So, first and most important, why are you here on Earth?~Zeek Slider
I kind of just stumbled upon it while looking for a safe place to rest. My ship was terribly low on fuel and the oxygen reserves were starting to wear thin as well. Thankfully, I was the only one in the ship, so it lasted longer than it originally would. But, anyway, I was just scanning the Sol system when I got some radio chatter from your planet’s location and I just went for it. Kind of wish I knew you guys were the “shoot first, ask questions later” type, though.
Yeah, a large chunk of us are like that for some reason. I’m sorry.
It’s alright. I’m just glad no body was shot by the Auto-Turret.
How did you find out about us?
Alien Immigration.
We understand that your home world was destroyed. How did that happen?
I honestly don’t know. I was one of several members of my race to colonize nearby systems when we all suddenly lost contact with our home world. None of us knew what was going on, and to be perfectly frank, it scares us. When we all got back to our home world, it was like nothing happened. And I mean nothing! It was like we didn’t even exist anymore! Most of us decided to flee that area of the galaxy faster than--what’s your planet’s fastest animal again? Well, anyway, faster than that. I made it my personal quest to find out just what happened.
Is that why you’re here in my office looking through files and records with a fever pace?
Kind of. To make a long story short, before getting to Earth, I came across several other races who have heard stories similar to mine. They all point towards two different races that may know something about what happened. I’m hoping to find information about them.
You could have asked for that kind of information instead of getting a job here, you know.
Yes, but that’s just not how my race works. You see, we believe in fair compensation and trade. I give you something, you give me something of equal value in return. This goes for all kinds of things like clothing, toys, even information and another individual’s life!
So, I take it you’re going to be expecting something from me because of the information you’re sharing in this interview?
Oh, no no no no no no! Not from you! I’ve already established my contract with your boss’s bosses, and they have that on record. I work for you guys for no pay since Earth capital is useless to me, and in return your company will give me the information I need on just two races I want to seek out. I mean, my race has Refugee status in the galaxy! I’m not a threat to anyone if I get some information that I need to find out the answer to my race’s biggest mystery. Am I?
In some cultures, yes, but in this case, I wouldn’t know. All I do is report on alien races that we have files on because of a declassification decree from the higher-ups.
And I’m here to help you with that.
20080918
Al's Interview
I keep forgetting to post this, so I might as well do it first before we officially begin the next wave of profiles from the stars. Unfortunately, the bulk of the interview will not be published for security reasons.
20080917
Ratings System Expanded - Technology and Buildings
Last time, I explained the new rating system of alien creatures and races. Tonight, I’ll be posting information about how buildings and forms of alien technology will be rated. (And then I’m going to bed.)
First, the technology. While galactic races do have a multitude of technology from advance software to raw materials that are not found on our planet, the only ones I will be able to post declassified information about are their vehicles. Alien vehicles come in four different classes: Military, Religious, Economic, and Spaceship. Those crafts labeled as Spaceships do not get any of the following ratings added to their publication for classified reasons. In fact, the information I can post about space-traveling vehicles is rather limited to their primary use and which race, if any that can be identified, uses them the most common.
For the other three classes of vehicles, there are three categories in which ratings are assigned based on a percentage scale. The percentage scale is a rough estimate of their overall distribution of things like speed, armor, and general threat level. For military (or M Class) vehicles, this is pretty self explanatory. With religious (R Class) and economic (E Class) vehicles, their so-called threat comes from their ability or effectiveness of their primary directive. For R Class vehicles, the rating is based on their ability to house, transport, and convert members of a galactic faith. For E Class vehicles, this rating is based on the size of their cargo holds.
Keep in mind that his percentage rating is out of 100% and is not meant as an accurate representation of a vehicle’s true strength. Furthermore, these ratings are for the most commonly used models that we have records of. Much like how we can upgrade our cars into something that would get the attention of the MTV crowd, they can easily upgrade their tanks to withstand larger shells or fire heavier rounds of ammo.
Buildings (thankfully) only have one form of labeling. Due to the similarities in function and variety of architectural design, this labeling system comes in four flavors: Government, Residential, Industrial, and Commercial. Information posted about these buildings is supplied from the races that constructed them, however many are very secretive as to their true function. Especially in their Government and Industrial buildings! Most of the time, I’ll be posting quotes from advertisements or translations of historical records about the building, as that is the only thing available.
