Narcophage



Race: Narcophage

Homeworld: Ymef

Era: ? - present

Also known as the snatcher of Ymef. This rare intelligent meta-wood releases huge clouds into its vicinity, luring partners into mating. On its distant Xenno world, it formed only a serene part of local ecosystem. Shipped to civilized corners of the universe by greedy smugglers, though, narcophage revealed horrible truth about itself. Its narcotoxine causes chronic insomnia lasting several Tols in some races. The problem is that even in trace amounts, the narcosaramid binds to victim's receptors so tightly there is practicaly no way for any antidote to remove it. Because narcophage releases it into the environment in form of an wide-spread aerosol, it is forbidden to enter large cities of inhabited worlds.

Affected creatures usually stay awake until they simply die of exhaustion. The only possible treatment against narcophage is an artifically induced coma, bypassing the life functions out of the body, or deep hypnosis from a skilled profesional. Till this day, there is no satisfactory scientific explanation on how does the narcotoxine work.

Interestingly, the majority of native inhabitants of Xennozone is resistant or fully immune to narcophage's chemical rage. On the other hand, the aerosol causes sickness and deep coma among Unliving, often leading to permanent damage of perceptual and motor apparatus. This creature was used on Coraab several times in the past, illegally, to scatter mass riots. Narkofág