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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 9726370" data-attributes="member: 6877472">I had always assumed that the Gorn Hegemony was actually a group of multiple species under one banner.  So you could encounter very different creatures that were still "Gorn".Also, let's look at these new Gorn, who breed like digger wasps.  So the victim is impregnated with microscopic eggs that grow rapidly in their body.  Meanwhile, some sort of virus or whatever alters your DNA, presumably to make you a more viable host?Also, the baby Gorn then eat their way out of you, still growing rapidly (somehow), and growing more intelligent, because apparently some information (language, knowledge of that's a threat and what's a priority threat) is passed on chemically to Gorn spawn.First, this sounds like some heavy genetic engineering involved.  Second, this sounds less like a species and more like a bioweapon, not unlike similar things in other franchises (Zerg, Tyranids, Xenomorphs, or Games Workshop's take on Orks).So maybe the true Gorn bioengineered these guys using ancient technology (even the Progenitors admit in Discovery that they found the tech that allowed them to seed the galaxy) or they themselves are the product of an ancient race- perhaps even the creators of the prison!They could have been built specifically with the purpose of fighting the Vezda!I know, that's a lot of speculation, lol.  But the SNW team has actually shown they care about showing their work.  They came up with a somewhat plausible explanation for the Eugenics Wars discrepancies, so I'm hoping they'll have at least an answer for the Gorn problem.And who knows, maybe next season they'll address the Bell Riots!...a man can dream, right?</blockquote>

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