Round 4:Event: None
With increasing speciation among the descendants of
T. encryptica, the group has become genetically distant enough from
T. proteus that they have split into a separate genus, "
Draconia."
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thrive.wikia.com/wiki/Game:_Bootleg_Thrive_Forum_Game_CompetitionPlayer SpeciesGravenis knytrium (TheGraveKnight)Predatory Pilus: 4
Formerly just another prey species peacefully wandering for sustenance, this species has developed a cytoskeletal protrusion not unlike the defensive spikes of
C. photos. However, this protrusion is meant, not for defense, but for attack. By using its new pilus,
G. knytrium is capable of piercing the thin membranes of virtually every other cell on the planet. From there, it simply absorbs its victim's spilling nutrients.
Combined with its unmatched speed,
G. knytrium has become a successful predator, futile only against
Draconia encrypta (whose size allows it to simply envelop its would-be killer) and
C. photos (whose more numerous spikes make attacking it a dicey endeavor).
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Gabrielus gabrielus (GabrielGG)Toxins: 5
Before, this species's most significant threats to its population were predators and competition for resources.
G. gabrielus has solved the former by evolving a specialized vacuole containing a lethal agent; if
G. gabrielus is fatally wounded, its last resort is to release this agent into the surrounding water. Any cells that absorb the agent risk their nuclei being destroyed.
Its former predators have gradually evolved to avoid mutually destructive encounters with this species.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Draconia encrypta (Immortal_Dragon)Increase Size: 5
Formerly,
Draconia encrypta faced intense competition from its own relatives, a battle it was losing. However, it has managed to avert further decline by increasing its own size.
Cells of this species now dwarf their former peers by upwards of four times their size. While this comes at the cost of speed,
D. encrypta has reclaimed its status as apex predator.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Dynamicus respire (evolution4weαk)Eyespot Organelle: 4
Dynamicus respire was once destined to blindly swim through the water, incapable of ensuring that its chloroplasts work to their full potential. This has changed with its recently-developed photoreceptor organelle. Now that it can perceive light,
D. respire can put its cilia to good use finding ideal light conditions.
This species know mostly inhabits the middle of the water column's higher regions, just below the threshold where the low pressures and harsh UV radiation make further travel upwards counterproductive.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Agentus non-failus (agenttine)(Just make two votes next round.)
This species remains genetically stagnant. Its biggest threat is
Draconia encrypta, who could easily annihilate
A. non-failus if it weren't for its slow population growth and slight competition from
D. antecedere (which is slow enough for
A. non-failus to escape).
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Endangered
Caeruleus photos (Skyguy98)Mitochondria: 4
Now safe from most predatory cells,
Caeruleus photos has been free to tend to other concerns.
Initially,
C. photos faced relatively slow population growth due to its lack of mitochondria. Now that it has obtained some of its own, this species has undergone a recent population boom, making up for
D. encrypta's ability to ignore its spines.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Specium fractium (soundwave)Cilia: 2
Specium fractium is still the same as when it first arose. It remains too slow to escape the ocean's numerous predators.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Endangered
Draconia failicus (Bigyihsuan)Airsac: 1
Not too long ago,
Draconia failicus had the oceans within its pseudopods' grasp. However, a problem emerged in the form of a malfunctioning vacuole present in all
D.failicus cells. This vacuole contains fluid far denser than the waters of the open ocean.
Because of this,
D. failicus was sunk down to the deeper sections of the ocean, where the heavy pressures are lethal, and food (consisting of minute bacteria and the occasional microscopic detritus from far above) is scarce.
Habitat: Deep Sea
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
Gravenis sparkus (shiny)Chloroplasts: 2
This primitive strain of
G. knytrium lacks a predatory pilus. This makes it a valid target for predation by its more advanced relative. Due to this,
G. sparkus's problems have grown beyond competition for resources.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Endangered
Dynamicus camelopard (Lanky Giraffe)Flagella: 2
A remnant population of
D. respire that did not develop photoreceptors,
D. camelopard is slightly less prosperous than its more advanced relative. Nevertheless, it probably won't face endangerment any time soon.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Draconia antecedere (RoboTranic)Mitochondria: 5
With
D. failicus mostly out of the picture, this species has taken its place in all but name.
G. knytrium tends to emerge on top in combat, but
D. antecedere's mitochondria, which the former lacks, allow the latter to maintain healthy population levels.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Least Concern
NPC SpeciesN/A
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