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[Mikazukinoyaiba2]

PiercedMonk wrote...

madisk wrote...

Quarians are mammals. They reproduce the same way we do - Penis goes in vagina.

Quarians are not mammals. Salarians are not amphibians. Krogans are not suarians. Drell are not reptiles. Hanhar are not big stupid jellyfish. Regardless of any superficial similarities, if it doesn't come from Earth, than Earth's taxonomic classifications do not apply.

Anyways! Some interspecies couplings likely have to rely on mutual masturbation as opposed to direct intercourse. There's the volous in Illum that inquires if the "nerual stimulation" he's purchasing will work with both volus and asari physiology.

Basically, if a being is able to recieve pleasure from physical stimulation, two beings can probably figure out a way to rub up against one another to their mutual benefit.

Exactly, while they may be similar to our taxonomies, their anatomies doesn't always follow the same rules. 

People are pretty ignorant to assume otherwise. 

[fortunesque]

For reptiles and birds, most of them have a cloaca or internally stored reproductive organs.



Turians are bird-like, and Drell and Krogan are reptilian. Something to think about.

[Badpie]

fortunesque wrote...



Turians are bird-like, and Drell and Krogan are reptilian. Something to think about.

And didn't Mordin say that oral contact with a Drell's skin could cause hallucinations?.....YOU MEAN LIKE LICKING A TOAD?!?!

[ThrokRock]

SilentInnuendo wrote...

REAPER SEX!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...Requires a buttload of sacrificial lambs from species X, and appears to be asexual.

[PARAGON87]

A little off topic, but, you know, we have already have a species that is mono-gendered, and most species have two genders, but what about a species that has three genders?



That would be awesome to hear how reproduction would work!

[Madcat_87]

PARAGON87 wrote...

However, life that evolved on different planets developed differently, so it may not necessarily be "insert A into slot B", per se.

EDIT: If anyone knows Star Trek: Enterprise, the Xindi are an example.  Six sentient races developing at the same time on one planet; genetically they're 98% identical, but they are comprised of primates, insects, sloths, reptiles, aquatics and avians.

But looking at all the other races in the ME universe most of them seem to have evolved similarly sharing common traits such as being bipedal, humanoid in body shape, opposable thumbs. It would be logical to assume that they reproduce in a similar way to humans with similar reproductive organs.

[Jigero]

Equipment do you mean Vagina/Penis? you don't need a vagina/penis to have sex there are alot of other ways to have sex. Basically, my philosophy if there is a hole there is a way. Most of the aliens have a mouth, and most aliens eat with said mouth, so what they eat has to come out somewhere, so there you go, you go 2 holes to figures this out, have fun.

[enormousmoonboots]

Everyone's got fingers.

[Mikazukinoyaiba2]

PARAGON87 wrote...

A little off topic, but, you know, we have already have a species that is mono-gendered, and most species have two genders, but what about a species that has three genders?

While it is possible it also seems inefficient, evolutionary wise. Either one or two genders is effective, more than that and it gets ridiculously complicated, too much so to occur naturally and not by design.

[goldenbender]

You can have sex with anything as long as it has some type of orifice. Just ask my subwoofer.

Modifié par goldenbender, 16 février 2010 - 03:48 .

[Mondo47]

It's sci-fi - it wouldn't be if man could not go out into the stars and find alien space babes to get in the sack (I think it's called Kirk's 4th Law). Joking aside, even if the mechanics of mating was similar, and the species in question are even remotely compatable in design, there would certainly be some issues (that could certainly be worked around with a little work/lubrication/medication/suitcase full of 'marital aids', or potential... surprises. Consider the spotted hyena: definately not miles away from canids in general design, but when it comes to genitalia... try and tell male and female apart without a guidebook.

Poor ol' Shep might get a shock or two

[Lyrandori]

And what if there's no actual sex involved at all?



Sort of like what happens with Kelly and Shepard ON-SCREEN I mean, you know... just "touching", or petting I guess, you could put it that way, just some affectionate physical contact, or kissing AT MOST, I think that would certainly be possible, you don't actually HAVE TO have sex with an alien even if you "love" her/him/it, or am I being just naive? I mean REPRODUCTION involves sex, not love, love is... love, you love, you could DIE for a person, to protect, you want to be attentive, affectionate, comprehensive, etc., but having sex JUST to have "fun" with an alien... not sure in the ME universe even if physically possible, I think that the only exception to that might be the Asari, but even then... depends on their age, just listen to what Samara says, she's almost a thousand years old, she DID mate in her younger age, have a bunch of kids, that's cool, but eventually she goes through a period of her existence where she kind of put an 'X' on having sex, so the point is do ALIENS view sex as a mere form of physical and/or psychological entertainment?



But I don't think that Drew (the original lead writer) thought about any of that so profoundly anyway, it's pretty much up to our own imagination and speculation until it goes official into the lore and presented in ME3 in one way or another.

[Tyraelis]

Convergent evolution can suggest that it's easiest for species of similar builds to have similar breeding "tools". Quarians are a good example of this, and I haven't read too much about any ME aquatic species that have to deal with fertilizing free-floating eggs like frogs/fish.

[PiercedMonk]

fortunesque wrote...

For reptiles and birds, most of them have a cloaca or internally stored reproductive organs.

