Hopefully meteorites won’t doom us once again this time around…
JustaDumbThriver @aah31415 CatSqaured @Cha Doomlightning Rocketsgobrrrr
Turn 14
Turn 14 Summary:
Still 825 Million years after the formation of the Phyade I system, The Late Heavy Bombardment took its toll on the young star system. Beyond the increasingly scarred landscape of craters, the phenomena of life was nearly wiped off the face of Treerilia. The remaining life that managed to survive the latest onslaught of meteors was unable to adapt proper tolerances to the harsh environment, causing total extinction of life. The Treerilia-Xanrillon-Xoruta planetary system seemed to be set toward a darker path, until the unexpected transpired.
One very small meteoroid, no smaller than a beach ball, entered the atmosphere shortly after the previous larger meteoroids caused devastation. Most likely, it was a tiny fragment of the larger pieces of space rock that hit the Cablevenian biomes. The intense heat and pressure created from entering the atmosphere nearly caused the tiny meteor to explode, but it barely held together. The tiny meteor sped across the now-lifeless Treerilia, streaking across the Treerilian sky. When the miniscule piece of space rock broke off from the larger whole, its trajectory was changed. Instead of landing in the Cablevenian biomes, it disintegrated upon hitting the cold open ocean of the Unovaskysian Epipelagic.
And this is where the story begins anew. Not with a whimper, but with a splash. Within the iota of meteorite particles, something moved unequivocally with purpose. Long has sapient life debated whether life exists among the stars, being carried by interstellar meteoroids and cometary travelers and seeding planets. While Pseudopanspermia is universally agreed upon - the idea of the precursor molecules of life existing in comets and meteoroids - Panspermia is not. Yet this fringe science, however improbable, has done the impossible. Bring back life to where it once existed.
Unovaskysian Epipelagic
Panspermium looks very similar to what was the beginning of life of Treerilia, and perhaps also on Xanrillon. It had a Single Membrane. Only having one organelle, or lack of any besides Cytoplasm. Effectively had the same basic Behaviors. The tolerances were slightly different, as Panspermium had a Temperature Tolerance from 8 degrees C to 28 degrees Celsius, and a Pressure Tolerance from 750 kPa to 1100 kPa. Even though it had trouble finding Glucose, surviving was relatively easy on this new planet. But there were some major differences compared to life that had been created on Treerilia.
Being from space meant it had evolve unique adaptations to survive, and one of the most important was the ability to incorporate external pieces of DNA into itself. For reasons that will be unknown to inexperienced sapient life billions of years later, horizontal gene transfer does not always occur in Prokaryotes. As Panspermium grew and divided, only one member of the population incorporated numerous pieces of already existing DNA.
These pieces of DNA came from a member of the previous Thrivium clades of life that existed on Treerilia. From the Thrivium Family clade, going down to the Delta Tribe clade, it was from the hydro Species clade of the Burnillo Genera clade. Approximately 58.44% of the Behavior, 11.92% of the color, 33% of organelle, 65.67% organelle position, and 15.86 % organelle rotation DNA from the previous life known as beta gluco (Subspecies 132). This new subspecies of Panspermium, Subspecies 134, was a figurative quantum leap for life.
Third Pass (Playing) Extinctions:
N/A.
Fourth Pass (Volcanic) Extinctions:
N/A.
Fifth Pass (Meteor) Extinctions:
N/A.
Surviving Organisms:
Panspermium Species Clade
Panspermium (Species 94)
Generation: Ø
Population: 1T +60T = 61T
Color: #ffffff; RGB: 255,255,255
Behavior:
Aggression: 100, Opportunism: 100, Fear: 100, Activity: 100, Focus: 100, Cannibalism: 0
Membrane Type: Single, Membrane Rigidity: 0
Base Speed: 0.35, Base Rotation Speed: 0.925, Base Hex Size: 0.5
Organelles: Cytoplasm
Organelle Reproduction Order: 1) Cytoplasm (1,-1)
Organelle Position: 1) (1,-1)
Organelles Rotation Position: 1) 1
Temperature Tolerance Range: 8 C – 28 C
Temperature Tolerance Flexibility: Standard (10 C)
Pressure Tolerance Range: 750 kPa – 1100 kPa
Pressure Tolerance Flexibility: Standard (350 kPa)
Oxygen Resistance: 0%
UV Resistance: 100%
P/A: 130 Pixels/226 Square Pixels = 0.575
First Pass (ATP Balance) Extinctions:
N/A.
