Strains & Anomalies
Strains are genetic monstrosities—modified animals and humans with anomalous abilities. This also includes genetically engineered flora created by Apollo Engineering.
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Strain testing likely all occurred at one location (occurring at Tartarus in Legacy), and is not directly tied to the base creatures that the strain is applied to.
Asset Strains
Hyperendocrin (Type-H)
Significantly larger, stronger, and more dangerous than normal. They have an armored appearance, but their increased metabolism leads to inevitable starvation.
Neurotenic (Type-N)
Potentially can interact with the electromagnetic spectrum (as seen with Echidna/Neurotenic Mastermind). The NHJ (event) is linked to Neurotenics. In Legacy, they expelled bio-materials that were dangerous on contact with a living foreign body.
Tissoplastic (Type-T)
Has better regeneration and can regenerate lost or destroyed limbs.
Apollan Ktisis (Engineered Plants)
Apollan Ktisis is a designation for AE-created plants. Ktisis means founding or creation in Greek.
Apollan Ktisis-Trifolium
A type of genetically engineered clover. The significance of the Trifolium genus lies in its widespread presence, its importance as a grazing plant, and its nitrogen-affixing capabilities. Legumes such as Trifolium affix nitrogen via a symbiotic relationship with certain bacteria, which may relate to strains.
Strain Plants
Metallivore
A metallic vine that grows over and consumes metal, eventually covering and maintaining the shape of things it has consumed, similar to strangler fig trees. Forms occasional leafy “knots” periodically.
Mendys
A carnivorous plant with corms or spuds that uses clawlike thorns at each stem node to capture and kill prey. Its flowers change color just before it strikes, and it grows like ivy. The name may translate to “bad liar.”
Razorbark
Essentially ‘living barbed wire’, sporting only heavily thorned branches and twigs with no leaves. It can attach itself to almost anywhere via little graspers that adhere to walls or other surfaces.
ArborBurst Redwood
From artwork, these 'ArborBursts' have a ‘burst’ period containing extreme growth and a more armored appearance with a unique bark. It is unclear if ArborBurst is a parasitic plant or a modified type of redwood.