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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
As described below in more depth, the viral cocktail present within the silica-carbano biology of a specialized Shikyun plant which symbiotically latches itself to Resu biology, is capable of transforming enough silicon-based bio-tissues into carbon hybrid cells to allow the Vongspawn Virus to take root, while at the same time allowing the Technovirus to co-exist in a constant tug of war between two products of Sith Magic (the vongspawn virus was the result of Sith and Yuuzhan Vong cooperation) which overlap and superseded one another over a hosts body. However, as this cocktail was directly engineered with Resu, and Morossian Resu biology in mind, its most potent effects are on Resu-like species, to create a terrifying new breed, the "Resuspawn" - just as terrifying as the Morossian Resu with the capability to breed, though suffering in individuality, intelligence and lifespan. On other subjects, it merely results in creating unstable "thralls" which minimal intelligence and drastically reduced lifespawn, to the point they are "lucky" to survive the next few hours, let alone half their lifespan.
Strengths:
[*]Vongspawn Virus -
Weaknesses:
[*]Severely Reduced Lifespan and Intelligence -
[*]Partial Immunities - The Yuuzhan Vong and any (lightsided) force user injected with the toxin will only be affected by the technoviral strain present in the toxin, as it is a known fact the Vongspawn Virus was engineered to frame the Yuuzhan Vong and the Jedi and thus made not to affect them. In short, if the Resuspawn Toxin is injected into a Yuuzhan Vong or Jedi for example, they will only contract symptoms of the Technovirus.
DESCRIPTION
The Resuspawn Toxin finds its origins in the desperation of an alien race: The Resu, and the abominable Morossian Resu who destroyed their civilization. Originally, in 837 ABY the Morossian Resu learned a startling truth about their nature as intelligent technobeasts, that truth being they were incapable of breeding. It was a stroke of luck, or destiny then, that the Morossian Resu had shown a shred of mercy to their predecessors, by keeping them on a lunar reservation on Ysraka. That was because, themselves being unable to breed properly, they need that population of original Resu on Ysraka to grow, to give them new members to convert into Morossian Resu. This seemed to be a stable solution, until a new cruel twist of fate set them on the verge of extinction. The original Resu began to exhibit signs of sterilized males, and barren females as a result of a virus which has been dubbed: the Infertility Plague. The Ysraka "livestock", had become just as doomed if not more so than their Morossian overlords, who now stared extinction in the face on two fronts.
With his race on the brink of extinction due to this unfortunate twist of fate, Stone Hermes the First Convert of Moross traveled to Exocron to consult with his Aesir Neth, who had locked himself away from his followers. His most loyal servant, Stone Hermes was nearly broken by his inability to contact "The Truest One", but did not allow this defeat to overcome him. Praying now to the god Liad who was in the heavens, for a cure to the plagues he had used to test the Resu, asking for a means that he may please the god. Although, given that all gods of Moross were fictional (not to his knowledge), the "god" did not reply and the poor Stone Hermes was left to make a dreadful decision.
The choice he saw before him, upon the discovery of a forbidden technology, was to follow the religious views of his people and allow them to slowly die out into extinction... or to dabble in heresy in search of a miracle that would further the Crusade by allowing their survival. Unlike his choice as an original Resu to become converted at the expense of his race out of fear of exile, Stone Hermes would metaphorically fall on his sword if it meant his race was guaranteed to live, due to the self-sacrificial nature of the new Morossian Resu psychology. He risked his own exile and excommunication to provide a miracle for his race, completely at odds with the Resu mentality of the past.
For many years after, Stone Hermes, utilizing the Vongspawn virus, experimented on unfortunate pirates and other travelers through the system and old Morossian territory, converting them into the unfortunate and painful hybridization of the Vongspawn Virus and the Technovirus. Although he learned that the same state (once stablized), was not possible for the Morossian Resu due to their silicon biology being immune to the carbon based Vongspawn virus. Eventually however, while receiving increased criticism from some of his elite due to his use of forbidden technology (given it was the "technology" of the much hated Horde), a discovery was made on a terrestrial world: a plant that seemed to incorporate both a carbon and a silicon biology.
