While Corruption was seen on the planet Tau Volantis, the setting of Dead Space 3, its presence was significantly reduced from previous games, potentially due to having even more space for the infection to work with, covering an entire planet, or it could be due to Tau Volantis being completely frozen, with the cold somehow slowing or halting the spread of Corruption. There is significantly less of the Corruption seen in Dead Space 2 than in Dead Space this is most likely because it would take significantly longer to build up in the vast, wide-open areas of the Sprawl than in the cramped corridors of the USG Ishimura.

It is unclear exactly where the Corruption comes from, nor what its purpose is, but the more advanced an outbreak, the more Corruption will be found. When a Necromorph outbreak has progressed to a certain point, this meat-like organic material begins to grow on the walls and floors of the most heavily infested areas. Technically not a Necromorph strain, the Corruption is nonetheless somehow intrinsically tied to the viral alien species. Strains (Necromorph varieties) The Corruption The Corruption Some Supers are also seen to 'drool' a constant stream of maggots from the host's mouth.

Super variants of any Necromorph are easily recognized by the distinct black or dark brown colour of their flesh, with more menacing, glowing eyes. Some Necromorph strains have 'Super' variants, which are generally faster, stronger, and more durable. This code was quickly engineered by the curious scientists, who had brought about their own doom the code on the Marker was the DNA of the Necromorph virus, which transforms dead flesh into animated, wildly aggressive forms who seemingly have no goals outside of murdering every living thing and transforming their corpses into more Necromorphs. When the alien text etched into the surface of the Red Marker was deciphered, it was revealed to be a genetic code. The Red Marker, discovered on the planet Aegis VII, was a Human-made replica of the Black Marker, a genuinely extraterrestrial artifact found on Earth that kick-started the Unitoligist religion, with the only difference between the two being that certain unknown elements in the Black Marker were replaced by ones more familiar to Humans, lending the second Marker its different coloration.

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