Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Neutrophils

Neutrophils are a type of phage - a white blood cell that eats bad stuff. But they also emit anti microbial chemicals in a process known as degranulation. They are typically first responders - they are highly motile but at the same time, very short lived. They're what's predominantly in pus when we get an infection.

They come in two forms, banded or segmented. Banded ones are 'younger' than segmented ones. 

For the purposes of time and mechanics, we have omitted our neutrophil character, Fillie, from eating other cells. This is something that the other character, Luke, does. Fillie's mechanics focus solely on her degranulation mechanics.

She is also a banded neutrophil, so we gave her a young, childish personality.






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