Al, being a very efficient creature with his four arms, organized several stacks of profiles for me to start publishing. He even took the liberty of uploading a few images up on the Spore tracker due to a problem with connectivity with the data server I was accessing and the actual server this blog is on. And judging from how tall the pile is on my desk of just the creatures, I have a lot of work to do.
~Zeek Slider
First, the technology. While galactic races do have a multitude of technology from advance software to raw materials that are not found on our planet, the only ones I will be able to post declassified information about are their vehicles. Alien vehicles come in four different classes: Military, Religious, Economic, and Spaceship. Those crafts labeled as Spaceships do not get any of the following ratings added to their publication for classified reasons. In fact, the information I can post about space-traveling vehicles is rather limited to their primary use and which race, if any that can be identified, uses them the most common.
For the other three classes of vehicles, there are three categories in which ratings are assigned based on a percentage scale. The percentage scale is a rough estimate of their overall distribution of things like speed, armor, and general threat level. For military (or M Class) vehicles, this is pretty self explanatory. With religious (R Class) and economic (E Class) vehicles, their so-called threat comes from their ability or effectiveness of their primary directive. For R Class vehicles, the rating is based on their ability to house, transport, and convert members of a galactic faith. For E Class vehicles, this rating is based on the size of their cargo holds.
Keep in mind that his percentage rating is out of 100% and is not meant as an accurate representation of a vehicle’s true strength. Furthermore, these ratings are for the most commonly used models that we have records of. Much like how we can upgrade our cars into something that would get the attention of the MTV crowd, they can easily upgrade their tanks to withstand larger shells or fire heavier rounds of ammo.
Buildings (thankfully) only have one form of labeling. Due to the similarities in function and variety of architectural design, this labeling system comes in four flavors: Government, Residential, Industrial, and Commercial. Information posted about these buildings is supplied from the races that constructed them, however many are very secretive as to their true function. Especially in their Government and Industrial buildings! Most of the time, I’ll be posting quotes from advertisements or translations of historical records about the building, as that is the only thing available.
Al, being a very efficient creature with his four arms, organized several stacks of profiles for me to start publishing. He even took the liberty of uploading a few images up on the Spore tracker due to a problem with connectivity with the data server I was accessing and the actual server this blog is on. And judging from how tall the pile is on my desk of just the creatures, I have a lot of work to do.
~Zeek Slider
20080915
Rating System Expanded - Creatures and Races
I'm in the middle of interviewing Al, who has a really interesting history. More on that later. For now, while we are having lunch, I thought I'd post something about the new Rating System I had to study for.
The old system that I was using was apparently before the... "company reformation." It was based on the anatomy and the function of said parts by the creature and then given a score between 1 and 20. This system was thrown out about a month before I started publishing the findings, but the policy is not retro-active. This means that anything I posted before Al's introduction of himself is out of date. I'm working on getting those files updated, but it doesn't look like I'll get around to actually publishing their data on here. Not like it matters since 90% of the information needs to be updated anyway.
In any event, here is how the new rating system works.
Alien creatures come in two different groups: animal and sentient. The rating systems are different for each.
For animals, they are given a basic Low, Medium, or High rating for both their danger and social levels. This rating is based on what anatomical parts the creature has adapted. However, this rating system is rather arbitrary and is loosely based off of the old system. It's just that instead of saying a creature has a social rating of, say, 15, we now put that the creature has a high social rating. Animals that have a predatory nature are indicated as such under their danger level. Most commonly, this will only apply to any creature with a high danger level, but with the wild Zelidor, that wasn't really the case. This labeling will also apply to any creature that is a pack hunter with a number assigned to indicate the multiple in which to determine the pack's collective threat. So if a creature has a low danger rating but hunts in a pack of 5, that creature should be considered a medium to high rated threat as a group.
For sentient creatures, this rating is expanded to include a culture rating. This is broken into two sections with three different labels each. (Total of six possible labels to be assigned.) For primitive cultures, the rating is assigned to their general social behavior as either friendly, aggressive, or industrious. The third is rarely used, as very few tribes keep to themselves to advance their local social network and technology. Cultures with technology are then given one of three ratings based on the bulk of their planetary culture. These ratings are Military, Religious, or Economic. These are pretty much explain themselves.
Finally, if a race is one of the many that travel space, they are given yet another classification based on a Galactic Code of Conduct. This acts like a universal (literally) identity for the race's home world and/or empire. Humans don't qualify for this rating as of yet, as we have yet to set up colonies on other planets. Apparently, that technology is beyond us at this moment.
