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It doesn't like you. Hell, it doesn't even really like others of its own species. What makes it worse is that it is huge, strong and is armed not only with horribly lethal natural weapons but with tentacle-held, nerve-frying EMP pulse weaponry.
...and it has the intelligence of a chicken.
Yeah, not a good look - would you arm a chicken with horribly over-powered heavy ordinance? Not sure that I would.
This is an Arbiter - not to be confused with the critter of the same name from the Halo series of games. They are a hive-mind race that are the "bad guys" from the series of novels I have written. One by itself is pretty stupid, but get a few together in close proximity and their intelligence begins to add up.
Artwork by Kasia88 from DA.
...and it has the intelligence of a chicken.
Yeah, not a good look - would you arm a chicken with horribly over-powered heavy ordinance? Not sure that I would.
This is an Arbiter - not to be confused with the critter of the same name from the Halo series of games. They are a hive-mind race that are the "bad guys" from the series of novels I have written. One by itself is pretty stupid, but get a few together in close proximity and their intelligence begins to add up.
Artwork by Kasia88 from DA.
Category All / Fantasy
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Size 900 x 582px
File Size 257.7 kB
You'd only need a few... they reproduce very quickly (and parthenogenically if there are no others around). When enough of them are together in one place to have a decent functioning hive-mind, they are utterly and completely inimical to other life, intelligent or otherwise. Even alone or in small groups they are like army ants, devouring or demolishing everything in their path. They have precisely zero redeeming features
An Arbiter would probably find a Zergling delicous. Or sexy. Or BOTH
An Arbiter would probably find a Zergling delicous. Or sexy. Or BOTH
There were enough of them on the remaining battleship to maintain sanity for extended periods of time... but not years. It would be like being trapped on a family vacation in a cramped cabin for months or years on end for humans; you would eventually end up killing each other. Once the hive-mind had fractured they reverted to a more primitive state and began to fuck and eat each other (sometimes both at once - things get crazy in a mating ball). Hot?
I apparently just accidentally discovered the correct sequence of keys to send that last comment with just keyboard mashing. ;D
So, yes, MATING BALLS... I've seen videos of those with snakes. Crazy shit.
Epic vore/sex orgy ftw? XD
Also, how do Arbiters reproduce? Queen-style? Everybody for themselves style? I can't remember if you covered this earlier. And are their actual bits all insectoid-like? D:
So, yes, MATING BALLS... I've seen videos of those with snakes. Crazy shit.
Epic vore/sex orgy ftw? XD
Also, how do Arbiters reproduce? Queen-style? Everybody for themselves style? I can't remember if you covered this earlier. And are their actual bits all insectoid-like? D:
All will be explained when I complete the Arbiter section of the VanGuide, however with Arbiters it is every alien for itself - they are equipped with spines which inject something akin to spores into the bloodstream of the "mother" to be.... the spores migrate to the reproductive organs where they interact with proto-eggs. They can also reproduce via parthenogenesis if they are alone for extended periods of time. Mating is painful, brutal and dangerous.
Arbiter "penis" is a frightening thing... like a blunt hypodermic needle as big as your arm. Not erotic. Whatsoever.
Arbiter "penis" is a frightening thing... like a blunt hypodermic needle as big as your arm. Not erotic. Whatsoever.
hehehe. it's a maaaad mad world inside that melon o' yours o.o
I hope repulsive and interesting need not necessarily be mutually exclusive they're too much fun together!
there are a lot of (seemingly difficult to describe hehe) critters in some sci-fi books ive read (really just David Brin) that this reminds me of... but this IS interesting. i mean, anyone can put mean eyes and fangs on something and call it the bad guy, but a giant, armed antlion-centipede-dragon-mole-bee-chicken, complete with authentic battle damage??
and, for a bit of self-deprecating humor lol, i looked up "antlion" to see if that was just a colloquialism, and maybe there's a more official sounding term for the lil creature, and heh, i learned several things about them hahah. like duuuuh i didnt even know they were larvae for a flying bug, and also, the "antlion" larvae has no anus. wow. i just had to share that nugget o' wisdom with whatever hapless reader stumbles upon my mindless babble.
babblebabble. yadayada. i dont feel like going back to work. this is my coffee break, and may it last forev... *buzz* damn.
okay I'll stop now. :P take care Lincard
I hope repulsive and interesting need not necessarily be mutually exclusive they're too much fun together!
there are a lot of (seemingly difficult to describe hehe) critters in some sci-fi books ive read (really just David Brin) that this reminds me of... but this IS interesting. i mean, anyone can put mean eyes and fangs on something and call it the bad guy, but a giant, armed antlion-centipede-dragon-mole-bee-chicken, complete with authentic battle damage??
and, for a bit of self-deprecating humor lol, i looked up "antlion" to see if that was just a colloquialism, and maybe there's a more official sounding term for the lil creature, and heh, i learned several things about them hahah. like duuuuh i didnt even know they were larvae for a flying bug, and also, the "antlion" larvae has no anus. wow. i just had to share that nugget o' wisdom with whatever hapless reader stumbles upon my mindless babble.
