinking about it, I just love the player named 'Denver'. ------------ KnitWitch http://www.knitwitchzone.com

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treed

Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Dec 10, 2007 @ 9:31AM

i wonder why................DOH!! the voices are sniggering with glee * It's all about the Numbers, my friends The Math god

Dancinpb

Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Dec 14, 2007 @ 2:05PM

I was wondering who it was that chased down the Rocktopi. I never got an answer before, now I found it. Maybe the sklorno developed slowly cause the were too busy worshiping quarter backs, or something similar before that.

DragonRiderOfPernEatenByAncestors

Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Dec 18, 2007 @ 6:39PM

... the official answer to what race was the enemy of the Roctopi has never be forth coming.

The Irishman from Ohio

DragonRiderOfPernEatenByAncestors

Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Jan 02, 2008 @ 4:02PM

...for so many weeks it never clicked with me that the Sklorno was the race to whack the Rocktopi. Even thought it was typed in English in the header above. Doough! The Irishman from Ohio

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OJ_Mathis_Wrenn

Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Feb 29, 2008 @ 5:32AM

Bomb in Ship = Relativity Bomb? Possibly? thoughts?

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Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Mar 12, 2008 @ 8:09AM

or something. maybe a previous culture of sklorno wiped out the rocktopi and after that

they went the way of the egyptians... After a few millennia a new culture arose that also developed into a space faring

civilization, and just happened to be really good at football.

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StayzKrunchyInMilk

Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Mar 28, 2008 @ 7:28AM

From what i gathered about the Sclorno they are a rather fanatical race. (ie: the whole coach/quaterback to godhood thing) I would imagine that at some point a "leader" arose that either decided to get back to earlier times, or (and this one is more likely) claimed that scientific advancement was blasphemous (look at our own history) and basically stopped their technological evolution.

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SynapticJam

Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Mar 28, 2008 @ 7:51AM

As a race, we're young... really young... All sorts of factors can either impede are accelerate technological development. Scarcity of resources is a prime example...

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treed

Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:14AM

-which are the sklorno?
http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/

SynapticJam

Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:17AM

Listen to the rookie again... They're the crickets! 20ft+ leaping ability, fast as all get out! Denver, Haywick..... We live only to catch passes, make quentin barnes even greater.... Quiver quiver quiver....

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treed

Re: Are the Sklorno THAT old?

Posted: Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:19AM

-thanks jam, i am just too lazy today to click a few buttons to find out, but i can roam this site for hours, go figure.... lol
http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/