-------------------------------------------- On Thu, 7/30/15, Tim <xxxxxx@little-possums.net> wrote: Subject: Re: Aslan around the 'Horn'? was Re: [TML] Aslan Border Wars To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com Date: Thursday, July 30, 2015, 7:53 PM > On 7/30/2015 8:04 AM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) wrote: > The aslan in question, the sector duke, was very elderly when he > dies of old age. I just can't see how he could die w/o an heir. I > suppose it's theoretically possible but I still just can't see it > actually happening. It doesn't seem improbable that he was simply infertile, and that succession law disqualifies descendants that might result from technological intervention of sufficient magnitude -- or that the person in question did not wish to undergo such procedures. Even in humans there are many conditions that result in infertility, and some would require pretty major measures to fix even if our medical technology were perfect. We know almost nothing about Aslan reproductive biology, so there is a completely open field there for possibilities. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ With TL15or14 avail it seems virtually impossible to me that such characteristics aren't corrected well before birth or even eliminated from the gene pool altogether but I suppose it's still possible even if just barely... ============================================================================
