tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post6113268332557271458..comments2024-03-28T05:54:32.094-04:00Comments on Throne of Salt: Five More For MothershipDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362417308874455noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-8303244773670568352019-07-17T21:17:17.515-04:002019-07-17T21:17:17.515-04:00Long overdue, but I love this idea. I think I shal...Long overdue, but I love this idea. I think I shall call them Fixers, for they fix problems.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362417308874455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-42645726401237442032018-12-12T08:45:04.020-05:002018-12-12T08:45:04.020-05:00Seems like their designers were going for a pretty...Seems like their designers were going for a pretty high standard, so they might've thought that far ahead as well. Here's a thought - that higher than normal stable social relationships? The part of their brain that does that can be... repurposed. In almost exactly 5% of the population, excess longterm stress and especially non-communicative isolation (i.e. what you might expect on a Company slaveplanet, but not necessarily in a space habitat) will kickstart some subtle neurological changes. It can take months, but over time the gregarious nature becomes replaced with sociopathic manipulative prowess that is almost indistinguishable. From there, the nutjob Thelychroma will go almost anywhere, from working their way to the top of the corporate foodchain and wrecking havoc, to becoming a highly efficient serial killer. Remember, only 5% - most of the time, they are the perfect slave. But one in twenty will ruin you, and everything you love, and you'll probably never realise how it happened.<br /><br />"Pfft." says the average Company man "That's just bullshit propaganda."<br />Then they go and enslave a different world.Spwackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07247063374457045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-46001605228646945102018-12-03T14:50:17.111-05:002018-12-03T14:50:17.111-05:00Ooh, tough question. Potential answers: their home...Ooh, tough question. Potential answers: their homeworld is a desolate hellhole no one wants, they're terrible workers under a corporate system, the project that started them has a bunch of still-valid legal protections.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362417308874455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-36602378922696530912018-12-03T11:39:50.853-05:002018-12-03T11:39:50.853-05:00"Their typical social structure is anarcho-sy..."Their typical social structure is anarcho-syndicalist commune, so the Company hates them. They're indefatigably chipper, so the typical beaten-down teamster can't stand them. They have a great aversion to revolutionary violence so the anarchists think they're wimps. They tend towards such universal goodwill that they are marked as suckers for every scam artist and bad actor in human space, up until the point when those scammers realize that thelychroma rarely have more possessions than what they can carry in their pockets."<br /><br />We've tried that in real life and it failed against external violence, like Paris in 1871 and Catalonia in the '30s. What's the conspiracy that keeps these people from being the ultimate slave species? Why aren't they happily strip-mining their planet for the profit of The Company? diregrizzlybearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170953425513553881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-90305601357636484302018-12-02T00:45:06.087-05:002018-12-02T00:45:06.087-05:00DENNIS THERES SOME LOVELY FILTH DOWN HERE!DENNIS THERES SOME LOVELY FILTH DOWN HERE!TheLawfulNeutralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09655812428964801457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-14356201252885367972018-12-01T20:51:24.552-05:002018-12-01T20:51:24.552-05:00I am possessed by a driving need to create.I am possessed by a driving need to create.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362417308874455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-10393796745595796542018-12-01T20:06:25.262-05:002018-12-01T20:06:25.262-05:00My gosh you're productive.My gosh you're productive.Valzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08052154892033159242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-76815682584639504782018-12-01T19:48:15.121-05:002018-12-01T19:48:15.121-05:00The game that keeps on giving me stuff to make.The game that keeps on giving me stuff to make.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362417308874455noreply@blogger.com