THE NAVELIUM ORE BUG
[Names may be changed and this might be Ronynium based, of course]
Core idea:
This is a completely native creature which evolved on EM-8ER and is inorganic in nature, but has a life cycle which might remind us of Earth creatures. It is in essense an inorganic yet biological (for EM-8ER) living refinery for Navelium.
EARLY LIFE CYCLE (LARVAL STAGE)
The first part of the Navelium Ore Bug (or NOB) is spent deep within lava pits on EM-8ER. As a larval NOB it is seldom if ever seen other than in certain instances of very deep THMPR activity by intruding humans. As larval NOB it spends it's early life processing the raw lava of EM-8ER by extracting Navelium Ore from the lave to give rise to a large quantity of concentrated Navelium Ore. Navelium Ore has an incredible specific heat and hence retains a vast quantity of heat and it's heat of fusion is very high.
MOBILE STAGE OF LARVA
When the NOB larva has amassed a certain amount of concentrated Navelium Ore, it must move to the next stage of development. This is for it to emerge from the lava in order to initiate the long and slow process of creating a NOB Egg which incubates a new NOB. For this, it requires pure Navelium. In order to get pure Navelium, if must venture out of the lava and start a gradual cooling process of the concentrated Navelium Ore. This causes the pure Navelium to crystalize out of the liquid Navelium Ore as it cools.
In order to make the cooling process occur at exactly the correct rate of cooling, the NOB Larvae will often emerge as a large group or NOB Flock. This allows the entire group to cool more slowly and obtain more pure Navelium. Hence, the LARGER THE FLOCK of NOB Larvae, the MORE PURE the Navelium will be for us humans to harvest (more to come on that).
The NOB Flock moves gradually away from the source lava, and yet not too far because it needs to seed its eggs in fresh lava...
EGG LAYING STAGE AND LAVA SEEDING
So the NOB Flock (or in some cases individual NOBs which are vast and hugely powerfull with massive amounts of Navelim) eventually cools down enough to become slow and cumbersome as the Navelium Ore finally has lost most of the pure Navelium through the recrystalization process. The result is that the NOB Flock slows and stops moving, and the NOB Larvae now have mature, intact eggs with pure Navelium as the yolks.
This is the ideal time for humans to harvest them, but the most dangerous.
The slowly solidified NOB Larva now are dormant for a period of time.
Then after this final dormant period, they DETONATE and inject their eggs (with the pure Navelim Yolks) into the ground. These detonations inject the NOB eggs deep into the ground and penetrate the thin crust (remember they have not traveled too far form their orginial lava birthplace) to reach lava underneath. The result is a series of LAVA FOUNTAINS which are glorious to behold but also very deadly. The NOB eggs remain near the surface in this newly exposed lava field until they hatch, and then they begin to consume their Navelium Yolks and slowly grow larval flippers and descend deep into the subterranean lava. They remain there for an unknown time until the cycle repeats itself.
WHY AND HOW HUMANS HUNT THEM - AND THUMP THEM
Humans hunt them because they have biologically refined the very hard to obtain Navelium Ore into Pure Navelium. The humans can obtain large amnounts of Navelium Ore from the immature eggs in the NOB larva when the first emerge from the lava field of their birth, but that is very costly to refine and it is fraught with danger to harvest it. Humans can obtain minimal amounts of Pure Navelium as the NOB Larva start to cool on their journey to the new egg laying site, but the best time for humans to harvest is when the NOB Eggs are just ready to be laid. This is also the most dangerous, as the NOB Larva while cooled relative to their starting temperatures are now extremely rugged and tough and fiercely defensive of their nesting site. There is also the constant danger that a NOB Larva is ready to start the detonation process to lay its egg which will cause the localize lava eruptions and cause grave damage to any human nearby - suited or not.
Humans, to avoid the conflict with the living NOB Larva, will at times when they find a field of solidified NOB Larva dare to try to Thump there in the hope of finding eggs that may have been injected into the ground but not caused micro eruptions. These can be thought of as dud eggs, if you will. The danger here is that Thumping here may start the spontaneous detonation of all the solidified NOB Larva and cataclysmicly destroy all humans and Thumper nearby.
Humans who hunt the NOB Larvae freshly emerged for low yield Pure Navelium and ordinary Navelium Ore, do have to contend with the quick and agile hot NOB Larvae and their ability to fire needle like jets of molten Navelium Ore.
VARIATIONS and VISUALS
In order for us to track them in game, they emerge from the lava very hot and with a great splash of lava which lights up the sky at night for a long distance and creates great smoke clouds which can be seen in the day. As they move to their egg laying spot, they leave trails of solidified droppings. Humans who see the burst of light or smoke from a long distance will arrive at the lava pool to find that the NOB Larvae have moved on, but they are easily trackable by the droppings of solid stone. These stone droppings, when new glow for a time and emit smoke.
At night the glowing trail stands out (yet slowly fades). In the day there is a visible smoke trail over the stone droppings which also slowly fades.
