 July 25, 2012 - 1:16pm | Was just thinking about that picture in the AD book of a young dral separating from a parent and how dralasites must not have delivery wards in the hospitals. At worst there might be some oozing from the separation sight. For vrusk the process must be as banal as taking a dump. Though I see the vrusk as having specialized maternity locations but that they are within the trade house not the typical hospital. Speaking of which there must be vrusk trade houses where their business is medicine. Even though I very much not in favor of this, I can actually see the vrusk as practicing euthanaisia of defectives- though one wonders what the business like vrusk do with these? In ages past were they eaten as a food source? Highly likely in modern times they are sold to trade houses doing bio-medical research. Yazirians and humans probably have similar experiences in child birth. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 25, 2012 - 1:42pm | Just for fun i like to imagine the yazirian female having a chance of entering battle rage during delivery. I can see her half ripping out some of his mane in the front and roaring in his face, "YOU DID THIS TO ME." I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 25, 2012 - 1:45pm | Human mid wives like to deliver babies in water, in a tub- wonder about doing this in 0g? Often they like to get a woman walkimg to help get the baby in position if she is not ready so that suggests that gravity is good for the process. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 July 27, 2012 - 5:12pm | Jedion, I think that you are on to something with a vrusk medical trade house. It would make good business sense to have one. They have other specialty houses. Each trade house might have a contrat for a small medical facility in their house locations, where the skilled labor comes from the Medical Trade House. That same house could get a discount on the contract by supplying general labor to the facility for all of the dirty work. As for eating the young, maybe an ancient practice, but the modern enlightened vrusk would never sink to such cannabilism. another type of medical contract for the MTH(Medical Trade House), would be to supply trained combat medics for vrusk security concerns or even merc groups. Terminating defective young might be one way to handle that situation, but I envisioned vrusk as more enlightened when reading their profile. Business-like yes, but having some sort of compassion. Maybe having a special vrusk trade house connected with the MTH, that handles special needs. Because, if they looked at all defects as worthless, then when a vrusk was too old or was crippled in combat they would terminate them all. I just don't see the vrusk as that way. Of course that is my human view. So maybe to make them more alien, it would be good to have them with that sort of mind set. The MTH social health care? |
July 27, 2012 - 7:11pm | I think part of the loyalty to a trade house is that it cares for your needs your whole life. Birth to grave. Conglomerates certainly run their own in house clinic. MTH would either "lease" security medics or run training programs for security firms. Its possible for the vrusk to have an attitude of terminating defectives at birth but not the elderly and permanently injured though most vrusk just grow back missing parts. The adult defective is a result of environmental factors and their regen ability fixes 99% of these problems. Congenital defectives are the result of genetic mutation and the cost to the company can be high hence the pragmatism. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 July 29, 2012 - 10:27pm | It is possible that because the vrusk are born a larvae that those with defects do not naturally survive their first molt. Modern medicine may allow molt defects to survive or even for them to be treated and cured while in the pupae stage. -iggy |
July 30, 2012 - 4:57am | It is possible that because the vrusk are born a larvae that those with defects do not naturally survive their first molt. Modern medicine may allow molt defects to survive or even for them to be treated and cured while in the pupae stage. interesting, like pre-natal surgery.I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
August 1, 2012 - 7:23pm | I have been thinking about what a dralasite maternity ward would look like. In the ancient past a large central bowl of stone with a small bowl next to it. Of course they are connected. Then as they seperate from one another they would each have a place of rest. In modern times, depending on their environmental/green feelings, they could still use stone or maybe they have a hightech room with all kinds of gadgets. Some food for thought. I just see dralasites not needing much for tech with the process. |
August 1, 2012 - 10:21pm | Agreed. Like the stone bowl for resting though. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
September 9, 2012 - 8:34am | How long does a dralasite reproductive spore remain in the environment? I was thinking about a dralasite stranded somewhere (crash landing or whatever) and he enters the female phase. How automatic is pregnancy? Perhaps its very likely in the presence of reproductive spore and thus the driving force behind the research to develop the drugs that let a dral control their sex. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
September 9, 2012 - 8:07pm | Just a little googling I did on spore life span suggests that we could choose about any duration we want for an alien species. However, I suspect that if we had anything beyond a few weeks and the dral population would suffer from constant budding and a population explosion. -iggy |
