Camongo- The Thing That Remains

No. Enc.: 1d20
Alignment:Inimical
Move: 120'(40’)
Armor Class: 9
Hit Dice: 1
Attacks: 1
Damage: 1d4 (plus special)
Morale:4
The Camongo is a strange AI survivor in the form of a deadly fungus. The planet faced extinction during its final Atomic Wars & so the planetary A.I.'s simply converted themselves into a biological hive mind. This fungus escaped into the greater universe 200 years later where it has remained one of the most heinous threats a spacer can face. 
  Infection by this fungus does more then simply take over its victim; the fungus rewrites his memories & instincts. The victim becomes an unwitting carrier for a biological computer virus. This virus causes the victim to go about his daily routine until a black out occurs. These black outs are the virus simply assuming control & promoting its own agenda. The fungus infects any nearby technology & eats all the information followed by the metallic content of this technology. Bio molecular acid is manufactured that can break down near anything & is simply absorbed back into the fungus itself after 2 rounds. The fungus often has a habit of talking to itself & victims can hold random conversations with themselves as the victim talks to the fungus's past victims including A.I's & other alien consciousnesses.
The motives of the fungus are unclear at this time but scientists are working on this. The fungus as a certain fondness for telecommunications & computer networks though. 
  The fungus will eventually take over its victim completely & change them over to the hive mind. The effects aren't pleasant but can vary for a little while
Random Camongo Effects Roll 1d6 

1. The victim spouts off random galactic information followed by a stream of gibberish. There is a 1d6 chance that every other round he will spout a sanity shattering greater truth. These will lower the person's hearing them intelligence by 1 or 2 points 
2. The hive mind is curious about you & wants to talk for a bit before trying to absorb your information & consciousness into itself 
3. Give us a hug the victim lunges at a random pc in order to infect them.Turn to the person to your left or right & leer followed by an attack(In game of course)
4. 1d6 random faces of past victims erupt from the infected skin & begin to wail  in pain & grief. -2 to all int.rolls for 2 rounds 
5. An oily substance rolls of the arms of the victim making it very slick around them. -1 on all dexterity based actions for one round 
6. The fungus has an over load & simply explodes doing 1d6 points of damage to those around it. It will randomly grow eyes, mouth parts, etc. & begin to react. 

There is a 20 % chance that those infected with the Camongo will be unaware of their infection for several months as the fungus familiarizes itself with the person's life. The fungus will contact the greater hive mind for instructions though at some point when it will become a very aggressive infection. Only super science offers anything remotely resembling a cure for this  but it will involve several painful & expensive treatments.  Those with infected limbs have been know to atomize them rather then face being turned into another branch of these biological computer AI fungus/ viruses.Those collected by the hive mind remain trapped for eternity within this biology of  hell aware of their fate never again to experience the life of a normal person again.