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The brieflabbs are an unusual creature. Their appearance
and behavior seems to indicate a lineage from Earth's
frogs and toads, and are even replete with a strange
croaking sound and a water-based life cycle. However,
they are also imbued with a strange ability to "float"
along the surface of the water, while also being able
to remain submerged at the bottom of rivers and lakes
for an indefinite period of time. They are not inherently
aggressive animals, though some mutated versions, like
those encountered in the depths of The Foreman's Office,
have been known to attack on sight.
It is suspected that these creatures were developed
for Omni-Tek's terraforming corps to enable more efficient
"pest" removal from rivers. As there have
been frequent run-ins on newly terraformed planets with
an alien microbe, the Breiflabb line of organism has
been equipped with the ability to "filter"
the water, rendering it clean for use by other terraforming
organism. While the reasons for the floating mechanism
is not recorded, it is suspected that it arose to prevent
a repeat of the Kilgress system disaster, in which a
terraforming process was derailed for 50 years after
a microbe was activated by the introduction of water
to the planet. While the event is only partly on record,
it seems that the organism could only survive within
water, and grew to immense proportions by rapidly consuming
the Breiflabbs on hand to filter the water. After losing
100 billion credits in a matter of hours, as the legions
of Brieflabbs were consumed, it seems Omni-Tek's scientists
equipped the Breiflabbs with fast-escape levitation
mechanisms.
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