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Old 11-02-2009, 05:47 PM   #50
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Default Re: How is GURPS Alpha Centauri.

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Originally Posted by Molokh View Post
I'm quite interested in seeing a Hive-like society/community in a positive light. And IMO the original game itself doesn't have much in the way of quotes to prove the Hive irredeemably evil.
We are colonizing a hostile alien planet without support here! This is no time for the reckless pride of the ego. We must be strong and single-minded, working with the strength of all as one, like the ants. Let our grandchildren have such luxuries as debate and the pursuit of creativity, if we survive to have any.

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For one, I see them as one of the only two factions that make transhumanism viable (the other being Students of the University). Not talking about the expansion factions, that is.
Picture the alliance: a shotgun marriage of the bold pioneers with the most bizarre visions and the blindly loyal worker bees with the will to carry anything that seems advantageous to its logical extremes...
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