** And they are indeed very, very alien. While there has been actual contact with the Ark Megaforms (read: they have been seen), nobody really knows just what they are, and communication with them is impossible, although the expedition members in ''Space Mowgli'' speculate that the titular character has been modified by the Megaforms to serve as an interface between humans and them. As for the Wanderers, no one has ever seen one, only remnants of their technology have been found and the sole two facts that are known about them is that they a) were/are astronomically more advanced than humans and b) are decidedly non-humanoid. No other conclusions ''at all'' can be drawn from their tech, hinting at how different they actually must be. It is explicitly stated by one of the Noon Universe "metaplot" characters (either Gorbovsky or Komov) that their non-humanoid nature renders any guess at their psychology useless. The suspicion that they might be progressing humanity, just as humanity is doing with the various HumanAliens, generally considering it a great thing, is downright terrifying to most.

10th May '13 4:33:06 AM ZemplinTemplar

Send ZemplinTemplar a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

Changed line(s) 24,26 (click to see context) from:

to:

Added line(s) 31 (click to see context) :

Added line(s) 48 (click to see context) :

Changed line(s) 56 (click to see context) from:

to:

Changed line(s) 58,59 (click to see context) from:

to:

Changed line(s) 61 (click to see context) from:

to:

Changed line(s) 68 (click to see context) from:

to:

Changed line(s) 70,74 (click to see context) from:

* PlanetOfHats : Virtually any planet with a HumanAliens style civilization. Justified by the hat being a time period of Earth history and everything it entails.
* StarfishAliens / {{Precursors}} / HigherTechSpecies : The mysterious Wanderers and Ark Megaforms.
* TeleportersAndTransporters : Called "Zero transport" or "null-T" and used as an actual form of public transport. Apparently available only on Earth.
* TheFederation : Earth and its global and interstellar organizations. But it's really more of a grand and pretty cynical {{Deconstruction}} of this trope.
* WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture: In spades -- in ''Prisoners of Power'', the protagonist is not only considered ridiculously strong by the {{Human Alien|s}} inhabitants of a DieselPunk planet he is stranded on, but apparently can run for tens of miles without stopping, hold his breath for ten minutes, and ''survive several point-blank bullet shots''. Not to mention that he seems completely impervious to most sorts of radiation, even the nuclear one.

to:

* PlanetOfHats : Virtually any planet with a HumanAliens style civilization. Justified by the hat usually being a time period of Earth history and everything it entails.
* StarfishAliens / {{Precursors}} / HigherTechSpecies : The mysterious Wanderers and the Ark Megaforms.
* TeleportersAndTransporters : Called "Zero transport" or "null-T" and used as an actual form of public transport. Apparently available only on Earth. The FTL device employed on starships is a variation of this trope, since it's basically a jump drive. 
* TheFederation : Earth and its global and interstellar organizations. But it's really more of a grand and pretty cynical {{Deconstruction}} of this trope, [[CerebusSyndrome increasingly so with each installment of the series]].
* WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture: In spades. For example, in ''Prisoners of Power'', the protagonist is not only considered ridiculously strong by the {{Human Alien|s}} inhabitants of a DieselPunk planet he is stranded on, but apparently can run for tens of miles without stopping, hold his breath for ten minutes, and ''survive several point-blank bullet shots''. Not to mention that he seems completely impervious to most sorts of radiation, even the nuclear one.

Changed line(s) 78 (click to see context) from:

to:

4th May '13 12:09:35 AM Topazan

Send Topazan a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

Added line(s) 65 (click to see context) :

11th Feb '13 1:08:32 PM tkzv

Send tkzv a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

No Export For You: It's not that bad.

Changed line(s) 67 (click to see context) from:

to:

This list shows the last 10 events of 15. Show all.

new edits

TV Tropes by TV Tropes Foundation, LLC is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org.
Privacy Policy