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A fan species I always wanted to write about ever since I fell in love with 
hetzer's work. Integration is just an amazing macrofur series. I was enchanted by the lore, worldbuilding, and the old UTO Codex on the World Anvil site giving readers a further insight to all the species within the Union, and of course, Independant powers. I'm a massive nerd for this kinda thing, I hope you enjoy it.
Special thanks goes to
retroinferno and 
piershey for their kindness, patience, and feedback in helping me improve the lore of the noncanon species fit the tone and setting of UTOverse better. They are working on an exciting creative project to give Hetzer's UTO macro setting a proper codex focusing on the Integration timeline (2018 CE).
All art by the amazingly talented
drunkferret.
hetzer's work. Integration is just an amazing macrofur series. I was enchanted by the lore, worldbuilding, and the old UTO Codex on the World Anvil site giving readers a further insight to all the species within the Union, and of course, Independant powers. I'm a massive nerd for this kinda thing, I hope you enjoy it.Special thanks goes to
retroinferno and 
piershey for their kindness, patience, and feedback in helping me improve the lore of the noncanon species fit the tone and setting of UTOverse better. They are working on an exciting creative project to give Hetzer's UTO macro setting a proper codex focusing on the Integration timeline (2018 CE).All art by the amazingly talented
drunkferret.
Category Story / Macro / Micro
Species Sheep
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First of all, great work with this. Secondly, drunk ferret's art is a wonderful complement, and thirdly, I find the idea of a species that loves humanity SO MUCH that they are an actual serious problem to them to be absolutely hilarious.
Like, I adore gentle macro scenarios, but so long as said interaction involves the macro seeing the human as an equal. This would instead be an actually horrifying situation to be in for a human, especially with the whole slave trade thing, imagine being kidnapped to be sold as a pet to a species that refuses to let you go back home because of how much they like you! Like, they are literally too gentle to the point that their brains deadass short-circuit at the mere sight of a human. There's also the contrast between how soft they are and the species they adore having one of if not the most violent and blood-tainted history out of all the UTO races.
Great work lmao.
Like, I adore gentle macro scenarios, but so long as said interaction involves the macro seeing the human as an equal. This would instead be an actually horrifying situation to be in for a human, especially with the whole slave trade thing, imagine being kidnapped to be sold as a pet to a species that refuses to let you go back home because of how much they like you! Like, they are literally too gentle to the point that their brains deadass short-circuit at the mere sight of a human. There's also the contrast between how soft they are and the species they adore having one of if not the most violent and blood-tainted history out of all the UTO races.
Great work lmao.
You are so kind, I really appreciate the feedback.
What inspired this, was the entire section on the old codex going into depth about 'Polarity Psychology'. The profound and mystical psychological effects of interaction between sapients of such extreme size difference ever since the first human and mesos soldiers met in the Rynar War. The overwhelming majority of the giants love us. Though minorities of Falashai, Ra'lai, and even some Lupari want to do us harm. I thought, why not run with that inexplicable natural phenomenon and take it to its logical conclusion - a race that is utterly obsessed with humans (microphilia or Terraphiles).
I would also say the Vulcans from "Star Trek" inspired the sheep race, who struggle with their overpowering emotions and sought to suppress them. Like we believed in, and are enamoured with, dragons throughout our history, the Magnumellans are no different for humans. And are determined to claim us even when, for all they knew, we weren't really real. Retro did say, despite all their fluffy cuteness, the Magnumellans were scary! They care nothing for the other Mesos races after rewiring their brains, and are terribly jealous of the Lupari for earning humanity's trust.
Imagine being a human in UTOverse going out with friends for a drink, only to get snatched up by a Magnumellan wearing a Lupari disguise! (the literal sheep in wolf's clothing!) They would love and cherish you and your children on their colonies always, but never let you go. Equal parts adorable and disturbing. ^_^
What inspired this, was the entire section on the old codex going into depth about 'Polarity Psychology'. The profound and mystical psychological effects of interaction between sapients of such extreme size difference ever since the first human and mesos soldiers met in the Rynar War. The overwhelming majority of the giants love us. Though minorities of Falashai, Ra'lai, and even some Lupari want to do us harm. I thought, why not run with that inexplicable natural phenomenon and take it to its logical conclusion - a race that is utterly obsessed with humans (microphilia or Terraphiles).
I would also say the Vulcans from "Star Trek" inspired the sheep race, who struggle with their overpowering emotions and sought to suppress them. Like we believed in, and are enamoured with, dragons throughout our history, the Magnumellans are no different for humans. And are determined to claim us even when, for all they knew, we weren't really real. Retro did say, despite all their fluffy cuteness, the Magnumellans were scary! They care nothing for the other Mesos races after rewiring their brains, and are terribly jealous of the Lupari for earning humanity's trust.
Imagine being a human in UTOverse going out with friends for a drink, only to get snatched up by a Magnumellan wearing a Lupari disguise! (the literal sheep in wolf's clothing!) They would love and cherish you and your children on their colonies always, but never let you go. Equal parts adorable and disturbing. ^_^
Yup, and now this is where I wonder something. If you tell a magnumellan to "please let me go" after they kinap you, chances are they'll respond with a simple "no little one, else who's going to take care of you!", or something by those lines. However, when dealing with an individual(s) that is so emotionally vulnerable, that makes them ripe for exploitation.
If you over time tell a magnumellan what things make you happy, or tell them that they are in fact making you happy, that will make them feel like they are doing a good job. After a while of this, you hit them with a "you are hurting me", and when they try to comfort you, you simply keep pushing them, you can even start exxagerating physical symptoms like crying and being on a downer mood all of the time to emphasize it. They won't know what they are now doing wrong, and will be chasing a carrot on a stick to fix it, once you reach a point where they are willing to do pretty much anything to soothe you (after all, they just want to cherish and love you), you can then trick them into placing you in a situation where you can escape. Paint it as a mere temporary measure and that they'll have you back afterwards, or that you adore their company to reassure them, and then you escape and leave behind an emotionally broken space sheep, but eh, you manage to make it home.
I think there's a lot of potential between a manipulative human character and a magnumellan like this. They could likely even trick them into unknowingly comitting far more horrible things than just letting you go if you play your cards right. You basically have the ability to weaponize a giant space sheep to do whatever you wish, even if said weapon is volatile at best. Wich is both equally fascinating and horrifying.
Once again, great work.
If you over time tell a magnumellan what things make you happy, or tell them that they are in fact making you happy, that will make them feel like they are doing a good job. After a while of this, you hit them with a "you are hurting me", and when they try to comfort you, you simply keep pushing them, you can even start exxagerating physical symptoms like crying and being on a downer mood all of the time to emphasize it. They won't know what they are now doing wrong, and will be chasing a carrot on a stick to fix it, once you reach a point where they are willing to do pretty much anything to soothe you (after all, they just want to cherish and love you), you can then trick them into placing you in a situation where you can escape. Paint it as a mere temporary measure and that they'll have you back afterwards, or that you adore their company to reassure them, and then you escape and leave behind an emotionally broken space sheep, but eh, you manage to make it home.
