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Staff reference

The internal side of the roster: the trigger fields the public pages strip, the state of every system, and the role hierarchy. A reference, not a control panel — nothing here changes server state.

Hidden by default as a courtesy against shoulder-surfing. This gate is not security — the content below is game-design information (mutation triggers and the like), not secrets. Real secrets — tokens, keys — are never rendered into this page. Ask a lead for the staff word.

Hidden triggers

Every morph and mutation carries a trigger — what actually causes it — that public_view() strips before anything reaches a player. This is the staff-side view of those, so a Scout adjudicating a "how did this appear" question has the real answer.

Colour morphs

Morph	Inheritance	Trigger (hidden)
Albino	recessive	Both parents carry the allele. Carriers are indistinguishable from normal animals.
Leucistic	recessive	Both parents carry. Frequently confused with albinism by observers who do not check the eye.
Melanistic	dominant	One parent carrying is enough. This is why melanism spreads through a population faster than any other morph.
Erythristic	recessive	Both parents carry. Turns up disproportionately in iron-stained rift populations, and it is not yet clear whether that is selection or founder effect.
Xanthic	recessive	Both parents carry.
Axanthic	recessive	Both parents carry.
Anerythristic	recessive	Both parents carry.
Hypomelanistic	co-dominant	One copy gives this; two copies give a far paler animal, which is what co-dominance means here.
Dilute	recessive	Both parents carry.
Piebald	dominant	One copy is enough, but how much white appears varies enormously between siblings — the allele decides whether, not how much.
Snow	recessive	Both parents must carry BOTH alleles. One clutch in sixteen at best, which is why this is a lineage achievement rather than a lucky hatch.
Ghost	recessive	Both parents must carry both alleles.
Paradox	somatic	Arises in the individual and is NEVER transmitted. Breeding a paradox produces ordinary offspring, every time.
Iridescent	structural	Heritable, but not by pigment rules — it survives in an amelanistic animal, because there is no pigment involved to remove.

Non-coat mutations

Mutation	System	Trigger (hidden)
Double Muscling	musculoskeletal	Both parents carry. Appears most often in lineages selected for contest wins.
Short-Limb Dwarfism	musculoskeletal	One copy is enough. Common in isolated lineages that stopped outcrossing.
Pituitary Gigantism	musculoskeletal	Polygenic — it does not segregate cleanly and cannot be reliably bred for.
Osteosclerosis	musculoskeletal	Both parents carry.
Thrifty Metabolism	metabolic	One copy gives partial effect; two give the full form.
Thermogenic Adipose	metabolic	Both parents carry. Frequency rises in lineages that overwinter in the highlands.
High-Load Haemoglobin	cardiorespiratory	One copy is enough. Concentrated in highland lineages.
Enhanced Dive Response	cardiorespiratory	Polygenic; strongly selected in lineages that hunt or hide in water.
Reflective Tapetum	sensory	Both parents carry. The eyeshine is visible to other players at range, which cuts both ways.
Rod Dysfunction	sensory	Both parents carry. Progressive — juveniles see normally and lose it with age.
Hyperosmia	sensory	Polygenic. Cannot be bred for reliably, only enriched.
Congenital Anosmia	sensory	Both parents carry.
Novelty-Seeking	neurological	One copy gives partial boldness; two give the full form.
Nociceptor Loss	neurological	Both parents carry.
Hippocampal Enlargement	neurological	Polygenic and matures late — juveniles show nothing.
Broad Immune Repertoire	immune	Heterozygote advantage — the effect comes from having DIFFERENT copies, so it cannot be bred true.
Protective Haemoglobin Variant	immune	The classic heterozygote advantage: one copy protects, two copies are lethal in early life.
Keratin Thickening	integumentary	One copy is enough; it thickens throughout life.
Connective Laxity	integumentary	One copy is enough.
Hypertrophic Venom Gland	venom	Polygenic. Enriched in lineages that hunt large quarry.
Altered Venom Chemistry	venom	One copy shifts composition partially; two shift it fully.

System status

What is live, what is specified-but-not-running, and what is external. A Scout should not promise a player a system that is not running yet.

Species profiles (13x5) live 7 of 22 species complete; the rest need base dossiers.
Colour morphs + genetics live 14 morphs, 11 loci, cross arithmetic public, carrier status hidden.
Non-coat mutations live 21 across 8 body systems, each with a real gene and a cost.
Deep physiology live 12 stats, mostly inferred; numbers gated behind prime/elder/examination.
Biome affinity + adaptation live Per-species, derived from home/avoid biomes; adaptation drifts over generations.
Total-coverage monitoring grid live Quadtree, 66 m working cells, zero unattributed.
Fossil record live Decaying records, Scientist-gated. Not a leaderboard.
Mortality / hazard curve live Bathtub curve, Gompertz senescence, chronic conditions.
Coat -> in-game skin specified Encrypted pak key blocked by EasyAntiCheat; masks for 10 of 22 species only.
Hybridisation as playable specified Relations model live; the playable side needs engine work.
Global chat / clans / auctions planned Need real accounts; the static site cannot host them.
Karma slot game planned Design pending the death-trigger integration.

Role hierarchy

Operator

everything

Set rulings
Override any decision
Grant and revoke every role

Dev

code + deploy

Change systems and profiles
Render and deploy the site
Read the dev hub in full

Scientist

examinations + records

Examine animals at the compound
Publish genetic reports
Set fossil records
Revive extinct species

Scout

adjudication

Approve Legacy posts
Rule on engagement disputes
Read hidden triggers to adjudicate

Staff

moderation

Handle reports
Issue strikes
Read this staff reference

Deeper access — moderation actions, the audit log, RCON — lives in the app and in Discord behind real Discord-ID authentication, not here. This page is reference only.