001: Group Introductions - TEXT

[tarnishedavenger]

[During a lull in the party, Armstrong taps out a quick message to the network. Not that private one, he doesn't trust it. They can answer whenever they like, so long as he gets an answer. The trick would be wording it.]

So, we're all in this for now. You've had your welcome cake, but you can't meet everyone in a party, no matter how hard you try. But, since we've all been encouraged to sign up with Jorgmund, I figured now would be a good time to get some introductions done. Talk about any specialties we might have.

Share information that we feel comfortable sharing. This isn't to pressure anyone or to force out any dark secrets.

[Not where watchful eyes can see, at least.]

Besides, I prefer doing this to making a cute information sharing game.

So, please, make your own threads within this post to keep everything organized.

Comments

[bringinghopewithme]

[He'd have so many arguments to make if Cain had voiced any one of those thoughts but as it is he just notes the forcedness of the smile and refuses to smile back. Not because anything Cain's said bothers him, but because that body language does.]

"Alien" meaning "everything born offplanet," or is that a specific species?

[greatlyexaggerated]

Everything other than humanity. Off-planet doesn't mean much when people are spread out over the galaxy, and there are quite a few alien species.

[bringinghopewithme]

Quite a few, you say. Who knew.

[If he remembered that one of his best friends is an actual alien, this would sound even more off. As it is -]

And every single one of them is antagonistic to humans?

[greatlyexaggerated]

I can't claim that we've met every single alien race in the galaxy. But the ones we have - yes. Indubitably so.

Some are a little more approachable to diplomacy than most, I'll admit, but the Imperium has lost entire swathes of star systems to xenos antagonism. I've seen it first hand, countless times.

[bringinghopewithme]

Huh. Why d'you think they do it?

[greatlyexaggerated]

If you're suggesting that they have a reasonable cause for doing so, Tyranids have this truly unfortunate habit of devouring anything for the biomass, regardless for its status as 'animate'. The Eldar have a sense of superiority and entitlement to planets they abandoned millennia ago. And Orks are quite literally spawned to fight.

And so on.

[bringinghopewithme]

I'm suggesting nothing. I'm asking questions.

Who spawned the Orks?

[greatlyexaggerated]

They’re self-spawning. They reproduce through fungal spores that are released on death, which makes infestations last for decades if you’re not bloody careful.

The running theory is that they were genetically engineered, considering that every single aspect of their brutish culture, society, and biology rely on violence.

[He’s picked up a few things from Amberley, and the Valhallans.]