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[head=1][color=#cc0000]Classified Secure Document[/color][/head]
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[bold]Subject:[/bold] Changelings

The information contained in this document is restricted from common crew as only your superior emotional intelligence has been judged to be capable of handing the truth without becoming ineffectual in your duties. As such, sharing of any of this information with those outside of security is considered Treason unless authorized to by the HOS, Captain, or local NanoTrasen Representative. This information could cause the crew to panic, not trust one-another, and lead to station inefficiency and lost profits.

If you hear any of these facts discussed with or around common crew, they are to be discredited. If an audience is listening and seems to be believing them, they are to be immediately detained for Sedition and Disturbance. Command should be informed of the situation where they shall handle the rest of the situation.
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As is common knowledge in the exobiology field, in the year 2398 a race of beings capable of taking on the form and memories of sapient creatures was discovered that had the animistic urge to consume sentient beings. Obviously such creatures cannot be allowed to live and a CBURN campaign was launched to wipe these creatures out.

This resulted in the successful eradication of all major 'Changeling' nests and their home world. Unfortunately, Changelings are resilient and small hidden nests persist to this day like cockroaches, and are even harder to kill. Their appearance in NT controlled space is extremely rare and should be the last assumption made, but should be considered if there is no other possible explanation.

Changelings suffering from malnutrition will present symptoms of uncontrollable shaking. They may also mutate their outer layers into deadly weapons or shields, manufacture acid strong enough to melt cuffs from their wrists, numbing the throat of victims to silence them, or grow bone shards that they can throw like knives. These creatures are formidable opponents and should not be engaged alone.

Confirming an individual is a Changeling can be done by taking a blood sample and centrifuging it. This causes consumed victims' blood to separate from the acidic blood of a Changeling, and on recombination causes a violent biological surge.

As long as Changelings have stored biomass they are capable of recovering from any injury, even a dead Changeling can heal itself into a lethal threat. The only way to ensure a Changeling is dead is if it is a pile of ash.

Changeling Victims have been described as 'Drained' or 'Hollow' from the process of so much biomass of the victim being taken by the Changeling. Post revival has also shown a victim's blood to be highly acidic instead of typical. Treatment of these victims is usually genetic healing cryo chems or organ transplants by a surgeon.

When questioned by crew as to why a Changeling that they thought of as crew was not being given due process, it may be explained that they were a cannibal cultist; murdering and eating crew raw in maintenance tunnels in some deranged ritual. Were this not bad enough, they contracted a prion from eating sentient brains that is eating away their brain and causing spasms. Even dead, prions are extremely dangerous and must be incinerated before they can spread to crew.

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