Tunmu

[fallingwhale]

It's because a nuclear ship would use steam, and you'd need alot of it to even move, let alone get anywhere.

And although antimatter based power is incredibly inefficient, it weighs next to nothing and can be made sitting in the sun.

[Razonatair]

Can a mod tell him to leave already? I'm tired of him cluttering my thread with all this stuff. I'll explain what I want to explain, when I want to explain it, and not a moment sooner.

[Clarke]

Its a cool concept, but they are quite god-moddish.
Anyway, you should be able to explain your creation, not just tell whoever questions it to go away.

[KrakowSAM]

May 1, 2010 22:13:30 GMT fallingwhale said:

It's because a nuclear ship would use steam, and you'd need alot of it to even move, let alone get anywhere.

You could use a nuclear reaction as a source of high energy particles to spit out of your engine to accelerate it. Wouldn't have to be steam.
And on a small scale you can use things like temperature gradients to generate electricity directly from heat without needing big steam turbines.

But its all beside the point. Stop bickering all of you.

[Razonatair]

May 1, 2010 22:41:10 GMT Clarke said:

Its a cool concept, but they are quite god-moddish.
Anyway, you should be able to explain your creation, not just tell whoever questions it to go away.

I already have plans in place to develop a weapon able to break down a Hive or Colony. It's just an issue of how to interfere with quantum communications.

I'll consider my statement above... but stopping quantum communication is kinda impossible.

P.S. - This is Krakow's opinion;

[Razonatair]

I've deleted Tunmu Transports and Space Warfare, as I am currently rethinking Tunmu space combat. As it was, it would've been rather boring to only fight planetside, and many if not most interesting developments happen in space.

[yuu]

There's always boarding. Most planetside strategies still owkr when boarding larger vessels.

[Razonatair]

The thing is, a lot of stuff happens from ship to ship or in stations. Before, the Tunmu didn't build any of that.

[Razonatair]

I'm going to be revising Communication With The Tunmu, once Dawn of the Tunmu is finished. It is clarifying many things for me, and is revealing new ones, so there will be no more additions to the Tunmu until its conclusion.

[Razonatair]

Communicating With The Tunmu

From the perspective of the war hero from the false alternate universe, after the war has ended;[/i]

Communicating with the Tunmu was always an issue pre-War's End. The fighting didn't stop until someone realized that the Tunmu were suddenly taking live specimens of our peoples, and the later events that were caused by this discovery came to pass. We attached a few electronic monitors to various suicidal members of our race, and used them as bait for the Tunmu. They quickly bit, and took the suicidals. Months later, they were all still perfectly fine, but deep within Tunmu territory, a seemingly paradoxical statement. The Tunmu had never taken prisoners before.

What could be different now? Were these people okay? Their monitors showed signs of Tunmu infection, but the brain scanners detected little change in their brain activity. Lurkers and Thralls usually became nearly brain-dead compared to the uninfected. Something was up, and the docs wanted their own specimens.

So we staged a courageous infiltration op. The equipment told us exactly what planet they were on, and where on this planet the prisoners were. The idea was to fly in using the best stealth technology to date, slip through Tunmu defenses, liberate the prisoners, and slip right back out without the Tunmu realizing we were even there. It was a bloody suicide mission, we all knew it, especially myself, but I felt like dying valiantly, since things seemed like we were doomed.

Things moved flawlessly for a while, but once we broke into the nest holding the prisoners, we discovered the truth. The prisoners, or, I should say, the hybrids, were talking with each other. We were taken aback at first, and two of our team of five raised their weapons. They were immediately ripped in half by Tunmu that had been waiting behind our hole. Something in my mind screamed not to raise my weapon. Another man raised his gun, and he sliced in half as well. My last comrade began to yell, and the Tunmu probably saw his muscles move, so they ripped him apart as well.

And there I was, the only man standing, who hadn't shown fear or raised his weapon. The hybrids looked at me, I looked at them, and noticed they were basically Tunmu-ized versions of our race. They seemed perplexed, and then approached. One said to me, "Soldier, you are odd. You do not fear us, at all." The other nodded, "Yes, yes... your kind are always so fearful. So lacking in understanding. You don't hear the Song. We pity you; those who have yet to learn."

