# Dev Diary #2: Microbodies

## datum/microbody
The base template for all microbodies.

### Vars:

name, singular, plural: holds name conventions.
Used in pathogen/controller, QM_supply, and the Pathomatic machine.

Strength: "The strength of the microbody. Used for randomization."
Used frequently in /pathogen.dm for generation.

**Thoughts on expanding this var?**

Commonness: "An inverse of rarity. A value of 10 means a ten times relative chance to a value of 1."
Used only once in /pathogen.dm.

**Probably not necessary.**

stages: defines natural maximum number of stages.

activity list():"determines the probability of symptoms manifesting in each stage for a particular microbody."

**Looks OK, no real need to alter this idea.**

growth_medium: "the reagent whose presence will make pathogens of this microbody grow in petri dishes."

**OK. Will likely simplify to 'eggs' or other reagents for integration with ranchers and QM produce crates.**

nutrients list(): "A list of reagent IDs, each of which is required for the growth of a pathogen."

**OK.**

auto_immunize: "If 1, curing also immunizes to re-infection. Should always be 1."

**Is this var the simplest solution to stopping reinfection?**

amount: "The amount of nutrition of each type required per unit of pathogen to continue cultivation."

**OK**

maxStats: "The maximum amount of points that can be spread over the various stats."
Used in the html/json for the PathoComp and in the pathology computer.

**This will be replaced by the new research point system for artificial pathogen creation.**