"I wonder if the Outsiders'll be so eager to hurt us after they find out we can bleed [EXPLETIVE] acid." -475842-?, shortly before authorizing the use of the "self defence" augmentation in the Fringe. Name : The augmentation has no official name, either simply being called "Self Defence" by the Visitant. Description: The "self defense" augmentation is a modification that affects the silvery fluid that injured Visitant leak, the equivalent of blood for the species. The modification changes how the cells react when they leave the body and come into contact with non-Visitant matter. Instead of dying, the cells in the blood will begin to violently attack all foreign matter that it comes into contact with. While this is generally pretty ineffective on substances such as metal, glass or stone, it can seriously damage organics- eating away at living tissue like a strong acid, or black blight. Abilities: -Makes Visitant bleed a volatile substance that eats away at organics and damages sensitive electronics. This, hopefully, discourages others from injuring said Visitant. -The substance works best on organic matter. Plants, animals, and people. -The matter can remain alive and active for up to ten minutes without organic matter to eat away at. After those ten minutes are up, it hardens into a blackened, crusty material and dies. -While it's not very effective on inorganic substances, it's still a bad idea to pour this stuff on computer chips and other delicate electronics, just like it's a bad idea to douse electronics in really ANY liquid. -A specialized hormone exists that stops the spread of this substance and signals for it to die. Most Visitant are capable of secreting this at will, giving them the ability to stop the substance upon physical contact. -The substance will not attack Visitant matter. Conditional Abilities (Optional): Very rarely, if the substance is "fed" for a long period of time, it will slow down and stabilize, beginning to transform itself into a small Visitant channel. The Visitant do not consider this a very practical way to make new channels. Limitations: -The substance is more expensive to produce, making its use limited to only a small amount of Visitant bodies. -Once the cells die, the remaining crust is a pain to remove. -The substance is runnier than normal Visitant blood. This makes more of it exit the body quicker, which is bad for nearby organics, but also pretty bad for the injured Visitant, which risks serious fluid loss. -Organic matter that has been consumed is transformed into a blackish, sticky paste that eventually dries into a sort of crumbling powder. This can contain Visitant cells, either alive or dead, which non-Visitant can sample and study- much to the Visitant's dismay. -The substance dies if exposed to high voltages or extreme heat. Conditional Limitations (Optional): N/A How does it work: The modification used to create "self defence"-augmented blood does not change the chemical aspect of the blood, but rather the programming of the Visitant's immune system. Immune cells found in the blood are responsible for attacking literally anything that isn't Visitant matter, which is why drinking Visitant blood is a bad idea. However, under these modifications, these immune cells are made even more aggressive. They're equipped with an incredibly fast metabolism that activates when exposed to air and foreign substances. Upon activation, the cells set to work, dividing and proceeding to attack and process anything and everything it encounters. Once they run out of resources, the cells wait for ten minutes before dying. Flavor text: The "self-defence" augmentation has existed for a long time, though it has seen little use by the Visitant until now. It was designed to discourage non-Visitant species ("Outsiders") to avoid injuring Visitant agents and officials. Referenced Technologies (Optional): N/A Attainability: Semi-closed Tags: Military, Racial Category: Nanotechnology
