(( Can I assume the empires and such the map generator made are part of the neutrals or that the names will be dropped entirely? What I put in for Home territory will use the name on the map that was generated for you to know roughly where we’ll start. The microbes will very likely not use said names IC))
Civilization Name: Our Multicellular Experiment
Theme: Microbes
Day 0:
Home Territory: East coast of what the local multicelled organisms call Ricucpia
Other Territories:None right now
Owned Strategic Resources: 0 Agar
Current Troops:1000 Flagellates (1 point each)
1000 dsDNA viruses (0.5 points each)
2000 viroids (0.25 points each)
Heroes:
Supplies:
Recruiting this turn:
Flagellate: A rod shaped bacterium with a flagella propelling it forward. Enough of them were found to cause infections in the scaled aquatic creatures we found trying to eat us and our agar. They are good at breaking cell membranes and do not need to live in a host to survive. If they find a cell smaller than them they can eat it directly. Due to them being bigger than our dsDNA viruses and viroids, they can also just eat the cell’s organelles, also so far they are the on;y troops which technically eat, our other troops require the cells to live to make more of them, pieces of RNA and viruses are easier for us to make because they are smaller
dsDNA virus: An isohedral virus lacking an envelope. It has many spike proteins that allow it to enter cells. Due to it being a virus and not metabolizing, it can stay in areas without a host but cannot copy itself without one, nor can they move on their own. Some extra Flagellates are sent with them to actually get them to the host. They can do lots of damage to cells. Since they are larger than our viroids, it takes less of them to make a cell lyse apart.
Viroid: An RNA strand in a closed loop that reproduces via getting ribosomes to make them. Due to this, it takes a while for them to actually damage or kill a cell.
Agar Digestion: (2 points) Will all0w future troops we make to utilize our agar. Right now we make more troops by infecting the creatures nearby and using pilli to stick them to us until making them is complete, of course there are leftovers, which the rest of us partake in
Capsule: (3 points) Cell walls are wonderful, but right now, only a few of us can make capsules as well. This project will allow us to make capsules more readily, affording much more protection to us
Viral Envelope: (3 points) Sometimes our viruses don’t manage to get inside of cells. Perhaps if they were able to take some of the cytoplasm with them when they left, it would trick the cell into letting them in
Toxin Production: (4 points) Producing toxins will all0w us to kill many more cells in a much shorter amount of time
Virus Transport Cells: (2 points) We need specified cells to transport our viral units so we don’t have to lose any flagellates as we make our way to the battle site
Pilli extensions (2 points) Extending the reach of our pilli will allow us to stay attached for longer distances and trap smaller cells and organisms to prevent escape. If our flagellates and other bacterial troops we make have longer pilli, they can remain attached even if they go farther apart, making it more difficult to be engulfed by larger cells
Toxin Producing Cocci: (2 points) A spherical bacterium able to produce toxins and of course is immune to said toxins. [requires completion of Toxin Production to be recruited]
Spiral Bacterium: (2 points) A spiral shaped bacterium. It is larger than our Flagellates and can twist itself around proteins to prevent part of them from being used. Due to the fact it is bigger, it is given Agar to keep it alive [Requires Agar Digestion t0 be recruited, uses 1 Agar per unit]
It was spontaneous. I used to be a single cell, feeding on the rich nutrients ere along with others. Instead of competing like wee normally did, some other species started producing sticky things. I at first tried to escape only to realize there was no escape. I thought I was dead, then, it happened. We began transferring genes. Plasmids flowed among all of us as water flows in rivers. Eventually it became difficult to discern individuals, so we just didn’t. We’re something bigger now. We must survive as this new existence. We…no, I must explore. I’m bigger now, I need more nutrients