diff --git a/modular_zubbers/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species_types/podpeople.dm b/modular_zubbers/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species_types/podpeople.dm index 29cabed2f05..80d02681440 100644 --- a/modular_zubbers/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species_types/podpeople.dm +++ b/modular_zubbers/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species_types/podpeople.dm @@ -2,4 +2,36 @@ inert_mutation = /datum/mutation/harmonizing_pulses /datum/species/pod/get_species_description() - return list("Podpeople are largely peaceful plant based lifeforms, resembling a humanoid figure made of leaves, flowers, and vines.",) + return list( + "Aeons ago, the precursor podpeople stood alone among the sea of stars. They resolved to spread the seeds of life \ + that would ultimately survive them. Disease forced the last remnants into scarce few seedvaults, sequestered away. \ + Genetic reconstruction has revived this species from bone and dust, growing new life from replica pods designed to simulate the genesis of Podpeople.", + + "Their complex biology is benign to medical scanners, and they heal in starlight, at the cost of being more susceptible to heat and burns.", + ) + +/datum/species/pod/get_species_lore() + return list( + "Podpeople (known as Sylvans to their own) are a species of plant person deeply connected to nature. \ + Their hair is generally vibrant, made of vines and brambles, and Podpeople generally take great joy in styling it. \ + Podpeople generally grow at a similar rate and size to humans, though their hair tends to grow facing the most common \ + direction of the sun in the system in which they reside, sometimes growing fruits and other plants when light is plentiful.", + + "Podpeople are often characterized as curious and outgoing, yet sheltered. The scale of the universe can be overwhelming to them. \ + Podpeople that exist outside of the seed vaults tend to excel at intellectual pursuits, like archaeology, research, and hydroponics. \ + They have recently become more prevalent in Sector C7 due to recently discovered evidence of Sylvan development on Indecipheres. \ + Podpeople tend to live for two to three centuries, so the extended contracts offered by Nanotrasen are less daunting.", + + "Podpeople were one of the first species in the life of the universe to spring into existence \ + when planets were more tightly packed together and the universe was warmer. Their home planet is suspected to have been unusually verdant, \ + which the Sylvans seemed to have a symbiotic relationship with. It has been described in detail, but its location remains elusive. \ + True Sylvans encountered by xenoarchaeologists have thus far tended to die of disease months after being exposed to outside life.", + + "At some point in their life cycle, Podpeople were shown to be capable of some form of short-range space travel, spreading their progeny through the stars. \ + Their technological advancements were apparently few, at least compared to contemporary examples, and no Podperson vessels have been uncovered to date. \ + Recovered documentation and oral history suggest that the Podpeople feared diseases that would prey on their apparent lack of genetic diversity.", + + "There are records of podperson vaults across the universe, typically containing one or two operators, \ + though the largest by far has recently been discovered on the surface of Indecipheres, \ + Suggesting a connection between the Podpeople and the living nature of the asteroid. Research is currently ongoing.", + )