>.< Alskyrian Sea Dragon Stuff

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:33 pm

If anyone is interested, I have a code for the sea dragons, at least the setian ones.

I am very proud of this one - they are the only one of the three that I have been able to make a satisfactory code for. Gryphons are second easiest yet I'm struggling with finding a set of stuff that works...easily. The land dragons...I don't think they CAN have a code that allows a pairing have all colors despite the parents.

Yeah, I know, yakima is getting too addicted to the code thing...but I think they are fun. Limiting in a fun way. Like a breeding project.

Anyway, the sea dragons ended up having a "new" rare color in the Setian strain. "White"! It's not a true white, truthfully it's a very pale green or blue (more so then my pale green-pale blue for the Pernese colors).

Here is the code stuff if you're interested. (now must find/ink/scan and create a template for them. dur...XD They have been collecting dust for WAAYYY to long).

Code: Select all

Base Colors
G/g is for green
B/b is for blue
P/p is for purple (also called violet) 

GG, Gg, Gb, Gp are green
BB, Bb, Bg, Bp are blue
PP, Pp, Pg, Pb are purple 

GB is aqua
BP is indigo
GP is black 

gp, gb, gg, bp, bb, pp are white though often display very, very pale shades of the colors if they were the dominate genes. I am undecided on the fatality of these combinations. 

s is for silver
r is for red
y is for yellow 

SS, Ss, RR, Rr, YY, and Yy will not yeild a rare dragon. Only ss, rr, and yy will yeild a silver, red, or yellow. However should there be any conflict with these codes (like ss RR yy, SS rr yy, ect), the egg will not hatch. This would, in fact, explain the Setian sea dragons small numbers and high dud-egg rate. Because of this, a red-silver pairing often results in the normal color spectrum depending on there first set of genes. These are the Fatal codes for the sea dragons:
ss rr yy
ss rr YY
ss RR yy
SS rr yy 

Gender and size are my typical codes, as well as the TPower (T1 for low, T2 for average, T3 for high, T4 for level 11). Most sea dragons have T1 and T2.

Also, just to clarify, what DO the riders of sea dragons do? It's been something I've struggled with for...a while. Perhaps it's the reason why the sea dragons don't get a lot of attention for me. I always thought of them as sea explorers and helping the ships at sea and stuff. The Alskyr site never went into detail about them and a lot of questions were never resolved for me.

Oh, and how's this for a sea dragoneer's living quarters? I know, the idea came from Altus Cove...Falora had the underwater type Cove. And this is from an actual underwater resort/hotel. XD

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:49 pm

I'd say that the riders are with their dragons most of the time, but not in the water the whole time. As in on small crafts, perhaps even surfboard type arrangements, or heck even parasailing behind them.

As to what they'd do, I'd say officiate on the seas: fishing rights, disputes, rescues, habitat building and maintenance, etc.

And heehe - I doubt that unless they had the technology available, they'd be able to make anything that cool under the water, but I do think it'd be awesome anyway. I'd see them more on floating raft-homes, beach shacks, etc. Depends obviously on where they are, whether the water there is warm, and what the weather is like.

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:23 pm

I always invisioned Alskyr as more advanced then Pern. I honestly don't remember half the history originally but I know Falora had Altus partially under water. *nods* Alskyr is still young, in my mind and I doubt a lot of the technology is competley gone. *shrugs* I'm trying to create a different atmostphere next to the "less civilized" Pernese Weyrs and stuff. Falas, granted has a bit more technology because of Avias (and I'm sure I've allowed for some very big streatches in those capabilities....*innoncent cough*). Tavrobel is kinda half-in and half-out so there are some more land bound, floating types. There are some underwater. Just not many. XD I just think the view would be sharding aswsome! (excuse the Pernese swearing whlie talking about Alskyr...never did grasp all those phrases. XD)

And thanks for that info, Shard. Very helpful. I kinda fingured they did that but, like I said, the sea dragon information was very vauge on the original site.

I think I have my timeline set (current year is 571 for LSI...). And hopefully, no more Plagues will hit them! XD Two major accounts of a Plague and LSI might finally get to recover now! XD

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:48 pm

I think you're right about it being more advanced in general than Pern. It hasn't had as long to really *de*volve the way that pern did away from its more tech savvy history.

Plus, I don't know whether to gloat about it or even if the other Isles tend to know about it but Alabaster and Blackstone have plenty of things it shouldn't.

Computers, electricity, plenty of people who freely like crossing world barriers.

If they can't build it ON Alskyr.... could always import it