Experiments began on the plant, after many generations in the Hatcheries, and several tests involving the viruses on the plant simultaneously, Stone Hermes had done the impossible. The plant exhibited both properties of each virus, and was turned into parasitic organism capable of injecting enough carbon flesh-making molecules to physical transform its host, so as to allow the Vongspawn virus to take root, all the while spreading the technovirus in the host. New experiments began, utilizing the "Resuspawn Toxin" created by this "engineered" plant on typical Shikyun animals. The results were glorifying, resulting in a symbiotic relationship between the new plant species which acted as a carry for both viruses, which transformed the animals into the horrifying hybridization of the Vongspawn Virus and the Technovirus, providing the advantages of the Technovirus, with the capability to breed thanks to the Vongspawn Virus's rapid flesh growth... all made possible by changing the very biological make-up of these silicon creatures through the introduction of bio-carbon flesh strains.
Finally, in the year 849 ABY, a dozen years since the Moross Crusade had changed the Resu forever... they would face a new change. Twelve Shikyun Queens were arrayed before the First Convert Stone Hermes, and became the first Morossian Resu to be infected with the Resuspawn Toxin... becoming Resuspawn, the New Resu.
OOC Disclaimer: Though there is no cure listed, a cure could be created if made to treat both parts individually (technovirus and vongspawn virus).
- Intent: To create the biological toxin which is capable of converting Morossian Resu, and Resu, into Resuspawn.
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- Restricted Missions: N/a
- Primary Source: N/a
- Name: Resuspawn Toxin
- Manufacturer: Naturally Occurring Substance among the Resuspawn
- Homeworld (optional): The Realm of Resu, specifically Shikyu
- Production: Limited (Only the Resuspawn possess this toxin)
- Affiliation: All Resuspawn
- Modularity: No
- Legal Status: Probably not something anyone would want to sell for any commercial purpose, though if anyone was hair brained enough (or courageous enough?) to get some in one piece and then sell it, it would most definitely be illegal by all accounts as a biological weapon.
- Ingredients: A particular kind of plant found in the Realm of Resu system with both a carbon based and silicon based biology, manipulated in experiments to be subjected to both Vongspawn Virus and Techno-virus at the same time, acting as a medium for the viral cocktail.
- Classification: Toxin
- Method of Consumption: Injection via Resuspawn stinger
Average Life: Creates a permanent and indefinite alteration to the living being injected with this toxin.
Nutritional Value/Allergies/Side Effects/ Purpose: It has no nutritional value, and only serves as a medium to carry and infect Resu, or Morossian Resu, so that they are converted into Resuspawn.
- Can inject both a technovirus, and a vongspawn virus into any living creature, silicon-based or carbon-based.
- Viral cocktail directly benefits the creation of Resuspawn when used upon either a Resu, or Morossian Resu
As described below in more depth, the viral cocktail present within the silica-carbano biology of a specialized Shikyun plant which symbiotically latches itself to Resu biology, is capable of transforming enough silicon-based bio-tissues into carbon hybrid cells to allow the Vongspawn Virus to take root, while at the same time allowing the Technovirus to co-exist in a constant tug of war between two products of Sith Magic (the vongspawn virus was the result of Sith and Yuuzhan Vong cooperation) which overlap and superseded one another over a hosts body. However, as this cocktail was directly engineered with Resu, and Morossian Resu biology in mind, its most potent effects are on Resu-like species, to create a terrifying new breed, the "Resuspawn" - just as terrifying as the Morossian Resu with the capability to breed, though suffering in individuality, intelligence and lifespan. On other subjects, it merely results in creating unstable "thralls" which minimal intelligence and drastically reduced lifespawn, to the point they are "lucky" to survive the next few hours, let alone half their lifespan.
