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Dawn of Life [Always open to ALL]

L) Increase Acids damage


Pursue All Prey


Move towards Light


Hunt together in pseudo-colony
 
K


When sensing prey, go after it. When sensing light, go towards it. When near other Rizan, stay with that Rizan.
 
The Rizan adapt their digestive acids for increased potency, driving the resistance of their simple membrane to its limits, and requiring a nearly constant supply of nutrients for maintaining not only the acidity of the multi-purpose acid, but also the integrity of the Rizan double-membrane. In a positive turn, however, the acid is able to destroy any other cells from the inside out given the opportunity, including the predatorial cells that had previously been hunting the Rizan. While the acid is still fairly harmless against their extremely developed chitin walls, they have no choice but to cease preying on the Rizan, as well as every other predator save for one or two extremely specialized species. This lack of predation gives the Rizan freedom to gather nutrients and reproduce freely, but the extreme demands of this new form of defense come with a high cost- when a colony is incapable of sustaining even one cell within the colony now, the potent acid safely contained within their membrane spills out, killing nearby Rizan cells as well.


The new acid combined with their typical hunting patterns allow them to more quickly and efficiently denature nearly all cells in the niche, and while the energy gained, as well as the survivability, is notable, the energy cost of this acid uses cause the Rizan population to enter a slight downward sloping Population Drop.


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Mind: 4 [Multinucleus - signal communication between Rizan cells]


Optical: 3 [spheroid eyespot]


Tactile: 2 [Can feel pressure, can distinguish extremely strong from extremely weak, but hard to tell precisely]


Chemoreception: 2 [Can detect the presence of particles and roughly identify from shape]


Photometabolism: 2 [Common reactions using radiation energy]


Mobility: [basic cellular mobility]


-- Control: Protocytoskeleton


-- Propulsion: Strengthened Flagella


Offense: Acidic Spray [Linked with digestion systems]


Defense:


-- Acidic Cell Membrane [Linked with digestion systems]


-- Chitin Cell Layering


Digestion:


-- Acidic Denaturation [some complex compounds can now be denatured]


-- Nutrient Access Pores [Embedded in membrane, used for transporting nutrients]


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Behavioral Choices (Combine any Four):


[Any <verb> + <modifier> + <noun> formulaic actions]


Adaptation Choices:


A) Thicken chitin cell membrane layering


B) Adapt a thin layer of cilia


C) Thicken cytoskeletal bonds


D) Improve optical sensation


E) Improve tactile sensation


F) Improve chemical sensation


G) Improve potential behavioral complexity


H) Improve photometabolism


I) Develop basic chemometabolism


J) Focus on increasing population


K) Develop basic permanent junctions between colony cells


L) Player suggest? Remember to limit to ONE improvement. (This is a test addition, if things get too "unrealistic" or out of hand I'll drop this, but I thought it was worth a shot.)


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Please use the tabs above, 'Out of Character' section for discussion. This section is used ONLY for updates and votes. Thanks!


This voting cycle will end on Sunday, October 11th [Multivote Day!].
 
H (@Zetal changed vote)


Pursue All Prey


Move towards Light


Hunt together in pseudo-colony
 
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In the interest of energy supply and the general maintenance of cell integrity coupled with the proximity to the local star, the Rizan once again upgrade their photometabolic strengths, allowing them to have a very basic form of photosynthesis, permitting the simplified generation of a stored source of energy, usable outside of reactions immediately available. This permits a more reliable and efficient use of radiation. The energy deficit, however, is a large one, and despite the improvements garnered by this adaptation, the population is unfortunately still falling.


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Mind: 4 [Multinucleus - signal communication between Rizan cells]


Optical: 3 [spheroid eyespot]


Tactile: 2 [Can feel pressure, can distinguish extremely strong from extremely weak, but hard to tell precisely]


Chemoreception: 2 [Can detect the presence of particles and roughly identify from shape]


Photometabolism: 3 [All common reactions and some energy storage using radiation energy]


Mobility: [basic cellular mobility]


-- Control: Protocytoskeleton


-- Propulsion: Strengthened Flagella


Offense: Acidic Spray [Linked with digestion systems]


Defense:


-- Acidic Cell Membrane [Linked with digestion systems]


-- Chitin Cell Layering


Digestion:


-- Acidic Denaturation [some complex compounds can now be denatured]


-- Nutrient Access Pores [Embedded in membrane, used for transporting nutrients]


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Behavioral Choices (Combine any Four):


[Any <verb> + <modifier> + <noun> formulaic actions]


Adaptation Choices:


A) Thicken chitin cell membrane layering


B) Adapt a thin layer of cilia


C) Thicken cytoskeletal bonds


D) Improve optical sensation


E) Improve tactile sensation


F) Improve chemical sensation


G) Improve potential behavioral complexity


H) Improve photometabolism


I) Develop basic chemometabolism


J) Focus on increasing population


K) Develop basic permanent junctions between colony cells


L) Player suggest? Remember to limit to ONE improvement. (This is a test addition, if things get too "unrealistic" or out of hand I'll drop this, but I thought it was worth a shot.)


