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Originally written by Thuryl:
[The message you get the first time you encounter ornks in Geneforge 1 pretty much explicitly says that Shapers do use livestock other than ornks; ornks are just for particularly hostile environments where other, less hardy livestock are unsuitable.[/QB]
This is a good point, in GF1, Sulia(?) Island was inhabited for research only and we're told research creates many rogues necessitating having livestock that can defend itself. GF2 was set in a harsh land that had only recently been made easily habitable so shapers would use ornks, livestock that they can modify to suit the conditions. I think GF3's Ashen Islands would use ornks due too the difficulty of transporting livestock long distances, particularly by boat, I feel the shapers would simply shape all the ornks they needed for the first colony when they arrived. I think none of the game setting have had other livestock because it was more efficient to use ornks.