Strengths:
- Technovirus -
Affect on Resu/Morossian Resu - Creates hardened metallic skin on par with durasteel while saving the mind for the most part. Due to the tug of war nature between the technovirus and the Vongspawn virus, not all of the flesh is protected by the parts of the body that are technobeast, but nonetheless provides increased protection and sometimes offensive abilities in the form of metallic tusks, backspines, teeth, and claws as a means of spreading the technovirus. - Affect on all non-Resu - Creates hardened metallic skin about par with durasteel, but does not save very much of the mind if at all. Given the particular imbalance of vongspawn virus to the technovirus, it the technovirus will devour the mind and render them as thoughtless beings.... or dead.
[*]Vongspawn Virus -
- Affect on Resu/Morossian Resu - Effectively combats against the technovirus for "control" over the host body, and can convert any flesh effected by the technovirus due to their close links to sith magic, as well as create new flesh in the form of extra appendages and bony spines (an extra set of tusks, for instance). In addition, it appears to be the reason why the Resuspawn, and any Resu or Morossian Resu converted into Resuspawn, may breed. This is because whenever the Vongspawn Virus "takes over" a region of the body formerly dominated by the Technovirus, it reverts the flesh to its original body plan. So in the case of the Morossian Resu, it returns their organic ability to copulate and breed upon becoming Resuspawn. In the case of the Resu, who may be effected by the Infertility Plague, the technovirus cleanses the flesh of all its organic nature, and the Vongspawn virus returns their flesh with only the Vongspawn virus being present upon conversion to Resuspawn*. Additionally, any bony spines produced by the Vongspawn virus act as a means to spread the virus as well. *note, the Vongspawn Virus does not ordinarily take root in silicon based species, and so the plant fills a target hosts body with silicon-carbon cells for the virus to take root allowing it to cross the "base biology" barrier. Additionally, all Resuspawn are wracked with indefinate pain due to this virus.
- Affect on all non-Resu - Ravages the body with the Vongspawn Virus with painful bony spines, given that it needs no "base biology" barrier to breech and may directly infect carbon base flesh. It also fights against the technovirus as if the body was a battlefield, brutally converting flesh in a constant struggle that takes a toll on the often much smaller species of the galaxy. Species which are silicon based, and as large or larger than the Resu, are considered "similar"... though if they do not have a bloodstream, the vongspawn virus may not take root, or may take much longer to take root. Any bony spines produced by the Vongspawn virus act as a means to spread the virus as well.
Weaknesses:
- Vulnerable Flesh -
Affect of Resu/Morossian Resu - The technovirus here, unlike in most cases, cannot ordinarily consume the entire host and protect it with its metallic skin to absorb damage. There are spots where the Vongspawn Virus has created or liberated flesh which combats against the unnatural metal flesh of the technovirus, thus creating areas which are more susceptible to damage. This is especially true considering the pain the Vongspawn Virus causes in the flesh it creates. - Affect on all non-Resu - The effects are much as the same as above, except highly exaggerated. The Vongspawn Virus will immediately predominate carbon based flesh, and consume them into a painful embrace with a multitude of bony spines.
[*]Severely Reduced Lifespan and Intelligence -
- Affect of Resu/Morossian Resu - Due to the natural tug of war between these to powerful viruses constantly shifting the body around, adding to it, and taking away, the natural lifespan of those inflicted with this toxin are dramatically cut in half or more. In addition, this is especially taxing on the mind, even more so when the viruses consume or generate flesh rapidly as a means to regenerate damage in the case of the Resuspawn, and will, if given enough time, turn the individual into a thoughtless being of pure aggression... or perish.
- Affect on all non-Resu - Much the same as above. Their lifespan could be as short as a few days before the virus kills the body or removes all individual thoughts, but if they survive the first few days they could last in the this state for several years. In short, in a non-Resu, lifespan and intelligence are dramatically reduced, with a maximum being at most half of what it could have been.
[*]Partial Immunities - The Yuuzhan Vong and any (lightsided) force user injected with the toxin will only be affected by the technoviral strain present in the toxin, as it is a known fact the Vongspawn Virus was engineered to frame the Yuuzhan Vong and the Jedi and thus made not to affect them. In short, if the Resuspawn Toxin is injected into a Yuuzhan Vong or Jedi for example, they will only contract symptoms of the Technovirus.
