Warper

The Warper is a life form belonging to the Fauna category. It has the ability to open a teleportation gate, through which the player can eventually follow it, although they will take damage doing so.

The Warper can currently only be spawned via the Debug Console Commands.

The Warper is suggested to have been created by the Precursors.

Appearance
The Warper's head is round and flat, with two small flat sacs visible behind it. it sports a circular mouth comprising of a pair of mandibles and two large, blunt teeth. It has four small eyes that give out a distinct purple bioluminescent glow.

Its body is mostly covered with a purple, cloak-like membrane overlaying its translucent pale blue body. Its visible internal cavity shows a dark purple ribcage-like formation, with many bioluminescent veins and what appears to be a heart. It also features two mantis-like appendages for graspers.

The Warper's lower section consists of six tentacles, of which only the two transparent blue tentacles are functional, while the rest serves as the end tips of its main body's cloak. It also has two arms with scythe-like, transparent blue "hands".

Behavior
The Warper can shoot projectiles, which deal 30% damage per hit, and will teleport the player or any fauna to a random nearby location.

It travels in seemingly random directions.

When the Warper teleports, it will cross its arms and disappear in a small green-yellow gas, similar to that of the Gas Pod released by the Gasopod. The gas is likely a placeholder.

The Warper can be seen chasing smaller fauna, and then proceeding to kill them. If its prey goes in a different direction, while it is being chased,  the Warper will teleport in front of it, attempting to cut it off.

If the player attempts to freeze it using a Stasis Rifle, the Warper will teleport out of the stasis orb.

The Warpers appear to have a degree in intelligence, as shown in two of the messages from the Communications Relay.

Audio


Gallery
For a more complete gallery, visit Warper/Gallery.

Future Plans

 * The Warper will act as a guard near Precursor bases.
 * The Warper will appear in numerous, early-game biomes, but appear more prominently at Precursor Bases.
 * The Warper will become aggressive towards infected fauna.
 * Warpers will have the ability to warp in aggressive fauna from the current biomes.
 * Warpers will be able to be distracted using infected fauna.
 * Warper tech may be used in the future to build a teleporter room.

Trivia

 * Developers have confirmed that the Warpers will play a role in the game's story.
 * The Warper is loosely based off of the Fade from Natural Selection 2, as both have similar arms, and can both teleport. Cory Strader also modeled both of them.
 * The Warper is suggested to not be a natural creature, and may be a genetic creation made by the Precursors. The PDA entry also supports this.
 * The Warper sounds were created from real life Zebra sounds.