Pioneers

Hey ho,

had some new ideas in the last days. I was thinking about terraforming, evolution and planet-conquering and developed some critters who could be very useful for the transformation progress of the planets. The concept is based on one special "animal" formed by a superior race to discover or conquer new habitats and planets. This critter is able to sense the conditions of a habitat/planet and then it transforms into the most useful form for the next step of terraforming.

In the middle you can see the "worm". Its the basic species and can transform into all other forms around it. It was inspired by the anime "Parasyte"

Left top corner - if the worm lands in the atmosphere of a gas giant or on a superearth with thick atmosphere layers it transform into a floater, which is able to filter the air to collect flying organic materials or other chemical. The floater is comparable to a sponge-like fruit, ready to get picked by the real conquerers

Left bottom corner - if the worm lands on an earth-like planet with water but a vast landscape without vegetation it builds up the vegetation by transforming into something like a tree, this "tree" produces oxygen and is the base for a possible new ecosystem (BTW there are thousands and thousands of worms and they all work as one big organism)

bottom - if the worm lands on a dry sand or stone planet without surface liquids it turns into a digging creature, it uses acid to dig deeply into the planet surface and searches for ground water or cavesystems

Right top corner - now, this one is special! if the worm lands on a planet with advanced ecosystems or even civilisation it turns into something like a balloon sonde. It collects all informations of the ecosystem/civilisation and sends all the information to the conquerers

Right bottom corner - if the worm lands on a water planet and the ocean is rich of organic stuff it turns into a predator! It consumes as much at it can and will then be the prey for the conquerers

So, hope you like. Would like to hear your opinions.
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