Lucius Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 If a Human or group of Humans wants something you have - an item, knowledge, a resource, a service you can perform - try to make a mutually profitable trade. Humans love to trade. Not all of them are trustworthy, but in general, if you deal fairly with them, they will view you as a friend - and Humans can make surprisingly loyal and helpful friends. Lucius Alexander System Operations, Palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted May 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 What I've Learned Playing An Alien If Humans want something you have, and you can't arrange a beneficial trade, be aware that they are quite likely to attempt to get it by stealth or trickery. Lucius Alexander Combat Pilot: Palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted May 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien If the Humans need, or just want badly enough, something you have, and they have failed to trade for it and failed to steal it or trick you out of it, get your weapons ready. They will probably next attempt to wrest it from you by force. And they're STUBBORN. You should have tried harder to make a trade.... Lucius Alexander Palindromedary Astrogation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRavenIs Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien It doesn't matter if you look mostly human, many humans will never trust you. Those that do, never betray that trust. Humans get very dangerous when you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien Never let anyone know you can shapeshift or have ESP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien Despite the fact that your race (and most other non-human races) are physically, socially, and/or mentally superior to humans, the largest and most powerful political units in known space will be human dominated. Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien Most races (especially humans) will see you as one of their own wearing a funny suit. Remember this, and use it to your advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Typist Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien Despite the fact that your race (and most other non-human races) are physically' date=' socially, and/or mentally superior to humans, the largest and most powerful political units in known space will be human dominated. Go figure.[/b'] Despite what you may believe, just because you have superior technology does not mean that you are superior at war. Remember this, and glass the planet from orbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexraccoon Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien Despite what you may believe' date=' just because you have superior technology does not mean that you are superior at war. Remember this, and glass the planet from orbit.[/b'] Humans are better at war because aliens always seem to have daft concepts of honour(like native american indians idea of counting coup) where as humans are far better killers.Total war vs limited war. This is not just a negative view humans are good at doing whatever it takes especially when the chips are down and the odds seem against us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexraccoon Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien The best proof that aliens are intelligent life is that they stay as far away from earth as they can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted May 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien Your psionic powers work with most sentient life forms, and your species' master psychics can even effect nonsentient life forms and machinery, but Humans are somehow resistant to mental communication and influence. It's as if, mentally, they are in a class by themselves. Lucius Alexander Class of Minds: Palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien Humans are better at war because aliens always seem to have daft concepts of honour(like native american indians idea of counting coup) where as humans are far better killers.Total war vs limited war. This is not just a negative view humans are good at doing whatever it takes especially when the chips are down and the odds seem against us. Don't make war on Earthlings; hire them out as mercs to fight your battles in exchange for technology. You can play one country against another that way too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourtFool Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien ...opposable thumbs; not just for humans anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourtFool Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien Commander Riker will sleep with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starblaze Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien Your psionic powers work with most sentient life forms' date=' and your species' master psychics can even effect nonsentient life forms and machinery, but Humans are somehow resistant to mental communication and influence. It's as if, mentally, they are in a class by themselves.[/b'] Lucius Alexander Class of Minds: Palindromedary Ha! That reminds of the Damned trilogy by Alan Dean Foster. In the trilogy two intersteller forces went to war with one another. The one the Amplitur Purpose was lead by a race of powerful telepaths known as the (you guessed it!) Amplitur. They were dedicated to brainwashing all of the rest of the universe. The Weave were the other race that opposed them. What was interesting about all this is that the neither side really liked to fight. In fact only two races from either side of war actually fought on the battlefield. The reason why is that both sides were much too civilized to be tolerant of violence. Then the Weave came to Earth and found the humans. We were not only close to aliens in social level and technology. We liked to fight and kill and where very good at it. Not only that when the Amplitur finally captured a human and tried to brainwash us they found out that not only did it not work, prolonged exposure to human brainwaves brought pain and eventual death! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale A. Ward Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien Not only that when the Amplitur finally captured a human and tried to brainwash us they found out that not only did it not work' date=' prolonged exposure to human brainwaves brought pain and eventual death![/quote'] This explains my constant headaches when I try to make sense of this world! I'm actually a telepathic alien!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien Commander Riker will sleep with you. If Kirk hasn't already. Never gestate in a Human's chest. It never helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roter Baron Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien I look odd but the player of the human pc gets 5 points for his DF: Tatoo! Can somebody plaese explain this to me!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted May 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien From the web comic Freefall: I know Humans are more advanced than my race. I see examples of it every day. But I refuse, I absolutely refuse to be intimidated by their underwear technology. See this link: http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1000/fv00973.htm For an impressive example of Human underwear technology. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary says "And NO, it's NOT what you think, dirty minded Humans!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien From the web comic Freefall: But isn't she a furry/anthropomorphic wolf and not a human? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted May 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien But isn't she a furry/anthropomorphic wolf and not a human? Yes, but while she is an engineer, she is not an inventor - the technology she uses, including underwear technology, was developed by Humans. Lucius Alexander Conversation with a palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien Where Human personalities are diverse, all members of an Alien race share a single, common, and strong personality trait, which is just a single aspect of human personality taken to an obsessive extreme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien An alien is more than a human with a bumpy forehead and cutesy colloqualisms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchman Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien I look odd but the player of the human pc gets 5 points for his DF: Tatoo! Can somebody plaese explain this to me!!! Because you look odd in the same way that several BILLION (at least) other people of your species looks. The human with a tattoo very likely has a unique tattoo (serial number, obscure design, or multiple tattoos), and even if it is a common one, they are one of only tens of thousands (at most). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted May 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Re: What I've Learned Playing An Alien Space is Deep. And no matter how long your people have been starfaring, the universe surely holds more surprises in store. Lucius Alexander It's a palindromedary! Surprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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