Mycon Question

[Dragon]

Just how big are these batty agents of Juffo Wup?  I've noticed that Arne draws them quite small but I'd always imagined them as being *big*.  Really big.  Bigger than Ur-Quan actually.

Also how much variation is there between 'normal' Mycon?  They're described as fungus 'men' but their comm piccy looks more like a fungus fungus.  Are any specialist Mycon mentioned other then their Deep Children?

Yeah, I know - again with the questions...

[Dragon]

Oops, I skipped straight to the Biology section when reading the Ultonomicon's entry on the Mycon.  Rather than like, you know, reading the first paragraph which states they range from 0.5m to 3.5m in height.
 

I'm still interested in how much variance there is between individuals though...

[spinsane]

They can structure their genes with a mere thought. Podships, Deep Children, and Mycon are all "Mycon." So I think they may be set on their crew-unit size because it is the most practical.

[Lukipela]

Oops, I skipped straight to the Biology section when reading the Ultonomicon's entry on the Mycon.  Rather than like, you know, reading the first paragraph which states they range from 0.5m to 3.5m in height.
 

I'm still interested in how much variance there is between individuals though...

Well, according to what you quoted the variance is around 3 meters

[gihren]

I'd always wondered how they got from the man-looking thing in their combat pic to their picture in SC2/UQM.  Nice.

[Dragon]

That confused me too.  In the SC1 manual they're basically men with mushroom heads whereas, well, you all know what they look like in SC2. 

To continue...  does anyone remember if it's mentioned anywhere what the Podship is?  Is it a Mycon or some sort of living entity or something constructed?  Also, apart from Deep Children, is any other form of Mycon every mentioned?

These are all questions that plague my waking thoughts.  Okay, really, to much sugar for me now

[fossaman]

I've been playing through the full game again, and a question struck me: Why were the mycon fighting at all, much less as part of the Hierarchy? I mean, if they're that screwed up that they attack people, shouldn't they attack everybody? If I recall, Sentient Milieu came after the Mycon had gone wacky, according to some of their dialogue. So it can't be that they're programmed to obey the Ur-Quan.

[Lukipela]

Juffo-Wup acknowledges the existence of un-Voidable Non
when we are faced with such, we join, absorb and wait for our opportunity
to learn the weakness that will allow us to Void the Non.

So basically they were going to topple it from within.

[Angelfish]

Juffo-Wup acknowledges the existence of un-Voidable Non
when we are faced with such, we join, absorb and wait for our opportunity
to learn the weakness that will allow us to Void the Non.

So basically they were going to topple it from within.

The weakness that will make the Unvoidable non Voidable again.
Strange paradox.

[Eth]

Yeah, that line was the basis behind my "Betrayal of the Mycon" plot from my website.  The Mycon were unable to Void the Alliance, so they joined.  When the Hierarchy proved to be even more intractable, they switched sides.

[Alen]

I wonder if they really would taste good in butter...

[fossaman]

Probably. But then they'd sprout in your stomach and take over you brain, and that wouldn't taste good at all.

[Alen]

YES IT WOULD!!! lol

[gihren]

Juffo-Wup acknowledges the existence of un-Voidable Non
when we are faced with such, we join, absorb and wait for our opportunity
to learn the weakness that will allow us to Void the Non.

So basically they were going to topple it from within.

The weakness that will make the Unvoidable non Voidable again.
Strange paradox.

It's not quite a paradox.  The "unvoidable" is a temporary status.  It's like saying "I'm not attacking Mario while he has star power since he's unbeatable."  Just wait a minute, thing can change.  The difference is, the Mycon don't know when they'll be voidable.

Of course, your paradox idea may sprout from the words "non voidable".  The non, if I remember right, is used as "non-Mycon," so the word non has a different meaning than you may think it has, so it would mean "the weakness that will make the currently invincible foreigners vulnerable again"

[Dragon]

So the Goomba are some sort of retarded/degenerate Mycon because they still attack Mario when he has the star...