I think there's a lot of potential between a manipulative human character and a magnumellan like this. They could likely even trick them into unknowingly comitting far more horrible things than just letting you go if you play your cards right. You basically have the ability to weaponize a giant space sheep to do whatever you wish, even if said weapon is volatile at best. Wich is both equally fascinating and horrifying.
Once again, great work.
There are definitely some interesting power dynamics in place with this relationship! Depending on whether you are in the alien's clutches or not.
With 'Proximity Cuteness', a Magnumellan finds you adorable, and even more so if you try to resist or defy them. If a Magnumellan took you, and brought you back to their space, they would flat out refuse to ever let you go, or relinquish you to a non-Magnumellan Mesos. Even if you tried to manipulate it into doing so. They view each other as one big family also, Magnumellans are loyal to their own kind, and its growth and betterment is priority one. Now that they've experienced true happiness, they'll want more humans to go around to share. They have hundreds of star systems. So that's a claimed population of several trillion alien sheep who each want a human to love (a stealth joke that some real-life countries like New Zealand have around 4.5 sheep for every person). The Magnumellan would demand you have children with other abducted people (yikes).
Your descendants would know nothing but of life of being loved by giant space sheep in close unabashed sensual intimacy. A human in UTO space could feasibly manipulate a Magnumellan if they were somehow in communication, over long-distance on the Yutri network, i.e. "I'll surrender myself to you, if you do this", or "Prove your love to me", but never once in direct physical contact as once 'Proximity Cuteness' kicks in fully, the sheep is in full control and dominates you for the rest of your days.
With 'Proximity Cuteness', a Magnumellan finds you adorable, and even more so if you try to resist or defy them. If a Magnumellan took you, and brought you back to their space, they would flat out refuse to ever let you go, or relinquish you to a non-Magnumellan Mesos. Even if you tried to manipulate it into doing so. They view each other as one big family also, Magnumellans are loyal to their own kind, and its growth and betterment is priority one. Now that they've experienced true happiness, they'll want more humans to go around to share. They have hundreds of star systems. So that's a claimed population of several trillion alien sheep who each want a human to love (a stealth joke that some real-life countries like New Zealand have around 4.5 sheep for every person). The Magnumellan would demand you have children with other abducted people (yikes).
Your descendants would know nothing but of life of being loved by giant space sheep in close unabashed sensual intimacy. A human in UTO space could feasibly manipulate a Magnumellan if they were somehow in communication, over long-distance on the Yutri network, i.e. "I'll surrender myself to you, if you do this", or "Prove your love to me", but never once in direct physical contact as once 'Proximity Cuteness' kicks in fully, the sheep is in full control and dominates you for the rest of your days.
Oh, well that's just horrifying then lmao. But that's why I ask the question, what happens if the human they are with is sad or hurt (like actually, physically hurt)? Like of course they wouldn't let you go if you asked them, but at the same time they think you are adorable. If a human asked a magnumellan captor to give them some water because they are thirsty, would they do it? What happens if you refuse to have children with other abducted humans? Will they force you to?
Furthermore, to what degree will they do things for you? Because if they are completely mindless in that aspect, and just do things to you regardless of any input, they could have a human that dies of malnutrition, disease, injury or multiple other causes, and they would know that said human gave them a warning about that beforehand. I know their society's progress goes first, but if they want to adore a human they need to at least have some way of satisfying it's needs. Does a magnumellan care if "their" human dies if they can get another one to replace it?
Point being, is their adoration fully separate from individuals?
Furthermore, to what degree will they do things for you? Because if they are completely mindless in that aspect, and just do things to you regardless of any input, they could have a human that dies of malnutrition, disease, injury or multiple other causes, and they would know that said human gave them a warning about that beforehand. I know their society's progress goes first, but if they want to adore a human they need to at least have some way of satisfying it's needs. Does a magnumellan care if "their" human dies if they can get another one to replace it?
Point being, is their adoration fully separate from individuals?
Oh of course! Your health and wellbeing is paramount to them. They love you, as they love all humans. They just don't respect your desire for independence, fulfillment, governance, and self-determination. Yep, you're right about it being scary, scary in a good kind of way. I mean, it could be worse. ;P
They see you, and taking care of your physical needs, as part of their society's advancement, if you don't mind the fact that you're going to be wrapped up, fondled with, and practically living on a giant fluffy sheep night and day.
I haven't explored what would happen if a human died on them of natural causes/old age, but I imagine it would be devastating for them and their family unit. Expect pirates who botch abductions and transport of unharmed and unspoiled humans, to get brutally massacred by the Magnumellans! Hard to feel sympathy for them when they are in such a trade, an occupational hazard if their clients are "unhappy" with the results.
They see you, and taking care of your physical needs, as part of their society's advancement, if you don't mind the fact that you're going to be wrapped up, fondled with, and practically living on a giant fluffy sheep night and day.
I haven't explored what would happen if a human died on them of natural causes/old age, but I imagine it would be devastating for them and their family unit. Expect pirates who botch abductions and transport of unharmed and unspoiled humans, to get brutally massacred by the Magnumellans! Hard to feel sympathy for them when they are in such a trade, an occupational hazard if their clients are "unhappy" with the results.
Oh fascinating, so my original comment does still stand in that there is room for manipulation and hence a possibility of escape but only if you truly play your cards correctly. You just need to be really smart and careful to them into a situation where you can escape, without them realizing. Hell I can already think of a few scenarios, partially inspired by real-life prison outbreaks. Something something all warfare is based on deception, and this is a scenario where you know your enemy, but they don't know you.
Also interesting what they would do to pirates that harm humans, I thought they wouldn't care of the human's initial state or even if some were killed during the abduction so long as they can get their hands on them. They genuinely care about every aspect it seems. Which is kinda sweet in a way, despite the whole "kidnapping people, separating them from their families/friends and removing their individual rights" thing.
Also interesting what they would do to pirates that harm humans, I thought they wouldn't care of the human's initial state or even if some were killed during the abduction so long as they can get their hands on them. They genuinely care about every aspect it seems. Which is kinda sweet in a way, despite the whole "kidnapping people, separating them from their families/friends and removing their individual rights" thing.
Oh stars, some other races make a cruel sport of us when they kidnap us. Some want to eat us. Check out Wyldsyde's great story "Subjugation" if you haven't already: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/16912677/
By comparison, the Magnumellans are angels.
By comparison, the Magnumellans are angels.
