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The Ur-Quan Masters Re-Release => General UQM Discussion => Topic started by: Admiral Zeratul on July 26, 2011, 09:08:18 pm



Title: Dnyarri Slave Empire
Post by: Admiral Zeratul on July 26, 2011, 09:08:18 pm
This one may be my most perplexing question yet.

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We all know the Ur-Quan were easily controlled by the Dnyarri, but how did the Dnyarri cause the Ur-Quan to separate into two different sub-species? Was it genetic modification, breeding, or something completely different?


Title: Re: Dnyarri Slave Empire
Post by: oldlaptop on July 26, 2011, 11:30:24 pm
Quote from: Greenish
By this point, the Dnyarri had used genetic manipulation to split the Ur-Quan into two sub-species
the Green Ur-Quan -- scientists, technicians, and administrators
who were responsible for maintaining the limited infrastructure of the Dnyarri civilization
and the Black Ur-Quan, who filled the ranks of basic laborer and combat soldier.

(emphasis mine)


Title: Re: Dnyarri Slave Empire
Post by: Alvarin on July 26, 2011, 11:31:52 pm
Taking a cue from insects, it could be done with chemical imbalance applied to the eggs, much like in ants and bees queens.


Title: Re: Dnyarri Slave Empire
Post by: JudgeYohance on July 27, 2011, 12:16:53 am
I think it would be easier to determine this by seeing what the original race looked like before the split was created.

My guess is it was a matter of recoding the DNA is some shape or form (figure similar technology along the lines of what the Umgah use.) Most likely through a combination of chemical and telepathic manipulation followed by breeding the old race out with the new ones.


Title: Re: Dnyarri Slave Empire
Post by: Admiral Zeratul on July 28, 2011, 12:38:30 am
Well, we know they were brown...


Title: Re: Dnyarri Slave Empire
Post by: Steve-O on July 28, 2011, 03:24:06 am
I think it would be easier to determine this by seeing what the original race looked like before the split was created.

Didn't the brown Ur-Quan make a reappearance in SC3?  Depending on how much stock you're willing to put in SC3, of course...


Title: Re: Dnyarri Slave Empire
Post by: JudgeYohance on July 28, 2011, 05:28:04 am
No you just got Ur-Quan and Ur-Quan wearing black paint, You never even got true Kor-ah in that one.