Graytide

Graytide, or Greytide, is a poorly understood illness likely stemming from a yet-to-be-identified flaw in the PSO Cloning System. It manifests in said clones, colloquially known as Tiders, who are characterised by sporadic, often hyper-aggressive, behaviour. It is theorised that certain peoples' physiologies simply respond particularly poorly to cloning, and that this is the cause of the issue, but no conclusive study has ever been made on the topic and it remains an illusive Holy Grail for all researchers involved.

Tiders, for their part, seem almost aware of their flawed nature. This is hypothesised from their often suicidal tendencies, with many tiders dying in explosions caused by their own manic design. This has lead some to believe that Tiders are designed, with intent, to cause havoc on the station, to test its staff, or for purposes of social experimentation.

Obviously, as tiders constitute a flaw in the otherwise perfect cloning system of NanoTrasen, they are highly sought after for study by the Central Research Division. Their bodies (as they usually swiftly die, owing to their nature) are therefore to be preserved at all costs and be brought intact to Central Command if at all possible. If nothing else, then at least their brain is to be preserved for research.

Symptoms

Tiders are easily recognisable most of the time.

Externally they are:

• Compulsively drawn to wearing gas-masks and gray jumpsuits
• Either completely silent, or extremely loud, albeit never saying anything of much substance
• Obsessively drawn to rummaging through maintenance tunnels and whatever containers they can find

One may mistake them for a mentally ill or vulnerable person, and take pity on them and attempt to calm or assist them.

This, however, is a terrible mistake that is likely to lead to your death. Tiders have extremely pathological mentalities that make them very dangerous to approach.

These include:

• Complete psychopathy, devoid of any remorse or empathy
• Extreme antisocial behaviour, taking no joy from productive work, and instead only from pain and suffering inflicted on others
• Utter detachment from the concept of consequences for their actions
• Suicidal tendencies which, when combined with the other pathologies, result in extremely dangerous individuals

One should never forget, however, that Tiders are people, and therefore capable of extremely inventive methods with which to fulfil their goals. They should never be underestimated as some animal.