I'll say - I haven't given the power dynamics much thought until now. Though how a captured human would ever escape Magnumellan space is unclear. I mean, they wrap you up in their wool, and carry you around with them everywhere. They have no sense of personal space for humans, so escaping a "prison without walls" would be quite the challenge.
They are very strict in conducting business with human traffickers and smugglers. To the song of "we don't care about the cost, payment is no object to us, but if you mess up and mangle our beloved humans in transit, consider not only our transaction terminated but your very life as well".
They are very strict in conducting business with human traffickers and smugglers. To the song of "we don't care about the cost, payment is no object to us, but if you mess up and mangle our beloved humans in transit, consider not only our transaction terminated but your very life as well".
Damn. Yeah even as a black market dealer I would NOT want to be in the human trafficking job with those terms. Like hell naw bro i'm good selling drugs or sm shit like that. Imagine giving the humans to the magmullans only to find out one of them injured themselves a bit on purpose. You can only look in horror as they tell the space sheep that you hurt them while looking back at ya with a shit-eating grin.
Also huh I thought they would at least give you a place to sleep or something like that, like a little room or something, not that they actually kept you next to them at every moment. Like, do they even keep you around when they shower? Or are doing physical labor? Or even when they... actually I won't expand on that. Either way yeah that makes it trickier, but if there is so much is a single moment when they may get distracted (which should likely happen at least once) then I believe there's a chance. Once again, you have to play your cards perfectly for this to work. But a human that does escape somehow would be able to tell the UTO about the whole "demanding captured humans mate with eachother" thing, which would for sure anger both humanity and the lupari to quite a considerable degree. Also invoke a new fear for humans who not only have to already deal with the whole thing about black markets, but that there's an entire race that wants to make them into pets whether they like it or not.
Also yes I read that story! It's fuckin' great and precisely what I mean when I say that this is the absolute best outcome when you are kidnapped by an alien that doesn't intend on letting you go.
Also huh I thought they would at least give you a place to sleep or something like that, like a little room or something, not that they actually kept you next to them at every moment. Like, do they even keep you around when they shower? Or are doing physical labor? Or even when they... actually I won't expand on that. Either way yeah that makes it trickier, but if there is so much is a single moment when they may get distracted (which should likely happen at least once) then I believe there's a chance. Once again, you have to play your cards perfectly for this to work. But a human that does escape somehow would be able to tell the UTO about the whole "demanding captured humans mate with eachother" thing, which would for sure anger both humanity and the lupari to quite a considerable degree. Also invoke a new fear for humans who not only have to already deal with the whole thing about black markets, but that there's an entire race that wants to make them into pets whether they like it or not.
Also yes I read that story! It's fuckin' great and precisely what I mean when I say that this is the absolute best outcome when you are kidnapped by an alien that doesn't intend on letting you go.
The terms are quite generous, and tempting. A human was typically worth thousands of credits, now tens of thousands of credits, on the black market thanks to the insatiable demand from Magnumellans who pay in ore and material goods etc., that can be traded for a nice lucrative profit. Pirate Mesos in this business are many things in UTOverse, blackhearted and blackhanded, but they're not stupid, so injuring or killing captive humans is low-risk if they conduct themselves as professionals and not amateurs. Generally, any Meso species client would be angry if given damaged goods for a handsome sum. The warning they drive home is to enforce that Magnumellans have a zero tolerance for failure. You can bet the Magnumellans are crafty though, and will use one of their AI to conduct negotiations, lest the pirate try to use their adoration of humans against them and demand exorbitant fees.
I had not considered a human purposefully trying to injure themselves to spite their abductor! (lol) But a seasoned pirate would take every precaution to avoid that scenario for most clients anyway.
Like in the codex, the Magnumellan's behavior becomes inappropriate, so they will stuff you in their hair, cleavage, fluffy rump (lol) and never let you out of their sight or touch. In the event they have to shower or other, that would risk hurting you, they'd just hand you over to another Magnumellan in their close family. They evolved from herding social animals and cannot be alone for extended periods. It's not 'impossible' to escape, but it would be fiendishly challenging to "pull the wool over the eyes" of a family who is obsessed and hyperfixated on you and your constant whereabouts. Your descendants that they raise, would have no desire to leave them (yikes).
Yep, the Magnumellans would certainly become a thorn in the UTO's side soon, if no solution can be found to control their overwhelming passionate desires for humans.
I had not considered a human purposefully trying to injure themselves to spite their abductor! (lol) But a seasoned pirate would take every precaution to avoid that scenario for most clients anyway.
Like in the codex, the Magnumellan's behavior becomes inappropriate, so they will stuff you in their hair, cleavage, fluffy rump (lol) and never let you out of their sight or touch. In the event they have to shower or other, that would risk hurting you, they'd just hand you over to another Magnumellan in their close family. They evolved from herding social animals and cannot be alone for extended periods. It's not 'impossible' to escape, but it would be fiendishly challenging to "pull the wool over the eyes" of a family who is obsessed and hyperfixated on you and your constant whereabouts. Your descendants that they raise, would have no desire to leave them (yikes).
Yep, the Magnumellans would certainly become a thorn in the UTO's side soon, if no solution can be found to control their overwhelming passionate desires for humans.
Yeah that makes sense. Also damn, it seems any captive humans are really gonna get to know their magnumellan captors, literally every single part of them. And since I have no shame, you bet your ass i'd be up for the fluffy rump treatment if only they didn't want to kidnap me afterwards.
I had also forgotten that they are ultra herd-like so they can just tell another magnumellan to take care of you, which also makes escape even harder as you already said. Still, it would be very fascinating to see how a human could slowly play their cards and pull out an escape to rival Alcatraz. Hell, they could even make a movie about it much like we did IRL with the Alcatraz escape "Giant space sheep: Impossible escape". Bet it'd make the rounds across the UTO.
My only question remaining is if the Magnumellans allow the humans to use their phones/tablets/whatever while in captivity. That being, if you get captured can you still pull out your phone (assuming you still have it after being abducted) and acess the magnumellan internet or even the UTO one. Or if the Magnumellans would provide their humans with entertainment and other things so they don't get bored of being carried around and nuzzled all day.
Anywho. I think apart from that all of my questions have been answered and I thank you for taking your time to do so. I once again congratulate you for this and I know damn well some people with nothing to lose would willingly let themselves be captured by the Magnumellans lmao.
And if one day the magnumellans find a way to supress this instinct to the point they still adore humans but still respect them as individuals... THEN SIGN ME UP IMMEDIATELY FOR THE ALIEN SPACE SHEEP CUDDLES LETS GO. LUPARI AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' HERE.
I had also forgotten that they are ultra herd-like so they can just tell another magnumellan to take care of you, which also makes escape even harder as you already said. Still, it would be very fascinating to see how a human could slowly play their cards and pull out an escape to rival Alcatraz. Hell, they could even make a movie about it much like we did IRL with the Alcatraz escape "Giant space sheep: Impossible escape". Bet it'd make the rounds across the UTO.
