Round 8:Event: N/A
The global deep freeze is over. The once world-spanning sheet of ice has fled far to the north and south, and the majority of the global ocean is once again temperate. Meanwhile, advanced cell-to-cell behaviors that will likely give rise to multicellularity are becoming more and more prevalent within species.
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thrive.wikia.com/wiki/Game:_Bootleg_Thrive_Forum_Game_CompetitionPlayer SpeciesGravenis knytrium (TheGraveKnight)Cold Resistance: 4
After a timely emergence of cold resistance,
Gravenis knytrium has made a swift recovery from earlier population level. Its cold resistance will likely disappear in time.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Gabrielus gabrielus (GabrielGG)Signal Agents: 4
Like a few other species,
Gabrielus gabrielus has developed rudimentary cell-to-cell communication, leading to members of this species "flocking" in areas with plentiful food. This helps overwhelm singular competition, and scares off predators.
With resistance to the cold no longer necessary,
Gabrielus gabrielus has discarded the relevant genes.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Draconia encrypta (Immortal_Dragon)Fix Cold Vulnerability: 5
With the "vulnerability to cold" gene having died off,
Draconia encrypta is beginning to recover from the period of intense cold.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Dynamicus respire (evolution4weαk)UV Resistance: 5
With the ocean's icy shell giving way to uncovered water,
Dynamicus respire stood to lose its advantage of living close to the surface. Fortunately, its population has evolved to protect genetic material from the sun's more harmful light rays, and remains abundant. Some are even beginning to colonize the supercontinent's coastlines.
Rather than relocate to the north or south,
D. respire has discarded its resistance to the cold in favor of living in more temperate waters.
Habitat: Ocean Surface, Coast
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Agentus non-failus (agenttine)Species-Recognizing Chemoreceptors: 2
With the temperatures rising once again, the long-unchanged
Agentus non-failus are beginning to recover to their previous population levels.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Caeruleus photos (Skyguy98)Vertical Gene Transfer: 1
Rather than do away with its resistance to the cold,
Caeruleus photos has pursued the receding southern ice cap to its current area of cold sea. This frees it from competition with other producers.
In other news,
C. photos suffers from a genetic anomaly that makes it reproduce less. This will lead to its population stagnating.
Habitat: South Polar Ocean
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Specium fractium (soundwave)Improved Flagellum: 3
Poisoned Tentacles: 2
As the most mobile of the planet's photosynthesizers,
Specium fractium has survived the time of frigid waters, and has started to return to previous population levels.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Dynamicus failicus (Bigyihsuan)Vertical Gene Transfer: 5
Dynamicus failicus boasts the ability to transmit genetic information to members of its kind, allowing greater genetic diversity and faster evolution. In other news, it has joined the recovery from the "snowball planet."
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Gravenis sparkus (shiny)Horizontal Gene Transfer: 3
Against all odds,
Gravenis sparkus has survived the deep freeze, but must now deal with the recovery of its more competitive rivals.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Endangered
Dynamicus camelopard (Lanky Giraffe)UV Resistance: 3
With deathly cold waters a thing of the past, the
Dynamicus camelopard population is gaining in numbers.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Draconia antecedere (RoboTranic)Binding Agents: 6
Signal Agents (from
A. non-failus): 6
A revolutionary mutation, in tangent with the successful assimilation of
A. non-failus's signal agent ability, allows
Draconia antecedere to adhere to others of its kind.
Much like certain amoebas in the real world, masses of
D. antecedere can form a slug-like mass when food becomes scarce in a given location. The mass then drifts until it reaches an area with more prey. Cells in this mass have also developed a basic form of vascular interaction, where thin "tubes" of bonding agent are used to transmit nutrients between cells; this helps the mass disperse faster, since more cells can be "informed" of the greater amount of prey.
With the glaciation event over,
Draconia antecedere has remained in temperate waters.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Dynamicus showa (hirohito)Horizontal Gene Transfer: 4
With the cold gone,
Dynamicus showa has begun to recover from its losses. In addition, a recent mutation allows
D. showa to absorb and, with luck, utilize the genetic material of other species.
Habitat: Open Ocean
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
NPC SpeciesDraconia australisAn ancestral strain of
Draconia antecedere that retained its cold resistance. It has followed
C. photos, its only feasible prey item (even then, only young ones), to the south.
Habitat: South Polar Ocean
Conservation Status: Vulnerable