When activated, the copies emit a highly tuned frequency to their surroundings that, when coming into contact with dead organic tissue, is able to reanimate the cells, creating the Necromorphs. A visible difference, however, is the red hue which they carry, likely due to the use of bismuth, a type of metal used by intelligent civilizations to replace certain unknown elements of the Black Marker during duplication. Like all other Markers, they resemble the double helical structure of Z-DNA, one of 3 helix forms that active DNA can take. In reality, the duplicate Markers merely propagate the spread of the Necromorph life form and its subsequent Convergence Event.īy design, the artificially-made Red Markers resemble their precursors and are identical in function. Red Markers are artificially-made native copies of an original Black Marker no matter the species, a Black Marker can influence any planet's given inhabitants (usually the apex/dominant species) to create duplicates of itself under the guise of limitless energy. Unaware of the manipulation, the inhabitants' reasoning for creating duplicates is usually the harvest of a natural resource for energy purposes. report Ī Red Marker pedestal on Aegis VII, used to amplify the signal of smaller Markers. As the Red Markers were studied, it became clear they were receiving the signal they broadcast, rather than creating it themselves.' - S.C.A.F.

Overview ' The Red Markers, sequestered safely away on distant star systems such as Aegis VII, Aspera and Proxima Centauri, among others, were themselves a mystery, as they were more grown than built.

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