Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-26444017-20180805061458/@comment-26444017-20180805100244

Well, time isn't so much an issue in the story, at least not in the basic concept. The idea is that the 'outpost' is, in essence, a neuron cluster near the brainstem. The invader is an infection. And if the 'outpost' goes down, well...

Paralysis of the heart and lungs is pretty nasty.