Danial Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 I just had an odd thought this morning in relation to Floaters: How do you think they rest/sleep? Would it be "standing up" like cows? Would they shut their anti-grav unit down and just fall down into a bed? Or do you think they'd have some special kind of harness to hold them vertical while they sleep? What's everyone's thoughts on this unusual topic?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 I'd assume they turn off the anti-gravs. On the other hand, they might just go into cryo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 How about like bats in caves? They could set their anti-grav units to be upside down and then attach to the ceiling of an UFO, say the large chamber on the Harvesters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Well, we're assuming they do sleep, and I think the easiest solution would be to turn off their anti-gravs, but isn't that part of their life support as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prine Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Tethers. Like helium balloons. Aliens don't sleep though, do they? I figured they were like XCOM staff; mindless, unresting robots, on call 24/7. My guys survive on five minute naps in between refuellings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uriaheep Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 It was noticed on an autopsy that Floaters have a bony cavity at the base of their skull just at the point where the floater/life support unit fixes to the remains of their spine. I am told by those who know that though they don't sleep as we know sleep, when their floater units are overhauled by alien medics they are hung on a kind of rack by this depresion. Many soldiers when bringing floater bodies back from the field utilise this method by hanging them to the side of Skyrangers by meat hooks in a similar way. At some bases they even call the stress members of the craft 'Floater Racks'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Many soldiers when bringing floater bodies back from the field utilise this method by hanging them to the side of Skyrangers by meat hooks in a similar way. At some bases they even call the stress members of the craft 'Floater Racks'. Doesn't that apply to Snakemen as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uriaheep Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Doesn't that apply to Snakemen as well? Yeah, the hooks fit nicely into the hard scales at the nape of the neck. It comes out though when newbie pilots land those poxy Skyrangers a bit hard. Chysalids we leave on the battlefield snuggling up to several grenades. Not many crews like to bring those shity things back with them - dead or not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accounting Troll Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 I'm pretty sure that dolphins only sleep with one half of the brain at a time so that they don't drown. Maybe it's the same with the floaters. Either that or the floater life support systems include a caffine drip-feed, which also explains why I keep getting alien harvest missions in coffee crowing regions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Either that or the floater life support systems include a caffine drip-feed, which also explains why I keep getting alien harvest missions in coffee crowing regions... He who controls the coffee will rule the world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uriaheep Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 He who controls the coffee will rule the world?By god sir, I think you've cracked it. It's the coffee they are after. Burn the fields - they need caffine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Note that in the same regions you can find coke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uriaheep Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Note that in the same regions you can find coke... Good point - I'll get rid of all the Blaster Launchers, play loud records of Bob Dylan and then creep up on the Aliens and hit them on the head with rolled up copies of the NME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattimeo78 Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 I hate to resurrect an old post, but I was reading this last night and I developed a further question. What happens if a Floater hovers over a person who is lying prone? (Not in terms of UFO - EU... Perhaps if Floaters had been brought back to Apocalypse and one floated over a prone soldier, or even if it were to happen in reality) Would they be crushed? Set on fire? Atomized? What do you all think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uriaheep Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 According to the X-Com Troopers Field Manual: "Remember soldier, if you are caught unawares by a Floater and you have to dive underneath, this is quite safe due to their Grav Wave propulsion units but it may stop your watch." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krabjuice Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Floaters are stupid anyways. They're probably perpetually asleep or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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