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[Pacifien]

Someone With Mass wrote...
Oh, and if I want to hear Tali's opinion on keeping the base, I'm just saying it, right? Because I just want to hear her say it, and then say: "Nah, you're right, Tali. Let's blow this thing and go home."

Pretty much, yes.

[Someone With Mass]

Pacifien wrote...

Pretty much, yes.

Sweet.

More ways to rub it in TIM's face.

[nickFury]

uhdnrt wrote...

SpatFieya wrote...
Maybe Gecko-like skin.

Had to comment on this.  So I was reading about arid environment evolution.  You may be closer than you know.  Many lizard like creatures in arid environments have skin designed to absorb water from the air through their skin.  Considering the "fog" in quarian suits, this could be an explanation for this.

This is also true of turians, I am guessing. With the higher radiation present on their planets, I am guessing the turian homeworld is also significantly more arid as well. Since turians do seem to be modeled after chitinous creatures (closest desert equivalent would be a scorpion), I could definitely see quarians modeled after a lizard like predator. Especially with the legs and hands.

If this theory about absorption is correct, it would also explain the lower body temperature theory some of us fans like to use in the fiction. ~_^ As their skin would absorb moisture, the skin would naturally be cooler to the touch than humans.

Just a thought.

the only gripe I have about this is the fact that Legion says that Ranoch is only slightly more arid than earth, so quarians being desert lizard people just dosent make any sense to me, it not like they live on Tattooine.

Edit:also I think in Ascension I think Grayson specifically mentions the tortured quarians skin being burned ect. you would think scales would be different enough to be differentiated from skin.

Modifié par nickFury, 03 juillet 2010 - 04:54 .

[Phil725]

nickFury wrote...

RiptideX1090 wrote...
*snip*

Quarians smell like cherries, and Garrus tastes like mountain dew.

It doesn't make sense, but really, do you want it to?

so dose that mean Quarians taste like jolly ranchers?

I'm way ahead of you

[RobotNixon]

nickFury wrote...

the only gripe I have about this is the fact that Legion says that Ranoch is only slightly more arid than earth, so quarians being desert lizard people just dosent make any sense to me, it not like they live on Tattooine.

In the big scheme of things, Arizona is only slightly more arid than Texas.

There's still a big difference.

[Phil725]

nickFury wrote...
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the only gripe I have about this is the fact that Legion says that Ranoch is only slightly more arid than earth, so quarians being desert lizard people just dosent make any sense to me, it not like they live on Tattooine.

Yeah, i think people run with the whole "more arid" thing way too much.  a planer that's 65% water would be more arid than earth.  There's nothing that hints at it being a desert like Thane's planet, and if anything, the garden world description makes me think its a lot closer to Earth than the other way.  I really don't expect anything other than human skin.  Baby soft and sensitive human skin from lack of exposure of course

[nickFury]

RobotNixon wrote...

nickFury wrote...

the only gripe I have about this is the fact that Legion says that Ranoch is only slightly more arid than earth, so quarians being desert lizard people just dosent make any sense to me, it not like they live on Tattooine.

In the big scheme of things, Arizona is only slightly more arid than Texas.

There's still a big difference.

yes but Texas for the most part is ignificantly more arid then most other places in the country. Were talking about an entire planets eco system not regions on the planet.

Edit: Granted slightly can be a very relative phrase but Legion being a Geth is probably thinking in logical/mathematical terms so this would lead me to think that the difference is at most a percentage point or two probably less.

Modifié par nickFury, 03 juillet 2010 - 04:59 .

[RobotNixon]

nickFury wrote...

yes but Texas for the most part is ignificantly more arid then most other places in the country. Were talking about an entire planets eco system not regions on the planet.

You've obviously never been to Texas.

I bet you think we all ride horses and say "y'all" on a bi-minute basis.

Modifié par RobotNixon, 03 juillet 2010 - 04:58 .

[Ryshan]

RobotNixon wrote...

In the big scheme of things, Arizona is only slightly more arid than Texas.

There's still a big difference.

Arizona is a LOT more arid than Texas.

It's so humid here that every time I leave my house my glasses fog up.

[Someone With Mass]

I think you all should think of that BW designed the quarians out of a artistically viewpoint. I doubt that they drew the quarian's legs with just practical uses or biological evolution in mind.

It's more likely that they made them that way just to they'd look alien and cool.

Modifié par Someone With Mass, 03 juillet 2010 - 04:59 .

[Ryshan]

Runescapeguy9 wrote...

Ryshan wrote...

Arizona is a LOT more arid than Texas.

