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Author:  Neil of Erk [ February 20th, 2010, 11:38 pm ]
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A left-over from the bio-engineering days of the 1st Advanced Period, _____ are the only non-sentient creature capable of inter-stellar travel. Capable of absorbing all needed chemicals through their skin, these dragon-like bio-mechanical creature operate not on oxygen but far more common nitrogen, as well as various carbons. These creatures are rare (because they cannot reproduce) and are currently hunted by well paid tribal members as they pose a significant threat to the few surviving human populations.

Bred from the now extinct dragons, these creatures were enhanced by mechanical and processing parts, while their DNA was altered to accept and learn to use the parts. Their cognitive powers are high enough to allow forms of language, but these creature must not be mistaken as sentient. These parts are computer parts which respond to programming and actually "program" the organic parts of the brain as well, making these creature almost robotic.

Author:  Neil of Erk [ February 21st, 2010, 2:38 pm ]
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Inesdar wrote:
Awesome mix of sci-fi and fantasy. I have a sci-fi as well. Hmm, maybe I should start posting it here. I can think of several names already...


This really isn't a sci-fi. This world simply had several stages, one more advanced. Sci-fi takes place in the future, not in another world.

Author:  Lord Kieren Mimetes [ February 21st, 2010, 8:00 pm ]
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Nice idea!

Author:  Neil of Erk [ February 26th, 2010, 10:52 pm ]
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Inesdar wrote:
Hmnm, so you mean like in one of the ages there was high tech?

Two, actually!

Author:  Neil of Erk [ February 27th, 2010, 12:18 pm ]
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Because Sci-fi actually takes place in the real world: It's actually just fiction with a science twist. My story takes place in an entirely different world, and it has Cobha, something Sci-fi lacks.

Author:  Neil of Erk [ February 27th, 2010, 5:51 pm ]
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Since Sci/fi is defined as "a form of fiction that draws imaginatively on scientific knowledge and speculation in its plot, setting, theme, etc." SW probably falls under Sci/fi.

However, my world will only draw on science in "setting", so, not so much a Sci/fi, as it is a hybrid. I actually prefer to blur the lines a bit...now that I think about it. ;)

Author:  Lord Kieren Mimetes [ February 27th, 2010, 6:07 pm ]
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Works with me!

Author:  Keeneye [ March 1st, 2010, 4:41 pm ]
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Neil of Erk wrote:
A left-over from the bio-engineering days of the 1st Advanced Period, _____ are the only non-sentient creature capable of inter-stellar travel.

This means they can fly through like space? SHUWEET!

Neil of Erk wrote:
Capable of absorbing all needed chemicals through their skin, these dragon-like bio-mechanical creature operate not on oxygen but far more common nitrogen, as well as various carbons.

That's pretty sweet! Comes in handy on other planets, I'd imagine. :)

Neil of Erk wrote:
These creatures are rare (because they cannot reproduce) and are currently hunted by well paid tribal members as they pose a significant threat to the few surviving human populations.

Neat twist. When they die... they die. Coolness.

Neil of Erk wrote:
Bred from the now extinct dragons, these creatures were enhanced by mechanical and processing parts, while their DNA was altered to accept and learn to use the parts. Their cognitive powers are high enough to allow forms of language, but these creature must not be mistaken as sentient. These parts are computer parts which respond to programming and actually "program" the organic parts of the brain as well, making these creature almost robotic.

Diggin' the combination of fantasy and sci-fi. Too cool, man. :)

Pretty original creature, I'd say.

Author:  Ciela Rose [ March 6th, 2010, 10:37 pm ]
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Pretty cool! I love it! Nice imagination, this is really creative.

Just a few questions, though. If they don't reproduce, then where did they come from? Were they created with the bio-mechanical parts, or were those added to them? What tribes do they interact with?

Great job on these! I can't wait to learn more. :D

Author:  Neil of Erk [ March 6th, 2010, 10:47 pm ]
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Ciela Rose wrote:
Just a few questions, though. If they don't reproduce, then where did they come from?


Cloning and genetic reconstruction play a large part in the background of this story, and these creature are no exception.

Ciela Rose wrote:
Were they created with the bio-mechanical parts, or were those added to them?


They were designed around these parts, they did not exist before the bio-mechanical period.

Ciela Rose wrote:
What tribes do they interact with?


Actually... I don't know.

Author:  Ciela Rose [ March 7th, 2010, 10:16 am ]
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That's great, I honestly think we don't have enough Christian authors in that field, and Science Fantasy is one of the most popular genres out there. It would be great if you chose to make that your domain. :D

Author:  Neil of Erk [ March 7th, 2010, 11:22 am ]
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Well, I kind of consider science-fantasy and fantasy to be the same thing...just different traditional technology levels.

But it's still not sci/fi, which must take place in the actually world.

I don't intend to favor any one genre. I find authors who do so gain temporary popularity while they live, but when the die, nobody remembers their books! I want people to read my books long ages after my death. (Provided, of course, that there are long ages after my death.)

Author:  Ivan L. Holt [ March 8th, 2010, 12:01 pm ]
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That is one cool creature! Are they a sort of cyborg? And is it possible to re-program them somehow?

You also need a name for them! I'll throw in my ideas:

Forg - mix between fire and cyborg
Chrysophylax - Greek for "gold-guard"
Lurkers - reflecting on the fact that I imagine these creatures to have espionage characteristics.

Take or leave them. Although, I would like to see you give them espionage qualities. I imagine them as hunters or assassins.

Author:  Neil of Erk [ March 8th, 2010, 8:53 pm ]
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Prof. Funderwall wrote:
That is one cool creature! Are they a sort of cyborg? And is it possible to re-program them somehow?


They are cyborg... in the sense that they are cyber. However, most non-processing-mechanical-parts within the creature are actually nano-technology called (I believe) synthetic muscle. A synthetic muscle a few millimeters thick has the strength to push an entire compact car off the ground for an indefinite period of time.

Programming is impossible since the only technology currently in use is iron-age at best.

Prof. Funderwall wrote:
You also need a name for them! I'll throw in my ideas:

Forg - mix between fire and cyborg
Chrysophylax - Greek for "gold-guard"
Lurkers - reflecting on the fact that I imagine these creatures to have espionage characteristics.


I actually plan to give them a name in the language of the planet they have the highest population density.

Prof. Funderwall wrote:
Take or leave them. Although, I would like to see you give them espionage qualities. I imagine them as hunters or assassins.


That's a good point I hadn't considered. Since they are programed to follow orders, and have no personal desire of their own (their mechanical-ness suppresses the survival instinct), they may be a very useful tool for those who know how to bring them to their side.

They aren't named because I feel no linguistic creativity at the moment. :?

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