Bother me. I could take the easy way out and just time skip or dumb down the action. Again I know it’s wordy and a pain the get through. But I have so much work into it, legit sketches and maps and a notebook full of notes lol

Even worse is it’s 3 arcs 😣😣

Just to let it out

Cetacean nerds unite!

And yes I hate using the summary 😣 but it’s just so much info all at once to explain in a tiny format

Oh yeah genetics is pure bullshit sometimes. Especially when breeding for certain line traits.

But it’s fiction so anyone can do what they want. Make that speeder produce airframes lol

I need to catch up on SAL I got busy this week

Can use these as you like! Just some science mixed with lore.

Genetics can be confusing as hell but here are some added thoughts on that one

Here’s some thoughts to think of. Just personal thoughts that can be taken either way.

Environmental factors would be seeking refuge more frequently for rest or ingesting strange materials to make up for poor mineral consumption

Too rainy? Rust
Too dry? Weakened frame and nanites
Too cold? Frame unable to bulk out due to lack of materials
Too hot? Coolant/energon loss

It would be both. Stress and poor energon intake would cause coding to start making changes in the frame

Inactive forge to delayed spark implantation. At one point too much material may be pulled from the frame for protoform development (illness to carrier or weak protoform)

Any questions I can try to explain. Sometimes life is ‘too much’ for the mother and the body is like nope (toilet flush sounds)

But also stress chemicals have devastating effects on the fetus so there is that factor too, particularly in cats

I have a long winded fic I update every 2 weeks first, then a Hotlock heat fic that was prompted as well. So maybe by thanksgiving I’ll have it done

Then it’s 12 days of Ratchmas fics rip

Mammal scientists here so going to throw big words (I hate using google results but it is a lot)

But yes in mammals spontaneous fetal absorption can occur in several species (especially rabbits/kangaroos).

We also just joked around about if the forge can be removed and replaced later?

It’s definitely them lol, and I switch them up all the time. Funny enough someone sent that to me as a prompt so it will get written one of these days