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Cacique Caribe07 Nov 2013 9:31 p.m. PST

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Guys,

How would you build an alien base in Antarctica? What would it look like? Would you make a dome, a pyramid, or would you try some other style?

How large would you make it for 15mm figures?

Thanks,

Dan
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Cacique Caribe07 Nov 2013 10:22 p.m. PST

What sort of architectural style would you use for a hidden base made by technologically advanced reptilians, like the ST Voth:

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MajorB08 Nov 2013 2:50 a.m. PST

How would you build an alien base in Antarctica? What would it look like? Would you make a dome, a pyramid, or would you try some other style?

How should I know? I'm not an alien! At least I don't think I am grin

John Treadaway08 Nov 2013 3:16 a.m. PST

I am an Alien and – if you think I'm going to break ranks and tell you where our secret base actually is you are very much mistaken…

John T

Sargonarhes08 Nov 2013 3:47 a.m. PST

A secret base should be just that, a secret. It should blend in, so for frozen landscapes a general dome should work.

Ignore those arrogant Draconians that would build a huge freaking black hexagonal tower armed to the teeth. With a large rail cannon at it core capable of launching ships into orbit or taking ships out of orbit.
(I've put way too much thought into that one)

Mad Mecha Guy08 Nov 2013 3:58 a.m. PST

if you're. a repitilian why would you stay in Antarctica, surely would of moved somewhere warmer (Florida, California, Australia) and put the human skin on, noone ever be able tell difference from humans on those areas.

Khusrau08 Nov 2013 5:29 a.m. PST

perhaps these reptilians operate best at near and sub zero temperatures… ;)

YogiBearMinis Supporting Member of TMP08 Nov 2013 6:19 a.m. PST

Maybe Boca Raton Phase II condominium complex is really an alien base …

ubercommando08 Nov 2013 7:02 a.m. PST

I'd do it like Danger 5 YouTube link

Personal logo Jlundberg Supporting Member of TMP08 Nov 2013 7:03 a.m. PST

Domes mostly buried in the ice/snow

Twoball Cane08 Nov 2013 7:14 a.m. PST

I've always felt white castle burgers were staging grounds for aliens…just look for the one in Antarctica and whamo u've found the secret base! Chariots of the gods man

Google earth blocked it…just ask georgio tsutlakos* ancient alien theory supports the white castle reptaloid conspiracy!

haywire08 Nov 2013 7:32 a.m. PST

If I was a reptilian I would guess an under the ice dome(s) mounted on or in the land mass with several connecting tunnels and chambers to above ice caves and underwater sub bases.

The main dome would have drill holes through the earth's core to a magma level for both thermal power and heat.

skippy000108 Nov 2013 8:04 a.m. PST

The 'secret' base in Antarctica is a trap! IT'S A TRAP!!! The real base of power is in Madagascar. And don't forget the lounge lizard infiltrators of Vegas…

SBminisguy08 Nov 2013 8:18 a.m. PST

I am an Alien and – if you think I'm going to break ranks and tell you where our secret base actually is you are very much mistaken…

I'm sorry, John Treadway, John Bigboote sees even this revelation as a violation of secrecy rules -- John Strongberry and John Parker will be paying you a visit…

Dave Jackson Supporting Member of TMP08 Nov 2013 9:03 a.m. PST
jpattern208 Nov 2013 10:45 a.m. PST

Years and years ago I was Googling "serpentmen" in search of information for a Conan/Kull game. That's when I first read about Reptoids.

To this day, I can't believe some people take this stuff seriously. Now, for gaming purposes, that's different . . .

Given advanced technology, I'd make it underground with geothermal heat and power, or possibly cold fusion.

With less tech, probably a series of low domes (to better withstand the storms) served with nuclear power.

I think a pyramid would "catch" too much wind, snow, and ice, and a single large dome would be more susceptible to collapse under the weight of the accumulating snow and ice. You could avoid the latter problem by heating the dome, but then you give up secrecy.

Lion in the Stars08 Nov 2013 11:03 a.m. PST

Domes are among the strongest shapes, structurally.

I would suspect one or more domes, probably multiples of them, with a concealed upper dome entrance so that their infiltration craft can depart and return with experimental captives…

TamsinP08 Nov 2013 1:03 p.m. PST

Well, according to one former television sports reporter, their UK HQ is here:

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gameorpaint08 Nov 2013 1:37 p.m. PST

John Strongberry

Surely you mean John Smallberries.

And why is John Parker hanging out with the Red Lectroids now?

Ainsty Castings08 Nov 2013 1:38 p.m. PST

What! in a flowerbed?

jpattern208 Nov 2013 1:46 p.m. PST

Wot, behind the statue?

StarfuryXL508 Nov 2013 9:55 p.m. PST

There, and there, along with 38 other Reptoids not being seen.

Cacique Caribe09 Nov 2013 12:10 a.m. PST

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If they have been hiding under the ice for over 65 million years, maybe they are harnessing the power of the volcanoes in Antarctica:

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Some dinosaurs were warm-blooded so why not their intelligent kin?
Or they might be the ones behind global warming!

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John Treadaway09 Nov 2013 3:15 a.m. PST

I'm sorry, John Treadway, John Bigboote sees even this revelation as a violation of secrecy rules -- John Strongberry and John Parker will be paying you a visit

My cover is well and truly blown…

John T

Personal logo Legion 4 Supporting Member of TMP09 Nov 2013 8:11 a.m. PST

Reptiles generally don't like the cold … I'd think Area 51 or the rumored Alien-US underground base under an Indian Reservation somewhere in the SW US … Funny I can't seem to remember more about that … old fart Oh wait, it's mentioned in that second link CC posted … In that case … I know nothing ! Nothing !!! John … you may want to head back to the mothership … where ever it is … huh? Also in a disturbing consequence, the SyFy Channel showed a new version of the "V" series last week …

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jpattern209 Nov 2013 11:50 a.m. PST

Yes, but when the Reptoids originally moved to Antarctica, it was covered in dense, hot jungle. Can they help it if the continents and climate shifted on them? (Which ignores the fact that continental drift is an incredibly slow process, leaving literally millions of years to move elsewhere, but anyone who believes in Reptoids in the first place probably doesn't have the firmest grasp of geologic time.)

Cacique Caribe09 Nov 2013 12:35 p.m. PST

jpattern2: "leaving literally millions of years to move elsewhere"

Or to evolve? :)

Dan

Personal logo Legion 4 Supporting Member of TMP09 Nov 2013 6:57 p.m. PST

Like the Voth …

jpattern210 Nov 2013 11:42 a.m. PST

The Reptoids accept evolution as a fact for lower life forms, like Humans, but not for themselves.

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Cacique Caribe10 Nov 2013 12:30 p.m. PST

Hmm … And how do you know these things?

I think I smell an iguana!

Dan

jpattern210 Nov 2013 8:51 p.m. PST

The Truth Is Out There!

Personal logo Legion 4 Supporting Member of TMP11 Nov 2013 7:40 a.m. PST

I think we ate iguana when we were on survival training in Central America … monkey too … old fart

TheBeast Supporting Member of TMP12 Nov 2013 9:00 a.m. PST

Laugh it up, monkey boys.

Just because there were dinosaurs thriving in Antarctica at one point, there's no reason to assume they survived and adapted in place.

Just crazy talk. We never did. They. They never did.

Doug

Personal logo Legion 4 Supporting Member of TMP13 Nov 2013 7:49 a.m. PST

Ah … it's sci-fi … so I'm pretty sure none of us "Monkies" really took the thought too seriously … But it has some "cool" Sci-fi gaming possiblities …

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