No Aliens, only Humans?

[WarmongerPhoenix]

So are there only Humans in the BATTLETECH universe? (by aliens I don't mean like wildlife or plantlife I mean like Turians, Vulkans, Wookies, etc.)

[pete]

No Aliens

[Lack of Stuff]

Yes but people hated them so no more.

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Tetatae

[MortVent]

officially there was just the one, but while canon they are considered unreachable due to the jump malfunction/cosmic anomaly that allowed them to be reached.

There are some near-sapient species detailed in the settings though not considered to be aliens.

[Wantoomany]

Originally posted by Lack of Stuff:

Yes but people hated them so no more.

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Tetatae

Yeah, no one liked the space chickens

[MortVent]

Originally posted by Wantoomany:

Originally posted by Lack of Stuff:

Yes but people hated them so no more.

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Tetatae

Yeah, no one liked the space chickens

There were tasty according to the book

[Daeca]

Originally posted by WarmongerPhoenix:

So are there only Humans in the BATTLETECH universe? (by aliens I don't mean like wildlife or plantlife I mean like Turians, Vulkans, Wookies, etc.)

On a BASIC level? No. theres isn't any... On a Canon level... See the Tetatae entry, but to save you the trip they are inconsequential bird-like beings that came from the Far Country novel, so as far as most people are concerned they don't exist at all.

[ZWildiris]

Someone wants to play Pacific Rim? lol

[Smurf-O-Pax]

Far Country wasn't too bad when i remember it right. The Behemoth aka Stone Rhino on the cover is so nice ;).

[SpinningRat360]

i would have bought this if it had aliens

[Vogel]

Originally posted by Smurf-O-Pax:

Far Country wasn't too bad when i remember it right. The Behemoth aka Stone Rhino on the cover is so nice ;).

Don't think that 'mech was actually in that strange novel called Far Country.

I know this thread is old but it has already been dug up, so whatever.

[some guy]

ive always wanted some proper wookies in my battletech

[Wantoomany]

Originally posted by greltheghost:

i would have bought this if it had aliens

Well, considering the name, the necromancy checks out.

And I am really unsure how aliens would improve the game. Considering the universe, they would simply be the defacto good guys in a universe where good guys don't really fit in.

[Jamie Wolf]

Originally posted by Wantoomany:

Originally posted by greltheghost:

i would have bought this if it had aliens

Well, considering the name, the necromancy checks out.

And I am really unsure how aliens would improve the game. Considering the universe, they would simply be the defacto good guys in a universe where good guys don't really fit in.

They wouldn't. BT tried aliens in far country and the community sharply rejected them. While the novel remains canon, it's basically a we won't talk about that again situation which is fairly easy given the location it takes place in.

At it's core BT is the answer to the question "can't we all just get along?" (The answer btw is: no, no we can't). Aliens would give humanity another threat to unify against and I feel like that would be a mistake given the core nature of the universe

[madpraxis]

Man, I kind of liked that book...

[Praxis-W]

Originally posted by Jamie Wolf:

Originally posted by Wantoomany:

Well, considering the name, the necromancy checks out.

And I am really unsure how aliens would improve the game. Considering the universe, they would simply be the defacto good guys in a universe where good guys don't really fit in.

They wouldn't. BT tried aliens in far country and the community sharply rejected them. While the novel remains canon, it's basically a we won't talk about that again situation which is fairly easy given the location it takes place in.

At it's core BT is the answer to the question "can't we all just get along?" (The answer btw is: no, no we can't). Aliens would give humanity another threat to unify against and I feel like that would be a mistake given the core nature of the universe

I can't remember the name of it, but I remember a sci-fi novel where International War and most other large scale Human conflicts immediately ceased the moment Aliens showed up in our skies and declared they were taking over. While the aliens had FTL travel, and advanced weapons, they VASTLY underestimated Humans' capacity for violence. We finally had something to go to war with that wasn't us, and therefore, all our ethical problems related to violence was discarded in the name of Humanity's survival.
We captured one of their ships in under two days, and within a week we had repelled the invasion entirely. :D