Second Pass (Miche) Extinctions:
Panspermium Species Clade
Panspermium sunscreen (Mutant 63)
Generation: I
Population: 1T
Color: #ffffff; RGB: 255,255,255
Behavior:
Aggression: 100, Opportunism: 100, Fear: 100, Activity: 100, Focus: 100, Cannibalism: 0
Membrane Type: Single, Membrane Rigidity: 0
Base Speed: 0.35, Base Rotation Speed: 0.925, Base Hex Size: 0.5
Organelles: Cytoplasm
Organelle Reproduction Order: 1) Cytoplasm (1,-1)
Organelle Position: 1) (1,-1)
Organelles Rotation Position: 1) 1
Temperature Tolerance Range: 8 C – 28 C
Temperature Tolerance Flexibility: Standard (10 C)
Pressure Tolerance Range: 750 kPa – 1100 kPa
Pressure Tolerance Flexibility: Standard (350 kPa)
Oxygen Resistance: 0%
UV Resistance: 50%
P/A: 130 Pixels/226 Square Pixels = 0.575
Options for Turn 14:
Panspermium Species Clade
Panspermium (Species 94)
Generation: I
Population: 61T
Color: #fffff; RGB: 255,255,255
Behavior:
Aggression: 100, Opportunism: 100, Fear: 100, Activity: 100, Focus: 100, Cannibalism: 0
Membrane Type: Single, Membrane Rigidity: 0
Base Speed: 0.35, Base Rotation Speed: 0.925, Base Hex Size: 0.5
Organelles: Cytoplasm
Organelle Reproduction Order: 1) Cytoplasm (1,-1)
Organelle Position: 1) (1,-1)
Organelles Rotation Position: 1) 1
Temperature Tolerance Range: 8 C – 28 C
Temperature Tolerance Flexibility: Standard (10 C)
Pressure Tolerance Range: 750 kPa – 1100 kPa
Pressure Tolerance Flexibility: Standard (350 kPa)
Oxygen Resistance: 0%
UV Resistance: 100%
P/A: 130 Pixels/226 Square Pixels = 0.575
(Mutant 62)
Generation: I
Population: 1T
Color: #ffffff; RGB: 255,255,255
Behavior:
Aggression: 100, Opportunism: 100, Fear: 100, Activity: 100, Focus: 100, Cannibalism: 0
Membrane Type: Single, Membrane Rigidity: 0
Base Speed: 0.24, Base Rotation Speed: 0.855, Base Hex Size: 1.0
Organelles: Cytoplasm, Nitrogenase
Organelle Reproduction Order: 1) Cytoplasm (1,-1), 2) Nitrogenase (1,0)
Organelle Position: 1) (1,-1), 2) (1,0)
Organelles Rotation Position: 1) 1, 2) 4
Temperature Tolerance Range: 8 C – 28 C
Temperature Tolerance Flexibility: Standard (10 C)
Pressure Tolerance Range: 750 kPa – 1100 kPa
Pressure Tolerance Flexibility: Standard (350 kPa)
Oxygen Resistance: 0% (-1%)
UV Resistance: 100%
P/A: 161 Pixels/452 Square Pixels = 0.356
(Mutant 64)
Generation: I
Population: 1T
Color: #ffffff; RGB: 255,255,255
Behavior:
Aggression: 275, Opportunism: 100, Fear: 100, Activity: 100, Focus: 100, Cannibalism: 0
Membrane Type: Single, Membrane Rigidity: 0
Base Speed: 0.35, Base Rotation Speed: 0.925, Base Hex Size: 0.5
Organelles: Cytoplasm
Organelle Reproduction Order: 1) Cytoplasm (1,-1)
Organelle Position: 1) (1,-1)
Organelles Rotation Position: 1) 1
Temperature Tolerance Range: 8 C – 28 C
Temperature Tolerance Flexibility: Standard (10 C)
Pressure Tolerance Range: 750 kPa – 1100 kPa
Pressure Tolerance Flexibility: Standard (350 kPa)
Oxygen Resistance: 0%
UV Resistance: 100%
P/A: 130 Pixels/226 Square Pixels = 0.575
via Horizontal Gene Transfer from Thrivium Family Clade, Delta Tribe Clade, Burnillo Genera Clade, hydro Species Clade, beta gluco (Subspecies 132):
(Subspecies 134)
Generation: I
Population: 1T
Color: #fffff6; RGB: 255,255,246
Behavior:
Aggression: 100, Opportunism: 135, Fear: 100, Activity: 100, Focus: 100, Cannibalism: 0
Membrane Type: Single, Membrane Rigidity: 0
Base Speed: 0.24, Base Rotation Speed: 0.743, Base Hex Size: 1.0
Organelles: Cytoplasm, Hydrogenase
Organelle Reproduction Order: 1) Cytoplasm (1,-1), 2) Hydrogenase (1,-2)
Organelle Position: 1) (1,-1), 2) (1,-2)
Organelles Rotation Position: 1) 1, 2) 1
Temperature Tolerance Range: 8 C – 28 C
Temperature Tolerance Flexibility: Standard (10 C)
Pressure Tolerance Range: 750 kPa – 1100 kPa
Pressure Tolerance Flexibility: Standard (350 kPa)