My only question remaining is if the Magnumellans allow the humans to use their phones/tablets/whatever while in captivity. That being, if you get captured can you still pull out your phone (assuming you still have it after being abducted) and acess the magnumellan internet or even the UTO one. Or if the Magnumellans would provide their humans with entertainment and other things so they don't get bored of being carried around and nuzzled all day.
Anywho. I think apart from that all of my questions have been answered and I thank you for taking your time to do so. I once again congratulate you for this and I know damn well some people with nothing to lose would willingly let themselves be captured by the Magnumellans lmao.
And if one day the magnumellans find a way to supress this instinct to the point they still adore humans but still respect them as individuals... THEN SIGN ME UP IMMEDIATELY FOR THE ALIEN SPACE SHEEP CUDDLES LETS GO. LUPARI AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' HERE.
It would make for a fun story, where a Magnumellan family freak out their dearest and only human went missing, searching high and low for them everywhere, the whole town joins in the search, until they inevitably find the escapee. "No fleeing from your flock" as the old saying on their homeworld goes. ૮꒰ ˶• ༝ •˶꒱ა
Also don't forget the Magnumellans are on a seperate network, and have attacked the UTO Yutri network before, so any captive human that tries to use any device from within their space, gets automatically blocked by UTO's own firewalls (oof!).
You are more than welcome. I'm really delighted you love this Mesos race so much!
Also don't forget the Magnumellans are on a seperate network, and have attacked the UTO Yutri network before, so any captive human that tries to use any device from within their space, gets automatically blocked by UTO's own firewalls (oof!).
You are more than welcome. I'm really delighted you love this Mesos race so much!
Sooo what would happen if Humans (just Humans, not the UTO) decided to start attacking the Magnumellans and their worlds in response to the abductions and treatment of their kind, would the Magnumellans actually defend themselves? Or would they just stand there and get killed because they don't want to hurt Humans?
Apologies if I didn't go into all the specifics.
The UTO would forbid and veto it, as it would risk triggering a war neither side wants (not for the UTO being so soon after the Annelid War, and not for the Magnumellans because they can't risk harming the humans they desire). If humans tried to go solo in attacking a foreign power they would be stopped by their Mesos allies. Many in the Union still have hope the Magnumellans can one day integrate or have peaceful relations.
Its become common knowledge the Magnumellans by nature treat their humans very well, so trying to kill one in a 'revenge attack' is unlikely. If anything they are determined to get back to the negotiating table to demand the release of kidnapped humans.
Now if a human did try to attack a Magnumellan, they of course would defend themselves, as they would against any hostile, but unlike fighting a Mesos, a Magnumellan would sooner rather die than kill a human in self-defense. They would make every attempt to subdue and overpower the human, or failing that retreat.
The UTO would forbid and veto it, as it would risk triggering a war neither side wants (not for the UTO being so soon after the Annelid War, and not for the Magnumellans because they can't risk harming the humans they desire). If humans tried to go solo in attacking a foreign power they would be stopped by their Mesos allies. Many in the Union still have hope the Magnumellans can one day integrate or have peaceful relations.
Its become common knowledge the Magnumellans by nature treat their humans very well, so trying to kill one in a 'revenge attack' is unlikely. If anything they are determined to get back to the negotiating table to demand the release of kidnapped humans.
Now if a human did try to attack a Magnumellan, they of course would defend themselves, as they would against any hostile, but unlike fighting a Mesos, a Magnumellan would sooner rather die than kill a human in self-defense. They would make every attempt to subdue and overpower the human, or failing that retreat.
Honestly this entire thing feels tragic. Part of why I really wish the magnumellans (maybe even with help from the UTO) manage to find a way to somehow supress their instincts to a degree where it's still adoration but not to the point of seeing them as pets. Like, the reason they don't like the lupari is because they are envious of them, and the reason humans don't like them is because they are people and don't want to be kept somewhere against their will, regardless of how loved or cared for they are.
God damn it would I love to see them figure this out somehow and have humans that have genuine deep-bond friendships with magnumellans. With neither party forcing the other to. Like seriously they could become even closer than than the Lupari to humanity.
God damn it would I love to see them figure this out somehow and have humans that have genuine deep-bond friendships with magnumellans. With neither party forcing the other to. Like seriously they could become even closer than than the Lupari to humanity.
In a sad way, yes, if not for their emotional dysregulation, they would've colonized much of the Milky Way, and become the largest player on the galactic stage.
But that is who they are. They have a deep unfathomable spiritual connection to us that cannot be tamed, if they knew where we were in the stars when they first stepped into space, they would've come here in a heartbeat, at the time of the Roman Empire. Sending a billion-strong force against 250 million primitive humans alive at that time. Every single last one of us would've been taken back with them alive. We today, would never know what it would be like to live apart from them, cuddled on the shoulders of giants. And under their ever-watchful eyes, undoubtedly become a gentler, more kinder species than the one today.
Perhaps no more or less tragic than for us to go solo? Not knowing if we were alone in the cosmos. And then get almost decimated by the Rynar Collective invading us in 2015 from out of nowhere?
But then, if they did take us away, we never would've met so many wonderful different Mesos species in the Union.
But that is who they are. They have a deep unfathomable spiritual connection to us that cannot be tamed, if they knew where we were in the stars when they first stepped into space, they would've come here in a heartbeat, at the time of the Roman Empire. Sending a billion-strong force against 250 million primitive humans alive at that time. Every single last one of us would've been taken back with them alive. We today, would never know what it would be like to live apart from them, cuddled on the shoulders of giants. And under their ever-watchful eyes, undoubtedly become a gentler, more kinder species than the one today.
Perhaps no more or less tragic than for us to go solo? Not knowing if we were alone in the cosmos. And then get almost decimated by the Rynar Collective invading us in 2015 from out of nowhere?
But then, if they did take us away, we never would've met so many wonderful different Mesos species in the Union.
Yeah but here we play into philosophy. Even if we would have less violence, even if there are no wars or we never fight the rynar, I find the individuality of humanity to be far more important than that.
We get to choose our own destiny, we make our own choices, we are flawed but we are us. We aren't forced to be what some giant aliens want us to be, no matter how benevolent they may be. We aren't assimilated into "the pets of the magnumellans", we are our own people. We have our history, cultures, technology, differences, foods, everything.
I find a scenario like that to be far more tragic than letting us be us. It's a form of cultural genocide. All of that would be lost and we wouldn't be able to leave even if we wanted to. Other species would see Earth as the place where the magnumellan's tiny pets live on, and even worse than that, we wouldn't even know what it is to be free.
