Xavius
Xavius Also, Tardigrades are a good example of a terrestrial organism that can survive space just fine. They hibernate and stop giving any f***s about anything trying to kill them, it's really fascinating.
yes ik they completely de-hydrate their own bodies at will and expel any liquids and gases.
Xavius And going back to an idea I touch upon earlier, who's to say these aren't massive colony organisms, similar to a Man-o-War or coral reef? Each type of organism has specific 'jobs' inside the colony, and each type reproduces its own type, but they all work together to survive.
technically this is what every multi-cellular animal is; every cell is reproducing its own kind but they have the same set of information aka DNA. they just express this DNA differently. an the neruon cells would be the bosses of the body.
Xavius after assimilating the species that became the Overlords and the species that became the Leviathans.
no the overlords were already a thing; http://encyklopedie.starcraftcz.com/zerg/history.htm "The Zerg chain of command lengthened as new races were incorporated into the swarm. Cerebrates began to use secondary agents to communicate their orders as well. For the defense and productivity of the immediate Hive, the Cerebrates turned to Queens to further extend their control over the swarms. The Queens oversaw Drone activity throughout the resource lines of the Hives and kept a vigilant watch over the budding spore colonies of the collective. In times of battle, Cerebrates called upon the Overlords to directly relay their commands to the myriad warriors of the swarm. Overlords not only transported Zerg warriors into the fray, but also directed their attacks against their enemies. Just as the Cerebrates followed the Overmind, the Queens and Overlords were incapable of disobeying the commands from their Cerebrates. This rigid system of command kept the swarms at peak, savage efficiency.
As the swarms continued to grow and strengthen, the Overmind turned its thoughts towards its own future. It realised that within a few short centuries its race had assimilated all of the indigenous life upon Zerus. It knew that to further evolve the swarm, the Zerg would need to leave Zerus. The Overmind began to reach out with its senses, looking for something - anything - which would provide them with transport from this world. That opportunity soon arrived. A race of gargantuan, space-faring life forms passed through the Zerus system, and the Overmind called to them. Drawn to the barren world by this beacon, they were quickly assimilated by the swarm. The inclusion of super-dense hides and the ability to exist in a vacuum bolstered the genetic pool of the swarm. Soon the Zerg warriors were conditioned to survive the harshness of space."
Xavius 'ultra-dense carapaces'
does not mean there are not any holes.
Xavius It's science fantasy in all honesty, but so is this conversation. We're talking about 100ton+ sized space-dwelling organisms that can successfully fight off high-tech ships run by reactor-made AAs.
fair enough