babblebabble. yadayada. i dont feel like going back to work. this is my coffee break, and may it last forev... *buzz* damn.
okay I'll stop now. :P take care Lincard
I loved Mr. Brin's uplift novels. Hell, I have a signed copy of "Heart of the Comet" - the book he co-wrote with Gregory Benford, very big fan of his works. And you are quite right of course, repulsive and interesting are not mutually exclusive. As for the Arbiters - much like the Vanguard their genesis was born of many different things all mixed together in my diseased imagination. Huh, I knew Antlions were the immature form of another insect, but had no idea about the no anus...
THE MORE YOU KNOW
Always entertaining talking with you, Sir... and you look after yourself also.
THE MORE YOU KNOW
Always entertaining talking with you, Sir... and you look after yourself also.
Arbiters are scavengers... as they spread out through their galactic sector they steal the technology of the various species they wipe out along the way. Unlike the projectile and directed energy weapons favored by the Vanguard, these guys prefer to fry their enemies and then consume them while they are still warm and twitching using weapons which fire a broad, powerful EMP burst that destroys nerve pathways in organic entities. And each other, they're not particularly bothered about friendly casualties - they reproduce fast enough.
I think we're going to new some bigger pew pew pew, maybe a high caliber Gatling cannon or a howitzer.
Something I've always been curious about, on the average, how big are the Arbiters, in your stories I don't think that you ever mentioned as too the exact size of one, though since they were able to rip apart the Vanguard fairly easily once they got close in, I'm guessing they're pretty freaking huge.
Something I've always been curious about, on the average, how big are the Arbiters, in your stories I don't think that you ever mentioned as too the exact size of one, though since they were able to rip apart the Vanguard fairly easily once they got close in, I'm guessing they're pretty freaking huge.
Take off and nuke the site from orbit. It is the only way to be sure! Have to admit, I laughed at that first sentence of yours.. you are blessed with a good sense of humour, my friend.
The average Arbiter is about the size of a minibus (people-carrier) when fully mature. They aren't hugely fast or agile but they are tank-like and will just keep coming. They are also utterly ruthless and not above tearing each other apart in order to advance the cause... after all, there are more where they came from. Millions and billions more.
The average Arbiter is about the size of a minibus (people-carrier) when fully mature. They aren't hugely fast or agile but they are tank-like and will just keep coming. They are also utterly ruthless and not above tearing each other apart in order to advance the cause... after all, there are more where they came from. Millions and billions more.
Mostly on hues and shades and she wanted my input on the overall design of the critter. She's a good friend of mine so I see alot of WIPs. You definitely picked the right one for something outlandish though. She has some pretty wicked creature designs and has a nack for making them all look different without being similiar in anything but her style.
The problem with Arbiters is that they are very much like M&M's... you cannot stop with just one. If you had twenty of them you may find them multiplying faster than you had anticipated. And that much hate in one small area is a recipe for a really bad day.
Now what WOULD be fun is getting one by itself and attempting to lasso and ride it, bronco style... just make sure you have rodeo clowns in the ring, they make good appetizers and even better distractions while you run like diarrhea after being knocked off your perch
Now what WOULD be fun is getting one by itself and attempting to lasso and ride it, bronco style... just make sure you have rodeo clowns in the ring, they make good appetizers and even better distractions while you run like diarrhea after being knocked off your perch
Well done, Madam! Here, have a chocolate-chip cookie!
...these are not the chocolate laxatives you are looking for, btw.
Apparently some people like eating brains. But they can be full of prions. Prions are tricksey wee hobbitses that can survive the cooking process. Otherwise known as "kuru", an affliction that affects cannibals of various primitive tribes around the world.
...these are not the chocolate laxatives you are looking for, btw.
Apparently some people like eating brains. But they can be full of prions. Prions are tricksey wee hobbitses that can survive the cooking process. Otherwise known as "kuru", an affliction that affects cannibals of various primitive tribes around the world.
They should at least have the decency to use a napkin though... I mean, I'M stuck in a friggin' zombie apocalypse, trying to enjoy my food, and I've got this jackass zombie sitting in the next seat over with a piece of what I assume to be someone's large intentine stuck to his chin... It's downright inconsiderate...
You think that is bad? Just try finding one you would be willing to take home and meet your parents!
"Now, I hope your intentions toward my daughter are honorable."
"Braaaaaaaaains..."
"Oh thank christ for that, I thought you were only after her because she has great tits!"
"Daaaaad! Not in front of the rotting corpse, geeze!"
"Now, I hope your intentions toward my daughter are honorable."
"Braaaaaaaaains..."
"Oh thank christ for that, I thought you were only after her because she has great tits!"
"Daaaaad! Not in front of the rotting corpse, geeze!"
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