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Mackus
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How it its possible that Kohr-Ah Marauder hold 42 crewmember 
Typical Dreadnought have 1 (one) Kzer-Za Captain and 41 slaves crewmember. I mean, how so many Kohr-Ah could stay on ship without killing each other?
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Anthony
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I always assumed that the Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah wanted to destroy all intelligent life forms but their own... Maybe they're programmed not to kill their own kind.
In the game, the Melnorme stated that they can't be reasoned with in any way, implying that they're in a way programmed to do genecide.
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AngusThermopyle
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The manual does state that a lone Ur-Quan (Kzer-Za) commands a slave crew. Read under the Ur-Quan section under Races (page 66).
"Aboard ship, these creatures cling to webbed ceilings with their back legs, dangling down over their controls and their slave-crew like hungry spiders.
Ur-Quan are extremely territorial and aggressive, having evolved as non-social, hunter-killers. Their territorial instincts are so strong that only one Ur-Quan is present on each Dreadnought."
It also says that when Ur-Quan meet, they have to keep a safe distance from each other, or their instincts would compel them to fight to the death.
"When Ur-Quan meet, they keep several meters between themselves, lest their instincts drive them to engage in an unarmed battle to the death."
So yeah, I too have always wondered about the Khor-Ah crew though...
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Death 999
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The going theory is that the Dnyarri turned down this instinct in the Kohr-Ah to enhance their effectiveness as soldiers. The Kzer-za were not similarly affected.
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Elerium
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I agree, also note that with all the losses the Kohr-Ah would take, they would have to replenish them somehow.
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Lance_Vader
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I have long pondered this same question, to no satisfactory conclusion. Here's what I've come up with:
1) It can't be a non-Ur-Quan race that fills the 41 spots. Kohr-Ah kill non-Ur-Quans on sight.
2) It can't be a machine like the Slylandro probes; if they are machines, they are still organic enough to be affected by the Syreen call.
3) It doesn't seem to be other Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah. Although I can't rule out this possibility entirely, it doesn't seem to keep with the Kohr-Ah dialogue. It doesn't seem right.
What's left? I don't know. It could be a machine derived from some inferior race, that is mechanical enough to be considered a non-threat, but organic enough to be affected by the Syreen. That's about all I can think of.
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Adunaphel
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If there ARE indeed 42 Kohr-Ah per ship, a Marauder would absolutely dwarf a Dreadnaught.
While the Syreen Call wouldn't affect a robotic crew, remember that the Captain of the ship is still an Ur-Quan (who are extremely suceptible to psychic attack). I'm guessing the Syreen could simply use their powers on the captain, who then orders his robotic crew out the air-lock 
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