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Surge Jelly

A large electrically-charged jelly whose discharges of 400–1000 volts are lethal to an unprotected diver.

Creature Data

Threat tier
Carnivore
Disposition
Hostile — attacks on sight
Size
Large
Diet
Predatory (electro-stun)
Found in
Thermal Vents, Deep hydrothermal regions

The Surge Jelly (Staurobrachia capacitor) is a single complex organism with two rigid fins full of electrocytes that generate 400–1000 volts at 1 amp — enough to kill a player outright. It coordinates via a nerve net with rhopalia sensory organs and retains a vestigial stalk from its clonal growth phase.

Its tissue is radioactive and heat-tolerant, pointing to deep-ocean, hydrothermal-vent origins. Surge Jellies communicate by electric fields, which some sources read as a hint of learned, generational behaviour.

Counterplay: keep your distance and scan from afar — a scan can unlock a biomod. Treat any close approach near vents as potentially lethal; the discharge does not need a direct bite to kill.

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