That's something that others have been noticing as well. One person has even called bullocks on the whole thing, feeling that everything on the planet
evolving a planet-wide neural network was a bit far-fetched for his liking.
My thoughts on the matter: the planet did evolve that way, but the Na'vi aren't really indigenous. Hell, it kinda bugs me that you've got these
guys that resemble humans not more than a few light-years from Earth! Even better yet, they got iron-oxide based biochemistry! How much you wanna bet they can
breathe an oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere as well?
Even their DNA is compatible with Human DNA. Although, the Avatars have five digits on each limb whereas the Na'vi have four (bet that surprised the
Omatacaya once they noticed) I think that just goes to show you just how compatible they are. *Wonders if Jake and Ne'ytiri could produce a viable
offspring*
Anyhow, as for defending their world... I couldn't help but notice that those sleeper ships would make dandy rail guns. Stick some properly aligned
unobtainium magnets into the frame, hook it up to the reactor, add in some fire controls, and viola! Instant boom-stick.
It'd take a hell of a workforce. So, I'm imagining Na'vi, with suits made from naturally occurring plant materials, helping out with the work in
orbit - maybe even crewing these things. I bet you can even engineer portable organic computers to go with the suits that the Na'vi can tap into. It'd
be a hell of a paradigm shift, but one I think the Na'vi would be willing to make since they had a taste of what Human military can do.
Heck, if you want to convince the Na'vi about the whole dropping rocks thing, just tell them about the Dinosaurs, and the reason why something like that
hasn't happened since then is because Humans learned how to move space rocks wherever they damn well please.
evolving a planet-wide neural network was a bit far-fetched for his liking.
My thoughts on the matter: the planet did evolve that way, but the Na'vi aren't really indigenous. Hell, it kinda bugs me that you've got these
guys that resemble humans not more than a few light-years from Earth! Even better yet, they got iron-oxide based biochemistry! How much you wanna bet they can
breathe an oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere as well?
Even their DNA is compatible with Human DNA. Although, the Avatars have five digits on each limb whereas the Na'vi have four (bet that surprised the
Omatacaya once they noticed) I think that just goes to show you just how compatible they are. *Wonders if Jake and Ne'ytiri could produce a viable
offspring*
Anyhow, as for defending their world... I couldn't help but notice that those sleeper ships would make dandy rail guns. Stick some properly aligned
unobtainium magnets into the frame, hook it up to the reactor, add in some fire controls, and viola! Instant boom-stick.
It'd take a hell of a workforce. So, I'm imagining Na'vi, with suits made from naturally occurring plant materials, helping out with the work in
orbit - maybe even crewing these things. I bet you can even engineer portable organic computers to go with the suits that the Na'vi can tap into. It'd
be a hell of a paradigm shift, but one I think the Na'vi would be willing to make since they had a taste of what Human military can do.
Heck, if you want to convince the Na'vi about the whole dropping rocks thing, just tell them about the Dinosaurs, and the reason why something like that
hasn't happened since then is because Humans learned how to move space rocks wherever they damn well please.