Wolfie1381
New Member
Sparked by the new rebreather sculpt (lovely work), i was thinking again about Preds and atmospheres. everyone (well, ish...) seems to say the bio helps them breathe Earth's atmosphere. in P2, Pred lost his bio and used a rebreather. here's my thoughts :
firstly, if the bio helps them breathe, where's the tanks to his "air" supply? or where's the filters? it seems to bond to the skin, and the only compressed air type stuff seems to be on the cables to the weapons.
secondly, Preds seem to run about quite happily w/out the bios. no sign of gasping or diminished performance at all. i got thinking about the rebreather, and to me it seemed more logical that it's medical : P2 was established as a little more medically equipped, and perhaps (given all his wounds) this was more of an emergency anaesthetic? or a "hype" type thing, like we would take adrenaline, allowing a wounded Pred to push on through injuries?
there was some cack in the novels about them being methane breathers. that's so stupid - how could they evolve on a methane atmosphere planet? methane is explosive, first attempt to light a fire, never mind have plasma weapons or ship rocket engines, and that's the end of a continent!
seems to me the bio is a battle helmet and that's it. any other opinions?
firstly, if the bio helps them breathe, where's the tanks to his "air" supply? or where's the filters? it seems to bond to the skin, and the only compressed air type stuff seems to be on the cables to the weapons.
secondly, Preds seem to run about quite happily w/out the bios. no sign of gasping or diminished performance at all. i got thinking about the rebreather, and to me it seemed more logical that it's medical : P2 was established as a little more medically equipped, and perhaps (given all his wounds) this was more of an emergency anaesthetic? or a "hype" type thing, like we would take adrenaline, allowing a wounded Pred to push on through injuries?
there was some cack in the novels about them being methane breathers. that's so stupid - how could they evolve on a methane atmosphere planet? methane is explosive, first attempt to light a fire, never mind have plasma weapons or ship rocket engines, and that's the end of a continent!
seems to me the bio is a battle helmet and that's it. any other opinions?