Sir_Cedric
08-15-2008, 09:11 AM
You remember these nasties.
These enormous jelly-like uni-cellular creatures coming from an unknow planet. Each creature is a part of a bigger complex entity, formed by all the separated uni-cellular beings. The parasitic creatures cause insanity in victims by landing on their backs and entering the nervous system via the spine, which they wrap around. The only weapon that can destroy these parasites is the light. Dr. McCoy first thought that only white light might destroy them (1000 candles per square inch), but after a very dangerous experiment with MR. Spock, he discovered a human-safe way to destroy them by exposing to a ultraviolet light.
Now what if there was a different version of this same creature, one that ultraviolet light didn't effect at all. What would you do on an away team, if the planet was covered with these things?
These enormous jelly-like uni-cellular creatures coming from an unknow planet. Each creature is a part of a bigger complex entity, formed by all the separated uni-cellular beings. The parasitic creatures cause insanity in victims by landing on their backs and entering the nervous system via the spine, which they wrap around. The only weapon that can destroy these parasites is the light. Dr. McCoy first thought that only white light might destroy them (1000 candles per square inch), but after a very dangerous experiment with MR. Spock, he discovered a human-safe way to destroy them by exposing to a ultraviolet light.
Now what if there was a different version of this same creature, one that ultraviolet light didn't effect at all. What would you do on an away team, if the planet was covered with these things?