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[CuppaLastHumanSoldier]

Feel free to use spoiler tags petro, I heard this is gruesome! So, how does the Hierarchy process organics, among other things?

[Valdez]

CuppaLastHumanSoldier, on Dec 22 2007, 12:44 PM, said:

how does the Hierarchy process organics, among other things?

Probably something that breaks down matter (including organic matter) at the atmoic level. Kinda like the new Tiberium minus the particle assimilation thing.

So... I guess it's something like:

Cow -> Broken Down Matter -> Money

Or the more detailed version:

Cow -> Disintegrated Cow -> Broken Down Matter -> Money

[Bird of Prey]

1. Cows
2.
3. Profit

[ASG]

1. Cows
2. Burgers for the army
3. Army buys the burgers
4. Money comes from the people buying the burgers.

[Strategist]

I'm under the impression that the Hierarchy aliens (or at least the leaders) eat cattle, as the mutilated cows that are often found near Hierarchy wreaks are missing their tenderloin and some other cuts.....   I think that some humans are used for slave labor (Somthing that has been known to be profitable) and the rest (weaklings) are converted into "Brute Chow".

As for the prosess, I agree with Valdez's idea.

Edited by The Stratigest, 23 December 2007 - 11:10 PM.

[Tsakara]

Bird of Prey had the right idea but its this:

1. cows are absorbed by reaper
2. cows are beamed up to orbit
3. cows are dumped into a mass processor
4. ???
5. PROFIT!!!

[rorirub]

I think it works the same way how the Grinder in Yuris Revenge makes money by ordering things like dogs in it.

[Viltor]

mmnm im hungry

[Ishmael]

Bird of Prey, on Dec 21 2007, 08:52 PM, said:

1. Cows
2.
3. Profit

LOL exactly what I was going to reply with.

[Luga]

Hah. Some amazing alien technology going on there within the hierarchy

[Foshjedi2004]

1. Cows
2. Butcher
3. Profit

[CuppaLastHumanSoldier]

Ishmael-PG, on Dec 28 2007, 02:57 PM, said:

LOL exactly what I was going to reply with.

Why did you decide not to tell us instead? D:

[Alex06]

I believe the answer here is very simple. They disintegrate anything they put their hands on. Since humans and other terran organic beings are rich materials (They are carbon-based life, after all), the summation of matter they produce when disassembled is larger compared to metallic husks. As for cows giving out more money, it was just thrown there for the fun of it. (and gameplay)

It goes probably something like this...
1. Collection via reaper drones
2. The matter of whatever is collected is dissasembled
3. It's beamed up to the hierarchy ships, which can beam resources down easily. It's Hierarchy tech. Plus, the verb "to beam" is incorrect here, since they do not use beams, but rather just some device that can transport materials in unconventional ways we have no idea of.

Edited by Alex06, 28 December 2007 - 08:53 PM.

[Tsakara]

IDK but their operation certainly looks like that of the gou-old ring devices from Stargate SG-1