Chroniton Crab

These small crab-like creatures can survive in the depths of space. They feed off chroniton particles left behind from time anomalies. A starship that has passed through a time anomaly, or even time-travelled, will often attract these parasites.

The Chroniton Crabs however cannot move through space on their own, they share a symbiotic relationship with a an energy based lifeform. These energy creatures do no show up as even existing, they exist out of time but somehow join with the crabs feeding off them, and providing them with movement through space.

Chroniton Crabs are not aggressive and will generally not attack a human sized being, and if they did would be unlikely capable of causing any real harm. They can still pose a threat as the target of their feeding can be affected by temporal effects, usually repeated time or even rapid aging. So should they attack to a ships hull that area of hull would decay as if a hundred years had passed in just a few hours, posing a possible threat of hull breach.

Effect: Any matter withing 5 meters of a Chroniton Crab will age a year for every 10 minutes within it's proximity. Any character within 5 meters of a Chroniton Crab has a 50 % chance of having to repeat any action or Skill Check.

Chroniton Crabs can be lured from their target with the use of a tachyon beam.