ALL HAIL THE NAVEL!
[Names may be changed and this might be Ronynium based, of course]
Core idea:
This is a completely native creature which evolved on EM-8ER and is inorganic in nature, but has a life cycle which might remind us of Earth creatures. It is in essense an inorganic yet biological (for EM-8ER) living refinery for Navelium.
EARLY LIFE CYCLE (LARVAL STAGE)
The first part of the Navelium Ore Bug (or NOB) is spent deep within lava pits on EM-8ER. As a larval NOB it is seldom if ever seen other than in certain instances of very deep THMPR activity by intruding humans. As larval NOB it spends it's early life processing the raw lava of EM-8ER by extracting Navelium Ore from the lave to give rise to a large quantity of concentrated Navelium Ore. Navelium Ore has an incredible specific heat and hence retains a vast quantity of heat and it's heat of fusion is very high.
MOBILE STAGE OF LARVA
When the NOB larva has amassed a certain amount of concentrated Navelium Ore, it must move to the next stage of development. This is for it to emerge from the lava in order to initiate the long and slow process of creating a NOB Egg which incubates a new NOB. For this, it requires pure Navelium. In order to get pure Navelium, if must venture out of the lava and start a gradual cooling process of the concentrated Navelium Ore. This causes the pure Navelium to crystalize out of the liquid Navelium Ore as it cools.
In order to make the cooling process occur at exactly the correct rate of cooling, the NOB Larvae will often emerge as a large group or NOB Flock. This allows the entire group to cool more slowly and obtain more pure Navelium. Hence, the LARGER THE FLOCK of NOB Larvae, the MORE PURE the Navelium will be for us humans to harvest (more to come on that).
The NOB Flock moves gradually away from the source lava, and yet not too far because it needs to seed its eggs in fresh lava...
EGG LAYING STAGE AND LAVA SEEDING
So the NOB Flock (or in some cases individual NOBs which are vast and hugely powerfull with massive amounts of Navelim) eventually cools down enough to become slow and cumbersome as the Navelium Ore finally has lost most of the pure Navelium through the recrystalization process. The result is that the NOB Flock slows and stops moving, and the NOB Larvae now have mature, intact eggs with pure Navelium as the yolks.
This is the ideal time for humans to harvest them, but the most dangerous.
The slowly solidified NOB Larva now are dormant for a period of time.
Then after this final dormant period, they DETONATE and inject their eggs (with the pure Navelim Yolks) into the ground. These detonations inject the NOB eggs deep into the ground and penetrate the thin crust (remember they have not traveled too far form their orginial lava birthplace) to reach lava underneath. The result is a series of LAVA FOUNTAINS which are glorious to behold but also very deadly. The NOB eggs remain near the surface in this newly exposed lava field until they hatch, and then they begin to consume their Navelium Yolks and slowly grow larval flippers and descend deep into the subterranean lava. They remain there for an unknown time until the cycle repeats itself.
WHY AND HOW HUMANS HUNT THEM - AND THUMP THEM
Humans hunt them because they have biologically refined the very hard to obtain Navelium Ore into Pure Navelium. The humans can obtain large amnounts of Navelium Ore from the immature eggs in the NOB larva when the first emerge from the lava field of their birth, but that is very costly to refine and it is fraught with danger to harvest it. Humans can obtain minimal amounts of Pure Navelium as the NOB Larva start to cool on their journey to the new egg laying site, but the best time for humans to harvest is when the NOB Eggs are just ready to be laid. This is also the most dangerous, as the NOB Larva while cooled relative to their starting temperatures are now extremely rugged and tough and fiercely defensive of their nesting site. There is also the constant danger that a NOB Larva is ready to start the detonation process to lay its egg which will cause the localize lava eruptions and cause grave damage to any human nearby - suited or not.
Humans, to avoid the conflict with the living NOB Larva, will at times when they find a field of solidified NOB Larva dare to try to Thump there in the hope of finding eggs that may have been injected into the ground but not caused micro eruptions. These can be thought of as dud eggs, if you will. The danger here is that Thumping here may start the spontaneous detonation of all the solidified NOB Larva and cataclysmicly destroy all humans and Thumper nearby.
Humans who hunt the NOB Larvae freshly emerged for low yield Pure Navelium and ordinary Navelium Ore, do have to contend with the quick and agile hot NOB Larvae and their ability to fire needle like jets of molten Navelium Ore.
VARIATIONS and VISUALS
In order for us to track them in game, they emerge from the lava very hot and with a great splash of lava which lights up the sky at night for a long distance and creates great smoke clouds which can be seen in the day. As they move to their egg laying spot, they leave trails of solidified droppings. Humans who see the burst of light or smoke from a long distance will arrive at the lava pool to find that the NOB Larvae have moved on, but they are easily trackable by the droppings of solid stone. These stone droppings, when new glow for a time and emit smoke.
At night the glowing trail stands out (yet slowly fades). In the day there is a visible smoke trail over the stone droppings which also slowly fades.
ALL HAIL THE NAVEL!
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