CARRION-5
Just a single spore of those Lichen can annihilate an entire species.
-Head of the Hal-Tek quarantine department.
overview
Carrion-5 is a fungal planet which is currently quarantined by Hal-Tek Industries. It's home to the Lichen species, which are highly toxic, virulent organisms that reproduce and grow by consuming sentient life. To the 10th Front, the Lichen species are the true greatest threat to Annunaki existence as the Lichen are theorized to be capable of consuming all biodiversity in the universe. The Lichen are a highly infectious, highly viral super cell that, to Goro Va'lai and the rest of Hal-Tek industries, must be contained. Hal-Tek Industries has since come up with a way to harvest the Light emitted by the organic lifeforms on Carrion-5 and, through some form of nuclear fission, allow Annunaki to consume that Light as raw materials to produce a new type of Light; Blight.
geographyGrey and colorless, Carrion-5 is a colorful and humid jungle of parasitic fungal spires. The world is a hotbed of life--but that doesn't matter, as all life is consumed by the Lichen. The Lichen feed on all intelligent life in Carrion-5 and in doing so, become ever more intelligent themselves. The 10th's Front first attempt at quarantining the planet involved creating superstructures to station Annunaki forces, which were very quickly overran by the Lichen. Visible traces of the Annunaki's architecture on the planet are still visible, as well as the Annunaki themselves that are now host to the Lichen - a stark and horrifying memorial.
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