Oxygen Resistance: 0% (-3%)
UV Resistance: 100%
P/A: 165 Pixels/452 Square Pixels = 0.365
List of Inhabitable Biomes:
Unovaskysian Epipelagic
Biome: Epipelagic
0-200m below sea level
Physical Conditions
Temperature: 8 degrees Celsius, Pressure: 1082 kPa, Light: 100% lux (100% lux at noon)
Atmospheric Gases
Oxygen: 0.30%, Nitrogen: 59.37%, Carbon Dioxide: 18.36%, Other Gases: 21.92%
Compounds
Hydrogen Sulfide: 0%, Ammonia: 12%, Glucose: 5%, Phosphate: 15%, Iron: 0%, Radiation: 0%
Notes:
Note 1 – And so begins Phase II! Since doomlightning voted to have Horizontal Gene Transfer, whichever organism doomlightning will choose will also get the ability to have Horizontal Gene Transfer. Normally, the natural transformation rate is around one percent, but I will increase the probability to five percent from organelles being engulfed. Does this sound like a good increase while staying balanced for other people?
Note 2 – Don’t be surprised by the sudden jump in evolutionary stages via Horizontal GeneTransfer. People did vote to have three traits be acquired from the previous FG life, which I randomly determined to be beta hydro (Subspecies 132). Don’t worry. This great jump will not occur again via HGZ, as only one trait will be acquired at a time, and it will be separate from occurring mutations.
Note 3 – At least there are more options this time compared to the start of the FG. Four is better than two! Because there are four options, and six people people playing at this point, this means two options can be chosen by more than one person. I am thinking of doing a poll to determine which organisms CatSquared and Rocketsgobrrr will get once everyone has chosen their organisms and named them. As a reminder, just because an organism is more divergent in terms of evolutionary stages does not mean it is more guaranteed to survive, as events (minus Meteors hitting the biome we are in) will probably occur again next turn.
Note 4 – I have some important real world stuff to do soon, which is why I am posting this round now.
What is the difference between Pansperium and M64?
Mutant 64 has Aggression behavior of 275.
I think I’ll choose the base panspermium species then.
I’ll go with Mutant 62.
What do you want to name your organism?
Do I need to change the name of the base panspermium species?
I’ll call it Renascentia genesis.
Will HGT also be possible after microbe stage?
Yes. I will most likely decrease the frequency, since HGT has occurred between Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes, and Eukaryotes to Eukaryotes.
Also, we need Cha and Doomlightning to choose their organisms and their organism’s names.
Along with…
What organism should we give to CatSquared?
- Panspermium (Species 94)
- (Mutant 62)
- (Mutant 64)
- (Subspecies 134)
What organism should we give to Rocketsgobrrrr?
- Panspermium (Species 94)
- (Mutant 62)
- (Mutant 64)
- (Subspecies 134)
Keep in mind that two organisms can have two people assigned to it.
Can the ones on whose species selection we vote also vote for themselves?
Sure.
Also, I hope I can finish the next round before the next Thrive update comes out.
It comes in 8 days I think. This may depend highly on if all the players show up fast enough.
The new update is out, and that means I need to check if the world has changed. Also, I hope doomlightning and/or Cha eventually pick out their organisms and organism names… I don’t want this FG to die…
Sometimes there is nothing GM can do…
Oh, yes! So the world still has a Banana Biome! And if you use the Medium World size, Warm Climate, Large Oceans, Active Geology, and Unstable Climate, the world is ice free!
So is that what you’ll go for?
Most likely, as this mimics the conditions on Early Earth.
Did the previous worlds have ice caps?