ANTAGONIST


File:Fleshmind.png Fleshmind	Superiors: N/A Difficulty: Guides: This is the guide. Access: Duties: Minimum requirements: Not defined

Fleshmind

Important Note!

This event has nothing to do with the actual AI of the station and the fact that it spawns should not be an excuse to call an AI rouge or Malf.

Fleshmind is an AI controlled random event where a rouge AI core spawns with one simple mission: spread and assimilate all.

Once a Fleshmind core has spawned on the station it will try to grow as large and as powerful as it can. The event is almost entirely AI controlled, all the mobs, turrets and even the spread of the flesh around the station is controlled by the AI. The one thing it does not control however is you, the player. Players can also be consumed by the flesh and play an integral role in fighting off the crew and focusing the resources of the flesh in battle. Conversion to being part of the flesh is done entirely by Mechivers, they will consume you and assimilate you to become part of the flesh. Mechivers are generally tanky with a large health-pool and should be prioritized as targets to prevent more people from being converted. Besides the Mechiver the flesh has a large variety of hostile mobs in its repertoire, everything from melee to ranged enemies and suicide bombing nightmares to haunt you and ease the process assimilation. A full list of all mobs can be found further down in this article. The flesh also posses a variety of structures that can help with the assimilation. Structures range from simple lights to lethal turrets to make the life of Attackers hell. A complete list of all structures can be found further down in the article.

The Flesh and you

As a player who has been consumed by the flesh you have a few options available to you to help progress the fight and assimilation of the station.

When converted three new action buttons will have appeared in your UI. Each has their own function that will be detailed Below:

Action	Cooldown	Description
Create structure	120 Seconds	This button will allow you Create any Flesmind structure, everything from turrets to assemblers and down to even something as simple as lights. Given strategic placement of your structures this will be your most valuable tool in winning the battle against the crew.
Call Flesh reinforcements	120 Seconds	This button will call any AI controlled Fleshmind mobs to your location. This can be made useful in leading a charge or calling your allies to you when you're stuck in a pinch. This ability will only work on mobs that are within your view range.
Flesh chat	N/A	This buttons lets you communicate with other players that have also been assimilated into the flesh. It works similar to the changeling hive-mind.

Besides these new toys and tools you can play around with you are still a very normal crewman. With zero restrictions to your ability from before your assimilation. All you have now is a flashy new look and a new mission in life to unite all in flesh.

Flesh Structures

The Flesh has a wide variety of structures available to it to help the process of assimilation along a little easier. Each serves their own function and will be listed in the table below:

Structure	Examine text	Ability cooldown	Health	Description
File:Fleshmind Core.png Processor Unit (Core)	This monsterous machine is definitely watching you.	N/A	800	The central processor and Core of the flesh. More then one of these can exist at any given moment, with the maximum being six. With each additional Core that is spawned Flesh mobs will become faster and stronger. Destroying these should be the primary focus of the crew, if all the cores are destroyed the flesh will slowly die off. When attacked a core will call the mobs around it to itself, it will also violently throw the attacker away before barricading itself will Wireweed walls.
File:Fleshmind blabber.png Blabber	A column-like structure with lights.	90 Seconds	100	A simple structure that emits a faint blue light and that will occasionally send random chatter over the radio. No real function besides these two. Will start spawning when there are three Cores
File:Fleshmind screamer.png Tormented Head	A head impaled on a metal tendril. Still twitching, still living, still screaming.	45 Seconds	120	A structure that will scream at and stun enemies within range, depending on who's side you are on this will either be a trap or a handy alarm. Will start spawning when there is one Core
File:Fleshmind whisperer.png Whisperer	A small pulsating orb with no apparent purpose, it emits a slight hum.	60 Seconds	100	This structure will fill your thoughts with messages from the flesh (It will spam your chat with text) It also emits a soft blue light and has no real function beyond those two. Will start spawning when there are two Cores
File:Fleshmind modulator.png Psi-Modulator	A strange pyramid shaped machine that eminates a soft hum and glow. Your head hurts just by looking at it.	10 Seconds	100	This structure causes nearby mobs to suffer from hallucinations. The range is the same as the normal view distance. Can be used in combination with other structures to setup deadly traps. Will start spawning when there are three Cores
File:Fleshmind assembler.png Assembler	This cylindrical machine whirrs and whispers, it has a small opening in the middle.	40 Seconds	260	This structure will spit out mobs when enemies are detected nearby it. It can spawn a maximum of 2 mobs at any given time. Works great with Tormented heads to make nasty surprises for anyone trying to stop the assimilation. Will start spawning when there is one Core
File:Fleshmind turret.png Spiker	A strange pod looking machine that twitches to your arrival.	3 Seconds	300	A simple turret that will shoot a neurotoxin at any hostiles within range. Use these together with other structures to really fortify a position and make progress inevitable. Will start spawning when there is one Core