Goonhub
12-14-2014, 07:06 PM
As I was reading the 'make space fungus grow' thread it struck me that it could be fun to have space fungus be a simple, round randomized research opportunity.
The idea is that space fungus has a number of traits that are dormant and that spraying the space fungus with a combination of mutagen and one or more reagents would trigger any traits that match said reagent. Once 'mutated' no further traits can be unlocked by spraying the same fungus again... unless it has been first reverted to normal space fungus by being hit with mutadone.
Traits could include:
Producing Hot/Cold
Producing various gasses
Consuming Atmosphere
Being Radioactive
Shooting Toxic/Healing/Hallucinogenic Spores
Growing
Creating Light
Special Artifact Triggers
And I'm sure there are a dozen other triggers that could be used. This would allow for the creation of good or bad zones within the station using the environment and would be readily accessible to Staff Assistants and other nerds with maintenance access. It would also make maitenence scarier which is a good thing.
The idea is that space fungus has a number of traits that are dormant and that spraying the space fungus with a combination of mutagen and one or more reagents would trigger any traits that match said reagent. Once 'mutated' no further traits can be unlocked by spraying the same fungus again... unless it has been first reverted to normal space fungus by being hit with mutadone.
Traits could include:
Producing Hot/Cold
Producing various gasses
Consuming Atmosphere
Being Radioactive
Shooting Toxic/Healing/Hallucinogenic Spores
Growing
Creating Light
Special Artifact Triggers
And I'm sure there are a dozen other triggers that could be used. This would allow for the creation of good or bad zones within the station using the environment and would be readily accessible to Staff Assistants and other nerds with maintenance access. It would also make maitenence scarier which is a good thing.