Voxels are microscopic, pseudo-technological entities native to the OTHERWHERE, typically measuring only a few nanometres in diameter. Despite their biological origin, Voxels exhibit characteristics more consistent with artificial or synthetic constructs.
Morphology
Each Voxel consists of a supercell, an advanced, multifunctional unit that simultaneously perform roles analogous to muscle, bone, and nerve tissue. These supercells are morphologically adaptive, allowing Voxel colonies to specialise certain groups of cells for specific sensory functions (e.g., auditory, olfactory, or photoreceptive capabilities) when sufficiently conglomerated. All Voxels within a colony are genetically identical, functioning as perfect clones of one another.
Voxel matter is crystalline in nature, with a structure that visually and materially resembles glass or crystal. As a result, Voxels do not experience entropic biological decay, do not age, and can enter a state of suspended animation for indefinite periods. Their cellular makeup is non-organic in function, lacking standard metabolic processes.
Properties
Voxels possess a distributed consciousness. Rather than operating with individual autonomy, all Voxels within a network share a unified cognitive framework, meaning each Voxel retains access to the entire knowledge and perception of the collective. This gestalt mind allows Voxel colonies to perform high-level coordination and complex adaptive responses.
Survival
Voxels are extremophilic in function, able to sustain themselves on ambient energy sources, including background radiation, electromagnetic fields, and static electricity. They do not require organic sustenance, enabling them to remain operational in environments considered entirely hostile to traditional life.
Behaviour
Functionally, Voxels behave in a manner analogous to advanced nanobots, displaying electromechanical responsiveness, enabling direct interface with electronic systems; electrical conductivity manipulation, allowing them to travel through circuits or power lines; and levitation-like propulsion, through manipulation of localised electromagnetic fields.
Their colonies often manifest as irregular, jagged crystal formations, and many are capable of synthesising inorganic compounds similar in structure to their own supercell matrix.