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Please use the tabs above, 'Out of Character' section for discussion. This section is used ONLY for updates and votes. Thanks!


This voting cycle will end on Tuesday, October 13th.
 
In a energy-preference turnaround, the Rizan drop their acidic potency increase in favor of a more secure energy future. As a result, the energy production and stability of the Rizan population explodes- predators who don't know any better continue avoiding the Rizan, fearing their previously powerful acids, and the excess energy produced in the meantime allows the Rizan population to rapidly grow. The number of colonies jumps over the course of only a few generations, and while the Rizan can no longer hunt many of the cells that they could before, the energy deficit is no longer an issue.


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Mind: 4 [Multinucleus - signal communication between Rizan cells]


Optical: 3 [spheroid eyespot]


Tactile: 2 [Can feel pressure, can distinguish extremely strong from extremely weak, but hard to tell precisely]


Chemoreception: 2 [Can detect the presence of particles and roughly identify from shape]


Photometabolism: 3 [All common reactions and some energy storage using radiation energy]


Mobility: [basic cellular mobility]


-- Control: Protocytoskeleton


-- Propulsion: Strengthened Flagella


Offense: Acidic Spray [Linked with digestion systems]


Defense:


-- Acidic Cell Membrane [Linked with digestion systems]


-- Chitin Cell Layering


Digestion:


-- Acidic Denaturation [Most non-complex compounds can now be denatured]


-- Nutrient Access Pores [Embedded in membrane, used for transporting nutrients]


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Behavioral Choices (Combine any Four):


[Any <verb> + <modifier> + <noun> formulaic actions]


Adaptation Choices:


A) Thicken chitin cell membrane layering


B) Adapt a thin layer of cilia


C) Thicken cytoskeletal bonds


D) Improve optical sensation


E) Improve tactile sensation


F) Improve chemical sensation


G) Improve potential behavioral complexity


H) Improve photometabolism


I) Develop basic chemometabolism


J) Focus on increasing population


K) Develop basic permanent junctions between colony cells


L) Player suggest? Remember to limit to ONE improvement. (This is a test addition, if things get too "unrealistic" or out of hand I'll drop this, but I thought it was worth a shot.)


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Please use the tabs above, 'Out of Character' section for discussion. This section is used ONLY for updates and votes. Thanks!


This voting cycle will end on Thursday, October 15th.
 
As time passes, the predators that had once ignored the Rizan due to their acidic dangers now realize the sudden dip in danger and resume their predation of the Rizan population, causing a minor drop. Despite this change in predation, however, the Rizans choice to permanently stay close together with other Rizan cells allows the maximum colony size to bloom, creating large hordes of Rizan cells, each of them now sharing their acid and resources between neighboring cells through a sort of hive-like structure. This junctioning of cells creates an internal network of extremely basic resource transport. There are some wasted resources as a result, but the excess of resources and energy as it stands allows this to pass almost unnoticed. The Rizan, thanks to the permanent linkage between their cells, are now a Multicellular creature. All cells within the colony share DNA, and stem from a single "root" cell that forms the creature at birth.


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Mind: 4 [Multinucleus - signal communication between Rizan cells]


Optical: 3 [spheroid eyespot]


Tactile: 2 [Can feel pressure, can distinguish extremely strong from extremely weak, but hard to tell precisely]


Chemoreception: 2 [Can detect the presence of particles and roughly identify from shape]


Photometabolism: 3 [All common reactions and some energy storage using radiation energy]


Mobility: [basic cellular mobility]


-- Control: Protocytoskeleton


-- Propulsion: Strengthened Flagella


Offense: Acidic Spray [Linked with digestion systems]


Defense:


-- Acidic Cell Membrane [Linked with digestion systems]


-- Chitin Cell Layering


Energy:


-- Acidic Denaturation [Most non-complex compounds can now be denatured]


-- Nutrient Access Pores [Embedded in membrane, used for transporting nutrients]


-- Permanent Cell Junctions [intercellular pathways that link cells together]


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Behavioral Choices (Combine any Four):


[Any <verb> + <modifier> + <noun> formulaic actions]


Adaptation Choices:


A) Thicken chitin cell membrane layering


B) Adapt a thin layer of cilia


C) Thicken cytoskeletal bonds


D) Improve optical sensation


E) Improve tactile sensation


F) Improve chemical sensation


G) Improve potential behavioral complexity


H) Improve photometabolism


I) Develop basic chemometabolism


J) Swap from asexual to sexual reproduction


K) Develop intercellular junctions into basic vascularization


L) Player suggest? Remember to limit to ONE improvement. (This is a test addition, if things get too "unrealistic" or out of hand I'll drop this, but I thought it was worth a shot.)


