DWilson
Where am I? What turn is it?
Gah, Alpha Centauri had its share of mostly terrible quotes, but that one always irritated me because not only was it not funny as apparently intended, I was never able to make any sense out of it. Llamas aside there are many more than five high-profile mythical creatures (you'd expect a hydra before a chimera, for a start, and possibly a sphinx). As an effort to parody the distortion of history over time it managed to fall foul both of my sense of humour and my sense of pedantry.
I feel like that's looking too deeply. It's not surprising for them to call out an alleged most significant set.