(blocked) asks:
> Do you design your ships so that the more advanced they get, the
> more animal-like they become? Kind of like backwards evolution, we
> start out animal-like, then become more mechanical, then the
> mechanics become animal-like?

Certainly as they get more sophisticated, when just *doing it*
isn't the main goal, a certain level of aesthetics comes into play.
Compare an early Model T to a modern Corvette, for instance.

jms