Farscape Forum

1. calling all star systems "Solar" systems and non-Terrans referring to their planet having Solar days. The star our planet orbits is named Sol: that makes it, it's orbiting planets and other sundry satellites the Solar System. Ours is the only Solar system and the only system with Solar days. Other star systems are named for their own stars, not ours. Planets orbiting a star named, for instance, Tango, are planets in the Tangan system and they have Tangan days. The word "Sun" is the Old English name for our star, but is considered generic enough to be used for any star with orbiting planets tho it's primary use is for our star. But Solar is exclusive to this star system.

2. inter-species breeding. Not going to happen, at least not without a great deal of expensive, high tech medical intervention by a highly advanced civilization. Otherwise, no matter how much superficial outer similarities in appearance two beings have, if their species aren't a genetic match there's no reproduction. Even a human and a gorilla can't reproduce and we're nearly identical genetically. D'Argo and his Sabacean wife could never have had a child without someone using a lot of money, knowledge and lab time to tinker with their DNA, and of course D'Argo and Chianna aren't compatible. Members of an advanced species would know this and I wish the writers would acknowledge it. I have no problem with interspecies romance or sex (perfectly easy to accomplish with a little imagination no matter what sort of genitalia your partner does, or does not, have) but any resulting babies need to be explained scientifically. As the late Carl Sagan wrote, a human being could be impregnanted by a daisy more easily than by an alien. And that goes for Crichton and the princess as well.

Having started with with a pair of gumbles (which I admit apply to every sf show I've ever seen) let me repeat that I *love* Farscape. I love the concept, most of the stories, the production and above all the characters. I love the show for its intelligence (I can bear the occasional sloppy science) and most of all for it's sly sense of humor. Such as that remark Crichton made in the last episode about being the reverse King Arthur, or the Scarren's snide, and apt, "destiny's couple, you are" to the slimy prince and his airhead fiance.

We got some interesting background on a number of the characters in that episode too. Moya's creators, John's family, D'Argo and Chianna's relationship (she not good enough for him, but she's improving and he deserves some fun) and Scorpius' "parentage". Who do you suppose was responsible for that bit of engineering, the Scarrens or the Peacekeepers? My vote is for the Peacekeepers. Obviously his genetic material is predominantly Sabacean, he's working for them (or so it appears), the Scarren clearly considered him an enemy and the Peacekeepers have done this sort of genetic monkey business before (Talyn, for instance) looking for bio-engineered weapons of one sort or another. Maybe Scorpius was part of a search for the superior soldier that got out of hand.

Whatever it is, Scorpius is a wonderful villian tho I still wish we'd see more of Crais. What I don't understand is why Scorpius is convinced Crichton has wormhole technology. He's been inside Crichton's head and knows that John went thru the wormhole by accident, so what's Scorpius really looking for? Does he think Crichton developed some new technology after getting to that side of the universe, and how likely is that given the limited resources for scientific study on Moya and the fact that human knowledge isn't nearly as advanced as Sabacean knowledge? Scorpius probably knows more about wormholes than Crichton.

Sometimes I wonder if Scorpius just wants Crichton for company, since they've both one of a kind beings (Scorpius because of his genetic makeup and John because he's the only human in those parts). It could create an oddball sense of kinship in Scorpius -- not enough to treat Crichton well, but enough to want him around.