I did want to avoid the biomod effect, actually -if the water breathing symbiont is going to biomod you into an amphibian, then you may as well attempt the biomod with no intermediaries.
But there is not reason the first generation to be the perfect result, on hindsight. The final, non-biomoding symbiontes may appear after a a couple years of refinement.
The rest of the comments are on the lines I was thinking:
-They will be placed in the flanks, not the neck. While the neck idea looks cool, they will need to be bigger, in proprotion, for a human. The animal will have borrowing tentacles in the base, wich will connect directly to the lungs.
-Since it is connected to the lungs, it cannot be "taken off" or torn away without significant damage. A skilled surgeon can take the symbiont with no further damage to the host, but it will kill the animal.
-You could cover it -the original inspiration's gills are retractile. But you can only cover the red tendrils (the actual gills). the body itself would be visible. You would need either loose clothing or specially designed thigh clothing -but since they need to be uncovered to extend the gills, merpeople never bother. They either go shirtless, of use shirts with the sides open
-It is not meant to be used indefinitely underwater. With training, you can remain up to two hours underwater, but will need to surface adn breathe air eventually.
-The gills have to be kept moist. After a couple of days outside water, the host will feel serious discomfort, and will dehydrate fast. he will need medical help for dehydration in two or three weeks. Dehydration can be prevented by the use of a simply water sprayer -once a day in a normal planet atmosphere, but in dryer places like artificial space habitats will need moisturizing two or three times a day (if they even end up in a desert, they will start two dry after barely two hours)
Incidentally, while I said that open water is rare in fenspace... I had forgotten about the entire faction of the submariners! Not than it is likely Oscar will even know about their existence by the time he starts messing in matters forbidden by fen and gods, but still.
Also,
But there is not reason the first generation to be the perfect result, on hindsight. The final, non-biomoding symbiontes may appear after a a couple years of refinement.
The rest of the comments are on the lines I was thinking:
-They will be placed in the flanks, not the neck. While the neck idea looks cool, they will need to be bigger, in proprotion, for a human. The animal will have borrowing tentacles in the base, wich will connect directly to the lungs.
-Since it is connected to the lungs, it cannot be "taken off" or torn away without significant damage. A skilled surgeon can take the symbiont with no further damage to the host, but it will kill the animal.
-You could cover it -the original inspiration's gills are retractile. But you can only cover the red tendrils (the actual gills). the body itself would be visible. You would need either loose clothing or specially designed thigh clothing -but since they need to be uncovered to extend the gills, merpeople never bother. They either go shirtless, of use shirts with the sides open
-It is not meant to be used indefinitely underwater. With training, you can remain up to two hours underwater, but will need to surface adn breathe air eventually.
-The gills have to be kept moist. After a couple of days outside water, the host will feel serious discomfort, and will dehydrate fast. he will need medical help for dehydration in two or three weeks. Dehydration can be prevented by the use of a simply water sprayer -once a day in a normal planet atmosphere, but in dryer places like artificial space habitats will need moisturizing two or three times a day (if they even end up in a desert, they will start two dry after barely two hours)
Incidentally, while I said that open water is rare in fenspace... I had forgotten about the entire faction of the submariners! Not than it is likely Oscar will even know about their existence by the time he starts messing in matters forbidden by fen and gods, but still.
Also,
Quote:[b]Dartz wrote:[/b]Badmouthing my dearies, will you? A creepy-crawly-ist, are you? Just wait, as soon as I hit "post" I am contacting a shinobi team to drop an entire batch of Spooky Tarantulas (with extra slime throwers) in 77 Frigga's ventilation system. And the showers.
All I have to say is...
EEEEEYYYYYyyyyyyyuuuuuuuurrrrrkkkk....
Ew!. Just. EW!