Thread:CrimsonFire735/@comment-4960835-20150119181139/@comment-25890179-20150128152603

Actually, one of the reasons I find the Infectants and Bio-Morphlings so interesting is because i've been studying virology and bacteriology for years now. The Infectants aren't sentient viruses. They'd have to be some kind of bacteria-virus symbiote. And recently, it has been found that bacteria are far more intelligent that previously thought.

Scavengers can NOT be infected. If the Infectants betrayed them, they'd probably just let them think they've infected them and become more powerful in the process. Scavenger cells don't absorb anything, really. They just kill whatever they come into contact with, then shape their cells to look like what they just killed.

In response to your statement that viruses and bacteria do not care about their hosts, that is not entirely true. Some actually work to keep them alive or even better them. Not saying the Infectants would, i'm just saying that it's possible for even a plague, as long as it has the capacity for thought, to form a permanent alliance.