Lemurian Symbiotes & Biotech home brew suggestions

[Silvananthus]

I have been reading the Lemuria book and I really like it. I especially like the idea of biology based technology. Someone told me that I might like Splicers as well. I am trying to come up with some home-brew stuff as well for the Lemurians. My question is, "Does anyone on the boards have some home brew symbiotes or bio-tech themed stuff that could be integrated into Lemuria?"

I have searched and found a few things but I am trying to gather stuff together here in this thread. So I will start with a new symbiote that I think might be an answer to there being very few Lemurian Shifters.

Shifter-Pod

Only recently the Lemurians have developed a symbiotic organism that has dimension-traveling abilities similar to those of a Shifter. These abilities can only be imparted to one person (the current host of the Shifter-Pod). These small creatures are reminiscent of a giant snail shell. They collect and feed on ambient P.P.E. and have been infused with a biological form of the shifters dimension traveling abilities by Biomancer Gene-Mages. Each Shifter-Pod is imbued upon creation with the ability to create the effects similar to a shifters ability to dimensionally travel. The dimensional gateway can be activated three times before it is without power having used up its P.P.E. The magic can be restored by leaving the shell on a ley line for 96 hours or at a nexus for 48 hours, or by a mage pumping 375 P.P.E. back into the shell. Otherwise, the living being inside the shell collects enough ambient P.P.E. to cast three spells after 1D6+24 days. To activate the effect, a simple Telepathic request or request with Empathic Connection with Animals is needed.

Dimensional Travel: The Shifter-Pods most powerful ability is to open a dimensional gateway for a base cost of 125 P.P.E. A Shifter-Pod can create a one-way dimensional portal permitting only itself and its host and any gear present to pass through it. The Dimensional Travel ability can target the Shifter-Pod's home dimension, a random dimension, or a dimension visited by the Shifter-Pod or the Shifter-Pod’s host at some time in the past.

When targeting a random dimension, the Rift can open anywhere within the resulting dimension. However, portals are drawn to high P.P.E. places like planets rich in P.P.E., so it is very rare that a random portal will open up to the depths of space or on a completely lifeless planet, however, it could open up to a place like Rifts® Wormwood which is inhospitable and dangerous to Lemurians (humans). Targeting one's home dimension will create a Rift on a world the Shifter-Pod or its host has visited previously, but the portal will open at a random but viable location on that planet. A Shifter-Pod targeting Rifts Earth will not end up where the conditions don’t support life for example, in the middle of a desert or the crushing ocean depths either.

Dimensional Teleport Home: The Shifter-Pod is so attuned to the dimensional nuances that it can always find its way home from another dimension, and at the cost of 125 P.P.E. This ability to Dimensional Teleport back home only applies to itself and its host and whatever gear is being carried. The Shifter-Pod can activate this ability and be home in one melee action (about 4 seconds)! The ability to Rift home means the host of the Shifter-Pod can often be enticed into exploring new worlds by stepping through a Rift to god only knows where, because they can usually get back home without a fuss.

Any way tell me what you all think and share anything else that might be bio-technology themed please.

[Silvananthus]

I have an idea about using the DNA of Voidwhales to create Lemurian space-faring living ships. I also thought about the gravity manipulating abilities that the voidwhales have as possible weapons for said ships. I know phase world has gravitonic (sp?) weapons but I haven't seen too much on the boards addressing gravity as a weapon. If anyone has any ideas let me know.

I will post some of the Bio-tech spacecrafts I come up with.

[Silvananthus]

I hadn't even seen the Necron/Necrols before. They have some cool bio-weapon flavored stuff but now I wondering how people of the three galaxies will see the lemurians with their bio-tech having had bad experiences with the evil necro(n/l)s and evil symbiotes of the spluogorth. Any thoughts on how you would address any prejudices toward lemurian biotech in a Phaseworld setting?