The chaos surrounding the pod landings decimated the colonists. A fundamental lack of manpower then crippled the setup of the colonies while the landing at random sites hampered their viability.
Upon landing, some colonists were affected by a form of catatonia. Over time, those that didn’t die outright started to revive. Initially, some of the survivors who awoke were insane and violent, showing signs of schizophrenia. As time progressed, more of these catatonic colonists revived, and the number of schizophrenic cases fell.
Once the colonists landed, all available resources were steered towards survival. Uterine replicators, used to gestate domestic animals, were quickly bought online before they totally failed. This resulted in an overwhelmingly large number of domestic animals being born and not being able to be cared for. Thus, they were released into the wild to survive as best they could.
After a few months, another medical problem arose. An increasing number of stillbirths and malformed fetuses occurred within domestic animal births. Over time, this also decreased. While it still happened, the stillbirths fell, but the successful births of deformed creatures increased, and some survived. This same high level of stillbirths and birth defects started occurring in the colonists as well.
Despite this, the colonies flourished over time.
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