Originally Posted By: Master1
Originally Posted By: Chr1suf
Who ever played gf1 knows, that shaper can't actually create life. They can only shape life. This means they can take something and change it into something else. If you played the game you also know that some of the creatures (thahd, battle alpha/beta) where once human shaped into what they are now, strong dumb creatures to carry things and fight battles. If you think about that and look at the creatures you might notice that alot of creatures where made from humans (serviles and all battle creatures beside the bugs). Wow sounds really good.
whoa there buddy, I, in all my years of playing and reading forums, have never heard this. As I said earlier, it always says Shapers have the power to create life. Resemblance to animals is just the result of making things they are already familiar with.
This was someplace in gf1 where you got that information. It's long ago so I'm not sure in where. And the part with human as base form for the battle alpha and beta (as they are advanced alpha) was put there too. (not sure about the thahd was listed too as it really a long time ago but it was somewhere in the game.) Was pretty interesting when I read that. I'm not sure if it's told to you by some peron or it is written in some book but I know i found the information in the game. (not in a starting screan or something else.)
You are right when you said that allways is talked about shapers can create life as shaper want the world to think it's like that but on sucia there is a place where you get the information. If you ask me the shaper though abanden the island an forbit to go there whould seal this from the world.
Edit: And it was noted that serviles where made from something else in the same text. So if you put that togethere it made perfect sence to me. Shapers wanted to have "perfect" soldiers and workers. So they made new creations based on humans to get to that goal. Think of it an unintelligent serviles ist a great worker, a thahd is a great transport unit and a battle alpha/beat the soldier. And it fits together pretty good.
Edit2: A little thing I wanted to add about following:
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If you played the game you also know that some of the creatures (thahd, battle alpha/beta) where once human shaped into what they are now, strong dumb creatures to carry things and fight battles.
This is correct for the first creatures made. After you know the life information (please just let me call it DNA as it's the same) needed to get the wanted shape, you can shape anything into it (just think of shaping little creatures that you can't see into an entire other race helps to let you just "create" creatures.). It's just that they shaped humans to get that DNA. So if you look at the DNA a big part of them is still human. Battle beta is also listed as it was made out of battle alpha which also makes humans the base creature they where made of.