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Originally posted by TheKhanzumer
ODD File #1: Why do all sligs look alike?
Answer: Sligs don't all look alike. We simply thik they do since we are not around them often enough. Genetically they are identical like twins (the are all the children of Skillya) and like twins you can tell them apart if you are around them long enough.
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Actually, they all look the same because they are all the same. Each slig in the game is just an instance of a basic slig model. Unless OI spent all their development time making individual sligs and copying and pasting sligs everywhere throughout the game.
It's actually very unlikely that all the sligs will be idential twins of each other. Even if Skillya retained the sperm of only one mate then all the sligs would still only be full brothers rather than identical twins. The only way all sligs would be identical twins to each other would be if Skillya fertilised only one ovum by one sperm and that particular cell divided throughout her reproduction span and the daughter cells created individual sligs.
It's quite likely that the slig reproductive system is similar to that of bees, ants, termites, et cetera considering all the knowlege we have of their reproductive system. I.e. They have queens, there are lots of workers.
I'd very much like to find some of this out at some point throughout the Quintology or another series. Maybe even just a note on the OI website about the reproductive systems of the different specieses.