The Metanecrons were highly adaptable, utterly fearless and incapable of feeling pain. Owing to their resilience, they were uninhibited by dismemberment or decapitation, as well as the usual hazards posed by toxins or radiation. The creatures, however, were highly vulnerable to ion and electromagnetic pulse weaponry due to their cybernetic makeup. Infested with microscopic nanogene droids, all Metanecrons were capable of infecting living beings with the technovirus, assimilating their fallen victims into additional mutants. The painful and rapid effects of the virus—combined with the fervent ferocity of the Metanecrons—often served as a demoralizing influence among the weak-minded. Long-term victims of the nanogene spore would eventually become severely impaired by the degenerative effects