REPRODUCTIVE POSSIBILTIES
Sep. 7th, 2010 12:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
manglesOKAY SO. Grid is;
• a mutant
• the only xeno in Sing
• the only FEMALE xeno in Sing
Basically what I would like happen is for Grid to biologically react to the lack of a Queen in her environment by slowly developing a functioning reproductive system. As canon has shown us that females can apparently reproduce asexually (the scientists in Resurrection form a xeno colony from a single egg), Grid would eventually start producing eggs. The explanation for this would be that she would be biologically programmed to build up a small population of workers/warriors, then produce a Queen egg to properly lead the colony and hand over reproductive duties to her and lose her own.
However, as previously established, Grid is a mutant. While this has made her smarter and more adaptable, real mutations in nature are only very rarely successful. All of her offspring would be genetically flawed and sterile. Grid would only be able to produce one or two viable eggs every couple of months. Even then if they reach the facehugger stage without incident they would have an enormous failure rate after implantation. This would mean that while folks might end up with a xeno fetus in their body, the fetus would 9 times out of 10 fail and never grow to be a chestburster. Those which do survive to burst and continue their life would still be flawed and basically retarded. Slower, dumber, and quite possibly physically handicapped from improper development. They would not be nearly the threat that Grid is, and likely be quite easy for the rest of the stations population to take down.
If approved, I wouldn't want to start having her get broody for maybe another month or so.
TEAL DEER VERSION;
- Grid starts reproducing because there is no Queen to do it
- 1 or 2 viable facehuggers every few months or so
- a very occasional successful birth (would get it cleared with mods first)
- victims would be decided ooc
- all her offspring are retarded and easy to kill
• a mutant
• the only xeno in Sing
• the only FEMALE xeno in Sing
Basically what I would like happen is for Grid to biologically react to the lack of a Queen in her environment by slowly developing a functioning reproductive system. As canon has shown us that females can apparently reproduce asexually (the scientists in Resurrection form a xeno colony from a single egg), Grid would eventually start producing eggs. The explanation for this would be that she would be biologically programmed to build up a small population of workers/warriors, then produce a Queen egg to properly lead the colony and hand over reproductive duties to her and lose her own.
However, as previously established, Grid is a mutant. While this has made her smarter and more adaptable, real mutations in nature are only very rarely successful. All of her offspring would be genetically flawed and sterile. Grid would only be able to produce one or two viable eggs every couple of months. Even then if they reach the facehugger stage without incident they would have an enormous failure rate after implantation. This would mean that while folks might end up with a xeno fetus in their body, the fetus would 9 times out of 10 fail and never grow to be a chestburster. Those which do survive to burst and continue their life would still be flawed and basically retarded. Slower, dumber, and quite possibly physically handicapped from improper development. They would not be nearly the threat that Grid is, and likely be quite easy for the rest of the stations population to take down.
If approved, I wouldn't want to start having her get broody for maybe another month or so.
TEAL DEER VERSION;
- Grid starts reproducing because there is no Queen to do it
- 1 or 2 viable facehuggers every few months or so
- a very occasional successful birth (would get it cleared with mods first)
- victims would be decided ooc
- all her offspring are retarded and easy to kill
