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Topic: Interesting Paul Reiche III revelation (Read 19756 times)
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kingmissile
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I believe that, at one point, the one non-frungy loving zoq fot pik is refered to as female by the frungy loving one.
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Death 999
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King missile! Nice nick.
Yes, I suppose that the Zoq, Fot, and Pik you talk to at the homeworld might be heads of state, in which case the Pik is probably male, while the Zoq is female. Okay, one on the list and one more extra-dubious (Fot).
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Draxas
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How can you tell which is which?
But yes, assuming they are indeed the heads of state, the green one is female, the blue one is male, and the quiet one in the middle is gender indeterminate. However, the ZoqFotPik you speak to never really struck me as anyone important in the hierarchy of their society. I'd say they might be comm officers for the military, tops. More likely (considering how laid back they tend to be), they don't have very much of a formal governmental structure (or at least, can't be bothered to waste time talking about it), and the ones you talk to are just whoever happens to be manning the communications array that day.
Would an actual head of state really be so obsessed with Frungy that it works its way into coversation with anyone who happens to come along? Or threaten to blow a cloud of spores at their colleague?
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You can make an alliance with any Orz you encounter (except the ones on the Taalo world). Does that mean they're all heads of state?
Actually, considering some of the speculation on the nature of the Orz, that might not be too far out of the realm of possibility. 
Still, how about another bad example: You can begin instructing the Thraddash about Culture 20 with any random spacefaring specimen. Does that make that random starship captain a head of state?
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Whichever one accepts your surrender is head of state NOW...
That's why they keep chasing you after they've given up trying to kill you. Each captain wants to be the one!
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When they were talking about the homosexuality in the article, I thought they were referring to ZEX, not the androsynth. I could see it referring to the androsynth too though.
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Well, ZEX is not portrayed in a positive light; and he's more XENO than HOMO.
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I thought he meant the Syreen, they're like all... Yuri.
I wouldn't agree with the idea that the game tries to create an serious discussion on moral though, it seems to me they just played on different types of cultures to get some nice variation.
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I have to agree with Arne, I don't think this game has any really serious visionary message behind it. It just takes more of a comical look at things (not that that is a bad way to go at all though, don't get me wrong.) I don't think that the UQ dialogue really stands out as something too different from what I've seen in other complex villains. Of course, getting that kind of message across can't really be done in text anyway. That's where acting comes in (unless of course the player can draw on his own experiences, then he can fill in the blanks in your mind.)
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