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What if cenario: Zerg
2015-12-31 01:26:13 Post No. 25369263
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What if cenario: Zerg
Anonymous
2015-12-31 01:26:13
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Zerg don't have access to anything that doesn't work in RL with two exceptions.
1) Queens and Overlords have human - level intelligence, wide - range telepathy, and very minor telekinesis - much less powerful then a gun. As a result, Overlords can't fly.
2) Zerg hyperadaptivity is still working, but without Vespen gase it takes not seconds, but weeks or several days in a cocoon.
Everything else is just... Not working. Growing a hatchery takes several weeks, Hydralisk have firepower of an LMG, Zerglings are vulnerable to AP rounds or concentrated fire from guns, and even mutalisks can't fly without a major change.
As a rule of thumb, Zerg can research anything that we see in nature, combine it and make it ~ two times better. With some inspiration, they even can emulate modern tech, getting similar results as we do. They technically can create entirely new biological systems, but it will take months even with Abathur - level intelligence, and still will need tests.
Now, scenarios:
1) A single primal Zerg is transported into a secluded spot on the Earth. How long untill Primal zerg start replacing our ecosystem? Could we fight it? Can we survive it? How it will affect our lives? Primal zerg don't usually use viruses or bacteria as weapons.
2) A single Zerg drone without any supervision or intelligence beyond basic instincts and urge to evolve is placed in a forest in Siberia. Will the very stupid Zerg colony even survive? Will it pose any threat even to a small group of armed people?
3) A single Zerg Queen with telepathy and some basic knowledge of Starcraft universe is placed in a remote forest. It can use telepathy to gather data about today technology, and spawn some Zerg larva, Drones, Zerglings. It has Mineral - hardened shell and spine - launchers that are equivalent to 50 mm guns. It can use evolution chamber and even do something itself. It has no orders beyond survive. What will it do? If it is agressive, can Zerg outsmart modern military?
