Pseudo Shork

Template:GootraxTab Template:Gootraxian Pseudo Shorks are dolphin Gootraxians and the Power Outage variation of the regular Shork.

It has large blue eyes with small, white pupils surrounded by white rings. Light pink spots and stripes cover it's body, along with a light pink underbelly and "paws". There are two pairs of gills on it's torso with a bright blue interior, matching it's eye color.

Unlike the other Shork Gootraxians, it lacks a fin on its back.

Abilities

Increased Health (Passive)

Pseudo Shork has more health than other Gootraxians, at 120 HP.

Thief Lunge

Pseudo Shork can lunge forwards with their arm extended outwards. If a target is close enough to Pseudo Shork during this dash, they will be grabbed by the throat and slammed onto the floor, ragdolling and damaging the target. The ability cooldown increases by 12 seconds if Pseudo Shork successfully hits a player with this ability.

Thief Lunge Statistics

Stat	Value
Damage	25 Damage
Tool Cooldown	2.5 Seconds
Ability Cooldown	36 Seconds (No Hit) 48 Seconds (Hit)
Effects	Dash, Invincibility, Instant-Kill

Identity Theft (Passive)

If Pseudo Shork uses Thief Lunge on a target with 30 HP or less, instead of slamming them onto the floor, they will snap the target's neck and drop them, killing them instantly. A cloud of white smoke appears, and the Pseudo Shork's appearance changes to that of the person they killed, copying all of their accessories and clothing. This disguise is permanent, but can be swapped by killing another player with the ability.

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  A Pseudo Shork slamming a player down onto the ground.
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  A Pseudo Shork stealing the identity of a player.
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  A Pseudo Shork throwing someone into a pit, killing them.

Acquirement

Pseudo Shork can be obtained by colliding with one of the mini sharks in the Flooded Area during a Power Outage or by being infected by another Pseudo Shork Gootraxian.

Bestiary Entry

Current

A joyful specimen of charade and glee. While outwardly it facades the appearance and behaviour of sharks, even similarly to other specimens within the facility; they are actually dolphins. We are still unsure as to their reasoning of mimicry, as the creatures themselves hold no competitive advantage over the mocking facade, being well equipped with their own claws, lethal much teeth, and eyes adapted for dimly lit environments unlike their home species of more passive dolphins. Their appearances often remain lanky, donning white stripes, vibrant blue eyes and strikingly cyan teeth. Documented interactions with these speciments have been all positive, providing a new change in study from the typical volatile behaviour. They've thus far shown no aggression towards personnel, although akin to other projects, retain the primal behaviour, but more numbed - like a puppy! UPDATE: Transmission Recorded on ███/███/██████ "Specimen is to be terminated. It killed them, I- saw it. It lured them away. It was pretending. It knew, how did it know? It hasn't given us anything more substantial in intelligence." "IT TORE THEM TO SHREDS. It hasn't stopped SMILING. THEY'RE SHREDS. IT ENJOYED IT??-" "Wa--it," "Doctor- Is. Is that you? But I thought? Doctor? How did you get away? Why- are you, what are you smiling about? You're- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! NO-" Transmission end.

Pre-V3.3.1HW

This gootrax is a lanky pink and white stripped shark like creature that likes to hide in dimly lit areas. They prefer dim lighting rather absolute darkness, thus leading to the team to believe this Shork has adapted to the more poorly lit areas of their tank. Unlike regular Shorks, this branch of gootrax is very puppy like, interacting with subjects and looking at them like a curious animal more so. However don't be fooled by its cute exterior, it is but a facade. As soon as it can catch an opportunity to strike, it WILL take it. Trivia Pseudo Shork is one of the only few Gootraxians who can outright kill survivors. In this case, they can do so using their Thief Lunge ability. Pseudo Shork is the redesign and replacement of Kawaii Shork. Kawaii Shork has since then been "re-added" in the form of the "Classic Kawaii Shork" Gootraxian Costume. Pseudo Shork’s debut was in the Kaiju Engine (KE) Combat Test game and was later added to the main game in the V3.1R update. However, in the KE Combat Test, Pseudo Shork's eyes would glow at all times, including during normal conditions. When it was introduced in V3.1R, it now only glows during Power Outages and Blackouts. There was an unreleased passive in the Kaiju Engine which caused the Pseudo Shork's eyes to turn white and red, possibly for a Night Vision ability. This was implemented in V3.3, where their eyes during Power Outages and Blackouts were changed to have these unique eyes. Before this, it was only visible in their Bestiary photo. Thief Lunge counts as a grab, meaning it can be blocked by a Long Pipe.