DESCRIPTION
The Resuspawn Toxin finds its origins in the desperation of an alien race: The Resu, and the abominable Morossian Resu who destroyed their civilization. Originally, in 837 ABY the Morossian Resu learned a startling truth about their nature as intelligent technobeasts, that truth being they were incapable of breeding. It was a stroke of luck, or destiny then, that the Morossian Resu had shown a shred of mercy to their predecessors, by keeping them on a lunar reservation on Ysraka. That was because, themselves being unable to breed properly, they need that population of original Resu on Ysraka to grow, to give them new members to convert into Morossian Resu. This seemed to be a stable solution, until a new cruel twist of fate set them on the verge of extinction. The original Resu began to exhibit signs of sterilized males, and barren females as a result of a virus which has been dubbed: the Infertility Plague. The Ysraka "livestock", had become just as doomed if not more so than their Morossian overlords, who now stared extinction in the face on two fronts.
With his race on the brink of extinction due to this unfortunate twist of fate, Stone Hermes the First Convert of Moross traveled to Exocron to consult with his Aesir Neth, who had locked himself away from his followers. His most loyal servant, Stone Hermes was nearly broken by his inability to contact "The Truest One", but did not allow this defeat to overcome him. Praying now to the god Liad who was in the heavens, for a cure to the plagues he had used to test the Resu, asking for a means that he may please the god. Although, given that all gods of Moross were fictional (not to his knowledge), the "god" did not reply and the poor Stone Hermes was left to make a dreadful decision.
The choice he saw before him, upon the discovery of a forbidden technology, was to follow the religious views of his people and allow them to slowly die out into extinction... or to dabble in heresy in search of a miracle that would further the Crusade by allowing their survival. Unlike his choice as an original Resu to become converted at the expense of his race out of fear of exile, Stone Hermes would metaphorically fall on his sword if it meant his race was guaranteed to live, due to the self-sacrificial nature of the new Morossian Resu psychology. He risked his own exile and excommunication to provide a miracle for his race, completely at odds with the Resu mentality of the past.
For many years after, Stone Hermes, utilizing the Vongspawn virus, experimented on unfortunate pirates and other travelers through the system and old Morossian territory, converting them into the unfortunate and painful hybridization of the Vongspawn Virus and the Technovirus. Although he learned that the same state (once stablized), was not possible for the Morossian Resu due to their silicon biology being immune to the carbon based Vongspawn virus. Eventually however, while receiving increased criticism from some of his elite due to his use of forbidden technology (given it was the "technology" of the much hated Horde), a discovery was made on a terrestrial world: a plant that seemed to incorporate both a carbon and a silicon biology.
Experiments began on the plant, after many generations in the Hatcheries, and several tests involving the viruses on the plant simultaneously, Stone Hermes had done the impossible. The plant exhibited both properties of each virus, and was turned into parasitic organism capable of injecting enough carbon flesh-making molecules to physical transform its host, so as to allow the Vongspawn virus to take root, all the while spreading the technovirus in the host. New experiments began, utilizing the "Resuspawn Toxin" created by this "engineered" plant on typical Shikyun animals. The results were glorifying, resulting in a symbiotic relationship between the new plant species which acted as a carry for both viruses, which transformed the animals into the horrifying hybridization of the Vongspawn Virus and the Technovirus, providing the advantages of the Technovirus, with the capability to breed thanks to the Vongspawn Virus's rapid flesh growth... all made possible by changing the very biological make-up of these silicon creatures through the introduction of bio-carbon flesh strains.
Finally, in the year 849 ABY, a dozen years since the Moross Crusade had changed the Resu forever... they would face a new change. Twelve Shikyun Queens were arrayed before the First Convert Stone Hermes, and became the first Morossian Resu to be infected with the Resuspawn Toxin... becoming Resuspawn, the New Resu.
OOC Disclaimer: Though there is no cure listed, a cure could be created if made to treat both parts individually (technovirus and vongspawn virus).