We get to choose our own destiny, we make our own choices, we are flawed but we are us. We aren't forced to be what some giant aliens want us to be, no matter how benevolent they may be. We aren't assimilated into "the pets of the magnumellans", we are our own people. We have our history, cultures, technology, differences, foods, everything.
I find a scenario like that to be far more tragic than letting us be us. It's a form of cultural genocide. All of that would be lost and we wouldn't be able to leave even if we wanted to. Other species would see Earth as the place where the magnumellan's tiny pets live on, and even worse than that, we wouldn't even know what it is to be free.
No easy answer with this one, I'm afraid. Were we better off going it alone, and having all the wars and genocides in our human history after 25BC? Or was our destiny to be caressed as pets, losing our freedom to beings that loved us before the dawn of time?
In my opinion only, as far as the total humanitarian cost is concerned, we were better off in the bosoms of the sheep aliens. ૮꒰˶ - ˕ -꒱ა
In my opinion only, as far as the total humanitarian cost is concerned, we were better off in the bosoms of the sheep aliens. ૮꒰˶ - ˕ -꒱ა
I guess I should have specified that the Humans potentially attacking the Magnumellans would most likely not be aligned with the UTO and be more like a splinter group that has separated itself from it (think of something like Cerberus from Mass effect). The UTO would brand them as terrorists but would probably have little power to stop them (especially after the Annelid War) and you know what they say about terrorists: "They're somebody elses freedom fighters". So I guess my question is how would the Magnumellans react / respond to something like this?
A splinter group, taking on a race with a claimed population of several trillion giant sheep across the Norma Arm of the Milky Way? Now that's ballsy! And extremely injudicious. They'd have no more or less luck than going after the Rynar Collective. The group would get massacred against the Rynar, and overwhelmed then abducted by the Magnumellans. If anything they'd have more reason to go after the Rynar after they caused the direct/indirect deaths of over 1 billion people during the 2015 war.
But as improbable as that is, the Magnumellans would defend themselves upon realizing they are humans, and use non-lethal force to capture or repel them. The Magnumellans unconditionally love humans but they aren't fools, and will logically defend themselves without killing people, by simply disabling their ships/weapons first, leaving the freedom fighters as sitting ducks. Once the threat has been neutralized non-lethally, their overpowering longing for us kicks in again, and they arrive to claim the splinter group.
But as improbable as that is, the Magnumellans would defend themselves upon realizing they are humans, and use non-lethal force to capture or repel them. The Magnumellans unconditionally love humans but they aren't fools, and will logically defend themselves without killing people, by simply disabling their ships/weapons first, leaving the freedom fighters as sitting ducks. Once the threat has been neutralized non-lethally, their overpowering longing for us kicks in again, and they arrive to claim the splinter group.
I side with what greenchess said here. That would simply not end well. Obviously you need extremists to actually do something like this, and after the Rynar invasion there would not be any short supply of humans who want to see the Rynar burn (it's literaly mentioned in the main story how some humans wish they could just drop a nuke on the Rynar). Far more than against the Magnumellans likely.
The best thing you could do here would be a quick strafe and run attack. As anything else would be shut down very quickly. Perhaps trick the magnumellans into believing a ship contains a human cargo, but in reality is loaded with a nuke that will detonate once it gets within range of some of their infrastructure.
But even then, this wouldn't accomplish much of anything. It would just be murdering innocent magnumellans at random and taking out like 0.005% of their total military might. I could absolutely see something like this happening to the Rynar tho, and boy would that be one hell of a shitshow in the political game galaxy-wide.
The best thing you could do here would be a quick strafe and run attack. As anything else would be shut down very quickly. Perhaps trick the magnumellans into believing a ship contains a human cargo, but in reality is loaded with a nuke that will detonate once it gets within range of some of their infrastructure.
But even then, this wouldn't accomplish much of anything. It would just be murdering innocent magnumellans at random and taking out like 0.005% of their total military might. I could absolutely see something like this happening to the Rynar tho, and boy would that be one hell of a shitshow in the political game galaxy-wide.
Normally I do love these kind of fics, showing that indomitable human spirit and how in our darkest hours we can overcome adversity to beat an opponent that is normally considered, insurmountable.
But in the galactic stage, that's unrealistic. Humans are barely considered player characters in this game, and part of, or an extension of, all the Mesos races. There's a reason why the UTO and Rynar are in a cold war, they are both powerful and locked in a stalemate.
Magnumellans may not be as powerful as the entire UTO, or Rynar Collective (before the Annelid war), but they are certainly, a force to be reckoned with. That due to their cortical nodes they are governed by logic and not empathy on the battlefield makes them especially dangerous as an enemy. Thank our lucky stars, they love us to bits.
Without the UTO we are weak. Whether using nuclear weapons in trying to defend our planet, or conquer another race, the result would end in our destruction.
But in the galactic stage, that's unrealistic. Humans are barely considered player characters in this game, and part of, or an extension of, all the Mesos races. There's a reason why the UTO and Rynar are in a cold war, they are both powerful and locked in a stalemate.
Magnumellans may not be as powerful as the entire UTO, or Rynar Collective (before the Annelid war), but they are certainly, a force to be reckoned with. That due to their cortical nodes they are governed by logic and not empathy on the battlefield makes them especially dangerous as an enemy. Thank our lucky stars, they love us to bits.
Without the UTO we are weak. Whether using nuclear weapons in trying to defend our planet, or conquer another race, the result would end in our destruction.
Oh yeah I get that, but it only applies during a certain time period, allow me to elaborate. The entire UTO setting puts humanity at both a massive technological and physical disadvantage. But the thing is, once humanity gets help from the UTO, nuclear technology will simply DOMINATE anything powered by Erestal once it develops. This, coupled with the sheer number of humans, will mean that humanity in a fairly short time will become a very big player in the galaxy.
As this moves on into fusion power, we are further reaching higher energy levels that Erestal could only ever hope to achieve. We are talking spacecraft that with a single missile barrage can obliterate a continent (fun fact, we could literally build such a ship today if we wanted! Check out the project orion warship concept, or the book "Footfall"). After all, the entire reason the Rynar wanted to take Earth was precisely so they could be the ones to do this. Think of a meso-sized human ship containing thousands of thermonuclear missiles, bomb-pumped lasers, casaba howitzers, NEFPS, etc.
Now of course I could now try to bend this to say that this will mean humanity by itself wins against the Magnumellans and go down the classic HFY "humans stronk" rabbit hole, but that simply is unrealistic. Several factors are at play here, the key one is TIME, and if the magnumellans decided to invade earth before humanity can truly reinforce the solar system & develop colonies, it would simply not be great. In the best case, the UTO has to save our asses again while we throw anything we can at them. In the worst case, Earth falls and most of humanity is enslaved as pets. Cultural genocide of humanity ensues.
While I agree with your stance in the short term, I believe it's important to emphasize the fact it only applies in such short term.
