Crystal Infestation

Crystal infestations are like a ship possessed. Survivors describe animated cables strike out at crew, lights turned up blindingly bright, and a constant disharmonious chime. Thankfully, infestations are very rare.

Crystal Infestations are much rarer than Paradisius and Cosmic Blooms. Without many cases to study, the causes are poorly understood. In a few cases crystal infestation was traced back to an errant seed crystal. In others the causes are less concrete, with theories ranging from a poorly maintained engine to crystals themselves getting sick.
What is clear is that it is is the Crystals reacting to Oortic influence. The changes to the crystalline structure have similar to deep space crystals. The majority of the ships involved in incidents of Crystal Infestation were using Aurorite or mined Crystals that had not been properly adapted for space.

Progression

The first signs of a crystal infestations are random power spikes and outages. Advanced cases can take over the entire ship, corroding parts of the ship, animating wires and causing them to grow like weeds.
Survivors of crystal infestations describe a constant auditory assault as the warped crystal song reverberates through the hull.

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Origin

Mutated

Rarity

Rare