[quote=antarctic termite]It's pretty much the same 'try to create a singular ultimate species' idea, except it does so by stealing genes (not sure if that's a thing IRL but it can be here, if you can make it work), stealing the qualities of other organisms and assimilating them... Or like a virus, that tries to assert its own DNA over other species (absolutely no idea how that would work). All I'm thinking about is that it doesn't leave much for the entity itself to do, seeing as the species manages its own DNA either way. :|Ed: Ok so I lost computer access halfway thtough a post, and it'll be up either within a few hours or tomorrw morning. Everyone just keep doing whatever it is you think you're doing. You can grow a further +5% if you so desire.[/quote]

There is an ideal of perfection, yes, but you're wrong in that the entity wouldn't have much to do. Just as you have no idea how the concept would work, I'm still working it out in my head and so the entity will need to experiment with the idea (and apply it through his sphere) to see what works and what doesn't.

I expect a lot of trial and error on The Matrices' part to even figure out if its possible for such a thing to occur in general, which I think will be rather fun :D

Plus, I gave The Matrices some leeway so that if such a thing seems impossible, or it loses hope for some amount of time, that it will not just stop functioning and will rather pursue other goals, even if they aren't entirely related to the original (or just don't seem to be initially).

Anyways, I'd like to get a post up methinks.

Oh, consider this: Integrating foreign DNA is likely to (for awhile) cause problems for the organisms and it'll take awhile to fine the right mixture of genetic code that will allow the creature to even 'store' the DNA properly to begin with. Plus, such an ability initially seems completely useless in regards to the creature's individual survival and instincts towards proliferating its genes to the next generation.

Aka it's a development that, unless integrated into the instincts of said creature, would be something that The Matrices would have to either work up to, or would be entirely contrary to certain basic instincts. So there is that.

I've thought it out quite a bit ^_^

Oh yeah, I also plan to have an organism (at some point) which has traits that are both plant-like and animal-like in nature. It should be intriguing to see if I can end up with such a result after a good while~