Thread: Lost in space

So this galaxy was near the centre of the Universe? The location of the Big Bang? Humans hadn't even been able to theorise on where that might be, what direction it would truly be from their home galaxy....they had no real way to tell. That didn't really help tell him just how far he had come....could still have been many galaxies away or even just the next galaxy over. Hm? No men...? He looked up and raised an eyebrow at the odd noise that the translator made, clearly whatever word she had said wouldn't have any real translation....they'd need to create a new word for it by the sounds of things. Still....completely female? How could they possibly reproduce like that? Could they be a race of clones? But then they seemed to be so genetically diverse from their appearances.... Asexual reproduction like an amoeba? But that would likely have similar issues to cloning. Perhaps there was some kind of disaster and the males had been wiped out, some kind of disease or something, but their race had reached a stage where some kind of cloning could take place whilst also introducing genetic variations and mutations to keep the gene pool diverse and prevent genetic breakdown. Whoa.... Trace looked around at the village as he emerged from the ship. He had to admit this wasn't what he expected....for a species with advanced spacecraft and Hyperdrive technology advanced enough to have explored neighbouring galaxies, he expected a glistening technological metropolis like back on Earth....not tree houses and rope bridges. Are....all your settlements like this? Don't you have...cities? Artificial constructs? Off-world colonies? He seemed rather confused by this seeming lack of technology....the village gave the impression that they hadn't even progressed past the hunter-gatherer stage of development, yet he'd just stepped off one of their spacecraft. It was no surprise to see animals as large as that given the seeming nature of the plants and the planet itself, though he was rather unsettled by the spider like one, moving away from it instinctively, clearly unnerved by the creature, looking away quickly to the rather large blanket of glistening feathers. Hm? When she's....able to breed...? Trace raised an eyebrow, his earlier curiosity perking up again. The people were able to breed? But.....how? If you're all the same gender then.....how is it possible? That would throw his cloning theory out of the window....unless they considered donating genetic material to be a type of breeding anyway. Um... He looked up as two women emerged, Tuth'Alma describing them as 'mates'...? As in....sexual partners? This was just getting more and more confusing. Um....it's...nice to meet you Trace spread his arms out, though had no wings to do the same with. He watched as Tuth'Alma actually....kissed her parents?! His mouth fell open slightly in shock when he saw that, then quickly shook his head. Maybe it was just a different custom....he had to keep in mind these were aliens...he couldn't apply the same cultural norms to these people as he did with humanity. Well...yes I'm a Scientist in my world....Doctor Trace Quint....I look forward to getting to know you and your people He glanced at Tuth'Alma, Rion'Tuth and Tith'Evan.....they were all so different...though it could be seen that Tuth'Alma did have some similarities to the other two women....as if she was related to them....but how was that at all possible?