A deep dive into the wilds of the tentacle planet 🪐🔍😱 (Patreon)

A small area of the shuttle drop, just a part of the mysterious planet. After visiting the science station you will have to return to the planet and visit its remote areas. Learn more about the creatures that live here and their life cycles, some of the new inhabitants can be grown and placed in the tanks at the station

Feeder. Large, slow, caterpillar-like creature. An important player in the system of rearing and feeding new individuals. Because of its frequent contact with the humanoid races 👽, the Feeder has learned to build a symbiotic relationship for improved feeding of individuals at the larval stage. Possesses the ability to recycle inorganic matter into nutrient components. Non-aggressive but most often accompanied by guards.

Worker. Creature with seven tentacles, which is the basic form of the species. Has a complex system of glands that can produce a variety of enzymes 🧪. Provides landscape preparation for new hive segments by using special enzymes. Can also produce a specialized jelly-like gummy bladder for assembling and transporting a variety of cargo.

Mutational capsule. The main evolutionary advantage of this planet's dominant species was the ability to mutagenize 🧬 extremely quickly within a single population, by changing the balance of workers, warriors, and parents, each individual could change its subspecies inside special capsules that contain complex organic matter.

Custodian. A medium-sized creature, covered in a shell, with extremely hard, blade-like limbs and chewers with acid glands. Since visitors to the planet are most often not peaceful creatures, the colony produced a fair number of varied warriors ⚔️. The Custodian is one of the best, fast and extremely hardy, and would be an extremely dangerous adversary even for a well-trained explorer. Usually used to guard critical areas like nurseries and resource extraction zones.