Reptilian Conspiracy is an event story that is inspired by David Icke's Reptilian Conspiracy Theory, which posits that there exists a reptilian alien race that has been secretly controlling humanity, and that certain heads of state and other notable figures are in fact disguised members of this race.

The story itself can start in any country, and requires Paranoia to be evolved within the first 60 days - a feat that will require 19-20 DNA points to accomplish on Normal, depending on what genes you picked before you started:

- (A) Psychological Mutations (13)
- (S) Insomnia (2)
- (S) Paranoia (4)

When accomplished, you will be greeted with a brief introduction featuring "Ickle" Dave and his crazy theory, after which you will require around 30 DNA points to evolve the following:

- (T) Zoonotic Shift (3)
- (T) Insect 1 (9)
- (A) Morphological Mutations (13)
- (A) Reptilian Adaptations (4)

Let it be a reminder that this is not an easy task with a virus, even on Normal with Creationist, as it will attempt to mutate symptoms when you don't want them.

By this time, your starting country should at least be close to 30% infected. Once that condition is also reached, you will receive a notice on the ticker stating that people in your starting country are getting concerned about lizard people. From there, the story can go one of two ways: evolve Insanity via Seizures, or evolve Morphological Shift 1.

- Insanity Route :

This is pretty much this virus' equivalent of the "Not Another Zombie Game" achievement, in that you will be staying away from the main attraction of the plague for its duration.

Shortly after evolving Insanity, there will be a news flash about fanatical Reptilian Conspiracy believers forming their own version of witchhunts, attacking anyone they suspect of being "lizard people". Using this to your advantage, do your best to build up your DNA points until you have at least another 30, as you will be evolving symptoms to reach Aggression for the next stage. Whatever you do however, make sure that Theriocentric Personality is devolved immediately if it randomly evolves.

When you receive notification about raids on military bases, hold position on your symptoms, and focus on working on transmissions and resistances. No doubt by now the cure has already gotten started, and you may have already evolved a reshuffle or two to counter it. Eventually, you will also receive word of a coup d'état launched by the Lizardhunters, after which they effectively become their own brand of North Korea.

Then, watch the fireworks.

- Morphological Shift Route : *

Oh, how delightfully ironic it is to turn conspiracy theorists into what they've been going bonkers about!

Morphological Shift 1 is the beginning of the transformation sequence, and what better way to make that point than to have the conspiracy theorists panic when they realize what they're turning into.

Taking Morphological Shift 2 leads to two choices: evolving Fever, or replacing Paranoia with Theriocentric Fixation.

Fever will herald the need for suicide watch for the poor misled souls whom your job is to eradicate - they simply were not able to carry the burden that is the cruel truth of their existence.

The alternative, replacing Paranoia with Theriocentric Fixation, is a Heel-Face Turn, the former conspiracy believers having come to terms with the changes and adapting accordingly.
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* This path is a work in progress.

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