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< Bio-Engineered Creatures >
Any variation of combat-oriented
creature created by the Ancient Age,
or any descendant of such a creature.
They often have soft tissue covered in
a solid exoskeleton, but sometimes,
bio-engineered creatures may also have
cuticles growing from pores within
the flesh.

The armor plating of these creatures
makes them highly resistant to harsh
environments, while their genetic
make-up allows them to spit balls of
highly potent acid.
Furthermore, most bio-genetic creatures
seem to be taken over by bloodlust
whenever humans are encountered.

Researchers have categorized these
creatures into two types:
"pure types" and "mutated types."
Pure type specimens have characteristic
white shells and are often reminiscent
of geometric shapes.
These are often found within ruins,
or along the borderlands of the Empire.

It is believed that most of these pure
types went into a sort of hibernation
after the Ancient Age, but are capable
of springing to life at any notice.
It is also believed that pure types were
developed to be autonomous
combat units capable of great amounts of
regeneration.
The other species of bio-engineered
creatures is the mutated type.

They have adapted to their
environments, and are therefore more
varied in appearance and structure.
This is due to their highly adaptive
natures, and the evolution that has
occurred over many generations.
They are found in almost any
environment from wooded areas to
deserts, mountains, and even near
human residences.

Mutated types also appear more
distinctly biological than their pure type
cousins.
The bio-engineered creatures sport
a wide variety of weapons ranging
from gravitational control, optical
flares and lasers, shock waves
generated by supersonic sounds,
electricity generation, acidic saliva,
spines, stingers, toxic breath, and so on.

And of course, the exoskeleton of
bio-engineered creatures is nigh
impervious to most kinds of conventional
weapons.
Even though the humans have found
strength in numbers and have banded
together to form an Empire, it does not
change the fact that these biological
weapons are still far superior to many of
the forces that the Empire can muster.

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