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Posted by: Sandtrap
Posted by: Guscon
Posted by: Sandtrap
Posted by: Guscon
Thank goodness they didn't use the concept of rishathra. Would have made for an alltogether different gameplay experience...Don't believe I've heard that one before, what's it about?Ringworld is much much bigger than the Halo installations. Wheras a Halo is a Lagrange-point locked station with diameter on the order of 100 Km, Ringworld is an orbit spanning construction, with a diameter of around 2 AU.
As such, it's quite literally massive, and has a very large habitable surface, upon which many many different species live. Many of these species are sapient, and of different levels of sophistication.
Neighboring species will often trade with eachother, and in the interests of keeping good relations will also often engage in rishathra, or inter-species sex.
As the species differ, there is no risk of pregnancy (I forget how they get around STIs) and so rishathra is usually pretty freely observed.
There are some species that dislike the practice, and some that are less 'easy' about it than others, but it remains a main theme in the Ringworld series over the course of the books.
As I say, it would have made for a different game.
Thanks for clearing that up. Indeed, that sure would have made Halo very different. Some might say, Mass Effectish.