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Pressure-Based (Vacuum/Hydraulic)

Filaments (Standard)

[Vorthon]

I agree with all this talk of devoloping LAZORS.

And, expanding on that: High pressure system which launches silicon flechettes with a laser-guided aiming mechanism.

[RAM]

So every cell needs visual reception, a unique visual signal, visual detection, and laser transmission, they also need to be transparent. Once we have that in place local cells can identify other specific cells and communicate. Our energy generation centre will cycle through our form transmitting energy directly to cells, probably with some sort of photo-receptive gel that becomes energised when exposed to light and can sustain the cell by losing that energy. There will need to be dedicated relay-cells as our mass increases. The great advantage of this is that we will be composed entirely of eyeballs...

[Vorthon]

So every cell needs visual reception, a unique visual signal, visual detection, and laser transmission, they also need to be transparent. Once we have that in place local cells can identify other specific cells and communicate. Our energy generation centre will cycle through our form transmitting energy directly to cells, probably with some sort of photo-receptive gel that becomes energised when exposed to light and can sustain the cell by losing that energy. There will need to be dedicated relay-cells as our mass increases. The great advantage of this is that we will be composed entirely of eyeballs...

Why does this make me think of the BoVD?

[PyroDesu]

*poke for great laz0rs*

[RAM]

We are turning into a pretty good brain, it is about time something else absorbed us to use as nuclei...

[Tidal]

You guys still want to try being a parasite? I've had something set up, but with this divergence, I'm not sure if that's still what you want to do.

[Tidal]

Turn 23

     Your curiosity wins out and you swim over to the hole in the ice. You peer inside with your receptors while trying to gather some sense of movement or chemicals with your cilia.



     You can sense that something is in there, but you don't know how far in it is or how deep the tunnel itself goes. You poke around inside the ice tunnel with a pseudopod. At first, you don't feel much other than just ice, but then you touch something soft. As if in response, something seizes your pseudopod! It hasn't gotten ripped off, but it's darn close. Better do something before whatever is inside pulls it out of you. While you struggle, you synthesize a crystal of silicon dioxide (silica- the same thing that makes up quartz and your shell).

Spoiler: Creature Status (click to show/hide)

Common Name: Lifespark
Scientific Name: Vitascinti cuspis, "Spiky Spark of Life"
Sentience: Rank 2: A bit more intelligent than a Copepod. (10/20)
Cell Types:
- Armor Cell (Spiked Silica Plate)
- "Brain" Cell (Central Nucleus, Central Data-Processing Unit, Cell Wall)
- Factory Cell (Enzyme Producer, Many Ribosomes)
- Manipulator Cell (Regular Pseudopod - Silica Blade, Enzyme Injectors)
- Mouth Cell (Closable Opening, Silica Teeth)
- Propulsion Cell (Flagella)
- Sensory Cell (Cilia)
- Sight Cell (Photoreceptive Patch)
- Stomach Cell (Nutrient Harvester, Enzyme Storage, Contractile Vacuole)
- Storage Cell (Glucose<->Glycogen, Protein)
- Buffer Cell (Data-Processing Subunit and Conduits)
Energy: 86
          (-18 Energy from Movement/Sensing)
          (+32 Energy from Glucose)

Spoiler: Materials (click to show/hide)

DNA: 7
RNA: 4
Protein: 31
Fat: 14
Glucose: 72

Spoiler: Cell Organelles (click to show/hide)

Basic -> Improved -> Complex

Basic
Cell Wall: Outside the membrane, provides a stiff wall to keep threats at bay. Found in plants and fungi, for the most part.
Contractile Vacuole: Removes or adds water to and from the cell and its outside.
Cytoskeleton: Structures and moves the cell when the cell lacks any other propulsion.
Enzyme Injector (Basic Organelle, Basic Membrane, Basic Cell Wall): Injects enzymes into other cells. Right now, it has very little penetration force.
Nutrient Harvester (Extracting: Silicon and Oxygen [Silica Production]): Takes water brought into the cell from the contractile vacuole and extracts useful nutrients from it for use.
Photoreceptor: Patch of light-sensitive proteins that can detect light. Highly unfocused. No color.
Sensory & Chemical Cilia: Detects changes in the water, both chemical and physical. Also provides some degree of additional mobility.

Improved
Data-Processing Organelle (with Labeling System): Processes input from the cilia and photoreceptors as well as managing the cell's data flow. Labels enzymes so they don't activate inside the cell without priming; however, it also labels foreign genetic material for packaging.
Membrane: The most elemental part of the cell- the phospholipid bilayer that keeps out unwanted material and holds the entire cell together.
Nucleus: Stores all of the cells genetic material. Allows for more advanced *NA.
Ribosomes: Produces all sorts of enzymes and proteins, helps in organelle construction. The cell's "factory." Moderately complicated production.

Complex
Cytoplasm: The goop that fills the cell, transports materials, and stores many things.
Flagellum: A tube of protein that spins like a corkscrew to move the cell. Very fast.
Mitochondria: Provides aerobic respiration in order to harness glucose to the max. Used in synthesis of Energy (or ATP for all you geeks).
Silica Armor: The armor that protects the cell. It is somewhat self-repairing and is extremely tough. Spiked. Comes in a plate, each attached to a special cell that can add stored silica onto the plate as it deteriorates.

Spoiler: Nearby/To-Do List (click to show/hide)

Location:
Near the water's surface in a large field of ice chunks.
Visible:
A seed-like thing in the side of a cliff and a hole leading into the ice.

To-Do List
1. Photosynthesis (Need to obtain Chloroplasts)

Suggestions (from me)
1. Upgrade Manipulators into Tentacles or Arms (For more Jellyfishery)

[Karakzon]

shoot the sod/stab him and try to pull away?
Anything that can almost pull an entire cell out of your organisms body when your body is only 10 or so cells big is probably not something you should be messing with.

[PyroDesu]

Dissolve it with our enzymes!

(Also, silicon dioxide IS quartz. Quartz is just a crystal of silicon dioxide. SiO2! It may be easier to just refer to it as quartz.)

[Armok]

> add designed breaking points for pseudopods where they can detach with minimal damage like a lizards tail on the todo list.

[Ehndras]

Hell, I'd also add a membrane filled with enzyme/venom in each breakable section so they attacker will get a !!NASTY!! surprise when they try to consume/break open their prize. Fortune cookie from hell

[kaian-a-coel]

I propose a plan, based on a specific protein yet to be created.
This protein would be conic, with a base designed to absorb photons, the other extremity re-emitting another photon of a given energy in a precise direction. On the side, a site for ATP to keep the energy of photons constant.
Using this proteins we can create LAZ0R quite simply, with a crystal to focuse the photons.
But with several side-proteins, different, dedicated to regulate the photon flux, we could achieve a light-based, compact BRAIN. with binary logic.

[Tidal]

(Also, silicon dioxide IS quartz. Quartz is just a crystal of silicon dioxide. SiO2! It may be easier to just refer to it as quartz.)

Er- yeah? I know. What gave you the idea that that wasn't what I meant? Also, silica sounds cooler.

[Argonnek]

Fill that pseudopod with enzymes! Turn our attacker into pudding!

[RAM]

Crystallise the pseudopod...