Nanites are the microscopic machines that were created by scientists during the Nanite Project in the Generator Rex Universe. At the time of the explosion, Nanites entered the atmosphere and spread across the globe, infecting every living being, apart from White Knight, and are bonded to their molecular structure.
Normally, Nanites are completely harmless; however, when activated, they mutate the biology of their hosts, giving them grotesque physical features and/or special abilities. They are called E.V.O.s (Exponentially Variegated Organisms).
They were used as a way to enslave a small army of Alternate Ben Tennysons and additionally mutate their transformations into E.V.O.s.
Appearance[]
Nanites are microscopic machines, about one-fourth of the size of a human red blood cell. Up close, they look like small orbs that glow various colors when activated such as, yellow when they are incomplete and unstable, like most of the nanites on Rex's Earth in the past, blue when they are complete and function properly, like Rex's nanites, or blue and orange when they are under the control of Technus, with little black rods of various sizes sticking out.
History[]
Nanites were originally created as a way to fight various diseases and world hunger. This was later proven to be possible, as Nanites were used to save Rex's life twice: fully healing him after an almost fatal industrial accident when he was young and restarting his heart when he was a teenager. Some scientists and philanthropists funding the project intentionally let the Nanites roam free while they were still incomplete, this was the Nanite Event. Nanites can mutate humans, plants, animals, aliens and creatures of all kingdoms into E.V.O.s.
At some point during Eon's Campaign, the Ghost Technus managed to acquire a collection of Nanites from the Multiverse, which he used to infect and control a collection of Eon's potential host bodies.
In Chapter 7: Fold, Technus used nanites to control five Alternantive Ben Tennysons and ordered them to transform. Four of these Ben's transformed into E.V.O. fusions of some of their respective transformations such as Jump Kick, Smash Mouth, Supersize and Speed Demon. After that they were ordered to attack the Heroes.
In Chapter 8: Risen, After the defeat of most of the Alternative Bens, Technus ordered Fallout Ben to transform from Jump Kick into Planet Buster as his insurance play.
In Chapter 9: Time Out, Future Fenton utilized a nanite axe build to cut Divinity's head in half while battling him alongside Ben.
In Chapter 10: Again, Future Fenton used a nanite sword build to battle Divinity with Danny and Ben. Later on, Technus used nanites to fuse and mutate the remaining Alternative Bens and himself into an Omni-Chimera.
In Chapter 11: Shattered, Ben and Danny fought against the Omni-Chimera, now dubbed Big Ben, and Vlad, while Future Fenton explained to the Orion Squad what Omni-Chimeras are and how to defeat it using the Salazar Silencer, which would deactivate Big Ben's nanites for up to thirty seconds.
In Chapter 12: Unleashed, Crawnch sacrificed himself in order to inject the Salazar Silencer into Big Ben, which deactivated his nanites, starting the process of transforming him back. Afterwards, the Ben Tennysons that were a part of Big Ben began to merge with Technus into a time rupture.
Mutations[]
Activated Nanites often change a helpless individual into a monstrous, bizarre creature with a wide range of special abilities manifesting. Mutations can vary drastically; in some cases, creatures mainly grow greatly in size, while many others shift into something radically different. Humans almost always retain some human-like qualities, though a majority of humanoid E.V.O.s appear mindless and hellbent on destroying everything around them. Rare individuals can become an E.V.O. and retain their mind and sanity or gain intelligence; Circe, Bobo, and Serge are examples of this phenomenon.
Befitting the chaotic nature of mutations, Nanites can also make a being unstable, as seen with Van Kleiss, he must constantly absorb fresh active Nanites from other E.V.O.s or from Nanite-infused soil to keep himself alive.
E.V.O.s[]
The Alternative Ben Tennysons mutating with their alien DNA to create EVOs
Nanites, in their activated incomplete and unstable state, mutate any organism they are resided in into monstrous, bizarre creatures of varying appearances, an organism will at least keep some characteristics of their former self, the most common traits to lose is mental capacity, reducing a majority of hosts from intelligent species into a primordial state.
Omni-Chimeras[]
Multiple Omnitrix Wielders fused together and controlled with nanites are known as Omni-Chimeras. They are gigantic beings that are hundreads of feet tall. They are used to guard every single universe under Divinity's control in Future Fenton's future and are controlled remotely by Technus. Their minds operate similiarly to regular E.V.Os.
Notable E.V.O.s[]
In order of appearance in 5 Years Later:
Nanite Builds[]
Nanites can be used by their host to generate biomechanical constructs, such as weapons, under specific circumstances, when working properly.
Trivia[]
- Nanites can be affected by Magnets, and with a sufficiently powerful magnet, could literally be ripped out of their host, possibly killing them.
- Nanites can deteriorate over time.
- Nanites can process raw energy into more power for the E.V.O., which, in addition to greatly amplifying their abilities, makes the E.V.O. in question lose control.
- One can predict the appearance and abilities of an E.V.O. by looking at several factors, such as the amount of Nanites, DNA of the host, and programming.
- Nanites can be enhanced by Galvanic Mechamorphs, which also enhances the abilities of the host.