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==== Given what they’re up against (relativistic, nuke-level artillery), expect mutations toward: ====

===== - Denser, more exotic tissue or armor =====
* Shock-absorbing structures to reduce internal damage
* Regeneration speeds increased (especially after devouring)

Goal: survive more hits per mass, and leave less vaporized corpse (so more to devour).

===== - Faster bursts of dodging thrust =====
* Unpredictable movement patterns baked into their biology
* More compact shapes that present a smaller cross-section

Goal: reduce hit chance at range, make your targeting AI work overtime.

===== - Tissue that partially dissipates or redirects kinetic shock =====
* Biofields or EM-like layers that bend some of the energy away
* Structures that break apart in controlled ways, so a “kill” leaves lots of viable, devourable chunks

Goal: turn your insane kinetic energy into “big hits, but not final.”

===== Some might mutate: =====
* Long-range bio-beams or projectile spitters
* EM bursts that interfere with sensors
* Stealthy forms that minimize detection

Goal: not just survive, but actually damage or disrupt your guns, platforms, or targeting.

===== Mutation + hive mind ⇒ classes: =====
* Shield-types: ultra-tanky, huge HP, designed to soak hits
* Runner-types: fast, low profile, meant to slip through gaps
* Feeder-types: optimized to quickly devour corpses and retreat to grow or spawn more
* Siege-types: combining + mutation into enormous monster-cannons or battering rams

The swarm becomes an evolving army with roles, not just a blob of HP.