"I'm not personally convinced that we need such predatory species to survive in any shape or form — not even genetically "reprogrammed" to be harmless to their usual victims"

If there is an Internet book of wise sayings this is going on the first page.

My best shot at more meaningful engagement. Though I seriously doubt that there is anything meaningful to meaningfully engage here. What about pain that serves a purpose that will lead to pleasure? Such as pulling a muscle during a football match? Or what about random cramps and other completely random events that…

I stopped reading at "But the predator lacks the empathetic and mind-reading skills needed to understand the implications of what s/he is doing" S/he perfectly understands that it is procuring dinner for it's family.

I thought the reboot will start with Rebels. But they already statred separating stuff into Canon, and Legends.

Many thanks!

Not all of them, especially not high ranking officers. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Stormtroo… also it is mentioned somewhere on Wookiepdia that newer templates for cloning were selected from about human enlisted scoring in the top 5%.

They might very well be used as a tool of not so subtle open intimidation. The actual inquisition also worked pretty openly. Or could be disguised as other minor officials. The almost friendly harbourmaster of the Imperial Spaceport might lead manhunts for suspected enemies of the state by night...

Appreciate the subtle speciesism, "If the head gear fits"...

I assume that's because you haven't seen fuming nitric acid or pyrosulfuric acid in action. Just google fuming nitric acid +glove.

It seems to me that tunnel, do have a strategic value for the aforementioned reason. A psychological advantage might very well be a deciding advantage especially in an otherwise deadlocked situation. Also the essay neglects the possibility for using the tunnels to move resources other than manpower. Smuggling supplies…

Meh, should have done it with fuming nitric acid or oleum too , afterwards. Now that would have been spectacular. Even safety gloves catch fire from the stuff. Pure, pure destruction.

These people are... Lets just say I envy their genius.

Gold is pretty poisonous(being a heavy metal), but it virtually is insoluble in anything the human body contains, so a lot unless it's very fine grained. Don't drink red stuff. Colloid gold in theory is poisonous, though I don't think anyone was stupid enough to ingest toxic levels of something that expensive.

It'd be interesting to know what their spit is made of. The fact that they can glue things like gold flakes and pearls together is rather impressive.

Must have been boring sicentists. : ( With the few scientists I know, there'd be plenty of actual drinking too.

If they really offed her for this season, thats just ridiculous. She is a pivotal character in book four. Also she is the character who interacts with Areo Hotah the most, so the fact that they have Hotah cast, means there is hope for a late announcement.

I don't know what the shelf life of the stuff is. I mean all that is needed right now is a temporary ban to allow for field and lab studies before releasing more of the potential toxic waste into the environment. If it's found harmless and keeps well it might not even go to waste.

That's the only thing that helps. AFAIK radio is the main medium around there so a lot of interviews and such with doctors family members and even patient who are in a condition to talk would be a sensible step. As well as getting religious leaders into the flow and also interviews with foregin sources they trust more…

So when they will ban this stuff for a few years and see whether the situation improves? And using the time to do some more research? We need our bees. And since colony collapse disorder is essentially mass erratic behavior it sounds very much like a culprit caught.