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| Rilln; A Sequal to Snaiad | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 17 2008, 08:58 PM (2,370 Views) | |
| Canis Lupis | Nov 17 2008, 08:58 PM Post #1 |
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On the introduction to Snaiad, Nemo Ramjet says that some Earth countries have spread throughout the galaxy, settling various planets. He says that America settles a planet with glass trees and nanotechnic creatures. He also says that Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, and other countries in that general area settle a planet of two-headed animals (i.e. Snaiad). So I wondered: what planet was settled by China? And so I came up with Rilln: a super-Earth in which tripedal animals with copper-fortified "bones" (muscles) and copper-fortified plants. Here's a link to the map: http://specbiofan.deviantart.com/art/Map-of-Rilln-103898557 Here's the three major kingdoms and their respective phylums or super phylums: 1. Kingdom Mungela (filter feeding organisms without copper fortified muscles): contains phylum Microgela (microscopic Mungelans) and phylum Macrogela (macroscopic Mungelans) 2. Kingdom Coppeflora (yellow plants with copper fortified bark): contains phylum Gigaflore (tall Coppeflorans), phylum Domaflore (dome-shaped Coppeflorans), and phylum Wiraflore (grass-like Coppeflorans). 3. Kingdom Coppetuata (tripedal animals with copper fortified muscles): contains superphylum Unapedula (an extinct group of Coppetuates with one foot), superphylum Bipedula (a living group of Coppetuates with two feet), and superphylum Tripedula (a living group of Coppetuates with three feet. What do you think? P.S. This is based off of the planet in "All Tomorrows" where the Qu introduce Therizinosaurs. P.S.S. Not meaning to steal your ideas Nemo Ramjet. |
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| Canis Lupis | Dec 1 2008, 03:20 PM Post #31 |
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So kingdom Fungaformata? Gonna re-do the website by putting it on the webhost that Snaiad uses. Also going to try to acquire a photoshop program so I can make Snaiadi-looking images. |
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| CarrionTrooper | Dec 1 2008, 09:59 PM Post #32 |
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I require more vespene gas?!?
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Hehehe, I can do some if you want. I have an account at DA (carriontrooper.deviantart.com), take a peek, that's the style I have.
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| Canis Lupis | Dec 2 2008, 05:47 AM Post #33 |
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Actually, could you do most all of them? I don't have a photoshop program, so I can't do most of the process. |
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| CarrionTrooper | Dec 2 2008, 09:28 PM Post #34 |
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Well, tell me what you want me to draw and general (fuzzy) idea about it, I'll draw it. |
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| Canis Lupis | Dec 3 2008, 04:33 PM Post #35 |
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Alright. BTW, do you have any ideas for another recruit? |
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| CarrionTrooper | Dec 6 2008, 11:13 PM Post #36 |
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ehh, sorry for the loong update, been hooked on Spore. Whacha mean by recruit? Well, ask lots of ppl who are active in the Habitable Zone, probably... |
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| Canis Lupis | Dec 7 2008, 08:26 AM Post #37 |
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Will do. Working on Rilln's evolutionary history now. This will lead to some Unaped lineages. If you have any ideas (Unaped or otherwise), please post them on this thread. |
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| CarrionTrooper | Dec 25 2008, 08:57 AM Post #38 |
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Long time no update... just askin if ya got anymore ideas? |
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| Canis Lupis | Dec 25 2008, 03:56 PM Post #39 |
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Well, been kind of focusing on TFIB lately. Hmmm. Well, I got the body plan the Unapeds:
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| CarrionTrooper | Dec 26 2008, 04:41 AM Post #40 |
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hmm, interesting... but from where does the tounge come from? (evolutionary history and such... because it sounds kinda like Snaiad.) Or maybe a different mechanism to release them sex cells? How big is the leg, and what does it is shaped like? somehow I smell snaily feet here... izzit?
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| Canis Lupis | Dec 27 2008, 01:54 AM Post #41 |
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Well, the Coppetuatans evolved from Mungelans (they diverged). Sense organs developed near the tail (the Mungelan mouth) and a tail developed near the Mungelan head. Eventually, the tail-mouth was held in front of the body. To keep the tail-mouth safe when not in use, a mouth-like apparatus developed to hold it, leading to it being called a tongue. Well, the butt-end of the Unapeds is covered in snail-like shell and since all Unapeds move around by using the tongue in some fashion, I thought thay could use it as a sex organ. Do you have any ideas as to where the sex organs could be if you do not like the tongue idea? Yes, the tongue is like the 'foot' of the mollusks. The majority of them are snails, but there is one class of Cephaloformes (split-tongued Unapeds). |
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| CarrionTrooper | Dec 27 2008, 05:50 AM Post #42 |
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Ah, I see... then it is allright for me, because the internal body plan is different. Applause!
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| Canis Lupis | Dec 27 2008, 11:58 AM Post #43 |
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Thank you.
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| Ddraig Goch | Oct 19 2009, 01:05 PM Post #44 |
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I've been reading this thread, and I looked over the website, and I reckon that Rilln deserves a comeback. There are some good ideas here, and they should be revived. |
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| Scrublord | Oct 19 2009, 01:59 PM Post #45 |
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Well, Rilln has effectively been "cancelled." However, if you have any ideas for it they can go in Canis's other project, Tongban, which is basically a re-working of Rilln |
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Hehehe, I can do some if you want. I have an account at DA (carriontrooper.deviantart.com), take a peek, that's the style I have.
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