Collector Leviathan
Enormous cephalopod predator (tentatively *Tyrannoteuthis phobocoeus*, tyrant squid of fearful curiosity). Feeds on hard-shelled, heavily defended prey. Solitary but highly intelligent. Likely a deep-sea creature.
Overview
Enormous cephalopod predator (tentatively *Tyrannoteuthis phobocoeus*, tyrant squid of fearful curiosity). Feeds on hard-shelled, heavily defended prey. Solitary but highly intelligent. Likely a deep-sea creature.
BioMods unlocked by scanning
Scan this species with a Bio Scanner at the Biolab to register its genome. These biomods will then appear for research.
Apex predator in the massive trench between the starter zone and late-game area (toward the giant tree structure). Safer tactic: descend from directly above for the scan.
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Gameplay attributes
No species-specific gameplay effect found; values use the engine's large- or small-creature default template.
AI profile
- Eat Player: 150, Physical, ~40 m radius
- Hit: 40, Physical, ~40 m radius
- Grab Player: 30, Physical, ~30 m radius
- Grab Tadpole: 5, Physical, ~40 m radius
PDA Analysis
1. Squidlike body plan
The collector's body converges with Earth squid — a long mantle and several limbs attached directly to the head. The mantle is covered in plastic armor. Unlike Earth squid, the collector has four long hunting tentacles with dextrous claws. Its eight arms are small and grouped around the beak.
2. Powerful thruster
Two large spiracles feed a rear-facing thruster. These spiracles are separate from the four gills openings on the head, allowing the collector to separate its breath rate from its thrust speed. Two secondary hearts pump blood from the gills to the main heart.
3. Hard prey
An enormous beak (capable of tearing through plate titanium) and four dextrous tentacles tipped with sharp bioglass claws imply that the collector specializes in prying or tearing open heavily armored prey. Possible prey fauna include the coral crab and great jaw. The need to defeat armored, active prey may have evolved a curious and aggressive psychology.
4. Broadcast organ
This huge, many-chambered organ is a biological phased-array sonar. Multiple 'speakers' and 'ears' allow the collector to broadcast complex multi-part pulses. Dense innervation connects this organ to the toroidal brain; patterns of bioluminescence may be direct reflections of the collector's brain activity.
5. W-shaped pupil
In bright light the pupil creases into a W. This trait was present in Earth cephalopods, but its function was not determined before the Holocene collapse.
6. Abyssal gigantism
Organisms from the deep sea are often very large, a phenomenon known as 'abyssal gigantism'.
Assessment
Distribution
- OR - Observatory3
- OR - Root Canyons1
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