Tribbers vs The Empire

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2005-08-01 03:27pm

One metric Ton of Tribbers are shipped to an out of the way area on Coruscant. There they begin to multiply and expand. After a week unchecked they are discovered. At this point can anything on the planet stop them?

Few spelling errors corrected

Hawkwings · Post by **Hawkwings** » 2005-08-01 03:34pm

well, that depends... is the Emperor there?

also, isn't this in the wrong forum?

Dakarne · Post by **Dakarne** » 2005-08-01 03:34pm

Two Actions: Quarantine and Mini-BDZ

Hawkwings · Post by **Hawkwings** » 2005-08-01 03:35pm

you wouldn't want to BDZ Coruscant

Dakarne · Post by **Dakarne** » 2005-08-01 03:37pm

Mini BDZ, just BDZ the Infested Areas... and rebuild... it IS the Empire.

Hawkwings · Post by **Hawkwings** » 2005-08-01 03:40pm

so... if an infested area just *happens* to be the Imperial Palace...

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2005-08-01 03:44pm

Hawkwings wrote:also, isn't this in the wrong forum?

Um... Yea, this should prolly be moved...

Dakarne · Post by **Dakarne** » 2005-08-01 03:54pm

so... if an infested area just *happens* to be the Imperial Palace...

Move the Emperor, THEN BDZ

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2005-08-01 04:03pm

Tribbers, Empier, Corsecont... Next you're going to write Emporer, I can tell.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2005-08-01 04:07pm

Well, first of all, it's "Tribbles".
Secondly, they need to eat in order to reproduce. Unless you dump them in a food silo, or market them as the new pet for the cool Imperial kids, they won't find much food in a world that is basically one giant metropolis - scraps, maybe, but not enough for numbers that would actually threaten the planet.

(unless Coruscant produces it's own food, then you'd have a problem)

They'll probably become a pest like the eel things in the DS's trash system, annoying but basically ignored as long as they don't do too much harm.

Hawkwings · Post by **Hawkwings** » 2005-08-01 04:09pm

the replicating powers of these "Tribbers" is no match against the power of the Dark Side...

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2005-08-01 04:10pm

Moved.

But as to the topic...the police have fun hunting things that are basically harmless balls of fluff by dumping them into cargo ships and spacing them.

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2005-08-01 04:22pm

Pcm979 wrote:Tribbers, Empier, Corsecont... Next you're going to write Emporer, I can tell.

:smirks: thats me! Mis speler extrodiner!

OK ok… Seriously, I think the thing here is that I was just thinking about how the planet is one never-ending city. Even if a single Tribbel escapes all it needs is some food and it can start all over again. Shoot there was over a million tribbels born in just around three days. This is the epitome of exponential growth here.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2005-08-01 04:25pm

That's also hoping some critter in the undercity of Coruscant does not find the Tribble the greatest treat ever.

Dakarne · Post by **Dakarne** » 2005-08-01 04:28pm

thats me! Mis speler extrodiner!

Meye spelnig iis prefekt enliek yuorz.

And on with the actual topic:

That's also hoping some critter in the undercity of Coruscant does not find the Tribble the greatest treat ever.

(Homer Simpson Voice) mmmm... tribbles.

Hawkwings · Post by **Hawkwings** » 2005-08-01 04:48pm

you know, you *could* just let them be. They get rid of the waste in coruscant's undercity, and if there are too many of 'em, they just starve. Just make sure your personal food stocks are safe.

or...

Tribbles, the ultimate WMD!

Dakarne · Post by **Dakarne** » 2005-08-01 04:51pm

Tribbles, the ultimate WMD!

Who needs a deathstar when you've got them? much more entertaining.

HRogge · Post by **HRogge** » 2005-08-01 04:51pm

Are Tribbles eadable ? If yes Coruscants "underworld" might take care of the problem without any need for an orbital strike.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2005-08-01 08:34pm

I'm still amussed by the Klingons waging War against the Tribbles. And Kirk can be blamed when he had them beamed over to the Klingon ship.

Dakarne · Post by **Dakarne** » 2005-08-01 08:47pm

The Tribbles call him "The Destructor!"

But wait, didn't half of 'em land in the Defiant.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2005-08-01 09:09pm

Putting Tribbles on Coruscant is handing the Emperor the means to completely enslave the galaxy ya know

First, the Empire claims it's a rebel terrorist action, some animal they found on a planet they are hiding one.

Second, the empire develops a biological weapon to wipe out the tribbles, unfortunately, it kills off most of the tribbles. The empire keeps a bunch and changes them to be immune to the biological weapons. During the biological weapon attack on the tribbles, the Empire uses it to get ride of any political dissidents. The empire then reveals it turns out the Rebels engineered tribbles to release a virus that is fatal with there death.

Third, the Empire does just that, and breads them, enmass. Possible alteration by sith sorcery. (Dark Side Tribbles!)

Fourth, use the Tribbles to assault planets they want to take over. They watch as the food infrastructures crumple, and then take them over and remove the tribbles with a new bio-weapon.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2005-08-01 10:11pm

Crossroads Inc. wrote:One metric Ton of Tribbers are shipped to an out of the way area on Coruscant. There they begin to multiply and expand. After a week unchecked they are discovered. At this point can anything on the planet stop them?

Nerve gas, fire, poison, bioagents tailored to their physiology. It's a basic pest-control problem, nothing more. Also, they're nowhere near as locomotive as rats or cockroaches and relatively easy to spot clustered in a few areas. The Emperor doesn't even hear about it because trivial things like that are down to the council rat-catcher.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2005-08-01 10:49pm

Crossroads Inc. wrote:
Pcm979 wrote:Tribbers, Empier, Corsecont... Next you're going to write Emporer, I can tell.
:smirks: thats me! Mis speler extrodiner!

OK ok… Seriously, I think the thing here is that I was just thinking about how the planet is one never-ending city. Even if a single Tribbel escapes all it needs is some food and it can start all over again. Shoot there was over a million tribbels born in just around three days. This is the epitome of exponential growth here.

There were a million Tribbles born in three days on the Enterprise because the Enterprise was filled with grain at the time. This won't be the case on Coruscant.

The tribbles would be a minor nuisance, nothing more.

Sharpshooter · Post by **Sharpshooter** » 2005-08-01 10:54pm

I imagine a new line of fur clothing becomes the fashionable thing to wear, some entrapeneur finds a way to steralize the little buggers and makes billions selling them as pets, and Palpatine gets his own Dark-Side-infused ball of fuzz, which appears as an innocent wig until it comes time to electrocute someone.

Someone else said it best, though...

Long ago, KuJa wrote:It'll keep the troops sharp.

PULL!

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2005-08-01 11:26pm

Sharpshooter wrote:... and Palpatine gets his own Dark-Side-infused ball of fuzz, which appears as an innocent wig until it comes time to electrocute someone...

OMG!!! That would Rock, the ultimate assasin SITH TRIBBLES!!!