A special requirement for me involving sentient races involves posting their evolutionary stages if they are available. This applies to animals as well, but most of these creatures cannot be tracked for one reason or another. You know, kind of like how on our planet we cannot figure out how a penguin can be related to a dinosaur outside of the tool kit genes. However, any alien creature or race with an evolutionary timeline will have a longer post, as there will be more information available to publish.
There are separate rating systems for the various alien technology that I'll be covering later.
~Zeek Slider
The old system that I was using was apparently before the... "company reformation." It was based on the anatomy and the function of said parts by the creature and then given a score between 1 and 20. This system was thrown out about a month before I started publishing the findings, but the policy is not retro-active. This means that anything I posted before Al's introduction of himself is out of date. I'm working on getting those files updated, but it doesn't look like I'll get around to actually publishing their data on here. Not like it matters since 90% of the information needs to be updated anyway.
In any event, here is how the new rating system works.
Alien creatures come in two different groups: animal and sentient. The rating systems are different for each.
For animals, they are given a basic Low, Medium, or High rating for both their danger and social levels. This rating is based on what anatomical parts the creature has adapted. However, this rating system is rather arbitrary and is loosely based off of the old system. It's just that instead of saying a creature has a social rating of, say, 15, we now put that the creature has a high social rating. Animals that have a predatory nature are indicated as such under their danger level. Most commonly, this will only apply to any creature with a high danger level, but with the wild Zelidor, that wasn't really the case. This labeling will also apply to any creature that is a pack hunter with a number assigned to indicate the multiple in which to determine the pack's collective threat. So if a creature has a low danger rating but hunts in a pack of 5, that creature should be considered a medium to high rated threat as a group.
For sentient creatures, this rating is expanded to include a culture rating. This is broken into two sections with three different labels each. (Total of six possible labels to be assigned.) For primitive cultures, the rating is assigned to their general social behavior as either friendly, aggressive, or industrious. The third is rarely used, as very few tribes keep to themselves to advance their local social network and technology. Cultures with technology are then given one of three ratings based on the bulk of their planetary culture. These ratings are Military, Religious, or Economic. These are pretty much explain themselves.
Finally, if a race is one of the many that travel space, they are given yet another classification based on a Galactic Code of Conduct. This acts like a universal (literally) identity for the race's home world and/or empire. Humans don't qualify for this rating as of yet, as we have yet to set up colonies on other planets. Apparently, that technology is beyond us at this moment.
A special requirement for me involving sentient races involves posting their evolutionary stages if they are available. This applies to animals as well, but most of these creatures cannot be tracked for one reason or another. You know, kind of like how on our planet we cannot figure out how a penguin can be related to a dinosaur outside of the tool kit genes. However, any alien creature or race with an evolutionary timeline will have a longer post, as there will be more information available to publish.
There are separate rating systems for the various alien technology that I'll be covering later.
~Zeek Slider
20080913
Introducing Me!
 | Diet: Omnivore Danger Level: High (Predatory) Social Ability: High Culture: Friendly, Economic Galactic Class: Refugee |
What I can tell you is that my race suffered from a mysterious anomaly. You see, my home planet just suddenly disappeared off the face of the galaxy! That’s right, completely and mysterious disappeared! We weren’t attacked or were to close to a Blue Giant at the end of its life or anything. The entire planet just disappeared as if it wasn’t there to begin with. I am one of only a handful of refugees who have found a safe home out there in the stars. When I learned about this place, I tried to get a job here because I’m trying to find some information on what happened.
Being from an economically strong culture, it wasn’t very hard to buy my way into this current position, but I do have some contractual obligations to fulfill before I can do what I want with the information housed in this place. I’m not shy about telling anyone this, since I know my brothers and sisters are doing the exact same thing somewhere among the stars.
In any event, I think that’s all I can tell you for now. Zeek is suppose to give me an interview today, but if he doesn’t show up, I think I’m just going to take my worn-out top hat and coat to watch a movie. You’d be surprised what kind of second jobs the workers at Alien Immigrations do on the weekends just to keep this place a secret.
20080910
Hey Zeek!
They tell me you have this set as your starting page. Just thought I'd let you know they are letting me have some minor access to the blog while you are studying for your SP&P exam. I thought it would be funnier to post this rather than e-mail you.
Good luck, and looking forward to working with you soon!
Good luck, and looking forward to working with you soon!
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