Talk:Elaysian homeworld

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that Elaysia is a planet, that it is the low-gravity planet, and that it is a member of the Federation are all questionable assumptions. Maybe this article should be deleted. --Bp 13:09, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, i don't question the dialogue from the "melora" episode...

I've been in one chair or another since I left my homeworld. My family gave me this cane made from the wood of a garlanic tree ... they had no idea what it would be like to live off-world... in what you consider "normal" gravity. Only a handful of Elaysians have ever left home.

So her family had never left the Elaysian homeworld, and had no idea what it was like to live in "normal gravity" -- i sure as hell don't think they meant Elaysia had higher gravity than standard, since Melora spent a good amount of time flopping around on the floor. -- Captain M.K.B. 15:15, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

I've already changed it to something I find acceptable. I moved Elaysia to Elaysian homeworld, and I removed the bit about it being a Federation planet. Got any problem with that? --Bp 15:31, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

You're right of course -- the Federation wasn't mentioned, so that shouldnt be assumed. -- Captain M.K.B. 15:35, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Per the discussion on the Melora episode page, I think content along these lines is worth adding:

It is unclear as to the nature of this low gravity planet. Planets with low surface gravity can not sustain a nitrogen/oxygen atmosphere, (or much of an atmosphere at all), yet Melora breathed the same air as all the other species on DS9. Perhaps her species lives in some sort of sealed environment on the surface of a low gravity planet. PrognosisNegative 23:02, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Speculation moved from article

Any planet with low surface gravity is unlikely to sustain a nitrogen/oxygen atmosphere; however Melora Pazlar breathes the same air as the other inhabitants of DS9. Thus we speculate that the Elaysians migrated to this world and now live in sealed environments on the planet surface similar to the Lunar colonies, yet without any artificial gravity system.

Even formatted as a background note, this paragraph contains too much speculation. The first sentence, differently phrased, may be a valid note, but everything following "Thus we speculate" (who is "we"?) is not. -- Cid Highwind 10:05, 9 September 2008 (UTC)