Changeling
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A Changeling is an alien creature able to morph into humanoids. A changeling's natural form is a headslug, but before a shift started, they killed someone and began imitating them. The main weapons of the Changeling are its ability to internally synthesize dangerous chemicals, morph into other creatures that it has absorbed, and blend in with humans.
The changeling can be anyone it's absorbed, it can switch identities instantaneously, only absorbing takes time and peace. Unlike the Traitor, the Changeling's only objective is to survive until the shuttle arrives and escape on it while transformed into somebody else.
Remember that Changelings are not obliged to work with each other as a team, and some may go solo/rogue depending on how they like it.
I've turned into myself, what do?
Chemicals
Chemicals are your source of abilities. Without them you won't be able to use your powers. They regenerate slowly over time, and absorption will increase their max capacity.
DNA Absorption
Your main weapon is deception. Transform into other humanoid creatures to confuse the crew. To do this, it must take ANY human, living or dead (even thrown away bodies from cloning), and absorb them using either the Absorb ability, or the DNA Extraction Sting. You can only have a maximum of 5 DNA strands at a time, and must transform to obtain more.
Acquiring DNA via absorption requires the victim's incapacitation, critical condition or death. Simply, handcuff, put him into crit or kill him if you need to absorb him.
- Absorbing someone takes a lot of time, so prepare a safe spot or do it somewhere with the least amount of ears possible.
- Absorbing a victim will recover all of your biomass, increase your maximum chemical capacity and give you bonus evolution points to buy new abilities.
- Absorbing another changeling will, on top of that, increase your maximum biomass capacity, allowing you to stay alive for more time and give you even more chemicals and evolution points.
- Absorbed victims cannot be cloned. On the other hand, they can still be turned into cyborgs.
You exclaim, "I am the only one here!"
Changelings are limited, however, to how much DNA they can absorb at once! If a changeling has 5 DNAs stored and attempts to gain another, they must purge the older DNA by transforming. Eventually, any changeling will have to be a twin of someone else on the station, living or dead. The changeling can shift its appearance, making them look and sound exactly like a victim of which they have absorbed. This can be massive compromise in security, especially if command staff are absorbed and the changeling is able to imitate them. Changelings can also, via their lesser form ability, transform into monkeys and do monkey things.
Regeneration
Also known as Regenerative Stasis, changelings have the ability to 'kill' themselves, and appear dead. After an uncertain amount of time, the changeling can revive at will, fully healed of all injuries and illness. Entering stasis will start a timer that scales with damage taken, and leaving will cost 30 chemicals. Chemicals will still regenerate while a changeling is dead.
Changelings can also choose to revive by defibrillator, making it even harder to tell if they are one or not.
This makes them nigh-unkillable, as they can fully regenerate themselves even from death if they have enough chemicals. Spaced changelings may also be able to make it back on station given enough time. The best way to permanently deal with a changeling is to cremate them, put them on mining colonies or in solitary confinement.
Going Solo or Teaming Up
Like traitors, changelings operate individually and are in no way obligated to assist each other. It is not required for changelings to even reveal their identity to each other, as it's not uncommon for changelings to backstab each other to remove competition. Even so, a coordinated group of changelings is truly a terror to behold.
Identifying a changeling
Changelings have a different blood type. Even if a changeling is pretending to be a diona, vox or a moth person, they have one blood type. Also, when put in a centrifuge, the changeling's blood reacts violently. You cannot identify changelings in any other possible way, unless they're dead obvious and start going loud.
Your true weakness...
Kill it with fire!
- While on fire, they are unable to use or toggle most of their combat, defensive and utility oriented abilities.
- Changelings also suffer a massive reduction to their chemical generation, being reduced to a 1/4 of its current amount when on fire!