Cockroach

Basics

The cockroach is an alien life-form, sent to colonise several planets in the northern section of the Universe. It is not known where their home world is located, or even if it still exists.

History

The cockroach (or roach) was once believed to be merely an insect, part of the animal kingdom. However, the discovery of cockroaches massing en masse in massive numbers, seemingly to plan a massive assault on planet Earth has since alerted the rest of the galaxy of their intentions.

Prior to this discovery, the presence of cockroaches on every single known plant that has either an atmosphere, gravity or rainbows has been thought to be an evolutionary coincidence.

Anatomy

The cockroach assumes the form similar to that of an insect, like beetles, ants and chihuahuas. It is believed that the hard exoskeletal atmospheric suit that these life-forms utilise are able to assume several appearances, hence allowing the cockroach to become inconspicuous as it strives to take over whichever planet it has been assigned to. Furthur research on this suit has revealed properties similar to the unknown hunters that were studied in the famous Predator documentaries, ie, they are able to turn nearly invisible. This property of their technology explains why many are unable to find a cockroach even after assaulting it.

The exoskeletal suit also acts as a form of tough body armour, and can withstand pressures and forces of over 9G for sustained periods of time. The hardiness of this suit also allows the ability of space travel.

Cockroach blood is highly acidic, however the exact make-up of the acid present in the blood is still unknown as all tests that have been tried have proven incolcusive as no material present in the known universe has been able to withstand the substance in significant amounts. This characteristic of acidic blood is also present in familar life-forms such as Xenomorphs (which once threatened our world, though they were extinguished by the Predators mentioned earlier).

Conflict

With cockroaches present in nearly every major city, indeed, in nearly every home in the world, the majority of the God-fearing public has engaged in mass mysteria as to dealing with these invaders. However, recent studies have shown that cockraoches have a particular weakness to dropped books from heigts. Scientists have concluded that these books (when of sufficient thickness/mass), act as large forces which may provide the slimmest of chances for the survival of all of Humankind.