Kraken

**Dev. Status** | Conceptual

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- Mysterious transmission intercepted off the coast of Greenland

## Tactical Analysis

* **Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn**: The Kraken is one of the Protectorate’s most terrifying units, second only to the Icon. Its mere presence is enough to intimidate most foes.

* **Terror from Below**: Fear is not all the Kraken has going for it. Its long tentacles are holding and crushing ships, infantry are killed instantly. Even escaping to land is no escape as it’s arms can grasp anything lingering on the shore.

* **Where did it go?**: In the rare event it does find itself overwhelmed, the Kraken can release a spray of black goo. Not only does this temporarily stealth it, but with the appropriate weapon modules, it leaves a patch of swarm of short lived but highly aggressive nano bots that damage anything that travels through it.

* **Takoyaki anyone?**: Ultimately though, the Kraken is not undefeatable. Aircraft are out of its reach, it needs to close in to attack, and it takes a lot of resources to make one.

## Catalog 104z

*Analysis complete: Mythology*

*Function: Non-scientific explanation of phenomena -> Reverence -> Terror -> Control*

*Query: Functionality: Terror -> Control*

*Methodology: Fiction as fact -> Supernatural organisms -> Superstitions ("gods")*

*Query: Replication of supernatural organisms -> Functionality: Terror -> Humans -> Control -> Humans*

*Processing*

*Statistical Probability: Replication of supernatural organisms -> Functionality: Terror -> Humans -> Control -> Humans: High*

*Nightmare demoralization experiments successful*

*Nightmares: Effectiveness degrades against larger units -> Combat platforms*

*Search: Supernatural organisms: Mythology: Aquatic*

*Processing*

*Results: Leviathan: Sea Serpent: Kraken: Jormungandr: Mermaids: Aquatic Spirits (Naiads, others): Charybdis: Scylla: Sirens: Aspidochelone: Cirein-croin: Iku-torso: Tiamat: Proteus: Umibozu: Yacumama: Kappa*

*Analyze: Replication Capability -> Effectiveness -> Combat -> Direct Attack -> Demoralization*

*Processing*

*Result: Kraken: Optimal*

*Begin Creation -> Field Testing*

*Mythology: Origin: Kraken: Norse*

*Field Testing: Location -> Triangular region centred on Miyake Island*

## Mysterious Transmissions

These transmissions from an unknown source were intercepted near Iceland. They have yet to be completely decoded, but the preliminary translations are shown below.

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## Weapon modules

Conventional: Units inside ink takes damage and minor slow

Gatling Automatics: Units inside ink takes minor damage and heavy slow

Retrospectrum Pulsar: Units inside ink takes cold damage

Quantum Disentangler: Units that dies inside ink produces smaller patches of ink with the same properties

Potassium K-Rounds: Units inside ink takes blast damage and explodes if they die inside it

Basilisk Module: Kraken now stuns surrounding units when using ink and units inside ink becomes immobilise

Support Module: Stealth last longer and allies inside ink are also stealth and heals

Fractal Module: units inside ink takes damage, which increases the closer they are to the center