Talk:Reaper Leviathan/@comment-14.2.31.98-20150514015215/@comment-209.242.141.63-20150515145324

That would be freaking lots of radiation, or a lot of radiation in a short amount of time, that a normal human would not be able to survive. The structures of humans and the Reaper Leviathans are, for the most part, completely different. The radiated humans would have had to transform so much, and they would have to get a new form of breathing.

But, you can't forget the fact that radiation harmfully effects the body, not really cause it to mutate into a still-working body part. This is because when DNA is exposed to high levels of radiation, it falls apart. You can't survive without DNA.

So, it is an interesting theory that you have come up with, nonetheless, it's just that humans wouldn't be able to survive that level of radiation (why your character has to wear a radiation suit around the ship until you disable the generator in the ship) and live to see the light of day, human or not.