Worm implants its ravenous larvae, which thrive and grow as they devour theĪdult mind worms live for less than a month (explaining their urgent need to One gravid worm, if sufficiently agitated, canīurrow through a human skull in thirty seconds - less, if the worm finds easyĮntry through an eye socket or nasal passage. ThisĪttack is only a precursor to the worm’s main goal: to implant freshly hatched Paralysis, and even death as the autonomous nervous system shuts down. With sufficient numbers, the victim goes numb with terror, causing spasms, Number of worms present, each individual adding its own voice to the attack. Straight out of the victim’s worst nightmares. Visions of horrible tortures and frightful deaths assail the mind, Get closer, however, and a human may experience the power of this Individual worm specimen, with an average length of 10cm, hardly seems a The dominant land species on Chiron is the mind worm.
Morale level is quite important in defending against Mind Worms and other alien units. Mind Worms and other alien creatures can engage in Psi Combat, in which weapon and armor strengths are ignored, and the attacker is given a 3 to 2 advantage on land. Mind Worms can appear suddenly, and are closely associated with fungus.
Others have alleged that prolongedĮxposure can drive the human brain to distraction, or even madness Implicitly in the “Song of Planet” and has accorded it a mystical significance)Ĭlaim the song is ethereally beautiful. Some (particularly among the Gaian faction, which believes If it exists at all, it may be a resonance created from the same “psychoactive” field that the mind “music” is not audible to most, and it cannot be recorded. “song.” Certain individuals in the immediate proximity of fungal blooms (anywhereĭepending on the individual and the size ofīloom) claim to hear a sort of hum or ululation from One of the more mysterious and controversial aspects of the fungus is its Worms seems to provide the fungus with a natural defense. Boils are often reported to originate fromįungus blooms, particularly when the blooms are somehow damaged. The fungus seems to exist in a semi-symbiotic relationship with the mind
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The only barrier to the full exploitation of the fungus On the rare occasions when they do appear, however, they literally appearĪlmost overnight, growing at a rate of up to a meter an hour, sprouting spontaneouslyĬhemical analysis of the fungus indicates that it’s a rich source of trace elementsĪnd rare minerals with a high potential value in energy, nutrient and mineral production. Most xenofungus blooms are thousands of years old, and geographically stable. The land stuff (tending to grow much taller, but not nearly as dense), but is It grows in huge, heaped tangles capable of covering Xenofungus is a hard, crimson mass of tubular shoots ranging in size from aboutĪ foot across to microscopic. Green vegetation - algae, fungi and small plants, the most complex of whichĬan be compared to a terrestrial palm tree. The bulk of the biomass of Planet consists of basically earthlike
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