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kyle7475 wrote:

Hey Greg:

 

1) Do the Glatorian who were granted elemental powers have limited elemental reserves like the Toa? Also, are they able to manipulate their elements as well as a Toa would? 

 

2) Are Kestora biomechanical, and are they made of protodermis?

 

3) What made the GBs decide to construct the MU out of protodermis? Maybe it had something to do with the special qualities which protodermis possesses?

 

4) Do you think Fa-Matoran would accel at being traders, navigators, and sailors because they have a better sense of direction than the other matoran?

 

5) Will Rahi go extinct now that there are no makuta left to make them, or will that be Alternate Teridax's job in addition to guiding the new SM society? 

 

6a) Although MU inhabitants are unable to feel romanitc feelings, do you think they could understand the whole concept behind it?

 

6b) This may sound like one of my earlier posts, but I promise its a bit different: is the AI of MU inhabitants capable of simulating allemotions except romanitc love, or would there be other emotions that the MU inhabitants can't experience/understand.

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1) Not sure about reserves, but no, they do not have anywhere near the experience Toa have at using elemental powers.

2) Yes and yes

3) We haven't canonized that many special properties of protodermis yet. I am assuming it is a substance they felt comfortable working with and that made sense for what they wanted to achieve.

4) Navigators, yes; trading is a whole different skill set.

5) If alt. Makuta does not have access to the proper tech and materials, he could not make new Rahi. So yes, the Rahi could be in jeopardy until that tech is uncovered on Spherus Magna.

6a) In time, yes.

6b) I am not aware of other emotions that we have forbidden them.

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Acus001 wrote:

Could you clarify which disks are (at least theoretically) used to make the following masks:

 

• Calix
• Elda
• Suletu
• Sanok
• Kadin
• Iden
• Arthron
• Faxon
• Zatth
• Volitak
• Tryna
• Avsa
• Felnas
• Mohtrek
• Shelek
• Crast
• "Mask of Clairvoyance"
• "Mask of Emulation"
• "Mask of Rahi Control"
• Rode
• Olmak
• "Mask of Charisma"
• "Mask of Psychometry"
• "Mask of Intangibility"
• "Mask of Possibilities"
• "Mask of Elemental Energy"
• "Mask of Mutation"
• "Mask of Scavenging"

Feel free to break the list into segments if you think it's too long.

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No. No information exists on this and I really don't have the spare time to do this.

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Acus001 wrote:

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ScribeGT6817 wrote:

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Acus001 wrote:

Hey Greg!

 

I'm the guy who asked you how long a Matoran could live back in 2007.

 

Anyways, I was wondering how you were planning to end "The Yesterday Quest" and "The Powers That Be."  I'm not asking for a play-by-play, just the highlights.

 

Oh, and before I forget, could beings with elemental power over protodermis exist?

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I wasn't. I don't outline my stories, I let them go where they want to go and I follow along.

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Okay, I understand your creative process and I'll say nothing more on the topic.  However, I'm still wondering about my second question, so I'll rephrase it as two.

 

1. Could protodermis be an element in itself?
2. Could beings with power over that element exist?

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1) No. You would wind up with someone with a power level like the Molecule Man and you would completely  unbalance the story

2) Technically, you already have that. A Toa of Stone controls stone-like protodermis. A Toa of Iron controls metallic protodermis. A Toa of Water controls liquid protodermis.

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kyle7475 wrote:

Hey Greg:

 

1) Do any of the innate elemental traits possessed by the matoran and Toa, like greater lung capacity and better night vision, manifest physically on their bodies? I mean, do Ga-matoran actually have bigger/differently developed lungs than other kinds of matoran? Maybe Onu-matoran have special optics that other kinds of matoran don't possess?  

 

2) You said sometime ago that a Toa's senses (hearing, vision) are "more on the level of a machine" when I asked you how they were comapred to a Glatorian. So, what do you mean by that? Do Toa have superior vision or hearing? Or do you simply mean their senses won't diminish with age?

 

3) You stated that MU inhabitants don't have hearts (literally speaking). But surely they have something where their life energy is stored, some kind of special "nexus" that makes them truly alive (kind of like the Sparks from Transformers)?

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1) There's never been anything in a story bible to indicate this was the case.

2) There hasn't been any indication that they have superior senses. But they are less likely to weaken with time than a non-mechanical's senses would.

3) It is reasonable to assume there is some sort of a power plant in their bodies, but I have no idea where it would be located. As I have said elsewhere, details of MU inhabitant anatomy were never discussed by the story team, as it wasn't relevant to what we were doing.

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kyle7475 wrote:

Hey Greg, could the Kestora be the early prototypes for the Matoran? If the Kestora were early prototypes, it would explain their lack of sapience compared to their successors, but overall similar biomechanical protodermis-based physiology, reliance on kanohi-masks, and role within the MU system ( as powerless, small-stature laborers who repair things--in their case, other beings).

 

Their usage in the Red Star despite their status as prototypes could be due to these factors:

 

-Their lack of sapience could prove useful in the grisly task of repairing dead bodies, since they have no morals to conform to.

 

-Their matoran-like build offers great versatility with typical day-to-day work.

 

-Their biomechanical nature grants them extremely long lifespans, allowing them to continually revive MU beings over long periods of time.

 

 

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No. I think the RS would have been built after the MU, so it would not  make sense that its inhabitants would be prototypes of MU inhabitants.

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1. I think I remember you saying that, in the past, all Toa created by normal means would look the same if you took off their Toa armor. It was back in 2004, though, and it never got written down, so my memory's a bit spotty. Can you confirm/refute?

 

2. Memory crystals are objects that store and play back thoughts and memories of Matoran. The Book of Chronicles from the MNOLG is a device that allowed Takua to record and play back all the events he witnessed, albeit from bizzarely cinematic angles. 

 

 in the 2001 comics, Teridax was able to manipulate Mata Nui's environment against the Toa; the waters in Fau Swamp trying to drown Gali, a bunch of seaweed attacking Lewa, a mountain crumbling under Gali's feet, a massive wave of sand trying to smother them all. I could see the weeds being his plant control power, and the mountain crumbling could have been any one of a number of destructive abilities,   

3. Was the wall of sand a result of his protodermis control powers? If not, what was it?

 

4. How could he have done the water trick? The water on Mata Nui was H2O, not protodermis.

 

5. What's the range on a Makuta's power? It's a scary thought, him being able to do all those things while sitting miles away in Mangaia, but if the Makuta can reach that far, how did anyone manage to resist them at all? Is there a limit to their power?   

6. How about his protodermis control ability? Is there a range limit to that? If so, what is it?

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1) You don't really expect me to remember something from 10 years ago, do you?

2) I am not going to canonize anything related to MNOG. I have no knowledge of the game, I did not work on it at all, and I just don't want to go there.

3) Simple - the whole island was part of a camouflage system. If Makuta got access to that system, he would control the "natural" environment of the island.

5-6) I don't have this information