History WMG / SwordOfTheStars

It's the only FTL method with no fictional physics explanation of how it works. Human and Zuul ships travel along gravitational currents through fractures in node-space, Tarka and Hivers use the "Menisceal principle", and Morrigi manipulate ArtificialGravity, but there is no explanation how Liir ships teleport microscopic distances millions of times a second, it's just stated that they need an inertialless drive because of all the water aboard their ships. Now in Lords of Winter it is revealed that the Suul'ka can use psi to fold space and teleport great distances, what if the Liir attempted to duplicate this ability but couldn't find any non-Suul'ka with that sort of power and their machines could only fold space over minute distances.

* The Liir/Zuul alliance has the lowest chance of being able to research [[LongevityTreatment Anagathics]], but in the 10% of games where they manage to do it the Liir version may simply slow their growth rate since they're already immortal.

The Liir abhors the Suul'ka. So long as Liir elders can grow indefinetly up to hitting the square/cube-law problem, new Suul'ka can emerge from the Liir population. So, how to stop it? Well, the problem is that Liir don't die a natural death - and what are Liir masters of if not bio-engineering? If Liir elders can be made to die ''before'' they reach the 'can enslave the entire species' point, true Suul'ka would not emerge - so it just had to be made sure that not merely social standards keeps that from happening...

[[WMG: The Suul'Ka made the same deal as the [[HomeStuck Trolls.]] ]]

Scratch gave the Liir 8 pets. He didn't care what they did with them, except that they learned from them.

Scratch took charge of the developement of Muur, and set about influencing the scratched versions of these Liir, now elders. They and a number of others took to space and became the Suul'ka, dominating and oppressing their childeren. As we all know, the Liir rose up and slew all but 7 of the Suul'ka. Not incidentally these seven 7 were members of the original eight that made the bargain with Echidna. The agent of this slaughter? The Black, future Elder of the Black Swimmers and number eight of the original party. He, much like the Sufferer remembered his original life and went up to space to confront his former friends, slaying their acolytes and scattering them to the black wastes of space.

Scratch furfilled his end of the bargain. The Liir were now ready to attempt another session. The ectobiological reletives of the Suul'ka landed in the Worldsea by meteor at some later date.

Scratch took charge of the developement of Muur, and set about influencing the scratched versions of these Liir, now elders. They and a number of others took to space and became the Suul'ka. As we all know, the Liir rose up and slew all but 7 of the Suul'ka. Not incidentally these seven 7 were members of the original eight that made the bargain with Echidna. The agent of this slaughter? The Black, future Elder of the Black Swimmers and number eight of the original party. He, much like the Sufferer remembered his original life and went up to space to confront his former friends, slaying their acolytes and scattering them to the black wastes of space.

Scratch furfilled his end of the bargain. The Liir were now ready to attempt another session. The ectobiological decendants of the Suul'ka landed in the Worldsea by meteor at some later date.

Scratch gave the Liir 7 pets. He didn't care what they did with them, except that they learned from them.

Scratch took charge of the developement of Muur, and set about influencing the scratched versions of these Liir, now elders. They and a number of others took to space and became the Suul'ka. As we all know, the Liir rose up and slew all but 7 of the Suul'ka, not incidentally these seven 7 being members of the original eight that made the bargain with Echidna. The agent of this slaughter? The Black, future Elder of the Black Swimmers and number eight of the original party. He, much like the Sufferer remembered his original life and went up to space to confront his former friends, slaying their acolytes and scattering them to the black wastes of space.

[[WMG: The Suul'Ka made the same deal as the [[Homestuck Trolls.]] ]]

[[WMG: The Suul'Ka made the same deal as the [[Homestuck Trolls]].]]

* Corrupted Liir / Swimmers of the Void / Black Swimmers - Liir who have embraced the Suul'ka path and live in space using similar suits. Emphasis on psionics.