Ill-equipped to build and operate their own spacecraft, the Genestealers travel aimlessly in massive space Hulks, waiting to be 'discovered' by humans or aliens. If their parents lack sophisticated manipulatory digits, so will the hybrids if the victim race never achieved spaceflight, the hybrids are unlikely to do so.
But even the later hybrids ore not technological innovators - they are limited by the capabilities of the host parents. A third or fourth generation of Genestealer can build and operate sophisticated equipment, and it con wield weapons. While First generation Genestealers are almost as limited technologically as their forebears, later generations are capable of understanding and using technology. When they fight, they fight as animals, using their bare teeth and claws to tear their opponents to bits. Their sophisticated and subtle brains, which allow them to Infiltrate and psychically dominate other species, are quite Incapable of understanding the complexities of the lever or wheel - or the spear or gun, for that matter. All of the descendants of a purestraln Genestealers tend to naturally band together Into an extended 'family', usually under the control of the original Genestealer Itself.ĭespite being equipped with hands, purestraln Genestealers are not tool-users - they build nothing for themselves. Some of their children will be hybrids, some purestraln members of the victim race, and others purestraln Genesealers. By about the fourth generation, they are all but Indistinguishable from purestraln members of the victim race, to the extent that they ore able to mate In the same fashion as uninfected members of their species. With each passing generation, the hybrids look more and more like their parent race, and less and less like Genestealers. When the first generation hybrid matures, It seeks to Infect others, who In turn produce second generation hybrids. They nurture and cherish the young hybrid, and will go to great lengths to protect It from harm. The offspring's psychological Influence, together with the parents Innate paternal/ maternal Instincts, blinds the parents to the child's true monstrosity.
From birth - If not before - It has the Genestealer's strong psychic ability. The first generation hybrid closely resembles a purestraln Genestealer. Until the fourth generation, the hybrids are sterile, procreating only by the Genestealer method. Because of the damage to the victim's genetic material, the children will be hybrids: part victim race, port Genestealer. The Genestealer uses this power to give its victim one overwhelming desire: to mate and hove children.ĭriven by powerful subconscious urges, the victim proceeds to reproduce with his or her own kind. The Genestealer con influence the victim's thoughts and actions without the victim's knowledge. A subtle psychic link is established between the Genesteoler and the victim. Whether as a result of the Genestealer's hypnotic gaze or as a byproduct of the egg's hormonal secretion, the victim has no memory of the implantation -the entire episode is remembered only as a nightmare of fear and burning eyes. After the victim is infected, he or she is released. The Genestealer inserts its tongue into the victim's oral cavity in a hideous parody of a kiss, piercing the victim's tissue and depositing on egg. Once the victim is psychologically dominated, the Genestealer deposik on egg in the victim via a long, supple tongue lined with oviposters, or egg-layers. Using a powerful hypnotic gaze, a Genesteoler paralyses ik victim in much the some way that a snake terrifies its prey into immobility. Instead, Genestealers reproduce by infecting other races with their genetic material. Genestealers don't mote - there ore no moles or females among their numbers. The most conspicuous characteristic of Genestealers is their means of reproduction.
What sets these horrific creatures apart from other highly evolved organisms? Reproduction Like all living organisms, the Genestealers have simple goals-to survive and multiply-but the means by which they further their race is totally unique among known lifeforms. The Genestealer is a biological perfection - an intelligent, ruthless killing machine that knows neither the tingle of fear nor the pain of remorse. Four arm-like appendages to grasp and tear.
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