[quote=marcopolonian]
Are there organisms swimming around that aren't and have never been under anyone's influence, just doing their own thing? Or are our entities' taxons (and the taxons that separated from them, like the Forgotten) the only living things on the planet?If the former, would we be allowed to begin influencing those things?I don't (think I) need to know this for my next post, I'm simply curious.
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Other than prokaryotes and any castaways we might have created (as of now, just the Forgotten and the colony species I ditched earlier, I think), no, we are the only life. If another player chooses to enter, a new simple species will be created for them.