Bioweaponry

ENCOUNTERED Corneria, Meteo, Aquas, Solar, Zoness, Titania

INTEL Following extensive observation and analysis, Cornerian Strategic Intelligence can definitively state that the enemy's ranks have been supplemented by a diverse array of experimental bioweapons.

All documented bioweaponry has, to date, fit into one of two categories. The first sees cybernetic enhancements and/or traditional munitions integrated into existing biological organisms. The second involves the creation of new species—fully organic beings designed and deployed in service of Andross's campaign.

Bacoon, biotech nightmare of Aquas, perfectly represents the first category. Solar's Vulcain, with its lack of perceivable cybernetic systems and reliance on "natural" weaponry, is an obvious example of the second category.

But not every bioweapon is so dramatic or singular as these two, and other examples can be found throughout the system. During the enemy's invasion of Corneria, Firebirds dropped explosives from abdominal bomb bays. The similarly modified Thunderbird has been spotted delivering an electrically charged payload in defense of Zoness. Then there are the Killer Bees. Though sighted in various parts of the system, they are so aggressive that only one is ever encountered at a time.

Some bioweapons are suitable for deployment only in very specific environments. The flaming, flying Gores thrive in Solar's nuclear heat. In the depths of Aquas, some clams have been retrofitted with laser weaponry and programmed to fire upon encroaching targets.

While Andross seems determined to pioneer this new and deadly technology, he is not the first to employ bioweaponry in combat. The Goras—a tech-enhanced monstrosity found on Titania—is believed to have been created by a long-lost civilization.

ASSESSMENT Bioweaponry deployed in service of Andross is invariably dangerous and must, in all cases, be destroyed on sight.