Just a quick biology update. It explains among other things the new type of Larva available to you: Spider. Don't forget to read the most recent turn if you have yet to do so.
Name: Lotus Elise (AKA Royal Scent)
Age: 4 (Appears 19)
Outward Appearance: 6'2, heavy build, female, stocky face. She has red and black striped hair and solid pink eyes and a heavily tanned complexion. She can change her complexion easily through human cosmetics and/or Alien Biological manipulation.
BiologySecondary Skeleton
You have a hard shell like layer directly under your skin. This layer easily deflects most attacks that an unarmed human is capable of performing upon you. It also resists small arms fire and light energy weapons fairly well. Although useful this layer has the potential to betray your identity as anybody who applies preasure to your body will feel somthing is abnormal. This layer may become partially visible if your flesh is broken.
Human Interface System
Your body still has an incomplete knowledge of the human Genome. As you aquire more knowledge of the human Genome more pheromones and larva types become available to you. To gain more knowledge you must sample human bodily fluids. You make a point to interface with any human you infect before you hatch them, and any human that you consume for birthing protein. If you feel you are not gaining biological knowledge on mankind quick enough you can always get creative: Spit, blood, urine, and reproductive fluids are all valid samples.
Current Human Interface Level: 0
You must interface with 2 more humans to level up.
Pheromone Production System
You produce powerful mood and mind altering chemicals to affect both Humans and Arthropods. You deploy these chemicals through your respiratory system, by breathing on the target. It takes you 30 minutes to produce a pheromone. You may only store one dose of pheromone. You can learn to produce new pheromones as you increase your human interface level.
Avaible Pheromones:
Reward Pheromone: Sends an Arthropod or a human who has reached pupa status into a temporary state of pure bliss. Can be used to reward, pacify, or relieve pain in others.
Hatching Pheromone: Causes a human who has reached pupa status to burst free of their old body as a fully mature Arthropod. The length of this process varries depending on the type of Arthropod the human is to become. The process leaves a huge mess, so it is best to hatch your humans somewhere where nobody will come poking around.
Marking Pheromone: Encourages your larva to enter a state of symbioses with whatever human you have sprayed with this Pheromone.
Prototype Human Control Pheromone: A cocktail of many chemicals that you suspect may have an effect on humans. It is unreliable and random, but often useful in a pinch.
Sleep Pheromone: A chemical that renders humans, infested or otherwise, exhausted. Although it wont cause the victim to pass out on the spot, most humans sprayed will seek a bed and take a nap within 30 minutes of being sprayed.
Reproductive/Assimilatetive System
Your body has been pre-seeded with the appropriate Athropod Drone reproductive material. You can produce an effectively unlimited amount of Larva. To produce larva your body requires birthing protein. Ironically the only known source of birthing protein is the very race you are trying to convert; it is present in the human heart. It seems as though you must kill a few humans to convert them. You can learn to create new kinds of Larva as your human interface level increases.
Once born your Larva will cling tightly to your skin until they detect a human marked with the correct pheremone. They will attempt to enter the marked human through a pre-existing wound or orifice so as to leave no trace, although in a pinch they can bite through the skin. Once in the human body your offspring will begin to feed off of and replace the hosts nervous system and brain; adsorbing the humans thoughts, memories, personality, and acquired knowledge in the process. Once the nervous replacement procedure is complete the human is made awhare of his/her fate and compelled to seek you out. At this point the human has reached 'Pupa' status. A pupa can digest its remaining organs and develop a new Arthropod body in a short amount of time when exposed to the correct pheromone.
List of currently available larva types:
Mosquito: A mosquito is a small flying humanoid with a sharp straw-like beak. It is designed to enter through the bedroom window and harvest the heart and genetic information of sleeping humans. It can transfer the fruits of its harvest to you through its beak. Mosquito Larva cost 1 birthing protein to produce and take 48-72 hours to reach pupa status within a human host.
Moth: A moth is a small flying humanoid with large dust covered wings. Moths can produce any pheromone that you can much more efficiently: A single moth can bathe a whole room in pheromone laced dust with only 15 minutes preparation. Moths instinctively tend to infested humans and your own Larva. Moth Larva cost 1 birthing protein to produce and take 48-72 hours to reach pupa status within a human host.
Spider: A spider is a tall and lanky arachnidform. Spiders can dig large burrows and produce silk for decoration, restraint, or structural support. Spiders instinctively tend to infested humans and your own Larva as well as fungus from the Arthropod homeworld. Spiders have deadly venom dripping from their fangs and shoot-able porcupine-like fuzz covering their body. While their natural weapons make them adept at killing humans, their lack of armor means that they are generally not meant for combat. Spider Larva cost 1 birthing protein to produce and take 72-96 hours to reach pupa status within a human host.
Human Avatar System
You have a fully functional human mind dwelling within your head. Your human personalty is responsible for managing non reproductive encounters with humans. She is unawhare of her true nature. She is friendly, curious, innocent, and outgoing as opposed to your cold, elitist, and alien true nature. You can control her memories and override her decisions without making your presence known to her.
You must interface with 2 more humans to level up.
You have two birthing proteins available.
You have one emergency protein syringe.
You have produced one inactive mosquito larva.
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