Really? I thought there were.
That doesn't make sense. Orks always have something to fight. They are very willing to fight each other.
There are gretchin, but they're very different to goblins socially. There are goblin warbosses. There are no gretchin warbosses.
Maybe? The only idea I have for that is for the diplomacy necessary to host a conference of national leaders.
*Sniffs suspiciously*
Gremlin was created in that facility by tau geneticists and the SI, by getting hold of a embryonic snotling and removing the later revisions in its genetic code.
Cool, so now when those things start popping up elsewhere and murdering billions we know who to blame.
Neither of these things are true.
If they needed plants, wouldn't they be incapable of colonising planets without plants? That seems like a pretty big weakness. I never knew about that.
No, looks like I was mistaken, though they're still going to need somewhere the fungus can grow.
The idea of snotlings and gretchins growing from nutrient-poor sites while proper orks grow once spores get access to nutrients makes sense to me. It is a good headcanon. The orks parasitizing plants (particularly if it is just one of their sources of energy and matter) makes as much sense as anything, fungi parasitize in real life.
This is your reminder that certain types of Fungus can grow in vacuum.
I'm surprised but intrigued that we'll be seeing the POV of the OLC's latest recruit.
That should say species's.
I like that this shows how much Zartok has both grown so much yet changed so little. And that he can laugh at his own folly.
Unsurprising, but hopefully he'll either die before he can become a problem or he'll change his mind down the road.
'I do to' -> 'I do too'
You counterpunched then so hard they couldn't spell anymore.
Shouldn't it say 2013 instead of 2012?
Ah, focusing on Allyn as he settles in to his new role as an Orange Lantern. It'll be interesting to see what a newcomer makes of the Orange Lanterns he meets, and how they interact with their power and each other...
Whereas most of a Maltusian's power is tied to their immortal flesh. Though they'd likely be offended if you called them gods.
Last seen here, discussing his goals with OL after being shown up in the training ring. I hope he's reconsidered those goals since.
Not surprising. He has a definite view of how things should be, and isn't happy that they aren't.
Good, keep an open mind about things. To set rigid boundaries on yourself is to fail to comprehend the very power you command.
He's used to being in charge, as a former general. Thus, everyone must wait for him to act first.
And that action explains so much about things. A teacher learns more about themself by teaching than any amount of meditation and study.
No doubt Zartok already has that information pulled up from the Ring's database, but hearing it in the Ascendant's own words can put a new perspective on those facts.
Allyn learning to use the Ring to aid him in unfamiliar social situations, I see. I bet that sort of thing has smoothed over many a potential cultural conflict amongst the Corps.
Sadly, it generally turns out that people are much the same everywhere, no matter how many other ways they differ. Some will always want more than they have and be willing to take it from those who have it.
To be fair, it's only after they've passed away, and she doesn't participate in the dying anymore..
Everybody needs to eat something. The only difference is that her 'food' used to be sophont beings.
Well, they're probably used to thinking of it as a powerful weapon, as some of the Green Lantern Corps like to boast about it being.
And those peoples find themselves castigated by less callous races. Though the Citizenry can learn to change their ways, and the Guilders can be forced to...
No, Allyn. He's being far more literal about that 'My way.'
If nothing else, it would keep people on their toes. Though I doubt he's so unpredictable that he'd reward something one day, and punish it the next.
Being a God is more than simply being the biggest, baddest mammajamma in the house, you know. A good God has duties and responsibilities that they take very seriously. Compare Zeus to Hades, for example.
And here we see Zartok being his usual Lawful Evil teammate self.
Though 'Tyrant' is a loaded term, in this case he definitely fills the worst aspects of it.
Yes, not being top dog burns, doesn't it?
Well, he's learnt from that mistake, I suppose.
To some degree, he's the sort of villain that some virtuous Orange Lanterns would happily smite without guilt.
Heh. The joy of having a veteran buddy to give you build advice when starting a fresh character.
Honestly, he's not that much more exalted than you are. He's got maybe a year's experience on you, barely two. OL could steamroll both of you without even tapping his more esoteric powers.
Yes... And when he thinks he can accomplish it, he'll challenge OL again, and eventually the Controllers. Whether he'll actually have progressed that far remains to be seen.
Ah, the diplomatic way. Not always successful, but certainly requires less battle.
Finished your dinner, then? Or was that just a flex of your 'superiority'?
I have the feeling Zartok may be surprised by what Allyn can do. Since not all people think the same way, Lanterns will not fight the same way. And Allyn has a few exotic abilities that can give him a distinct advantage.
I know Paul is badass, but is he that powerful? He keeps encountering stronger foes that it's hard to judge.
Thank you, corrected.
He only ate one. It's not like it was a habit.
interest -> interests ?
Thank you, corrected.
How do you measure strength? I reckon he could be a mid-to-high tier superhero even without his rings at this point.
A good guess! Wrong, but a very good gues nonetheless!