Survival without emotion

For a (Super super super soft)Sci-fi RP I've been planning, I've been trying to design an alien race to act as a suitable antagonist. The basis of this antagonistic race is that they are far, far more advanced than humans, and sought to destroy us before we achieve interstellar travel, so that we would not spread (Think the 'Great Filter' theory). They have done this to many other species' before us.

However, in the spirit of all good Shounen and Robot anime/manga, Humans Are Special, and unlike every race before us, we have one thing these self-righteous alien pseudo-nazis don't. Emotions, feelings, and the will to fight on! This ends up being the primary source of power for our new self-defence weapons (which have yet to be named), and will be the player's 'Mana' substitute for the game (although not quite so simple... But thats not important to this question).

So, my question is: is it possible for 'Emotion' to be such a unique trait to us humans? What are the chances of a race evolving without emotion, such that pure logical reasoning was the dominant trait?

posted over 9 years ago

Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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