Chimera (Resistance: Fall of Man)
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The Chimera are a species that appear within Resistance: Fall of Man game.
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History
In the alternate reality Earth, the Chimera's origin is not truly known except that they spread from Russia and quickly overran Europe after which they assaulted Britain. During the invasion, they would begin altering the climate in order to suit their needs and began mass infection of Humans in order to create more of their kind.
Background
Biology
The Chimera are a parasitic species who appear as Humanoids with a level of strength greater then regular Humans with noted distinctive characteristics being their two to six yellow eyes. Another noted trait is their metabolism which is twelve times greater then Humans which alows grants them an extraordinary level of regenerative abilities. A side effect of these benefits is that the Chimeran bodies tend to overheat making them literally burn themselves out from the inside out as their bodies are cooked as a result of their hyperactive bodies. This results in the Chimera being implanted with cooling apparatuses that are placed on their backs which allows them to survive for extended periods of time.
As such, the Chimera tend to thrive in colder climates and have a difficulty in hot environments. This necessitates them in altering the climate of Earth to better suit their needs.
Life Cycle
The Chimeran life cycle begins with the small beetle-like Crawlers which carry different strains of the Chimeran virus. Once released, the Crawlers move about in swarms and attempt to sting any Humans present in the existing environment. Those that are infected fall into a coma and await collection by the Chimera typically which is done through the Carriers. Those Crawlers that fail to infect a host begin to evolve into a Leaper.
Typically, the Chimera are capable of evolving naturally after the infection of the host though they do make use of the conversion process to accelerate the creature to maturation at a fast rate. Multiple bodies are required to make the larger strains of Chimera with the Hybrids having the fastest gestation period. As they continue to age, the Chimerans physiology reaches a point where they begin to outgrow their bodies and become Gray Jacks. As they approach death, the Chimerans cooling apparatuses slowly begin to become faulty and their body begins to produce numerous toxins which can infect and kill a Human that has suffered a melee strick from the creature.
Conversion
Once infected by the Crawlers, the Human body enters into a coma-like state where they collapse to the ground and collected by Chimeran forces. They are placed within Conversion Centres that are quickly established and transported through a series of tubes which transported the bodies from one stage of conversion to another. While this is happening, the virus begins to change the bodies of the victims from the inside out eventually turning the Human into one of the Chimeran creatures. The Conversion Centres themselves simply speed up the process of transformation.
During the second stage, the Human bodies are wrapped in an organic cocoon which begins to enhance the conversion process. The strain of the creature inside is determined by the strain of the Chimeran virus used. Each Chimeran creature is developed through a separate strain with the Hybrids, the most common type, having the shortest gestation period. The more beastial creatures take months to create and are made from multiple Human bodies. While gestating, the cocoons are transported through the complexes in glass cylinders until they are ready for maturation.
The final stage of the conversion process is taken place in the birthing chamber at the conversion centre. The Human engulfed in a cocoon is transported into the chamber where machinery begins to cool the cocoon thus opening it allowing the newborn Chimeran to emerge. A mechanical claw grabs the body putting him in the air where another device places the apparatus into the body. The process appears to be quite painful to the creature and, once complete, is taken away to be added into the Chimeran army.
Types
Menial
Hybrid
The Hybrids are the standard foot soldiers of the Chimeran armies and are a savage foe to face. They are both keen and tenacious with the capacity of quickly learning the methods of their enemies such as the capacity to display expertise in British Army tactics. Beyond this adaptive nature, the most obvious attribute of the Hybrids are their numbers which are designed to overwhelm their Human adversaries on every battlefield. This has been the most common tactic of the Chimera ever since their invasion forces first reached Britain.
These are the most common form of Chimera as they are gestated at a fast rate allowing them to be fielded in large numbers.
Hardfang
Steelhead
Grayjack
Advanced Hybrid
Titan
Widowmaker
Angel
Technology
Weapons
Auger
These are high penetrating rifles which fire a burst of transient radiation capable of tunneling through solid matter. The power of the weapon increases for every object is must pass through. This means that they are incredibly lethal due to their ability to ignore covering positions used by the enemy. Furthermore, an alternate weapon mode allows the energy the weapon generates to create a energy shield that is impervious to all weaponfire except for that originating from the Auger itself. Enemies are noted to suffer from damage if they attempt to move physically through the shield.
One of its disadvantages is its low ammunition capability meaning that their users can quickly use up the weapon.
Spire Missiles
Deployed on their multilegged walker craft, the Spires are the primary method through which the Chimera attempt to spread their virus into the Human populace These missiles are inactive until launched at which point they fire into the enemy encampment and lodge themselves in the ground. Once secured, a panel opens allowing hundreds of smaller infection form Chimera to spread about and attempt to sting Humans around the target location. This allows the Chimera to incapacitate an entire region and take the unconscious Humans back for conversion.
Its noted that there is no form of defense against the spire missiles.
Vehicles
Burrower
The Burrower is one of the types of vehicles used by the Chimeran forces and serves as an armored transport capable of inserting troops into the battle at a moment's notice. They are unarmed but is capable of doing a great deal of damage through its excavating teeth on its face. Beyond combat, they are used in the development of Chimeran infrastructure and are also used to carve a network of tunnels throughout Britain to accomodate supply lines.
This means that they are quite capable of going underground and breaking into enemy installations from underground allowing the Chimerans to storm the positions.
Stalker
The Stalker is a Chimeran walker design; one's who's technology is barely understood by the Chimerans enemies. They are a mobile heavy weapon platform which are equipped with anti-aircraft autocannon as well as a missile pod along with an anti-personnel gun. A single Stalker is quite capable of making friendly airspace into a no fly zone making air support impossible on the battlefield. They make use of a multi-legged walker mechanism which provides a superior maneuverability over all terrain. A Stalker is a heavily armored opponent and are quite resilient against enemy weapon fire.
The one vulnerability of a Stalker is their partially exposed power core located on the rear of the hull making it possible to damage the walker.
Goliath
The Goliath is another form of walker design used by the Chimeran armies and serve as a massive walking siege battery. They are used to subjugate entire cities which they do so by using concussion mortar batteries to soften up the opposition. These mortar barrages have a terrifying effect on enemy companies with entire groups broken up with some running to save their own lives.
Scattering enemy divisions makes them vulnerable to the second weapon within the Goliath's arsenal namely the Spire missile. These biological warfare missiles deliver payloads of Chimeran crawlers with a singll successful missile strike capable of infecting thousands. Typically, the Goliath fires several such missiles to infect entire regions of Humans.
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