As this moves on into fusion power, we are further reaching higher energy levels that Erestal could only ever hope to achieve. We are talking spacecraft that with a single missile barrage can obliterate a continent (fun fact, we could literally build such a ship today if we wanted! Check out the project orion warship concept, or the book "Footfall"). After all, the entire reason the Rynar wanted to take Earth was precisely so they could be the ones to do this. Think of a meso-sized human ship containing thousands of thermonuclear missiles, bomb-pumped lasers, casaba howitzers, NEFPS, etc.
Now of course I could now try to bend this to say that this will mean humanity by itself wins against the Magnumellans and go down the classic HFY "humans stronk" rabbit hole, but that simply is unrealistic. Several factors are at play here, the key one is TIME, and if the magnumellans decided to invade earth before humanity can truly reinforce the solar system & develop colonies, it would simply not be great. In the best case, the UTO has to save our asses again while we throw anything we can at them. In the worst case, Earth falls and most of humanity is enslaved as pets. Cultural genocide of humanity ensues.
While I agree with your stance in the short term, I believe it's important to emphasize the fact it only applies in such short term.
And don't forget as well. The Magnumellans have radical medical science at their disposal. They are among the best doctors in the galaxy and can treat almost anything. They developed artificial wombs and uteruses, for extracorporeal pregnancy to circumvent the dangers of miscarriage the females used to have with triplets of lambs.
They want humans... and even if they somehow managed to spirit all of us away... several billion humans vs several trillion space sheep isn't enough to appease them. You know where this is going...
Interspecific pregnancy (xenopregnancy). ૮꒰ ྀི >⸝⸝⸝< ྀི꒱ა This is achieved artificially by transfer of embryos of one species into the womb of another. There are going to be many Magnumellan surrogate mothers for humans. Horrifying indeed lmao.
They want humans... and even if they somehow managed to spirit all of us away... several billion humans vs several trillion space sheep isn't enough to appease them. You know where this is going...
Interspecific pregnancy (xenopregnancy). ૮꒰ ྀི >⸝⸝⸝< ྀི꒱ა This is achieved artificially by transfer of embryos of one species into the womb of another. There are going to be many Magnumellan surrogate mothers for humans. Horrifying indeed lmao.
Damn! You make Magnumellans sound like the cutest cosmic horror XD. I guess what really shocks me is their numbers, there's trillions of them? Holy hell! Most macro / micro settings usually have the macros being nowhere near as numerous as the micros, but here is the complete opposite, and to make things worse they are much more technologically advanced than us... And here I thought Humans had it hard against the Covenant in Halo but this is ridiculous! XD
Still, my hope is that with time, Humans will make their own scientific discoveries and technological developments (like nuclear fusion for example), eventually becoming a force to be reckoned with as well. And knowing Humanity, there will be people crying independence sooner or later, if there's one thing we don't like is being under someone elses shadow... Quite literally in this case... Unless is really hot and sunny outside lol.
Still, my hope is that with time, Humans will make their own scientific discoveries and technological developments (like nuclear fusion for example), eventually becoming a force to be reckoned with as well. And knowing Humanity, there will be people crying independence sooner or later, if there's one thing we don't like is being under someone elses shadow... Quite literally in this case... Unless is really hot and sunny outside lol.
Over 2,000 years of space expansion, they have terraformed hundreds of worlds across the Norma Arm of the galaxy. They would've been unstoppable if their early Industrial Revolution wasn't hindered by their emotions. As expected of the space sheep. ૮꒰ ˶• ༝ •˶꒱ა They're desperate to have enough humans to go around, and since the UTO is obstinate, females are happily undergoing xenopregnancy to birth 50-100 babies per pregnancy to try and meet the impossible demand. They love us... far too much!
I'm not sure what the timeline was for nuclear fusion in the UTOverse. Nevertheless, going against a force trillions strong is unfeasible even with the tech, they, like the Rynar are exhausted after the Annelid War and need a generation to repair the damages. They certainly aren't looking for another conflict, and not with a race that love humans, even if they don't respect their right to freedom.
I'm not sure what the timeline was for nuclear fusion in the UTOverse. Nevertheless, going against a force trillions strong is unfeasible even with the tech, they, like the Rynar are exhausted after the Annelid War and need a generation to repair the damages. They certainly aren't looking for another conflict, and not with a race that love humans, even if they don't respect their right to freedom.
I didn't have time to comment once I finished reading the codex. But now that I do i just want to say that I love this species you have created. I have known about the Integration setting for some time now and the interesting alien/human interactions it presents, but with the addition of the magnumellans it presents a whole new world of possibilities within the setting.
In terms of how aliens perceive humans in the series, if the rynar collective has already been established as the one with the worst perception towards them, then the magnumellans are the absolute opposite, even going beyond what others species see in humans (even the lupari) since with them it goes way back with the belief of their existence in their mythology affecting core aspects of their culture, religion and even psychology. Even with the negative aspects of their obsession, like their unwillingness to recognize the humans's independence or autonomy, it can be seen that none of their actions are done with malice but rather a passion that blinds them to other aspects of life they don't see as relevant if they threaten their closeness with humans.
I see a lot of potential with the magnumellans to explore new themes in the setting, like external conflicts with them and the coalition, or internal conflicts with them and the humans they abduct. And from what the codex implies it makes me wonder some things, like how did the magnumellans reacted as a collective to humans being real once the news reached to their colonies? if magnumellans without humans to deal with the emptiness would the try to do the next close thing and infiltrate the yutri network to search for human media and consume as much as possible? and if they did how would they react to media that show the darkest aspects of humans or media that portraits death and loss? or how would a human live and interact with magnumellans if they are fully established in their society?
Well those thoughts aside. I believe your work on this species is excellent.
In terms of how aliens perceive humans in the series, if the rynar collective has already been established as the one with the worst perception towards them, then the magnumellans are the absolute opposite, even going beyond what others species see in humans (even the lupari) since with them it goes way back with the belief of their existence in their mythology affecting core aspects of their culture, religion and even psychology. Even with the negative aspects of their obsession, like their unwillingness to recognize the humans's independence or autonomy, it can be seen that none of their actions are done with malice but rather a passion that blinds them to other aspects of life they don't see as relevant if they threaten their closeness with humans.
I see a lot of potential with the magnumellans to explore new themes in the setting, like external conflicts with them and the coalition, or internal conflicts with them and the humans they abduct. And from what the codex implies it makes me wonder some things, like how did the magnumellans reacted as a collective to humans being real once the news reached to their colonies? if magnumellans without humans to deal with the emptiness would the try to do the next close thing and infiltrate the yutri network to search for human media and consume as much as possible? and if they did how would they react to media that show the darkest aspects of humans or media that portraits death and loss? or how would a human live and interact with magnumellans if they are fully established in their society?
