By using advanced biotechnology inspired skin,
chromatophores render optical identification nearly impossible due to shifting patterns of shades of black and RADAR scattering properties. The technology was developed as a science project after observing news reports of Psychopomp and Lorath biotechnology and genetic engineering, though no interaction was ever made with either faction during the development, and it appears to be a genetic chimera. Genetic base appears to be cephalopoid, though aspects of botanical cellular structure are present, including photosynthetic activity. It is likely that
Sculpt was used in the initial iterations of the gene sequence.
It is not currently known how Thorn Ironhart acquired the technology or samples necessary to synthesize the chimera, though it is unlikely that she developed it on her own. It is also likely, considering the remains of a
Slave Control Device found in the original body of Thorn, that one of her prior owners was of Lorath descent, possibly the one who helped her build the ship.