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Species Swap Event

On May 20th, Kaylee and Bro are going to go on a date. Normally, this wouldn't mean anything to anyone on the station except for them, but Kaylee just happens to be a very curious mechanic whose idea of the perfect date involves digging into the wiry heart of the station.

Long story short? The teleporters are about to start malfunctioning. While they'll still get your character from point A to point B, there will also be a solid chance that they will be one of the lucky people who experiences a random teleportation error. This error? It scrambles your character's DNA and they might just come out the other side with fins, hooves, or mandibles. A human is now a salarian. A troll is now a golden retriever. In short: species swap.

The effects will last until the 27th when Hypatia manages to replace the necessary parts to repair the damage done.

A quick run-down of rules are as follows:
-Species will be limited to current residents of the station unless otherwise approved.

-No splicing two or more species together please. We don't need any half-unicorn, half-dragon wolves running amok. Keep it simple. There's plenty enough to wig out over with a total gene swap.

-The swap will occur as a “random accident” upon your character teleporting. If you don't want to take part in the species swap shenanigans, it's safe to assume that your character simply wasn't effected.

To generate CR:
A log will go up on the start day of the event. Should you choose, the teleporter error may also have the unfortunate side-effect of routing your character to Garden Zone 1 instead of their desired location.

Don't fret, though, they won't be stuck and there will be more people behind them, coming through from other parts of the station on a similar detour. It's the perfect rendezvous. Have your character chat with them, gape at their new bodies, or find another teleporter and go on their merry way.

Or have a panic attack. Whichever.

Feel free to ask questions/leave comments in the labeled section below. Let's have fun, guys!

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Please include a description of your character's species (ie. Biology/powers/weaknesses) however long or brief you'd like. This will serve as a reference to other players who might be interested in playing as said species but need to know what it entails. Links are welcome!

Need an excuse for some species-swapped CR? You're under the right heading.

Have questions? Need clarification? Drop 'em here.

The cat (Felis catus), also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felines and felids, is a small furry domesticated carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests.

You will become totally adorable and all women will love you.

You will have an inexplicable desire to chase small or fast-moving things.

You will be full of murderous teeth and claws.

I trust you will know what to do.

Splicers.

So one of two things just happened to you.

First option: your DNA got scrambled up and you can now throw fire, bees, lightning, or fling shit with your brain (only nonliving, not living or dead).

This is Awesome with a capital A.

You're a destructive machine, enjoy it. No really, because after you do this a few times you're going to get tired, really, really tired...and you'll start jonesing for magical genetic heroine. This will be so severe it will seem like a good idea to jam a huge needle in your forearm just to get a fix. There are two ways to get EVE on Sacrosanct because supply is a little low. Either you start chain smoking and drinking, or you decide to take on one of the big sisters. If you kill her, that shit's all yours.

Option two: You're a big sister! (Unless you're a kid, in which case you're a little sister and the healing mutations do not apply to you, though you do still heal like a son of a gun.)

You just got a magical seaslug jammed in your torso and it's pumping you up to your gills (you may have sprouted them a few seconds ago) with the aforementioned genetic heroine (this version is ADAM, still thirst quenching but not quite as refined as the blue version, EVE).

This gives you the ability to throw all the fire/bees/lightning/objects that aren't nailed down that you want. You also have a healing factor that's off the charts. (Not, 'Wow, I sure got over that papercut fast,' but rather, 'Wow, my arm grew back in fifteen seconds. Whole thing. Ain't that something.' *This taps on your crazy shit throwing ability so...don't use both at once or you'll empty out and probably drop dead at the next thing that looks at you funny.) Unfortunately, unless you're in a medical dive suit when someone lays into you, there's good odds that you'll regenerate wrong. Still alive just...that arm is pointing another direction. Sucks to be you. Oh, and all the splicers want to kill you and chug your blood. Sorry bro.

Also, for both Splicers and Sisters, there's the mutation thing. Uh yeah. Adam does that...sorta just...melts your face and limbs. Sorry.

The fire and bees are pretty cool though, right?

Was wondering if I could have Thane turn into an elcor from Mass Effect. While it's not a species present on the station, they are very apparent in the Mass Effect universe.

You are a dog. Dug is a dog. ...Hi there. :D

(Just you try higher level thoughts, I dare you. Welcome to stream of consciousness, my friend. We're all happy, here.)

SQUIRREL.

Would Skyfire here fall under the category of "Metahuman" or "Cybertronian"? Technically he is both... and should I write an entry for one or both?

Oh. You've spontaneously gained ~~tron lines~~ circuits and are now made of pixels. There is a disc affixed to your back that serves as a second brain (and also a glowing death frisbee). You are either an ISO (self-generated, no directive) or a Basic (programmed by a User; you've got a purpose). Either way, you're pretty much radical, man.

Yes, Thane could be an elcor. Have fun taaaaaaaalking. really. sloooooow.

I'm gonna go ahead and throw one up for Cybertronian.