Well those thoughts aside. I believe your work on this species is excellent.
Thank you so kindly ~ I'm thrilled that you enjoyed the sheep Mesos species and the Polarity Psychology interaction phenomenon between these Mesos and humans, taken to its extremity. You're right with the Rynar, for they too have a species loyalty, but a near-total disregard for other races that also extends to humans and see us as prey, rather than people.
You've made an interesting point here, and it was something I wasn't sure if I needed to go into extra detail or not (like with diplomacy breaking down again when the UTO discovered the Magnumellans intense longing for people has inevitably resulted in them developing Interspecific pregnancy (Xenopregnancy) to breed them as many humans from eligible females as possible to sate their uncontrollable desires). Once first-contact ended in disaster, the Magnumellans who absconded back to their space excitedly unveiled the humans they abducted to their leaders (medical doctors) and adoration of their prisoners spread through their worlds and colonies like an unstoppable virus.
Offworld Magnumellans experience the "first stage of Proximity Cuteness" if they merely see us onscreen over their telecommunications, and further curiosity is awakened, as they witness their kin/flock who have humans in their possession, melting with bliss and ecstasy their deep intrinsic yearnings for the mythical "humanoid race" have all been fulfilled. They are compelled to find humans without even needing to be ordered by their leaders to.
This ends up becoming a massive thorn in the UTO's side, they've got enough troubles with pirates abducting humans to the fringe worlds and now suddenly they have 3 to 7 trillion alien sheep bearing down on them on the borders of their space making non-hostile but constant demands they relinquish all of humanity to them. And when Magnumellans eventually come across media footage showing deaths of people due to war and other causes, those demands intensify, as they see themselves as liberators, "freeing humanity from the clutches of savages and barbarians". They begin to infiltrate UTO space, and for a time, it was ill advised for humans to go anywhere alone.
You've made an interesting point here, and it was something I wasn't sure if I needed to go into extra detail or not (like with diplomacy breaking down again when the UTO discovered the Magnumellans intense longing for people has inevitably resulted in them developing Interspecific pregnancy (Xenopregnancy) to breed them as many humans from eligible females as possible to sate their uncontrollable desires). Once first-contact ended in disaster, the Magnumellans who absconded back to their space excitedly unveiled the humans they abducted to their leaders (medical doctors) and adoration of their prisoners spread through their worlds and colonies like an unstoppable virus.
Offworld Magnumellans experience the "first stage of Proximity Cuteness" if they merely see us onscreen over their telecommunications, and further curiosity is awakened, as they witness their kin/flock who have humans in their possession, melting with bliss and ecstasy their deep intrinsic yearnings for the mythical "humanoid race" have all been fulfilled. They are compelled to find humans without even needing to be ordered by their leaders to.
This ends up becoming a massive thorn in the UTO's side, they've got enough troubles with pirates abducting humans to the fringe worlds and now suddenly they have 3 to 7 trillion alien sheep bearing down on them on the borders of their space making non-hostile but constant demands they relinquish all of humanity to them. And when Magnumellans eventually come across media footage showing deaths of people due to war and other causes, those demands intensify, as they see themselves as liberators, "freeing humanity from the clutches of savages and barbarians". They begin to infiltrate UTO space, and for a time, it was ill advised for humans to go anywhere alone.
Glad you like it! Hetzer's Integration, Homecoming, and the old codex, were among my favorite works in macro and sci-fi ever. His work definitely inspired me throughout, and I wanted to be as faithful to the source material as possible, by giving as many races an honorable mention when writing up this noncanon entry.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you ever so much hun for all your help! Without Retro and you, this codex wouldn’t be possible.
I’m still a little bummed that Wyldsyde made a short mention in their Fringe world codex about a race of sheep (Woloas), which I couldn’t possibly have known about. But it’s a big universe, and I suppose the galaxy can have more than one species of ungulates!
Maybe even a world of Jackalopes? :)
I’m still a little bummed that Wyldsyde made a short mention in their Fringe world codex about a race of sheep (Woloas), which I couldn’t possibly have known about. But it’s a big universe, and I suppose the galaxy can have more than one species of ungulates!
Maybe even a world of Jackalopes? :)
Hey GreenChess53, like Azuvin, I, too, didn't have time to comment once I finished reading your codex. Now that I can talk, I want to congratulate you on the rich history you've created for the Magnumellans. I can see how the Vulcans inspired your choices here, particularly the connection to 'Polarity Psychology' and the logical extremes to which it is taken.
Having a giant race that is utterly obsessed with humans makes for a fantastic story. As you know, I have explored that idea in a few of my stories, but I have never taken this kind of approach. The closest might be 'The Odyssey', with Sapiens resembling an addictive drug in terms of smell and taste. Speaking of which, I want to congratulate you on how you've attempted to explain why they would do this, with the whole 'humans are like mythological creatures' aspect. After all, it seems logical that humans would be part of someone's mythology if there were dragons and gryphons. Looking back on this, it makes me wonder why no one ever thought of this before.
I also want to point out how well you've made the audience love the Magnumellans despite what they are doing. We know that what they're doing is bad, but we don't hate them because we understand why they're doing it. This was the concept I pushed in my story, 'It's a Dog's Life.' I know from experience it's very tricky to pull off, and I want to congratulate you for how well you executed it. It also reveals the harsh reality that humans aren't safe on the Magnumellans' home world either because everyone will want their own human. With supply and demand, the humans who are held captive by Magnumellans will find themselves in danger of kidnapping by other Magnumellans. I can also see that a black market would never be able to thrive on their home world as the have-nots would be jealous if they can't afford the asking price, resulting in way too many Magnumellans doing stupid things. The only way it would be successful is if it were located off-world and run by another species.
One thing I wish to tell you – something I never got to say in 'The Odyssey Ver.0'- is that Amazon's standards for handsome men are REALLY low. They consider any man with both eyes and sound teeth handsome, regardless of how they look. The main reason Lyco was clinging to Priam all that time and why she was jealous of other females flirting with him is that, in Amazon culture, having their own husband is their ultimate fantasy. Someone who will love them only. They secretly hate having to share their husband's love with their sisters. The point I'm trying to make here is that I can envision a scenario in which – just like in 'It's A Dog's Life'- a human is adopted into a Magnumellan family, which then tears them apart. They hate having to share the lone human with other family members. I can see Magnumellans getting angry at other Magnumellans for loving them. They could see it as the Magnumellan in question trying to snatch away THEIR human.
This whole scenario is both exciting and terrifying at the same time. Again, I can't congratulate you enough for creating such a wonderfully interesting and unique species.
