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SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
> deploy algae to the secondary body
> rename algae "moon slime"

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SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva

Swedish Thaumocracy posted:



They seem to have caught on! They wont do much for Vega-4 without some form of interstellar transmission though! Any suggestions?

Explosive spore release every perihelion

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
lava worms could be a good pred for the magma slugs if nothing reasonable gets formed on its own

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
Yeah but the thing with moon slimes is they're p much a backup solution atm. Unless there's a mega catastrophe they'll periodically sporulate the primary, but aren't particularly well adapted for it

They're a good primary producer for now, a lot like the magsnail. They should at least be able to start up an alternate biosphere on the secondary, even if it's not really the best place to grow life

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
if magmaworms had some kind of extensible tongue they could eat better, but also woudn't be so mobile they could rampage across the planet

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
I feel like almost all of these lifeforms are entirely too advanced if we're starting from scratch lol

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
Seems like nippers could spread corals asexually, like spreading plants via cuttings

Or just totally gently caress corals up big time

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva

AJ_Impy posted:

I am:

A: A subgame infiltrator.
B: A genegeneering specialist looking to pad my CV
C: The next stage of management up, slumming it to see what those in my demesne are actually doing.
D: Write in.

My favorite color is:

E: Red.
F: Ultragreen.
G: Nurplesplort
H: Write in.

well well well, the tables are turned.

Personally, I refuse to hyperpigeonhole myself by imagining that my job is the biggest part of myself or even a major one. You could say I'm a slime enthusiast, and I like all the colors.

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
Well, for the secondary, slimes that incorporate rocks or crystal shards into their tissues will be able to form a mineral sclerite framework that should allow them to move around the surface instead of being permanently rooted. This would take a lot of energy though, they might have to start eating other slimes.

two birds with one stone for the primary as well. Prune crabs will instead use their feathery pincers to filter stank emissions at the source, becoming stationary as adults and remaining mobile while juveniles. Juvies still need coral nests so everything will work out fine with no possibility for any of this to go sideways i'm sure major changes in atmospheric composition will not negatively affect flying organisms

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
Plus life forms that absorb stank as their food will not even have to avoid predators because of the concentrated rankness in their tissues so they no longer even need mobility.

drat this is one of the best, easiest jobs I've ever had

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
If they have imperfect digestion they could simply poo poo viable spores they ate

Also flying sphereoops that piss sulfur rich fluids to the land below would turbo charge weathering of rocks and alter the atmosphere pretty quick I bet

This has been today's poo poo and piss post, thank you

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
Flora eh? How about muckwort which can tolerate salinity and high mineral content, and a fernuloid which should be able to develop woody branches pretty easy. I guess either could, eventually.

We need a solid arthropod for a grazer, something like a pill bug or millipede. A little squishy but not TOO squishy.

For a pred those bears need an out, just in case. I bet some could evolve to hide in worts until it's time to strike.

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
woah that's a power play if i ever saw one

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
Ice caps are potentially incredible life reservoirs for unusual forms, they might end up concentrating huge amounts of materials over the eons, depending on ocean currents.

The underside could be an excellent place for plants and animals to take root

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SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
we need a good solid Titanic Lifeform to be our wild card. Perhaps a really powerful spore tree that has a mobile phase to its lifecycle. An enormous nomadic tree which can bring some of the things it needs to flourish along for the ride. If it's big enough it would affect the local weather whenever it passes.

e: and if it's big enough it could go well out off shore a lil, dragging it's habitat along to some foreign area

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