Cycad

**Cycad** was a Nomai geology apprentice under Coleus who worked on providing the ore for the Ash Twin Project's supernova-resistant shell.

## Advanced Warp Core discussion

During a discussion on whether the Nomai should retrieve the Vessel's Advanced Warp Core from Dark Bramble, Cycad pointed out that his mentor Coleus and Melorae had found out that the Anglerfish were blind, and that they could use this knowledge to avoid them. However, Coleus quickly reminded him that they had never tested their hypothesis on a living Anglerfish.

## The Ash Twin Project's shell

Later on, Cycad moved with Coleus and Oeno to Timber Hearth, where they identified suitable mining sites for the Ash Twin Project's shell. He initially thought they would use Timber Hearth's ore to build the remaining warp towers on Ash Twin, but Oeno explained to him that they would only use the ore for the protective shell. When they found out that mining site 2a was not safe for the native life living in nearby pools, Cycad proposed going to mining site 2b instead. He was fascinated with the native life, spending hours watching them. Cycad also had a habit of making puns, which Oeno disapproved of but which Coleus tolerated.

Cycad passed away when the Ghost Matter from the Interloper instantly killed all Nomai, after it flooded the solar system without warning.

## Trivia

* *Cycads* are a class of seed plants. Individuals belonging to a species of cycad will be either male or female.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 CYCAD: If they're sealing off all entrances, I hope they've planned a-core-dingly! OENO: I thought you had forbidden your apprentice from making puns, Coleus. COLEUS: How else would he improve?
2. ↑ CYCAD: My mentor (Coleus) and his old mentor once discovered and studied an anglerfish fossil on Ember Twin. Using that knowledge, we could avoid the anglerfish entirely!
3. ↑ COLEUS: What Melorae and I learned from that fossil would theoretically help us evade the anglerfish, but our hypothesis was never tested on a live specimen.
4. ↑ COLEUS: I’m relieved by our clan’s decision to use Timber Hearth’s ore only for constructing the shell.
5. ↑ CYCAD: Isn’t this the ore for the remaining towers being built on Ash Twin? The completed towers I’ve seen are quite large! OENO: No, the material for those towers is all being taken from Ash Twin. The ore we’re mining here will be used to craft an immensely thick protective shell that will physically seal off the chamber inside Ash Twin’s core.
6. ↑ CYCAD: There are a few other cave sites that look promising. What about site 2b (it shares similar formations and strata)? OENO: This sounds promising! Will you and your mentor investigate? If mining site 2b proves safe for this native species, we’ll move our work there. CYCAD: Site 2b is safe! Coleus says we’ll continue to monitor our activity and its effect on life here.
7. ↑ CYCAD: I was watching them once during a rest, and the hours escaped from me. They’re fascinating (I wonder what their fourth eye does)!
8. ↑ The Nomai who came to our solar system were following a signal from the Eye of the universe. They perished when the Interloper arrived, bringing with it the deadly substance we called ghost matter that flooded the entire solar system almost instantly and without warning.