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[flabort]

Are we aerobic eukaryotes?

If we're prokaryotes,

Where prokaryotes is 1 and Eukaryotes is 10, you're a bit primitive and are a 7.
By default, at least.

even if you do consider phagocytosis a thing that any cell should be able to do (which I'm not sure is part of the core package - endocytosis certainly is, though, which is on a much smaller scale).

Wow. I was just meaning to do a Maxis-Spore-like cell, but I'm enjoying googling these biology terms. Yes, phagocytosis is a thing you can do. I'm ignoring the cannibalism part of the above suggestion because it's something you can do anyways.

Purple: +Kevak, +Harry Baldman
Brown: +Peradon, +Jbg97
Red: +Andres
Green: +Xantalos, +Kevak, +Andres

Multiple Nuclei: +Kevak
Tertiary Mitosis: +Peradon
Chitin-Armor: +Harry
Mixed Acid Fermentation: +Harry
Beta-Lactamases: +Harry
Anoxygenic Photosynthesis: +Harry
Stronger Cell vs Cell: +Andres
Fully advanced Mitochondria (Improved digestion): +Jbg97
Photosythesis: +Xantalos, +Kevak, +Andres
Reproduce via spores: +Xantalos, +Kevak, +Andres

Nirkae: +Kevak
Ork: +Xantalos, +Andres

You are Ork. You have limited perception, but can feel you are in water. You feel a hard substance underneath you, and sense smaller things moving around above you.
You only recently sprung into being. You were tossed asside by some sort of whirlpool, where you came together by chance.

You are capable of absorbing energy from the sun, and can reproduce via spores.

[Harry Baldman]

I should start a cell game at some point and have players be designing metabolic pathways, cell mechanisms and stuff like that from the ground up.

As for the eukaryotic description, what do you mean? Do we have all of the standard eukaryotic organelles (including chloroplasts)?

Trap one of the things in a phagosome and then attempt various methods of digestion. Just one, though.

[flabort]

As for the eukaryotic description, what do you mean? Do we have all of the standard eukaryotic organelles (including chloroplasts)?

Yes to chloroplasts.
Not all of the organelles, and some of them are less developed. For example, the nucleolus is more like the prokaryotes. The mitochondria exist but lack outer membranes and are less efficient. For example.

[Harry Baldman]

So, primitive nucleus (but not quite a nucleoid) and the mitochondria still strongly resemble aerobic bacteria and aren't optimized for exporting their products just yet. Got it.

[Generally me]

I never did biology so this all just sounds like fancy words.

[flabort]

I never did biology so this all just sounds like fancy words.

Neither did I. I'm interpreting Harry's suggestions purely through the power of Wikipedia.

Trap one of the things in a phagosome and then attempt various methods of digestion. Just one, though.

Trapping the things is easy.

You start breaking it down, adding to your mass and energy. Your limited senses let you know of a larger thing approaching.

[endlessblaze]

Pusopod away from it!

[FallacyofUrist]

Move away, perpendicular to the larger thing.

[Harry Baldman]

I never did biology so this all just sounds like fancy words.

Biology is the science of many fancy words, I'm afraid. It's partly why it fascinates me so.

Yeah, best to move away, that much is clear.

[FallacyofUrist]

The science of many terms and useless bits of knowledge, Chemistry is definitely the other science of fancy words.

So move!

[Tidal]

Move away, perpendicular to the larger thing.

That's too logical, we should run in the same direction it's going!

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[Prophet]

I never did biology so this all just sounds like fancy words.

Biology is the science of many fancy words, I'm afraid. It's partly why it fascinates me so.

Yeah, best to move away, that much is clear.

+1

[flabort]

Move perpendicular: +Falacy, +Harry, +endless, +Prophet
Move in same direction: +Edio

You move straight up. It keeps going in the same direction, and you can sense that it has little hairs for increased motion.

[Harry Baldman]

Aha! A dirty ciliate! Best be wary of them, they're a bit predatory.

Keep moving in the same direction - we belong in high places, since there's more light there.

Although... how exactly are we moving? Pseudopodia?

[Prophet]

Aha! A dirty ciliate! Best be wary of them, they're a bit predatory.

Keep moving in the same direction - we belong in high places, since there's more light there.

Although... how exactly are we moving? Pseudopodia?

+1