DarkGemini24601
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And the mission is on the 13th of June.Do I want to know what you did for half those guys? Also I believe the proper phrase for this occasion is, and I quote...
X-COM RP THINK TANK (part2)
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Yes... I wonder...
Frostlich1228
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Frostlich1228
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Also, I don't recommend killing the Cryssalid Queen! (She is not as mindless as her grunts and as such would probably surrender if all of the Aliens were dead. I don't think she really likes the creatures that are forcing her to use her people as meat shields for overwatch.)
DarkGemini24601
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She can't speak human? And there are no telepaths on Albert's squad. How would they communicate? Does she have a white flag? XD
Adrammalech
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Emily can visit Ammelia if she wants, they haven't talked in awhile.
Absolutely, as soon as I'm done with Zombie's.
She can make one out of the claws of her children.
AFTER WE MURDER THEM ALL.
Frostlich1228
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She could always stop fighting.
DarkGemini24601
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And then be shot by an Albert Foulke that probably doesn't give a damn. xD
Frostlich1228
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Well then that's his fault :/
DarkGemini24601
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I mean...she bred her children by blowing up humans as incubation chambers. And her children murdered poor Nisha and Ghulam. I hold no sympathy for her. She might be sentient, but she isn't necessarily an ethical being.
Frostlich1228
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I doubt she wanted to do any of that and more than likely her children have been altered so that they can only breed off humans.
You can't blame her because of a fact of her biology, you can't blame her for being forced to do something she doesn't want to do. But's that's just my opinion, she has caused the deaths of countless people, no matter how you look at it. But one thing I know is that the science team will be pretty pissed if they miss out on Cryssalid Queen. :/
DarkGemini24601
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They get her corpse, at least. The alien containment facility isn't big enough for her.
(And...a lot of what you said is assumptions, Frost. Don't forget that the chryssalid info is ultimately not up to us, but our master Zombie.)
Frostlich1228
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(Yeah, Praise Lord zombie. I just hope we can bring it back to base somehow, Ammelia won't be happy if they just shoot it. Think of the culture!)
Taxor_the_First
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This is reminding me quite a lot of what the "main villian" of Mass Effect 3 says at one point: "When fire burns, is it war? Or is it simply doing what it was made to do?"
DarkGemini24601
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I thought Ammelia hated chryssalids? At least you (might) have a chryssalid hybrid on base. If she doesn't get shot, that is... *evil grin*
Frostlich1228
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She doesn't like them, however she doesn't know that there is an intelligent one still left. She told Dante that she wants to preserve the alien's culture. Just think of what we could learn from a Cryssalid Queen!
BMPixy
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What use does a weapon have for culture? Why would a bomb appreciate art? How could nerve gas understand music?
Frostlich1228
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She could tell us stuff about her people's past though. Just because it doesn't really care anymore, doesn't mean we don't!
This reminds me of the time my college SciFI/Fantasy club argued over whether or not SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie should be considered a fantasy movie or not.
This reminds me of the Rachni in Mass Effect 3 as well. You had the choice to either kill her or save her species. After you save her it later says how cultural the Rachni actual were and that their "songs" were corrupted by the call of the Reapers. In my opinion this mission is not all that different.Unless you know your enemy, how can you truly justify the fight you do is really that righteous? (I am glad I took Philosophy...)
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