Talk:Vorta

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[edit] telekinesis

I'm not that sure Eris had such supernatural powers. I've just watched the episode again. Since all that was a trick, her "telekinesis blast" may be an holographic creation after all. --Rami

I agree that this isn't really a Vorta attribute but a continuity error, as they had some problems when developing the nature and abilities of the Vorta and I think that was one of them. But I'm not sure how we'd include that without getting too "speculative". --Broik 23:35, 11 Nov 2005 (UTC)

I would not call telekinesis a "supernatural" ability. See "Plato's Stepchildren" for instance. Alex 13:00, 14 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Eris is the only Vorta that doesn't have Jem'Hadar protecting her every step. The Vorta are rather helpless creatures without their well-armed Jem'Hadar. I always assumed because of this the Founders genetically "enhanced" Eris with telekinesis. (It's in their power to do so.) As an intelligence agent for the Dominion without Jem'Hadar, she has nothing to protect her (or any excuse to "befriend" to Sisko or Quark and escape their makeshift prison), so she was given that particular power simply for this reason (or because all unprotected intelligence Vorta agents are given this). --Ambassador Weyoun 20:32, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Origin Mythology

So, when Weyon tells Odo about where Vorta came from, I can't help but ponder how the beginnign of the story he tells is similar to human evolution -- ape-like creatures living in the forrest eating nuts and berries. However with a hint of irony and unlike the Vorta, humans did not need The Founders to flourish across the galaxy. Indeed, the whole story is probably some spurious and super-patriotic nonsense but is able to motivate Vorta anyways.

This view would be somewhat human-centric but it is an angle I wonder about, if others have thought the same thing...