Tyranids The Overseers tone didn't exactly change too much, given that it had its vocal cords replaced by a vocoder. The Spectre officer turned his head to the view screen, and turned it back "Cease unauthorised amputations, those individuals may have tactical value." The officer said slowly, before turning his head away and continuing, as if the beginning was just a side note and the death and destruction was a minor inconvenience. "State reason for invading the planet. Resource disputes can be settled. Territorial conquest is unacceptable." The Civilis Protectione in the city had just activated the ground defense network. Though the network was incomplete due to the colony not being fully, it resulted in the finished ground defense turrets activating and attacking the Tyranids. The CP's focussed on retrieving the civilians for the time being, though several ghost teams secured the cities dark energy generators. If they went up the teleportation network would not be able to function fully. Clones... The males genes provide a somewhat shattering discovery. He is obviously marked as a relation to the others... Apparently, their his "mothers". It becomes apparent the Triarian they took a sample from was pregnant, and for an unknown reason the child's DNA had ended up in the sample. As a result, to say his DNA was corrupted due to the cloning... and inherently broken due to the none complete samples, would be close enough in laymens terms. Some snippets of genetic code were entirely defective. The clones had formed a sort of network with each other despite their young age through their psionic prowess. Interestingly the male had not been left out despite technically being detrimental to the group. The reason for this wasn't exactly known, though there appears to be traffic between the clones. Since the Equestrians lacked psionics, they couldn't monitor the traffic past knowing it was there. Which was just as well, because if they had they would have discovered something that the clones certainly didn't want them to see. The accelerated aging was having some unpredictable effects on their behavior Vahlens lab The skin wasn't hard to cut through, but the blood was. Whatever substance it had become nearly solid, presumably due to the cold conditions. The body had began to decay quickly in these conditions, it was easy prey for the microbes due to its composition, and many parts of the body were already being consumed. How they got to the corpse in a sterilised room was anyone guess Its nervous system was a complex array, far beyond the understanding of almost every race in the universe. It would likely have taken the Supremes knowledge and skill to replicate it perfectly, even if they could. Interestingly, this network was incomplete, presumably already destroyed. Completely alien structures ran along it, and it was linked up to the large brain its self. The mind appeared to have a section which didn't appear in other species prima facie, just underneath the other parts of at the top of the brainstem, set into its own bone encasement. Again, its structure was alien, though one wouldn't be able to tell by looking at it. It had a single, set between two lungs, with a third in front of it and covering the heart. Two livers sat below the lungs, one of either side, nestled in. The Kidneys lay just behind them, and were connected to the stomach. The stomach was rather small, but the digestive system was extensive and fat lay along it, linked up to the nervous system by an odd web. There was actually an even smaller second stomach attached to the gullet. The muscles were almost non-existant, but this couldn't be considered standard as it was obvious there had been no chance for them to build, and there was certainly something stronger in other Triarii as this wouldn't hold it upright.. There was a single organ nestled behind its heart was that is warmer than the rest of the body, though its purpose was unknown. The rest of its organs had already broken down and been consumed by microbes. Triarian Medical Report Filed by: Julius Lucinius Attanus Subject: Fetal death. Content: Lower Kyn Member (Medical ID: P9-1048281) has lost her child (Father: CCA-MACE-04.95931, medical ID P9-1048627) due to the unknown toxin utilised to incapacitate her. The toxin was in too high a dosage for the foetus systems to handle once it was passed through. P9-1048281 shows signs of depression. deferring to medical center P9-00