[IW] Ordinary Worlds with valuables! - Page 38

David Johnston2 · 01-20-2018, 02:35 PM

Cretaceous-2 was originally classified as a myth parallel since it contains primitive hunter gatherer humans in what would otherwise be the Cretaceous, but further investigation has revealed that that the ancestors of the humans were a reality displaced ship of colonists en route to the American colonies, possibly from Homeline itself.

Astromancer · 01-21-2018, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Cretaceous-2 was originally classified as a myth parallel since it contains primitive hunter gatherer humans in what would otherwise be the Cretaceous, but further investigation has revealed that that the ancestors of the humans were a reality displaced ship of colonists en route to the American colonies, possibly from Homeline itself.

What's the valuable? I could see hiring the locals as hunting guides.

David Johnston2 · 01-21-2018, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Astromancer

What's the valuable? I could see hiring the locals as hunting guides.

I probably posted that to the wrong item. However it's not like dinosaur meat and hide are commonly available.

Astromancer · 01-21-2018, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by David Johnston2

I probably posted that to the wrong item. However it's not like dinosaur meat and hide are commonly available.

Valid point. Triceratops leather boots are fashionable in certain quarters.

Steve Jackson · 01-21-2018, 02:29 PM

Do these people need to be rescued? Or is it the dinosaurs who need rescue? Or what?

Do they domesticate small dinosaurs?

Flyndaran · 01-21-2018, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by David Johnston2

I probably posted that to the wrong item. However it's not like dinosaur meat and hide are commonly available.

Why aren't they? There are multiple dino-worlds, and even just one would be more than enough to supply niche Homeline products.

AlexanderHowl · 01-21-2018, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Jackson

Do these people need to be rescued? Or is it the dinosaurs who need rescue? Or what?

Do they domesticate small dinosaurs?

I like the idea of domesticated small dinosaurs :). Some of the larger dinosaurs could also be domesticated if captured young (or if hatched from a stolen egg). Imagine a T-Rex raised from an egg and used for hunting very large game.

Flyndaran · 01-21-2018, 10:15 PM

Most mammals can't bet tamed. The smartest non-avian dinosaurs were cognitively on par with ostriches... I'm doubtful many if any could be domesticated.
But weirder things have happened in reality, I guess.

PTTG · 01-21-2018, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Flyndaran

Most mammals can't bet tamed. The smartest non-avian dinosaurs were cognitively on par with ostriches... I'm doubtful many if any could be domesticated.
But weirder things have happened in reality, I guess.

Be interested to know how you intuited that from fossils, considering that corvids have tool use despite having tiny brains.

Flyndaran · 01-21-2018, 11:23 PM

I did say, "non-avian dinosaurs".
I would like to see your evidence that they were unusually intelligent for having tiny underdeveloped brains. It's not impossible, but being a rather unlikely state, I think the onus of proof lies on your side more than mine.
I want to make it clear that I'm not of the old school extreme of thinking they were walking meat with the smarts of a hungry rock. Crocodilians are quite individual, but they aren't on par with mice, for example.

01-20-2018, 02:35 PM	#371
David Johnston2 Join Date: Dec 2007	Re: [IW] Ordinary Worlds with valuables! Cretaceous-2 was originally classified as a myth parallel since it contains primitive hunter gatherer humans in what would otherwise be the Cretaceous, but further investigation has revealed that that the ancestors of the humans were a reality displaced ship of colonists en route to the American colonies, possibly from Homeline itself.

01-21-2018, 02:29 PM	#375
Steve Jackson President and EIC Join Date: Jul 2004	Re: [IW] Ordinary Worlds with valuables! Do these people need to be rescued? Or is it the dinosaurs who need rescue? Or what? Do they domesticate small dinosaurs?

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Flyndaran Untagged Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon	Re: [IW] Ordinary Worlds with valuables! Most mammals can't bet tamed. The smartest non-avian dinosaurs were cognitively on par with ostriches... I'm doubtful many if any could be domesticated. But weirder things have happened in reality, I guess. __________________ Beware, poor communication skills. No offense intended. If offended, it just means that I failed my writing skill check.

01-21-2018, 11:23 PM	#380
Flyndaran Untagged Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon	Re: [IW] Ordinary Worlds with valuables! I did say, "non-avian dinosaurs". I would like to see your evidence that they were unusually intelligent for having tiny underdeveloped brains. It's not impossible, but being a rather unlikely state, I think the onus of proof lies on your side more than mine. I want to make it clear that I'm not of the old school extreme of thinking they were walking meat with the smarts of a hungry rock. Crocodilians are quite individual, but they aren't on par with mice, for example. __________________ Beware, poor communication skills. No offense intended. If offended, it just means that I failed my writing skill check.