::squealing with fangirly joy:: There was a discussion on the SLG board that turned to the Irken reproductive process, and someone suggested cloning, and I said but if it were cloning wouldn't they all look exactly the same, and be the same gender, and then mentioned how I saw the female the first episode and this is a nasty run on sentence now so I am going to stop it and begin a new one. Anyway, Jhonen answered, and this is what he said. :B

There ARE female IRKENS, but they are as insignificant as the males in the current
process of procreation for the IRKEN species. Modern IRKEN spawning chambers
are floating biomechanical orbs that generate new fetal IRKENS to be grown in the
birthing plugs. you can tell the baby is ready to be unplugged by looking at the
exposed plug face - if the face is sleepy and red, the baby is not yet ready, if it is
green and smily, it's baby time.

The details as to how this setup came to be, and what purpose it serves is a bit
of a mystery, as I am working with files and accounts from sources that never
made it back from their respective missions.

Jhnen VEE

It was, of course, not a direct response to myself but just an answer to the discussion, but I am alight with fangirly glee anyway. Yeeeee XD