Log:Corruption

Type: Text Characters: Heinrich Jagerwald, Elizabeth Cross, Karen Howell, Hawley Chapter: 6 Can be found: Found next to one of the Wheezers. Transcript: CHEM LAB REPORT TO: DR. E. CROSS FROM: PROF. H. JAGERWALD SUBJECT: Organic Growth Elizabeth - As requested I've attached the latest test results for that organic growth we've observed on the ship. I know you're busy, but we really need to run a joint study with Dr. Howell. This substance is absolutely fascinating. Given its affinity for dead tissue, at first I thought it was some sort of fungus, but the cells most closely resemble bacteria with viral behavior. This organism infects other cells through osmosis, then mutates and reproduces agamogenetically. What's most incredible is the speed at which it grows. One of these bacterium reproduces twenty-fold in just one minute. That's why we haven't been able to pinpoint any specific origin point, I think. It just seemed to be in multiple points on the ship, all at once. I've never seen anything like it. I won't stake my reputation on it, but I think this may be a genuine alien life form! Prof. Hawley theorizes that it's a habitat transformer - the levels of gaseous discharge are tremendous, which is why it smells so bad - but to what end, we simply don't know. What organisms might exist symbiotically with it? Are they out there? Could they be sentient, even? I'll keep you posted. Heinrich