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Please use the tabs above, 'Out of Character' section for discussion. This section is used ONLY for updates and votes. Thanks!


This voting cycle will end on Saturday, October 17th.
 
K and J


Go after all prey


Stay near light


Stay together
 
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Sorry for the skipped update yesterday, guys. Some unexpected stuff came up.


The Rizan press forward through the world they find themselves in, adapting a revolutionary new type of reproduction, giving them substantially more chance of beneficial mutation when reproducing, but requiring two separate Rizan to come together first, combining the genomes of the two individuals together pseudorandomly. In effect, this gives the Rizan the freedom to develop a wider variety of adaptations, and more randomly. As well, their use of energy is substantially more efficient as the Rizan develop their cell junctions into a fully developed system of vascularization, shaping internal 'tubes' for distributing nutrient-rich fluids throughout the cells of a Rizan individual.


This change makes the Rizan a more tempting target to predatory species, and the creatures are now going out of their way to Hunt the Rizan as much as possible. Even through the higher rate of hunting, however, the changes allow the Rizan to flourish, energy-wise, and their population continues to grow.


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Mind: 4 [Multinucleus - signal communication between Rizan cells]


Optical: 3 [spheroid eyespot]


Tactile: 2 [Can feel pressure, can distinguish extremely strong from extremely weak, but hard to tell precisely]


Chemoreception: 2 [Can detect the presence of particles and roughly identify from shape]


Photometabolism: 3 [All common reactions and some energy storage using radiation energy]


Mobility: [basic cellular mobility]


-- Control: Protocytoskeleton


-- Propulsion: Strengthened Flagella


Offense: Acidic Spray [Linked with digestion systems]


Defense:


-- Acidic Cell Membrane [Linked with digestion systems]


-- Chitin Cell Layering


Energy:


-- Acidic Denaturation [Most non-complex compounds can now be denatured]


-- Nutrient Access Pores [Embedded in membrane, used for transporting nutrients]


-- Intercellular Vascularization [intercellular pathways that link cells together]


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Behavioral Choices (Combine any Four):


[Any <verb> + <modifier> + <noun> formulaic actions]


UPDATE - Adaptation Choices (Any TWO): - Sexual Reproduction permanently changes the way adaptation works, but also allows for more frequent adaptation.


Any TWO Improvements, Your choice! (No more "Suggested" improvements, the world is your oyster! Just stick to ONE improvement per improvement point!)


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Please use the tabs above, 'Out of Character' section for discussion. This section is used ONLY for updates and votes. Thanks!


This voting cycle will end on Sunday, October 18th.
 
((were not biologists so some listed adaptations would be nice :P ))


Stay near light


stay together


hunt all prey


Seek potential mates


Develop stronger propulsion


Develop digestive enzymes
 
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Develop stronger propulsion


Develop digestive enzymes


Go after all prey


Stay near light


Seek potential mates


Stay near other Rizan
 
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The Rizan stow away the expression of their flagellae in favor of a multicellular solution, using their simplistic protocytoskeletons and the vascularization as a combined pathway to improved propulsion, creating a pseudo-tail made out the cells within the multicelled Rizan, capable of pushing them through the rough currents as one organism. This, in addition to their newly developed digestive enzymes, allows them not only to acquire a substantially higher rate of prey but also to take better advantage of the prey they catch, consuming less energy to digest the incoming resources, and gaining more out of it.


This change also allows them to seek new mates much easier than before, and they purposefully pursue other Rizan for the express purpose of reproduction, now. This causes a massive population boom, drastically increasing population growth.


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Mind: 4 [Multinucleus - signal communication between Rizan cells]


Optical: 3 [spheroid eyespot]


Tactile: 2 [Can feel pressure, can distinguish extremely strong from extremely weak, but hard to tell precisely]


Chemoreception: 2 [Can detect the presence of particles and roughly identify from shape]


Photometabolism: 3 [All common reactions and some energy storage using radiation energy]


Mobility: [basic multicellular mobility]


-- Control: Protocytoskeleton


-- Propulsion: Prototypic Tail


Offense: Acidic Spray [Linked with digestion systems]


Defense:


-- Acidic Cell Membrane [Linked with digestion systems]


-- Chitin Cell Layering


Energy:


-- Acidic Denaturation [Most non-complex compounds can now be denatured]


-- Digestive Enzymes [simplistic reaction-based enzymes for minimizing energy use]


-- Nutrient Access Pores [Embedded in membrane, used for transporting nutrients]


-- Intercellular Vascularization [intercellular pathways that link cells together]


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Behavioral Choices (Combine any Four):


[Any <verb> + <modifier> + <noun> formulaic actions]


Adaptation Choices (Any TWO):


Examples: IMPROVE optics, DEVELOP chemometabolism


Any TWO Improvements, Your choice!


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Please use the tabs above, 'Out of Character' section for discussion. This section is used ONLY for updates and votes. Thanks!


This voting cycle will end on Sunday, October 18th.
 
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