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Once deployed through Spire Missiles, these crawlers can infect entire cities in mere hours, sending society into a spiraling morass of despair. Victims soon fall into a comatose state and ultimately metamorphose into the lower echelons of the Chimeran race. To heighten the production of advanced strains, infected beings are funneled into conversion centers, where their bases are augmented with mechanical enhancements, ensuring their efficacy as workers and warriors.