Originally posted by LiquidSky
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Originally posted by dasNdanger
1: Some females have tattoos while others don't. The caretaker (Rising) must have had high rank and we know the 'Submerged' Queen headed a great alliance but neither of them had markings. The 'Allies' Queen had very elaborate markings in 'Allies' but didn't have them in 'No Man's Land' where she'd changed her clothes.
2: 'The Defiant One' castaway - he was very old because he commanded a supply ship during the war but he didn't have a tattoo. He was very strong, tough, resourceful and aggressive so it's hard to believe that he was at the bottom of the pecking order.
3: Shawn doesn't have a tattoo. He's got some rank, though, because he seems to have a cruiser under his command (it turns up at the end of 'Condemned'). As he mentions having promised to provide for other Wraith it suggests he's some kind of supply officer in charge of cullings for his hive.
4: How do we tell the age of a Wraith, anyway? If our castaway had been cleaned up and given some new clothes would he have looked much older than Steve? Was Bob older than Steve? The 'Allies' scientist appears to know a lot more science and technology than he leads the expedition to believe. His line - "It has been so long since we have fought a real battle" can give the impression that he knew what real battles were like during the war but he looked the same age as Steve and went in for the well groomed look too. (Or did the Queen make him look well groomed because they were trying to create a good impression with the expedition?) How old is Shawn?
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