Midwives will stop at nothing to defend the Grub Eggs in their care.īeing more machine than organic, Midwives are resistant to Anti-Personnel weaponry, but vulnerable to EMP and armor-piercing weaponry.

When a Midwife is aware of soldier's presence, she will make violent threats to him in an unfittingly serene tone. This distortion becomes more prominent when the Midwife is angered, surprised, or killed. They mutter inanely to themselves in a scratchy and electronically distorted voice. Unlike the Hybrids, whose motor control has been overwritten by the Annelid parasite and beg to be killed, the implants in the Cyborg Midwives' brains and spine, along with the Grub Eggs mind-control, make them willing servants of the Many. The muscles from their hands and face have been removed, leaving them with a ghoulish rictus. Their servos emit various whirring and buzzing noises. Both speed and musculature have been mechanically enhanced, and the cybernetic apparatus also serves as physical shielding for the softer human tissues.ĭue to their metal legs, they produce a distinct clanking noise while walking on the deck of the Von Braun, making them easy to detect from a distance. An auxiliary CPU in the base of the spine serves as a controller, overriding most signals sent by the subject's natural brain. Much of the rest of their body is interwoven with cybernetic implants. Physically, the body of a Cyborg Midwife below the waist has been completely removed and replaced with mechanical components.

Miller performed the first conversion on Nurse Erin Bloome. Miller decided to convert the female nurses of the Von Braun, as he felt they already had the necessary nurturing qualities. The Many imparted into Miller's mind schematics for drastic and illegal cybernetic procedures which would allow a human to care for the eggs. The Grub Eggs were fragile and needed constant care, but emitted lethal toxins, making human care impractical. Marc Miller brought several Annelid Grub Eggs aboard the Von Braun's Hydroponics Deck. After being taken over by the psychic influence of the Many on Tau Ceti V, Dr.

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