[Scorpius closes his eyes, thinking over the question. Because it's all of the reasons Hinata is supposing and more, and it's something he hasn't even shared with Crichton. Not really, anyway. It likely does not matter to John, matters to no one except Scorpius]
Many reasons. But I suspect you're interested in the most personal and pressing.
I am half Scarran, by my father's side. My mother was Sebacean.
At the time of my birth, the Scarrans were curious about whether Sebaceans made for good breeding stock. Sebaceans are cleverer than Scarrans, but they suffer from a condition known as the Living Death, wherein if they are exposed to extreme heat, they fall comatose and eventually die. Scarrans are a species that produce and love heat. Their idea was to create a hybrid race that had all of the brains of Sebaceans but did not suffer from heat delirium and had the strength and loyalty to aid the Scarran army.
During this process, many Sebacean women were kidnapped and impregnated. But the results were not as the Scarrans had hoped: no children or mothers survived the incubation or birthing process. Infants roasted their own mothers from the insides and then suffocated. Mothers due to the stress and the agony of birthing larger children simply perished by the dozen.
Only I survived, out of 91 attempts. The project was scrapped and it was decided that Sebaceans had no value even as breeders for Scarrans. An ambitious project but ultimately foolish and deadly.
They kept me alive for experimentation purposes and at the age of 12, I escaped.
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Date: 2014-03-02 09:52 pm (UTC)Many reasons. But I suspect you're interested in the most personal and pressing.
I am half Scarran, by my father's side. My mother was Sebacean.
At the time of my birth, the Scarrans were curious about whether Sebaceans made for good breeding stock. Sebaceans are cleverer than Scarrans, but they suffer from a condition known as the Living Death, wherein if they are exposed to extreme heat, they fall comatose and eventually die. Scarrans are a species that produce and love heat. Their idea was to create a hybrid race that had all of the brains of Sebaceans but did not suffer from heat delirium and had the strength and loyalty to aid the Scarran army.
During this process, many Sebacean women were kidnapped and impregnated. But the results were not as the Scarrans had hoped: no children or mothers survived the incubation or birthing process. Infants roasted their own mothers from the insides and then suffocated. Mothers due to the stress and the agony of birthing larger children simply perished by the dozen.
Only I survived, out of 91 attempts. The project was scrapped and it was decided that Sebaceans had no value even as breeders for Scarrans. An ambitious project but ultimately foolish and deadly.
They kept me alive for experimentation purposes and at the age of 12, I escaped.
That is why the Scarrans.