The protomolecule is an infectious agent of extra-terrestrial origin first discovered on Phoebe by the Martian Congressional Republic in 0 XTE. It has the ability to radically alter infected life forms and utilize their biomass in various ways.
Not a life-form in itself, the protomolecule is described by Antony DresdenBooks • TV as “a set of free-floating instructions designed to adapt to and guide other replicating systems”.[1] It is able to maintain and adapt its primary structure in a wide variety of conditions, and it has an affinity for carbon and silicon structures, but is likely anaerobic and will not degrade upon exposure to oxygen.[2] As a purely molecular machinery, uses ionizing radiation as an energy source, its growth significantly accelerates if it is exposed to high doses and depends only on the abundance of such energy.
