Soma
From Caduceus Database
Soma is the second strain of Stigma encountered in New Blood. Soma is the Greek word for "body."
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[edit] Treatment
[edit] Soma
Soma is a large blue blob made of viscous fluid that can be drained out of the body. As it moves throughout the organ, it releases red tumors into the body, which must be lasered. When enough fluid is drained, the core will expose itself and leave behind a ring of tissue. After the core is destroyed, Soma will regenerate, and the process must be completed multiple times. After the core has been destroyed multiple times, Soma will split into two. One Soma has a core in it, while one other Soma is drainable fluid.
[edit] Mutations
Soma's mutation has a slight, but possibly devastating, alteration: Soma will release more tissue pieces. This can be a problem because each tissue piece deals 2 vital damage per second. If the main body is drained and the fake body splits at the same time, this means 26 vital damage per second if left untreated.
[edit] General Tips
When the Soma moves throughout the organ, the red tumors must be destroyed with the laser immediately, otherwise they will burst. Once the Soma reveals its core, the tissue that is released must be drained quickly before it hardens, causing massive vital damage to the patient. It must be quickly excised like a tumor is if bursts. If the Soma core is only partially damaged, it is wiser to destroy the core first because it it partially weakened, and then drain the tissue, to save time. When the Soma splits in two, one core will briefly flash green in the center, meaning it contains the core. Quickly drain the other Soma. If the other Soma lasts for too long, it will release a ring of either 5 (normal operations) or 6 (X-missions) tissue pieces, causing the vitals to drop and giving time for Soma to make red tumors.
[edit] Stats and Attacks
Soma will take varying amounts of damage before finally being destroyed, varying from 5 to 7 OKs against the core. To reveal the core, the real body must get either 5 (normal operations) or 4 (X-missions) OKs with the drain. The fake body must be drained either 3 (normal operations) or 4 (X-missions) times.
- Red Tumor - Soma will release a red tumor onto the organ which has to be lasered. If the tumor bursts, vitals will drop drastically. If it bursts, it must first be drained of the surrounding pus, and then excised like a normal tumor.
- Blue Tissue - When Soma reveals its core, tissue will surround the core that must be drained, or else it will harden. Right when the tissue makes contact with the organ, it will start to drain vitals. If the blue tissue is allowed to harden, the vitals will plummet even more, and it must first be lasered, then removed like a tumor.
- Soma Clone - Usually after 2 or three successive OKs, Soma will split itself into two. The real Soma body will flash green in its center. If the Soma clone is allowed to explode, instead of a triangle, the tissue will split into a five-pointed star. In the X-Mission, if the Soma clone explodes, it will divide its tissue in a hexagon pattern and the tissue will harden faster.
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| Games | Under the Knife • Second Opinion • New Blood • Under the Knife 2 | |||
| Characters | Derek Stiles • Naomi Kimishima • Markus Vaughn • Valerie Blaylock | |||
| Organizations | Caduceus International • Delphi • Eidoth Pharmaceuticals • Humani • Parnassus • Acropolis Pharmaceutical • Hands of Asclepius | |||
| GUILT | Kyriaki • Deftera • Triti • Tetarti • Pempti • Paraskevi • Savato • Bliss • PGS | |||
| Stigma | Cheir • Soma • Ops • Onyx • Brachion • Cardia | |||
| Neo-GUILT | Nous • Sige • Bythos • Aletheia | |||
