Nem TDoc 002
Carnomorph
Aggressive biomass-driven parasites that evolve rapidly by consuming organic matter.
Nem TDoc 002
Technical data sheet (source): Nem TDoc 002 - Carnomorph
Subject: Evolutionary Lifecycle of the Species Designated “Carnomorphs”
Author: Colonel Dr. Wilma Morrosa, Xenobiologist, NACSS Biological Research Division
The Carnomorphs are a highly aggressive, biomass-driven parasitic species originating from an unknown XNA-based virus. Their growth and evolution depend almost entirely on the consumption of organic matter. The more biomass they consume, the larger and more dangerous they become.
Key Environmental Hazards
Chumbleed / Slime
A chunky, fleshy, pink-red secretion that smells strongly of spoiled meat and bile. It clings to surfaces and personnel in heavy, wet globs that slowly pulse as if still alive. When it dries, it forms a hard, scabby crust that cracks and oozes whenever the victim moves.
Condyloma / Contaminant
Carnomorph Contaminant manifests immediately on the skin as a blistering, weeping rash or clusters of fleshy, wart-like growths. These growths are visibly alien and burn with constant itching pain. Victims are immediately aware they have been exposed. If left untreated, the contaminated flesh will continue to spread. The only effective countermeasure is to burn the affected tissue off immediately.
Lifecycle Stages
Stage 0 – The Carrion Cradle / Nest
Large, tumor-like masses of raw, pulsating flesh that resemble enormous scabby wounds. They constantly weep pink-red slime and ooze Contaminant. These nests serve as both anchor points for the infestation and incubation chambers, growing larger as they absorb nearby biomass.
Stage 1 – Festerpods / Egg
Pustulous, scabby chrysalis-like pods that look like huge infected blisters. Their surface is covered in cracked, weeping scabs. When disturbed, they can violently burst, spraying large amounts of Contaminant in all directions. If left undisturbed, they eventually hatch a Metagorger.
Stage 2 – The Metagorger / Larva & Creeper
The smallest and most numerous form. Fast, aggressive scavengers that consume biomass to fuel their evolution into higher stages.
Stage 3 – Halfborn Horror / Mutation
The agonizing early stage of Carnomorph transformation. The victim remains fully conscious and mentally intact while their body betrays them. Blackened crimson veins crawl beneath the skin like living worms, fleshy growths burst through weeping sores, and bones slowly crack and reform. They feel every grotesque change in horrifying detail, trapped inside a body that is no longer theirs… but they still have control, for now.
Stage 4 – The Shambler / Adult
The primary combat form. Significantly larger and stronger than the Metagorger, Shamblers are brutal, durable hunters that form the main force of any infestation.
Stage 5 – The FleshBeast / Breeder
A massive, heavily armored evolution of the Shambler. Extremely aggressive and difficult to kill, Fleshbeasts act as both powerful warriors and mobile biomass processors.
Stage 6 – The FleshSpoiler / Queen
A rare and insidious variant of the Fleshbeast. While normal Fleshbeasts focus on direct slaughter and consumption, the Flesh Spoiler specializes in contamination and assimilation. Its mere presence dramatically accelerates mutation in any nearby contaminated hosts, often forcing full transformation within minutes.
Stage 7 – The Butcher / King
The apex predator of the Carnomorph species. A towering abomination of muscle, bone, and teeth, the Butcher is the final evolutionary stage. Nearly unstoppable, it exists only to consume and destroy on a massive scale.
A single undetected contamination event can doom an entire facility or colony within hours. Because Carnomorphs grow stronger the longer a conflict lasts, rapid elimination of both the organisms and any contaminated biomass is critical for survival.
End of Report
First-hand Account 1 – Military Asteroid Base Outbreak
This is Sergeant Reyes, Echo Company, Asteroid Base Epsilon-9. If you’re reading this, we’re already gone. It started in the lower mines. Some idiot brought back a sample container that wasn’t properly sealed. Within six hours the south tunnel was covered in thick pink-red slime. By the next day the walls themselves looked like infected flesh.
I watched Corporal Chesten get hit with Condyloma. The rash appeared instantly — ugly, weeping blisters all over his neck and arms. He burned them off with a plasma torch like we were trained to… but he missed one small patch behind his ear. Three hours later he was screaming as the mutation took him. His skin split open and a Shambler crawled out of his chest while he was still alive.
The Fleshbeasts came next. They tore through our barricades like they were paper. I saw a Flesh Spoiler in the mess hall — just standing there, pulsing. Every mutated soldier near it started changing faster. One of them went full Shambler in under a minute.
We’re down to four people. The Butcher is outside the command center now. I can hear it feeding on the others.
If any rescue team finds this base… do not board. Burn it from orbit. There’s nothing left here worth saving.
First-hand Account 2 – Shuttlecraft "Valkyrie" Crew Log
This is Captain Mendez, Aftermath Valkyrie. We’re four hours out from Station 14 and I don’t think we’re going to make it.
Engineer Torres got splashed with contaminants during the loading incident. The rash appeared immediately — those disgusting fleshy warts on his left arm. He burned it off… or so we thought.
Twelve hours later the mutation started. His veins turned black under the skin. He kept saying he was fine, but we could all see the growths pushing out of his shoulder. Then the mutation suddenly accelerated. His jaw unhinged. Skin split. He started growing extra limbs while he was still begging us to help him.
We had to lock him in the cargo bay. He’s still conscious in there. Still screaming our names with a voice that isn’t quite human anymore.
If you find this shuttle, do not open the cargo bay. Just vent the whole thing into space.
Third-hand Account – Nemesis-class Ship "Adrastea" Incident
This is Dr. Park, Chief Science Officer of the Nemesis-class vessel Adrastea.
It was just a cat.
During our rendezvous with the science vessel, a stray cat got aboard. When we made the jump, the acceleration turned the poor animal into a smear across the bulkhead… along with several unsecured sample containers from DB-198.
That single accident created the perfect storm. The XNA virus mixed with the cat’s remains, then spread through the ship’s food stores. While the entire crew slept in stasis, the virus rewrote everything it touched. I was the first one woken by the alarms. The mess hall was already a slaughterhouse. Metagorgers were everywhere, feeding on the dead. The walls were dripping with Chumbleed. I watched a crewmate I’d known for six years convulsing on the floor as the mutation took him. His body tore itself apart from the inside and a Shambler climbed out of what was left.
We tried to fight. We really did. But the more of us that died, the stronger they became. Every corpse became fuel. Every scream marked another evolution.
The Butcher now stalks the central corridor. There is nothing left of the Adrastea but meat and hunger. If this log reaches anyone… never let a single biological sample go unsealed. One cat was all it took.