Andrew said: > Species II... I'm going to type slowly, so you'll be sure to understand. _Species_ was about alien life forms and stupid shite like that. MY story will be about run of the mill Earth viruses that are transported to Mars inside a Polar Lander-type unmanned vehicle sent to collect soil samples, because WE don't seem to care about what we may do to Mars, we only care about what IT may do to us. The virus is released when the scoops are deployed, and the virus sits there on the planet, getting irradiated and mutating (which is what happens to viruses), because the virus isn't alive (viruses are just a strand of DNA surrounded by protein), it can lie dormant for long periods of time. Eventually, it is returned to Earth (either on another samle-collection mission or via a manned mission - the manned mission would work better because then the virus would have a host in which to continue to mutate into a very BAD form), and hijinks ensue. There are no shape-shifting reptilian babes who want to get pregnant in this story. Anywhere. Amanda VFP And I Am Unanimous In That