Glossary

A common nomad bacterial strain that is often found among the twisting, serpentine caverns of the BioCosmos’ Intestinal Sector. Most eColi tribes are peaceful and seek only warmth and succor, but some are dangerous and must be targeted and eliminated by the Immune System’s BioWarriors.

The form taken by thoughts, emotions, and sensory information received by the Council of the Mind from the hypothalamic dome. The Council then relays this information by way of messenger nerve cells to points throughout the BioCosmos.

Highly acidic molecules that disintegrate organic matter. Macrophages such as Scathe pull enemies into the gaping maw of their enzymatic abdominal cavities, where the invaders are reduced to genetic soup. During the battles of the Biowars, the fallen are reduced by enzymes and recycled. Enzymes ensure nothing is wasted in the BioCosmos.

The BioCosmos’ outermost boundary otherwise known as the skin. It is the Cosmos’ first layer of protection against dangerous microbes, though some germs have developed the ability to penetrate this barrier. The Z-Kron microbe that threatens to bring about The Eternal Darkness first enters Alex Hawking’s body through his barrier.

The process by which life forms of all kinds—from viruses and bacteria to cells and the BioCosmos itself—adapt to their environments, developing new genetic traits over the course of millennia to become more capable of survival and gaining the abilities necessary to thrive. Few organisms have evolved as successfully as humans, bacteria and viruses—and they’re on a collision course that explodes in the Biowars.