Adaption
Industry: Genetics
Usage: conjugate(min, R, 2hp 1ep 1fp)
◊ 1(tg,touch) resequence
◊ +1(rst,cold|heat), -1(rst,cold|heat) permanently
◊ +1(rst,corr|psn|rad) permanently
◊ 2|½•gravity, 2|½•press permanently
Aspect-Usage: provenance -> Bio
Description: When you use an fp and touch a willing creature, you can shift their adaption with respect to:
- cold or heat,
- corrosive, poison & radiation resistance, and
- gravity & pressure.
Adaption does not alter biochemistry, but it can change metabolic rates, the cardiovascular system, the respiratory system (although not a fundamental change in method of respiration) and even digestion to accommodate the new environment.
A typical application of adaption would be to apply:
- +1(rst,heat) and -1(rst,cold), change from 1G gravity to 2G gravity & change from 1 atmosphere pressure to ½ atmosphere pressure
- +1(rst,cold) and -1(rst,heat), change from 1G gravity to 0G gravity & change from 1 atmosphere pressure to 2 atmosphere pressure
These changes enable to creature to exist comfortably in these conditions indefinitely.
More radical changes, require more focus points. Adding +2 resistance, tripling the pressure or tripling the gravity requires 3fp. The change brought about by Adaption is permanent and this conjugate must be reversed to change the subject back to their original adaption. If a creature is returned to their original environmental conditions, then they will suffer the negative effects of maladaption, which can vary.
With this conjugate, when you increase the heat resistance by 1, you are also decreasing the cold resistance by 1 and vice versa, therefore, 2(rst,heat) implies an equal and opposite -2(rst,cold).
In the case of rst(corr|psn|rad) the subject of your conjugate becomes reliant on whichever effects are applied. If these conditions are removed, they will become vulnerable to the lack of these and will acquire the associated mishap(psn).
A change in gravity and pressure regimes result in the same effects as with corrosive, poison and radiation conditions.