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Comments[edit]

Oh come on! Somebody's a little preoccupied with this show. Could someone PLEEEEZE rewrite this so it's not referring to real life?

In an article about an element within a TV show, it would be redundant to keep pointing out "by the way folks, it's made up", so the tone of the article seems appropriate. And I've seen some episodes of the show probably more than 100 times and *never* got preoccupied :P GhostGirl 09:48, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The Chig Ambassador detonated a hidden bomb so describing him/her/it as 'unarmed' seems a little overgenerous . . . it was armed with a bomb. Bad chig! GhostGirl 10:06, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

A random question, the "point of debate" remark suggests that it's not certain if he had a bomb or if the explosion was an accident (since they did end up mixing methane and oxygen together in an enclosed space). IS this a point of debate? If so, we need to rephrase the statement to something like "The Ambassador may have detonated a hidden bomb".--Raguleader 07:33, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a source for their origins being evolved on a distant world from a meteorite with terrestrial bacteria ejected from Earth 65 million years ago. Now, the series was on a decade ago so it's been a while, but I don't recall hearing that, I think I would have really remembered something like that. The highly implausible physics (and biology) behind that make me cringe. Is this canonical in this series? (I'd hate for really, really poor astronomy, physics and biology on that scale to be canonical, figures it would taint the good memories I had of the show though.) --Wingsandsword 09:56, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

IIRC, in the last episode, the Ambassador says that Humans and Chigs have the same origin, though I don't recall the specifics (or even if it was a specific relation between the two, or just that we had similar origins from the same type of development on our respective planets.--Raguleader 07:33, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is from a science-fiction television program.[edit]

It should not be written as though it were (a) real, or (b) happening in the present. The article looks ludicrous.

I edited it a little bit. Specifically I removed words like "us" and replaced it with "humans." Hope that helps. 134.114.59.41 10:05, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rewrite[edit]

I'm considering rewriting this article, it's in a bad state... and it would likely be more beneficial to just outright rewrite. Matthew 22:56, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Photos[edit]

In this article I saw many of really well photos. But I don't see this photos now. I only see the creepy images created by controversial wikipedian Matthew. What's up?LexingtonDark 03:50, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Chig logo.JPG[edit]

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BetacommandBot 19:44, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Chiggy von Richthoffen.JPG[edit]

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BetacommandBot 19:46, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is this supposed to be a joke?[edit]

This is an encyclopedia article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.83.187.202 (talk) 18:16, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect statements[edit]

The article states that water and oxygen are poison to Chigs. This is incorrect: in episode 23 puddles of water can be seen on the Chig Homeworld and the fact that the Chigs are organic lifeforms descended from Earth bacteria makes it virtually impossible for them not to require water to stay alive. The dead of the Chig in the second episode by means of inserting water into its helmet was a suicide mechanism, just like all the dissolving Chigs in later episodes died because of a suicide mechanism in their suits, not because of exposure to oxygen. Prove is provided in episode 23 when a Chig dissolves on its own homeworld when its helmet is pulled off and in episode 24 when a Chig bursts through glass into a room with an oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere, doesn't dissolve, and survives long enough to attack a human inside the room. I also think the suicide mechanism in the suits should be mentioned as this is what makes the Chigs so mysterious (humans never get to see what Chigs look like underneath their armor). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.93.101.238 (talk) 22:50, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merging With Space: Above and Beyond article[edit]

I propose that the relevant information in this article be merged with the series' main article. I will proceed with the merger if no objections are made within 30 days. Ja0n8 (talk) 16:35, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]