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Since there seems to be a shortage of Ballybran life mentioned in the CS books, lets make up our own! What sort of creatures do you think Ballybran might/should have?
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voles! and lots of them...
![]() herrings! ![]() crabs! ![]() bigger crabs! ![]() cheese! ![]() |
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Horny toed swamp bears!
![]() No seriously! One of the people says, "By the horny toes of a swamp bear!" Now this doesn't necessarily mean that it's Ballybranian, since all of the people come from other planets, but it's still up for speculation! ![]() |
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![]() Plus lots of other fish - Ballybran has seas and fishermen, right? |
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Seriously, how about simple structures such as amoebae and Hydra that reproduce asexually? Perhaps they wouldn't be affected by the reproduction problem as I assume cells still split on ballybran.
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Lots of Marine Life - there's the Director of the Farms and Fisheries on the Council.
Probably not so many grazing animals, in fact I wouldn't expect any - since the sea/water's more likely to give protection from mach storms and passover, whereas a grazing animal would have more problems |
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Well, there are indications of fish life, crustacians of some sort, and worms.
Given the plants there's a chance of insects, mostly beetles, but then the only 'native' plants mentioned are grasses, and wind born polination/seeding would be somewhat effective on Ballybran. Fish, beetles, worms, and crustacians. Then a faint chance of spiders. I wonder if cockroaches have made it to ballybran and if they would survive. |
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LOL, annachie!!! Cockroaches, I think they'll conquer the galaxy at some point!
![]() I think that Ballybran needs spiders. (not that I like spiders) But I think insects and small animals should be there. Maybe wolves? They are tough animals and probably the largest that Ballybran should have.
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amphibians - that way they can be on land and water. when the machstorms happen they smart ones will survive by retreating back into the water.
insects - so the amphibians have stuff to eat on land. Mole Crickets definitly. ![]() ![]() a platypus type animal, after all the world needs more freaks. lol ![]() Last edited by PernesePhoenix; Nov 8 2006 at 08:27 PM. |
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Rodents - they can live anywhere. But on Ballybran they'd be burrowers and eat insects and worms.
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An abundant sealife for sure as they probably are bothered less by the Mach storms.
On land... hmm, creatures who are good in hiding and digging in? Deaf creatures who find their way by smell and sight seem appropriate. I'll think on this some more.
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How about a six legged animal with a long body, short legs and a long, well muscled tail. It could be a vegetarian, since we know there is plant life. It could have a jointed, armored exterior along the lines of an armadillo. some sort of sucker arrangement on the pads of its feet would be useful climbing rock faces but it also needs clawed toes. It should have active sensory whiskers here and there to sense changes in wind and it should be able to burrow quickly, seal it's ear and eye openings and bundle itself up in a sort of torpor to wait out storms.
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Just look at the thing.
![]() It'd be perfect as a semi subteranean lifeform on Ballybran. |
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What about Crystline type piggie's (Enders Game Series by Card) After the animal life it becomes the crystal, and then the crystal becomes the animal?
Oh gosh that would mean the crystal would be sentiant. Think about it... Crystal Line...stuff seemed sentiant to me. |
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What if the crystal IS sentient? It would exist in it's own time and space. Hmmmm - let me think on this and I will get back to you with a new possible plot outline. |
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Given the conditions described in the books, I'd have to guess at reptilian/lizardish life forms. However, as the planet has extensive aquatic areas you'd would also have to see or envision a more extensive environment based on water breathers.... hmm. The severity of the Storms would knock out the idea of avians unless you could create monster birds able to deal with those kind of winds. My money would be on a vast amd complex aquatic environmental system as the storms would have forced most life into the waters to escape them and the subsequent damage they would receive from the brain damage the storms cause through their interaction with the crystals.
Then again, whole ecosystems could have evolved with desensetized or negligible (forgive my spelling) hearing abilities. In that respect Sci-Fi is remarkably forgiving. Gosh, given enough thought I supose we could create a whole ecosystem based on a lack of hearing/brain augmentation etc to explain away their survival. ÍDoesn't Anne mention farming complexes on the planets surface too.. I'm sure I read that in there, and it would suggest that some areas of the planet are far less susceptable to the storms. gonna try another thread now... tc |
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Yeah, the storms don't affect all parts of the planet equally. Mainly the ranges, and it would make sense to locate the headquarters of the Heptite Guild near a range.
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