The advanced hybrids retreated, and a less advanced, still noticeably one of us hybrids came forward, "I remember you... yes... you wrote all those guides telling us soldiers how to kill Tunmu. They helped, a lot, but you were just perpetuating a misunderstanding. I understand now; I hear the Song. The Tunmu are not to be feared. They can practically feel your fear... yes, I think they can. Basic emotions, primal things like fear and anger, they can just sort of sense them "emanating" from you. Come, let me tell you of the Tunmu, Mr. War Hero, and maybe we can end this misunderstanding."

When I got back, I brought word about the truth of the Tunmu, about the hybridization program, about their Offer. In the end, I learned a lot.

I learned about the true function of the Hive, how it works, and how it can be tapped into by another telepath, without the Hive being able to stop the listening-in. I also learned the only "literate" Tunmu were hybrids, the only ones with the capability or care to speak in our slow tongues, as compared to the infinitely faster connectivity of the Hive. And so, I learned that the only way to communicate with the Tunmu was to communicate with a hybrid. There is no other way to establish a back-and-forth conversation, as telepaths only listen in, and the strange Tunmu capacity for brilliant artwork can be misinterpreted very easily, but their art is a strange topic for another day.

As for their Offer... I personally rejected it. Immortality is unnatural for our kind. We're meant to die. I intend to die some day. Even if I didn't die that day, it will happen, as it should. The hybrids simply laughed at my statement, calling it resistance to a better existence, but the Tunmu honored my side, and let me leave. They are an odd race.

[Somarinoa]

You know, I haven't gotten to the update describing it, but the Tunmu could wreak absolute havoc on a Zhivyshi colony, due to the way they breed.

Also, for the record I am absolutely fine with telepaths, clairvoyants, and the variety of other mental paranormal abilities - but then again, my family are intuitives, I know the limits of such abilities, but I also believe consciousness exists on a quantum level and is not part of the body itself but a production of the universe.

While I'd very much like to see some more images of Tunmu - especially of various forms - I understand that you state you "aren't as good/as talented/however you described it" and therefore might not wish to actually do so.


Other than that - a few things:

Apr 27, 2010 23:04:17 GMT Razonatair said:

Form; Humanoid
In contrast with the regular human form, Tunmu humanoids have only three large fingers, and a nearly solid foot that is broken into two sections to allow for sprinting.

Are you by chance referring to digitigrade legs?

Apr 28, 2010 0:38:29 GMT Clarke said:

There are literally thousands of minor quirks that show that we're just fishes struggling to survive on land in the easiest way as possible, such as hiccups and one testicle being looped adding unnecessary length.

Wait -- one testicle is looped?? That's ridiculous! Even more ridiculous than that our lungs are different shapes - one is longer and thinner with fewer chambers and one is squatter and fatter, with more chambers. There's an obvious reason for this one, of course, but...what's the reason for the added length, I wonder..? Is the longer one for those microscopic potential-humans what could end up being extreme sports enthusiasts...? O.o

Apr 28, 2010 2:39:09 GMT Razonatair said:

Fighting The Tunmu
Even if you were made of fire, they'd still shoot you.

lol...nicely stated.

Apr 30, 2010 22:17:28 GMT Razonatair said:

Consequently, the Tunmu communicate across infinite space, and the telepaths who spend too much time listening in can succumb to the Call of Hive.

A failsafe to prevent other players from making themselves immune or highly resistant against Tunmu attacks. It's good to have this.

Apr 30, 2010 22:17:28 GMT Razonatair said:

It is not Terminator-melted-metal-man fast, it is far from it.

They're called the T-1000 series.

[Razonatair]

Their feet are two segments; the base and the toe. They run on their toes. Otherwise, they walk normally.

[Somarinoa]

Oh yes, that sounds about correct -- Digitigrade walking is what cats and, if you're more focused towards aliens, Protoss do. It is toe-walking. Here's a link.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitigrade
If it's different than that you may wish to explain what you mean by base.

[Razonatair]

Consider our toes. These can be represented by a single toe, in the same location. The rest is considered the "base." They sprint on their toes, but walk base first, then toe, then base, when walking normally.

[Somarinoa]

Oh, okay, so then the base could be considered their foot-equivalent then?

Also, you mentioned forms like "forming an elephant". In taking a form, do they end up altering what the skin cell-equivalent Tunmu would look like to make them look more closely like what they might be attempting to mimic or would they be red in hue, or perhaps just be the body with maybe no head but perhaps eye stalks extending from the neck (which would make for an interesting elephant-equivalent)?

Happy questions!