So you want to be a turian? Well then. You're now about six feet, covered in natural armor, and deathly allergic to levo proteins (i.e. anything on the station with protein in it). The good news? You're strong, your reach has improved, you have cool mandibles that freak people out, and binocular vision (ain't predator species grand?).

The probably good news? You have four fingers all of them with razor sharp talons, dual vocal chords for that awesome flange, and you suddenly have the urge to stare at people's waists and consider just how supportive they are.

Mmmm dat supportive waist.

...You also have the inexplicable urge to use airquotes on a regular basis. Huh. Odd, that.

You are now a six and a half foot tall salamander alien who talks like the wind. You've never had this much energy. Sound the alarm, you're uncomfortably energetic. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs) You've also gained about double the processing power of the human brain. This might be due to the gratuitous amounts of energy. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-3qncy5Qfk)

Enjoy your brief foray into salarian genius.

You know what also helps with this foray? Your reproductive system is no longer hormonal. So the only outlets for your energy are all going to be PG. PG13 if you get violent. I'd apologize, but you're getting so much done. So. Much. Done. Who needs sleep? There's SCIENCE.

TRANSFORMERS; ROBOTS IN DISGUISE (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformer).

You are now a giant robot, or maybe not so giant. Either way, a Transformer (commonly known as Cybertronian, seeing as they're from Cybertron - think Human/Earthling, both names being acceptable in common usage ~~I THINK-~~) is a fully sentient robotic species that is capable of shifting from one form to another. Sometimes this 'another' is a car. Sometimes it is a tank. Sometimes it is an airplane! But the latter would probably be scaled hella down because mass shifting aside, you should remain around 18 feet at max.

It is very possible you come with weaponry. But seeing as you're also very possibly bigger than most others on this space station, it's debatable whether or not you'll actually need it.

Also your soul is tangible, called a Spark, and (usually) hangs out in the middle of your chest powering your processor (brain) and chassis (body).

Shark-faced assholes. Carcharians look physically similar to humans, except for the rows of serrated teeth that line their mouths and dormant gills along their ribs. They have average vision and hearing, but little to no sense of taste.

Abilities:
-Carcharians are physically hardy, and fare well against radiation and most poisons. They can eat just about anything as a result. Also: lose a tooth? No problem. They grow back.

-Exposure to water will activate their gills, giving them the ability to breathe under water.

Weaknesses:
-That marvelous physical hardiness? Makes it really hard to judge safe dosages for medication. Also: can't get drunk easily.

-Them gills? Those puppies will open up in a rain storm. Have fun concentrating on primary respiration.

-Having the throat grabbed will render a carcharian largely immobile. It has some relaxing effects, but really... if someone is grabbing you by the throat, the last thing you want is to have a nap, right?

Congratulations, you're a drell! You're now a humanoid lizard person with fused index and middle fingers, colorful scales, and a severe aversion to water. Don't go swimming. Drell...not so good at that when they don't have cybernetic lungs. Also, if people lick you or you engage in too much bodily contact, they're gonna trip again. Your skin is LSD.

It is also pretty important to note that you now have a memory that puts most video recording equipment to shame. Everything about everything, you will remember, in perfect clarity. This is pretty boss for recalling where you left things, but has the unfortunate side effect of Solipsism. You will, every so often, flashback and get absorbed by your perfect memories, often reciting them for any passers-by in obscure, half-cocked and occasionally over-informative sentences.

Have fun with that.

Protip: It's great at parties.

BUENO

That works!

MAN WHAT IS UP WITH THEM.

You don't have to hate the sun, though. That's just cultural.

And Sid forgot to mention that stroking circuits is canonically arousing. >:3

So, I notice trolls aren't listed up here yet. This needs to be fixed.

Trolls are grey-skinned humanoids with candy corn colored horns, sharp teeth, and yellow eyes. Their blood runs a gamut of rainbow colors, which denotes where you fall on the social ladder. Trolls come in two flavors: land- and sea-dwelling. Land-dwellers are your average, run-of-the-mill trolls, whereas the sea-dwellers are typically nobility, with fins, gills, and blood that runs up on the higher end of the hemospectrum.

Trolls are generally more aggressive and violent than humans, both due to their culture and their natural instincts (although this isn't the case for everyone, obviously). Some also have psychic abilities -- Sollux and Aradia are telekinetic, and Vriska is able to manipulate people's minds.

You will also have ridiculously complicated romantic entanglements. No one will have any idea what is going on at any given time. No, not even you.

Edited 2011-05-18 06:33 (UTC)

SO do we 'claim' species by tagging under the threads above, or...?

DUDE IDEK

THEY CRAYZAY

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Species Swap Event

SPECIES

ZONE-DROP PLOTTING

QUESTIONS

DOMESTIC CAT

SPLICERS

SISTERS - (Brothers, also okay, whatever Bioshock canon.)

POTENTIAL SPECIES?

GOLDEN RETRIEVER

Re: QUESTIONS

PROGRAM

no subject

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TURIAN

SALARIAN

CYBERTRONIAN

Carcharians

DRELL (This would be what Thane is, non-ME people.)

no subject

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HUMAN

no subject

TROLL

Re: QUESTIONS

Re: HUMAN

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