The First Daughter
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[SIZE=9pt]Name:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] Festerer [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Designation:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] Non-sentient[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Homeworld: Tynna[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Development Thread(s): Galactic Alliance Dominion of Devaron and Aleen (Individual posts: X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Breathes:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] Type I[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Language:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] No language besides screeches and roars[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Average Lifespan:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] 15 years[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Estimated Population: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Scattered[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Average height of adults:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] 2.5 meters[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Average length of adults:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] 1.5 meters[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Average weight of adults[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: 150 kg[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Appearance:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] Carapace covers much of its body, with two scythe-like appendages on its back and front legs. Front legs are designed more to allow the creature to quickly burrow into the ground.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Strengths:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]+ Highly acidic saliva can eat through materials (quality 4 and lower immediately, quality 5 and 6 take longer and are only damaged) and the creature can fire a stream of it as a ranged attack (6 meters with the stream breaking up past that point)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]+ Creature can burrow into the ground and use the nutrients and elements in the soil to repair its carapace, with minor damaged taking a few minutes to repair while more severe damage can take hours or even days to repair (has a quality of 6 to resist several blaster bolts or physical attacks such as slugthrowers or vibroweapons)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]+ Bladed scythe appendages can slice through up to medium armors (low quality armors between 1 and 4 can be slashed through immediately, while 5 and 6 take three or more blows to slash through)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Weaknesses:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]+ Creature can be injured by its own saliva[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]+ Direct applications of the Lightside will outright kill it (i.e. Force Light)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]+ Carapace cannot stop a lightsaber at all and does not cover the creature’s underbelly[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Races: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]No distinct derivatives as of yet[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Diet:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] Eats meat, prefers it partially dissolved[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Communication:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] Screeches and roars[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Culture: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]No culture[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Technology level: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]No technology[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]General behavior:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Festerers are savage predators that have a streak of cunning in how they hunt prey. Festerers will utilize hit and run tactics to bring down larger prey, burrowing in and out of the ground to evade reprisal attacks. They prefer to dissolve their prey partially before consuming it using their acidic saliva. However, while they have some cunning, they only have the intelligence of a beast and thus do not have the ability to track.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]They prefer to stay hidden in their burrows and will act as scavengers/cannibals if they come across an injured creature or fellow Festerer in the occasional they leave their underground tunnels. When under the control of a dark side Force user, they are completely subservient to their master’s goals and do not have enough willpower to resist commands from such.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]History:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]In her work on developing new Sithspawn monsters, in secret and in conjecture with her master, Eldaah began to create the creatures known as Festerers on the world of Tynna. Using the native species of Tynna known as the suuri, a crustacean that is a common sight in various markerplaces around the galaxy, as the base creature to change, her master began incorporating traits from the creature known as Divviks to make a lethal monster.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Through the use of the dark side and gene therapy, the Festerer was grown to stand at 2.5 meters tall and weight 150 kg, significantly larger than its base template. The carapace that covers the creature was hardened through use of alchemy, creating sufficient protection for the creature from attacks, besides that of a lightsaber. However, the carapace does not cover the creature’s underbelly and joints. A trait that she enhanced from the suuri was in how the carapace was formed, with her master giving the creature the ability to extract nutrients and trace elements from soil that it has burrowed into and ingested (minor damaged can be repaired in a few minutes, while more severe damage can take up to several hours to even days to fix). The creatures are able to burrow through a combination of their saliva to soften rock and front digger claws, easily getting through bedrock and soil in a matter of a few seconds once completely underground. It takes between 30 seconds and a minute to burrow completely, depending on the ground underneath them (solid rock and harder soils take longer as it requires them to combine their acid with their digger claws to get through it while something like sand would take less time), and they will typically burrow down to a depth of four meters.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Perhaps most destructively is the Festerer’s highly acidic saliva. Taken from the divvik, the Festerer can eject its saliva through muscles in its jaws as a ranged attack against prey/enemies up to a distance of six meters and this saliva can eat through materials of quality 4 and below while quality 5 and 6 take damage (better materials i.e. restricted materials don't suffer damage). This saliva, once outside the creature’s mouth and specially designed saliva sacs, can also harm the creature just as effectively as its prey. If an enemy or prey is close, the Festerer also has two scythe appendages to slash with that can cut through medium armors at most.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]As a Sithspawn, the creature is weak to the light side of the Force, with direct applications immediately killing the creature.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Intent:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] To create a vicious new Sithspawn for use in operations against the light-side factions[/SIZE]