Having a giant race that is utterly obsessed with humans makes for a fantastic story. As you know, I have explored that idea in a few of my stories, but I have never taken this kind of approach. The closest might be 'The Odyssey', with Sapiens resembling an addictive drug in terms of smell and taste. Speaking of which, I want to congratulate you on how you've attempted to explain why they would do this, with the whole 'humans are like mythological creatures' aspect. After all, it seems logical that humans would be part of someone's mythology if there were dragons and gryphons. Looking back on this, it makes me wonder why no one ever thought of this before.
I also want to point out how well you've made the audience love the Magnumellans despite what they are doing. We know that what they're doing is bad, but we don't hate them because we understand why they're doing it. This was the concept I pushed in my story, 'It's a Dog's Life.' I know from experience it's very tricky to pull off, and I want to congratulate you for how well you executed it. It also reveals the harsh reality that humans aren't safe on the Magnumellans' home world either because everyone will want their own human. With supply and demand, the humans who are held captive by Magnumellans will find themselves in danger of kidnapping by other Magnumellans. I can also see that a black market would never be able to thrive on their home world as the have-nots would be jealous if they can't afford the asking price, resulting in way too many Magnumellans doing stupid things. The only way it would be successful is if it were located off-world and run by another species.
One thing I wish to tell you – something I never got to say in 'The Odyssey Ver.0'- is that Amazon's standards for handsome men are REALLY low. They consider any man with both eyes and sound teeth handsome, regardless of how they look. The main reason Lyco was clinging to Priam all that time and why she was jealous of other females flirting with him is that, in Amazon culture, having their own husband is their ultimate fantasy. Someone who will love them only. They secretly hate having to share their husband's love with their sisters. The point I'm trying to make here is that I can envision a scenario in which – just like in 'It's A Dog's Life'- a human is adopted into a Magnumellan family, which then tears them apart. They hate having to share the lone human with other family members. I can see Magnumellans getting angry at other Magnumellans for loving them. They could see it as the Magnumellan in question trying to snatch away THEIR human.
This whole scenario is both exciting and terrifying at the same time. Again, I can't congratulate you enough for creating such a wonderfully interesting and unique species.
Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedule to give me feedback! I know how occupied you are with your projects, not to mention 'The Odyssey', which I utterly adore. You flatter me with your praise. I would say the closest match between my race and your characters, for their intimate attachment to people, would be 'The Secret of Biosyn', as humans and Mou'nae, and Rod'tia are drawn to each other and were literally made for each other.
For the Magnumellans, it was difficult to mention everything about them without causing overexposure for the codex that could bore the reader. What I can say is they evolved from herd animals, with their growing intelligence coexisting with their flocking instincts, over millions of years. They would often ask existential questions as they huddled together in the rain surrounded by carnivorous plants looking to ensnare them, like "Why are we here?" and "Why does my soul have a hole?". Then around 300,000 years ago, that void in their lives, their spirits, became more and more well defined, humanoid-shaped. And this was the origin of their religion and desire. The one-sided connection between Magnumellans and Humans is mystical and profound. Like how we love dragons and dream of them often. Its spiritual, encoded into our very makeup, and can't be stopped. Like moths drawn to the flame, the sheep race saw us as the "light" of their lives. Their purpose and meaning. They just knew we were real, and believed with all their hearts, bodies, and minds they would find us one day.
The "tragedy" of the Magnumellans is the way their empathetic brains are wired up and developed. They love us more than we humans are capable of loving each other. They don't feel anger towards each other as they see each other as a big loving family, but the few humans they abduct would put enormous pressure on their society all wanting to experience humanity for which they yearn for most. And they would be frantic for more people to more of their kind to cherish. Imagine suddenly becoming more popular than a rock star, with the fluffy Patriarch/Matriarch of the flock family caressing you, surrounded by their children, and grandchildren, and their grandparents and great grandparents all cuddling up around you, because they love you so. There are roughly 7 to 8 trillion of them spread out over their colonies and homeworlds. But what makes the Magnumellans terrifying is their intelligence. As far as medical science goes, they can do whatever they put their minds to. Its just before they never could commit themselves with their emotions getting in the way. Now they seek to have us, and can easily achieve this through xenopregnancy. Just 3 billion willing females alone can produce up to 300 billion babies after 9 months. 600 billion after 18 months. After a dozen years they will have what they desire, trillions of humans to care for, and will continue to keep abducting humans from the Union for new genetic material to prevent inbreeding.
What they're doing is absolutely nonconsensual and immoral, but like with your Amazon's standards, so long as we're human, they don't care for the trivial details so long as they have us. To those born to a Magnumellan surrogate mother, they wouldn't care either, as they wouldn't know any other life but being part of a big happy family.
Thank you again for your kind words! You've made me happy. ^_^
For the Magnumellans, it was difficult to mention everything about them without causing overexposure for the codex that could bore the reader. What I can say is they evolved from herd animals, with their growing intelligence coexisting with their flocking instincts, over millions of years. They would often ask existential questions as they huddled together in the rain surrounded by carnivorous plants looking to ensnare them, like "Why are we here?" and "Why does my soul have a hole?". Then around 300,000 years ago, that void in their lives, their spirits, became more and more well defined, humanoid-shaped. And this was the origin of their religion and desire. The one-sided connection between Magnumellans and Humans is mystical and profound. Like how we love dragons and dream of them often. Its spiritual, encoded into our very makeup, and can't be stopped. Like moths drawn to the flame, the sheep race saw us as the "light" of their lives. Their purpose and meaning. They just knew we were real, and believed with all their hearts, bodies, and minds they would find us one day.
The "tragedy" of the Magnumellans is the way their empathetic brains are wired up and developed. They love us more than we humans are capable of loving each other. They don't feel anger towards each other as they see each other as a big loving family, but the few humans they abduct would put enormous pressure on their society all wanting to experience humanity for which they yearn for most. And they would be frantic for more people to more of their kind to cherish. Imagine suddenly becoming more popular than a rock star, with the fluffy Patriarch/Matriarch of the flock family caressing you, surrounded by their children, and grandchildren, and their grandparents and great grandparents all cuddling up around you, because they love you so. There are roughly 7 to 8 trillion of them spread out over their colonies and homeworlds. But what makes the Magnumellans terrifying is their intelligence. As far as medical science goes, they can do whatever they put their minds to. Its just before they never could commit themselves with their emotions getting in the way. Now they seek to have us, and can easily achieve this through xenopregnancy. Just 3 billion willing females alone can produce up to 300 billion babies after 9 months. 600 billion after 18 months. After a dozen years they will have what they desire, trillions of humans to care for, and will continue to keep abducting humans from the Union for new genetic material to prevent inbreeding.
What they're doing is absolutely nonconsensual and immoral, but like with your Amazon's standards, so long as we're human, they don't care for the trivial details so long as they have us. To those born to a Magnumellan surrogate mother, they wouldn't care either, as they wouldn't know any other life but being part of a big happy family.
Thank you again for your kind words! You've made me happy. ^_^
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