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Pressure-Based (Vacuum/Hydraulic)

Filaments (Standard)

[Tidal]

Off-topic, and completely unrelated, what's your favorite kind of soda?

[Armok]

Wow, the illustration quality made a sudden jump upwards! That looks great.

[ashton1993]

Off-topic, and completely unrelated, what's your favorite kind of soda?

Wow, the illustration quality made a sudden jump upwards! That looks great.

Mine too!  Sprite

[Tidal]

Thanks for the compliment! I didn't notice it myself, but glad to see that it's improving.

MMMmm. Sprite.

[Tidal]

So, just wandering around near the surface (you think) aimlessly?

[Ahra]

looks like it

[Ibid Straydrink]

I approve of this thread name.

[woose1]

We are looking pretty smexy, I must say. Let's find some things to tear in half and examine for cell parts.

[ashton1993]

So, just wandering around near the surface (you think) aimlessly?

yup 

[Roboboy33]

Look for stuff to eat.

[Tidal]

Turn 22

     With all this light, there has got to be some interesting stuff around here! You search near the side of an ice chunk and find something lodged in it. It looks to be some sort of seed or something. It is oblong and has a split down the middle, both sides are completely identical to the other. You also find a hole in the ice- perhaps there's something living inside. Your searching used up 9 Energy, so you burn a few Glucose to make up for it.

Spoiler: Creature Status (click to show/hide)

Common Name: Lifespark
Scientific Name: Vitascinti cuspis, "Spiky Spark of Life"
Sentience: Rank 2: Amphipod (10/20)
Cell Types:
- Armor Cell (Spiked Silicon Plate)
- "Brain" Cell (Central Nucleus, Central Data-Processing Unit, Cell Wall)
- Factory Cell (Enzyme Producer, Many Ribosomes)
- Manipulator Cell (Regular Pseudopod - Silicon Blade, Enzyme Injectors)
- Mouth Cell (Closable Opening, Silicon 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: 72

Spoiler: Materials (click to show/hide)

DNA: 7
RNA: 4
Protein: 31
Fat: 14
Glucose: 74

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): Takes water brought into the cell 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).
Silicon 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.

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)

[ashton1993]

Stick a pseudopod into the hole and poke the bottom of it a bit, see if anything comes out

[Supernerd]

Attempt to bite a piece off of it by placing your mouth cavity over it and using the enzymes.

[mcclay]

I belive that after we check out the hole we should upgrade whatever is allowing us to see.

[Tidal]

I belive that after we check out the hole we should upgrade whatever is allowing us to see.

That would be the photoreceptors.

Stick a pseudopod into the hole and poke the bottom of it a bit, see if anything comes out

*Poke, Poke*
*CHOMP*
My psuedopod!