It's so humid here that every time I leave my house my glasses fog up.

On the southern part. Central and northern, not so much.

San Antonio (Me) is within that area.

Modifié par Ryshan, 03 juillet 2010 - 04:59 .

[RobotNixon]

Ryshan wrote...

RobotNixon wrote...

In the big scheme of things, Arizona is only slightly more arid than Texas.

There's still a big difference.

Arizona is a LOT more arid than Texas.

It's so humid here that every time I leave my house my glasses fog up.

You're not thinking on a large enough scale, like a machine would think.

[Phil725]

Someone With Mass wrote...

I think you all should think of that BW designed the quarians out of a artistically viewpoint. I doubt that they drew the quarian's legs with just practical uses or biological evolution in mind.

It's more likely that they made them that way just to they'd look alien and cool.

Of course, and I'm sure they also didn't have evolutional repercussions in mind for random facts like the quarians transmit the pollen on their planet, or that Rannoch is slightly more arid than Earth.  That's what you do on forums, examine things closer than the game developers ever did

[nickFury]

Runescapeguy9 wrote...

Phil725 wrote...
I really don't expect anything other than human skin.  Baby soft and sensitive human skin from lack of exposure of course

We are in agreement.

brofist for each of you

[Someone With Mass]

Runescapeguy9 wrote...

Phil725 wrote...
I really don't expect anything other than human skin.  Baby soft and sensitive human skin from lack of exposure of course

We are in agreement.

Yes, I'd like that.

[uhdnrt]

true. Also note, the skin I am talking about is not scaled - simply slightly tougher than a humans. It would be cooler to the touch, and smooth. Not scaled.



A more arid environment would also indicate that they would likely not release excess water as humans do, is all I am saying.



not

[RiptideX1090]

Someone With Mass wrote...

Runescapeguy9 wrote...

Phil725 wrote...
I really don't expect anything other than human skin.  Baby soft and sensitive human skin from lack of exposure of course

We are in agreement.

Yes, I'd like that.

Shepard will be sure to... ahem... toughen her skin up a bit... abrasion...

Lots of rubbing movement... <3

[nickFury]

RobotNixon wrote...

nickFury wrote...

yes but Texas for the most part is ignificantly more arid then most other places in the country. Were talking about an entire planets eco system not regions on the planet.

You've obviously never been to Texas.

I bet you think we all ride horses and say "y'all" on a bi-minute basis.

dude I lived in Houston for 15 years, (loved it by the way) but any where near the gulf is going to have a humid swqamp feel, but the further away you get it gets progressively  morre arid. I mean the difference between houston and dallas is huge right there now go further toword Elpaso and the difference only grows. But seriously how awsome is Texas like on every level! A veritable land of awsome and a culture and history filled with bad asses.

Modifié par nickFury, 03 juillet 2010 - 05:06 .

[Titanium Man]

This talk of water reminds of an alien idea I once had, where it's a race of fish people who walk around offworld in sealed suits that run a thin layer of water over their bodies to keep them hydrated.

[Phil725]

uhdnrt wrote...

true. Also note, the skin I am talking about is not scaled - simply slightly tougher than a humans. It would be cooler to the touch, and smooth. Not scaled.

A more arid environment would also indicate that they would likely not release excess water as humans do, is all I am saying.
*snip*
not
*snip*

The point that I'm getting at, is that unless I'm mistaken, "garden world," implies that there are still jungles and grassland all over the planet as well.  If there are a few more deserts than Earth, that wouldn't be enough to guarantee a drastic change in evolution.  Obviously there are tons of variables in evolution anyway, but we can pretty much see that the quarians followed pretty close to the human path.  I think random variables are a lot better support to the whole different skin theory than the more arid climate.  I see the more arid climate thing as something that means nothing being pulled out of thin air to make a random fact for a conversation.

[RobotNixon]

nickFury wrote...

RobotNixon wrote...

nickFury wrote...

yes but Texas for the most part is ignificantly more arid then most other places in the country. Were talking about an entire planets eco system not regions on the planet.

You've obviously never been to Texas.

I bet you think we all ride horses and say "y'all" on a bi-minute basis.

dude I lived in Houston for 15 years, (loved it by the way) but any where near the gulf is going to have a humid swqamp feel, but the further away you get it gets progressively  morre arid. I mean the difference between houston and dallas is huge right there now go further toword Elpaso and the difference only grows. But seriously how awsome is Texas like on every level! A veritable land of awsome and a culture and history filled with bad asses.

You loved living in Houston?

You must be dead inside...