Turians are bird-like, and Drell and Krogan are reptilian. Something to think about.

Going to forego my quick rant on taxonomic classifications this time....

I think we can assume that the krogan are colloquially refering to their testicals with the term "quad," seeing as the fact that krogan have four seems to be such a big deal for everyone. I think it can be infired that, for krogan at least, their testicals are external. Sue, they could be refering to internal organs, but given the usage in game, it seems less likely.

[mabalogna]

Just once I want to recruit a 6 legged psychic destroyer, who shoots acid from its tenticle mouth, and speaks perfect english. I just want to sex that beast so hard!

[Abirn]

goldenbender wrote...

You can have sex with anything as long as it has some type of orifice. Just ask my subwoofer.

This thread has gone to some disturbing places. 

[lyssalu]

THIS IS A STUPID THREAD.

if all of them can be bipedal despite not evolving on earth, it's fairly likely they also reproduce sexually.  it's not that far of a stretch lmao.  it's like saying, "OH MY GOD, THAT CAT HAS A PENIS?!  BUT...THEY AREN'T HUMAN!"

ugh, stupid.

sexual reproduction causes genetic diversity, which is why organisms who sexually reproduce are able to adapt to disease.

[newcomplex]

Collider wrote...

How about you don't worry about it. It's not very important. Clearly, the races in Mass Effect share very humanoid traits. In reality, the similarity between so many races from different solar systems would be extremely unlikely.

Intelligent species functioning the same way we do is EXTREMELY probable.     In fact, the races in ME are relatively realistic.    

Their are many variable traits that are required to discover intergalatic travel.    Your going to need either a Hive mind, or a sense of community and cooperation.    Second, you need hands.    Bipedal structure is extremely useful and adapted for manipulating tools.     Life in general gravitates towards sexual reproduction.   A sense of curiousity, the need for domination, competition for resources via warfare:   These are all things that are absolutely nessicary for spacefaring to develop.    Not to mention intellect.

The intelligent species in ME are basically how intelligent life on earth would have adapted had random variables been different.    Should the asteroid not wiped out the dinosaurs, the most probable candidate for intelligent life to evolve from are avian raptors.    Which highly resemble Turians.      Should our planet have contained a much more amphibious enviroment, we'd resemble salarians.    Should our planet had more a planar enviroment as opposed to a forestted one, our leg structures would resemble that of a Quarian.    Asari, krogan, elcor are probably the wierdest.   The Hanar can be explaned because of prothean interference.    

I find Asari funny because we could actually become almost exactly like them, save the blue skin and the funny hairdos.    We've figured out a way to create sperm from stem cells and human tissue.    Theoretically, we could impregnate a women with the genetic material of another woman.    The baby would have little defects, except maybe some minor protein deficiencies.     Oh yeah, and since only men have y chromosomes, and woman only have XX, the resulting offspring could only be female.     Meaning we could breed out the Y chromosome.    And we'd be more or less Asari, except we'd need machinery to get it done.    

Modifié par newcomplex, 16 février 2010 - 04:07 .

[Mikazukinoyaiba2]

lyssalu wrote...

THIS IS A STUPID THREAD.

if all of them can be bipedal despite not evolving on earth, it's fairly likely they also reproduce sexually. 

No, being bipedal doesn't determine genital design at all, that is like saying 'If it has eyes obviously it has to have wings!'.

[lyssalu]

fortunesque wrote...

For reptiles and birds, most of them have a cloaca or internally stored reproductive organs.

Turians are bird-like, and Drell and Krogan are reptilian. Something to think about.

drell are mammals, actually.  

live birth and all that jazz.

[lyssalu]

Mikazukinoyaiba2 wrote...

lyssalu wrote...

THIS IS A STUPID THREAD.

if all of them can be bipedal despite not evolving on earth, it's fairly likely they also reproduce sexually. 

No, being bipedal doesn't determine genital design at all, that is like saying 'If it has eyes obviously it has to have wings!'.

you're assuming that's what i meant by what i said; i was trying to get at that it isn't unlikely, since by some coincidence, most cognitive species in the ME universe are bipedal.  

it's scifi, dude.

[newcomplex]

How are quarians not mammals? They got hair, they give live birth, their warm blooded.

bing bing mammal.

Anyway, genitalia design isn't going to be drastically different.    The funny thing about evolution is as long as the base components are similar, form fits function.    Bats and Birds have wings that are almost identical visually, yet have radically different bone structures and come from completely different evolutionary paths.

If theirs a bipedal race that sexually reproduces, its going to have something resembling a penis on its groin.

Modifié par newcomplex, 16 février 2010 - 04:09 .

[lyssalu]

newcomplex wrote...

How are quarians not mammals? They got hair, they give live birth, their warm blooded.

bing bing mammal.

do they have hair?

[Landline]

I've heard of people having sex with cars, alien sex is trivial by comparison.



The main thing I'd worry about would be... *ahem* Differences in size.

[newcomplex]

lyssalu wrote...

newcomplex wrote...

How are quarians not mammals? They got hair, they give live birth, their warm blooded.

bing bing mammal.

do they have hair?

Its probable.    

Not as much as us probably.   

Modifié par newcomplex, 16 février 2010 - 04:14 .