Unreviewed KJZ-599 "Lifeblood" Creation Pod

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a quasi-organic factory device for the Dzara
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: The Dzara
• Affiliation: The Dzara
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: KJZ-599 Lifeblood
• Modularity: Yes
• Production: Minor
• Material:
  • Organic Components: Formgel
  • Electronic Components: Helglass
  • Mechanical/Structural Elements: Helsteel/Blightsteel

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Capable of creating organic or technological objects

STRENGTHS

• Gestation: The Lifeblood is capable of serving as a mobile reinforcement point for Dzara forces, as it can create most Dzara-aligned creatures or technologies in bulk quantities.

WEAKNESSES

• Sitting Duck: Aside from generating soldiers or monsters to act as guards, the Lifeblood possesses no form of attack of its own.

DESCRIPTION

As much organic as technological, these revolting horrors are found aboard Dzara starships, installations, and any other place where a long-term stay is expected. The methods used to create such things are best left to speculation, but each appears to be an amalgamation of repurposed biomatter, Formgel layers, and technological components.

As they are grown rather than built, no two of these strange bio-machines are exactly alike in appearance. Most, however, resemble enormous, pulsating assemblages of organic tissue, most often having a structure vaguely similar to humanoid hearts. Various tubes and hoses (both organic and mechanical) sprout from the pod's surface, where it is wired directly into the power grid of a given vessel or installation, or occasionally directly to KBR microreactors.

As its name might suggest, the purpose of these constructs is to create various living or semi-living things. To this end, they are mostly stationary emplacements, capable of spawning anything from weapons to soldiers to strike craft.

This astonishing versatility is perhaps the Lifeblood's greatest virtue, as they allow the Dzara to create whatever is needed in response to changing battlefield conditions. The pod is capable of creating both organic life forms or mechanical/electronic devices, assembling these together within itself through a disquieting fusion of assembly and something closer to gestation.

Of course, the pod cannot simply create something from nothing. It requires flesh, often in great quantities, to repurpose into more useful configurations. To this end, the hangars and factories of Dzara vessels usually have an unpleasant abattoir reek that no amount of harsh chemical disinfectants can stifle. In times of particularly intense demand, vast amounts of raw meat must be fed into the Lifeblood's toothy maw, never to be seen again.

When so fed, however, the Lifeblood can belch out a steady supply of almost anything the user might require, provided that data of the object exists within the Dzara's knowledge.

Lifeblood pods are relatively vulnerable, and usually have no means of self-defense. As such, they should be carefully guarded, and ideally sequestered away from easy access.