NationStates Jolt Archive


Genetic Manipulators 'R Us (An FT Storefront by the Swarm)

The Eternal Swarm
25-01-2009, 15:54
"Greetings to you my fellow beings of The Galaxies. Many of you have heard of me, but few of you know of me. Know that I am The Overmind, The Eternal Will of The Swarm, and I have decided to Serve Thee.

Many of your researchers have studied us, from afar none making it back to you for those attempting to study us in person, and all your researchers agree on a single point, The Swarm is perhaps the greatest example of Evolution and Mutation, controlled, Natural, or otherwise to be found anywhere. This is because we can read Genetic Data as easily as any of you can pick up and read a book, and just as you too can write one, so too can we create new Genetic Data, even if no examples exist previously.

So why then have I flooded all the Communications Networks with my voice so many of you have difficulty forgetting? I offer you a deal. The Swarm needs Biomass, and rather than take it in meaningless struggle, we shall attempt but once to trade for it peacefully. We offer in return for Planets, our powers of Genetic Manipulation, for whatever purposes you might need them for. Trouble surviving on a world with poisonous winds? We will Mutate your settler's Respiratory system to handle them. Aquatic world with no land? We will give you gills. Maybe you've found a world of ash and fire. We will evolve your people to withstand it's trials.

But likewise, maybe not everyone has peaceful aims in mind. Maybe you desire extended endurance well beyond your species normal constraints, or strength to lift mountains. Maybe you desire the secrets to manipulating weaponized energy through sheer physical might as some have witness from our many breeds and Hive Ships.

Whatever your aims and needs, we can fulfill it, for surely your needs and imaginations are far more twisted than my own.

And how much Biomass are we asking for? All Manipulations require that we take from our current stock of Biomass to process them, thus we must make back what we lose, and enough extra beyond that to justify the actions. Thus at the minimum, we require a small world ripe for the taking. Know that we have evolved the need to consume even rocks and metals, things beyond normal definitions of Biomass, and we will take the entire world leaving behind, nothing.

At the same time, we do not need children, or fertile young women or even developing Embryos to do the manipulating. We need only willing adult volunteers to do the manipulating, for we will devour their current bodies to read their Genetic Data, and sow their Consciousnesses into new bodies grown with the requested enhancements.

By now you have obtained the Frequency on which I am contacting you on. If you are interested, you need contact me back on this frequency, and we shall work out a deal. Know that unlike most stores you creatures run, The Swarm cannot provide upfront pricing without accurate knowledge of the Job requested.

The First ten Jobs also receive at no additional cost, the power of Irene's Pheromones, and their ability to attract any living thing with a pulse, a skill known as The Deadly Allure.

I do not care what the Job is, or what you want it for, just contact me, your friendly neighborhood world-devouring Overmind that we might work out a deal."
The Eternal Swarm
26-01-2009, 01:46
Bump
The Eternal Swarm
28-01-2009, 16:47
bump?
Altairan
28-01-2009, 18:34
I would be interested in modification of group of 10,000 soldiers to increase their endurance, strength, and speed to superhuman levels.
The Eternal Swarm
29-01-2009, 02:20
10,000 willing volunteer soldiers*100 biometric units+labor+Concisoness Storing= A large asteroid capable of bearing life, though rare they might be. I find however that a nation with your wealth more than has the power to create one, perhaps with a Genesis Device. If one capable of bearing life is too hard to find, then send two large asteroids filled with minerals and assorted metals. Remember, as the first customer, you get the power of The Deadly Allure absolutely free.
Charzak
29-01-2009, 03:10
I would like 5,000 of our commandoes to have their bodies naturally armored against anything short of a lightsaber. Also I wish for their reflexes to be increased ten fold as well as their strength.
The Eternal Swarm
29-01-2009, 03:18
Ahh, the ability to grow a thick Carapace and enhanced Gauntling like strength. The ability to grow thick Carapace armor is a challanging one to introduce into a Non-Swarmling. We shall require a small life bearing moon to fill this request. As the Second Customers, you shall also recieve the power of Irene's Pheromones absolutly free.

Now realize Carapaces are NOT indestructible, and with enough damage, they will crack. Your soldiers will be able to choose what color of Carapace they can grow. Carapace armor molts once per year when it's lifecycle expires. Soldiers then enter a two week period of decreased activity and increased hunger as they grow new carapaces. This cannot be averted, avoided, or trained out. At the time of Molting, they must concentrate on what color or colors of carapace to grow, or it will be random.

All Genetically enhanced people will pass these traits on to whatever children they may or may not Procreate after alteration.
The Eternal Swarm
30-01-2009, 08:06
OOC: Please note that you actually have to give me the world and let me post doing the manipulation before you can use them. Otherwise it's godmodding...