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Pressure-Based (Vacuum/Hydraulic)

Filaments (Standard)

[dragonshardz]

Photosynthesis. Doesn't matter how we get it - it's a safe and reliable fallback, should we ever encounter scarce food resources or need to stay motionless for long periods.

Better eyes and/or sonar would be nice, but not too essential, I think.

[Tidal]

Photosynthesis. Doesn't matter how we get it - it's a safe and reliable fallback, should we ever encounter scarce food resources or need to stay motionless for long periods.

Better eyes and/or sonar would be nice, but not too essential, I think.

I suppose you could just have dormant backup chloroplasts.

[Reudh]

There are a kind of flatworm that scavenges chloroplasts and in doing so requires little to no food.
It's doable up to a size much bigger than we are now, so that would be an EXTREMELY viable way of feeding.

[10ebbor10]

1.Infrared vision
2.Scavenged chloroplasts

[kaian-a-coel]

infrared vision and redlight lure + infrared communication
we're gonna lay a spore soon, aren't we?

chloroplasts can go to hell for all i care.

[Vorthon]

We need light to see, learn to make light...

Screw light-based vision, we should go with sonar.

Just build a highly sensitive bladder to detect nearby gravitational influences...

Y'know, that might be an even better idea. That, or seeing if we can evolve a natural version of LIDAR.

[kaian-a-coel]

can we begin with perceiving simple electromagnetic radiation of medium energy, also know as infrared/visible light?

[ashton1993]

can we begin with perceiving simple electromagnetic radiation of medium energy, also know as infrared/visible light?

In other words can we see? Already done, or do you mean expanding the spectrum of wavelengths we can observe?

[Vorthon]

Why electromagnetic vision? That's so trite and boring...

[PyroDesu]

Let's view the world in GAMMA RAYS!

[RAM]

Well, as I understand it, getting functional gamma vision would be pretty much impossible, but if we had it, and a gamma lamp to go with it, we could just irradiate everything to death...

I have been trying to make torpedoes since, like, foreva... We already have the casing(spikes), warhead(enzymes and injector), and propulsion(flagella). What we need is a guidance system. Developing light emission and using it to high-light a target in a manner that will attract our projectile would be a controllable method that shouldn't require much complexity from the projectile itself. We could also use some more refinement in our ability to voluntarily sever our spikes without harming ourselves...

[Zecro_The_Scourge]

I believe edio said to BOLD your ideas, and I believe I suggested that we all should list the pros/cons. (options are optional)

Regarding your idea for torpedos I think we can blindly propel them (We still need a control system however) at medium distance / slow moving targets for now, much more accurate than the food sacs we throw them in either way.

[kaian-a-coel]

oh yay torpedos!

a big cell filled with enzymes, with flagella and some chemicals receptor for guidance.

[kaian-a-coel]

lets say it is a potential upgrade from our enzyme-bombs, scheduled for sometime.

[10ebbor10]

You can also just poison you enemies.
A little cel/vacuole coated with glucose(or something similair) and filled with poison.