Surge Jelly
Surge jelly (tentatively Staurobrachia capacitor). Large, complex jelly that hunts with electric shocks.
Overview
Surge jelly (tentatively Staurobrachia capacitor). Large, complex jelly that hunts with electric shocks.
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Hammerhead: swim east from the Life Pod. Example Surge Jelly: ~170 m south-southeast of the pod.
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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
PDA Analysis
1. Single animal
Unlike colonial organisms such as the Portuguese man'o'war, the surge jelly is a single animal with specialized tissues—far *more* specialized and complex than Earth jellies. Proposed class name: staurobrachia (pole arms).
2. Complex internal structure
Outer bell ringed with sense organs called rhopalia. A nerve net coordinates the bell's motions to swim and seek prey. The visible inner structure is the gut.
3. Feeding structure
The jelly retains its stalk — a remnant of its growth in a stack of clones. The stalk draws in nutrients for the gut.
4. Charged fins
Two rigid fins contain wirelike electrocytes, likely a development of ancestral tentacles. These organs build voltage to stun or kill prey. Measured power ranges from 400 to 1000 volts at 1 ampere: enough to kill a human.
5. Peculiar passengers
Traces of radioactivity, high-temperature waxes and sulfuric acid imply contact with a hydrothermal vent. Composition of the jelly's tissues suggest origins in the deep ocean.
6. Former domestics?
Jellies in close proximity communicate through their electric fields. Whether jellies have individual names or a grammatical language is purely speculative, but some patterns may be trained or learned—even passed down through generations of jellies.
Assessment
Distribution
- CG - Tufa Towers106
- OR - Power Plant23
- OR - Observatory8
- OR - Root Canyons1
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