Quote from: SM on Jul 02, 2018, 10:38:45 PMThankee!
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Quote from: SM on Jul 02, 2018, 08:02:41 PMHooray for Eva!
I can't claim credit. I heard it from former member Eva.
Quote from: SM on Jul 02, 2018, 02:58:11 AMI like it, I like it!
If true one would have to consider why they went around creating other intelligences.
Maybe millennia ago, they were more compassionate. I've always liked the theory that the Engineer who appears in the pictograms is the same Engineer over and over, who can be dubbed Prometheus. He knew that at some point the Engineers would wipe us out and tried to encourage us to develop to a point where we could be in a position to perhaps stop them. He at least, had compassion.
Quote from: SM on Jul 02, 2018, 02:58:11 AM
If true one would have to consider why they went around creating other intelligences.
Maybe millennia ago, they were more compassionate. I've always liked the theory that the Engineer who appears in the pictograms is the same Engineer over and over, who can be dubbed Prometheus. He knew that at some point the Engineers would wipe us out and tried to encourage us to develop to a point where we could be in a position to perhaps stop them. He at least, had compassion.
Quote from: Huggs on Jul 02, 2018, 03:02:29 AMQuote from: SM on Jul 02, 2018, 02:58:11 AM
If true one would have to consider why they went around creating other intelligences.
Maybe millennia ago, they were more compassionate. I've always liked the theory that the Engineer who appears in the pictograms is the same Engineer over and over, who can be dubbed Prometheus. He knew that at some point the Engineers would wipe us out and tried to encourage us to develop to a point where we could be in a position to perhaps stop them. He at least, had compassion.
Maybe it was he who seeded our planet and died in Prometheus. Maybe that's why they wanted us dead. Because we were his. Another form of humanoid intelligence that could one day rival theirs.
I always wondered why that ship they arrived in was so different. Maybe they were outcasts, breaking the law to accomplish something great. Carrying the fire off to somewhere else.
Maybe creation itself was the sin. His gift was not fire, but life, existence, the possibility of knowledge.
To get biblical, God and the angels did not want adam and eve to eat from the tree of knowledge, for they would become like God. Nor were we to eat from the tree of life, then we would live forever like the angels, and indeed, God himself.
Perhaps the engineers never cared about humanity. Perhaps we are a sin, a mistake, an act of disobedience.
And just for the sake of it, wasn't that the same ship that was shooting at the derelict in that easter egg from A:CM? So maybe this was all part of some civil war. Take the goo from lv-223, get to a habitable planet, seed, and escape. A fight with the derelict, which crashes. Bob's your uncle, there it is.
Quote from: SM on Jul 02, 2018, 03:18:36 AMQuote from: Huggs on Jul 02, 2018, 03:02:29 AMQuote from: SM on Jul 02, 2018, 02:58:11 AM
If true one would have to consider why they went around creating other intelligences.
Maybe millennia ago, they were more compassionate. I've always liked the theory that the Engineer who appears in the pictograms is the same Engineer over and over, who can be dubbed Prometheus. He knew that at some point the Engineers would wipe us out and tried to encourage us to develop to a point where we could be in a position to perhaps stop them. He at least, had compassion.
Maybe it was he who seeded our planet and died in Prometheus. Maybe that's why they wanted us dead. Because we were his. Another form of humanoid intelligence that could one day rival theirs.
I always wondered why that ship they arrived in was so different. Maybe they were outcasts, breaking the law to accomplish something great. Carrying the fire off to somewhere else.
Maybe creation itself was the sin. His gift was not fire, but life, existence, the possibility of knowledge.
To get biblical, God and the angels did not want adam and eve to eat from the tree of knowledge, for they would become like God. Nor were we to eat from the tree of life, then we would live forever like the angels, and indeed, God himself.
Perhaps the engineers never cared about humanity. Perhaps we are a sin, a mistake, an act of disobedience.
And just for the sake of it, wasn't that the same ship that was shooting at the derelict in that easter egg from A:CM? So maybe this was all part of some civil war. Take the goo from lv-223, get to a habitable planet, seed, and escape. A fight with the derelict, which crashes. Bob's your uncle, there it is.
All those theories could work too.
The ship in the A:CM Easter Egg looks more like the LV-426 Derelict (U-shaped) rather than the rounder LV-223 ship. And it's flying the wrong way.
Quote from: SM on Jul 02, 2018, 12:25:41 AM
Wow! Really???
Perhaps this is what Perfect-Organism was referring to...QuoteI do not think they were pleased to suffer any intelligences save their own.
Quote from: Huggs on Jul 02, 2018, 03:02:29 AMQuote from: SM on Jul 02, 2018, 02:58:11 AM
If true one would have to consider why they went around creating other intelligences.
Maybe millennia ago, they were more compassionate. I've always liked the theory that the Engineer who appears in the pictograms is the same Engineer over and over, who can be dubbed Prometheus. He knew that at some point the Engineers would wipe us out and tried to encourage us to develop to a point where we could be in a position to perhaps stop them. He at least, had compassion.
Maybe it was he who seeded our planet and died in Prometheus. Maybe that's why they wanted us dead. Because we were his. Another form of humanoid intelligence that could one day rival theirs.
I always wondered why that ship they arrived in was so different. Maybe they were outcasts, breaking the law to accomplish something great. Carrying the fire off to somewhere else.
Maybe creation itself was the sin. His gift was not fire, but life, existence, the possibility of knowledge.
To get biblical, God and the angels did not want adam and eve to eat from the tree of knowledge, for they would become like God. Nor were we to eat from the tree of life, then we would live forever like the angels, and indeed, God himself.
Perhaps the engineers never cared about humanity. Perhaps we are a sin, a mistake, an act of disobedience.
And just for the sake of it, wasn't that the same ship that was shooting at the derelict in that easter egg from A:CM? So maybe this was all part of some civil war. Take the goo from lv-223, get to a habitable planet, seed, and escape. A fight with the derelict, which crashes. Bob's your uncle, there it is.
Quote from: SM on Jul 02, 2018, 02:58:11 AMThis is a pretty slick theory.
If true one would have to consider why they went around creating other intelligences.
Maybe millennia ago, they were more compassionate. I've always liked the theory that the Engineer who appears in the pictograms is the same Engineer over and over, who can be dubbed Prometheus. He knew that at some point the Engineers would wipe us out and tried to encourage us to develop to a point where we could be in a position to perhaps stop them. He at least, had compassion.
Quote from: SM on Jul 02, 2018, 02:58:11 AM
If true one would have to consider why they went around creating other intelligences.
Maybe millennia ago, they were more compassionate. I've always liked the theory that the Engineer who appears in the pictograms is the same Engineer over and over, who can be dubbed Prometheus. He knew that at some point the Engineers would wipe us out and tried to encourage us to develop to a point where we could be in a position to perhaps stop them. He at least, had compassion.
Quote from: Scorpio on Jun 21, 2018, 09:43:08 PM
Anyway, found this quote by 'Walter' about the Engineers interesting:
"From everything that I saw and experienced, as well as learned from David, the civilisation of the Engineers was not one with whom compassionate coexistence was possible. True, there was beauty and elegance in their art and science, but there was also arrogance. I do not think they were pleased to suffer any intelligences save their own."
pg 321