Named Gear

Influenza A capsids

Influenza pool · Capsid

Helmets named for the flu's segmented core and the great pandemics.

• Common: Flimsy Nucleoprotein Cap, Seasonal Shell, Cracked Capsomere
• Uncommon: Nucleoprotein Helm, Ribonucleoprotein Crown, Coiled RNP Hood
• Rare: Segmented Core Helm, Polymerase Diadem, PB2 Cap-Snatcher
• Epic: Hong Kong '68 Helm, Asian '57 Visor, Reassortant Crown
• Legendary: Crown of the 1918 Pandemic, Avian Strain Halo, Spanish Flu Veil
• Mythic: Crown of the First Pandemic, Eight-Segment Godhelm
• Prismatic: Prismatic Crown of Every Strain, Spectrum Helm of the Flu Season

Influenza A envelopes

Influenza pool · Envelope

Body armor from lipid wraps to the Aegis of Antigenic Shift.

• Common: Thin Lipid Wrap, Seasonal Envelope, Leaky Bilayer
• Uncommon: M2 Ion-Channel Vest, Budded Membrane Coat, Raft Lipid Mantle
• Rare: Hemagglutinin Hauberk, Glycoprotein Cuirass, Sialic Breastplate
• Epic: Swine Flu Carapace, H5N1 Plumage, Antigenic Mosaic Plate
• Legendary: Pandemic Shroud of 2009, Plumage of the Wild Waterfowl, Envelope of Endless Drift
• Mythic: Mantle of the Great Influenza, Aegis of Antigenic Shift
• Prismatic: Aurora Mantle of All Hosts, Prism Envelope of Antigenic Shift

Influenza A matrices

Influenza pool · Matrix

Leg armor named for the M1 matrix and reassortment.

• Common: Loose M1 Lattice, Frayed Matrix Leggings, Basic Scaffold
• Uncommon: M1 Matrix Greaves, Layered Scaffold Pants, Assembly Leggings
• Rare: Nuclear Export Greaves, NEP Shuttle Legguards, Budding-Site Tassets
• Epic: Matrix of Reassortment, Filamentous Legplates, Crossbred Greaves
• Legendary: Greaves of the Avian Flyway, Mixing-Vessel Legplates, Legguards of the Swine Host
• Mythic: Greaves of the Eternal Flu Season, Legplates of the Great Shift
• Prismatic: Spectral Greaves of Reassortment, Prismatic Legplates of the Flyway

Influenza A tail fibers

Influenza pool · Tail Fibers

Boots that ride sneezes, aerosols and bird migrations.

• Common: Drifting Sneeze Treads, Droplet Steps, Seasonal Sandals
• Uncommon: Aerosol Striders, Cough-Propelled Boots, Mist Walkers
• Rare: Airborne Treads, Ciliary Skates, Neuraminidase Cleats
• Epic: Migratory Wingboots, Flyway Striders, Jet-Stream Boots
• Legendary: Boots of the Global Season, Wings of the Wild Duck, Hemisphere-Hopping Striders
• Mythic: Boots of the Endless Migration, Treads of Every Winter
• Prismatic: Prism Wings of Every Migration, Aurora Treads of the Global Season

Influenza A spikes

Influenza pool · Spike Protein

Weapons forged from hemagglutinin and neuraminidase.

• Common: Blunt HA Spike, Bent Glycoprotein, Weak Receptor Nub
• Uncommon: Hemagglutinin Spear, Sialic Hook, Neuraminidase Dagger
• Rare: H3 Lance, Cleaved HA2 Blade, Fusion Pike
• Epic: H5 Avian Talon, Polybasic Cleaver, Tamiflu-Resistant Edge
• Legendary: Spear of H1N1, Talon of the Bird Flu, Lance of the 1957 Pandemic
• Mythic: Hemagglutinin of the First Pandemic, The Antigenic Shift
• Prismatic: The Spectrum Hemagglutinin, Prism Lance of All Pandemics

Retrovirus capsids

Retrovirus pool · Capsid

Helmets named for the cone-shaped p24 capsid.

• Common: Thin p24 Cone, Lopsided Capsid, Immature Gag Shell
• Uncommon: Conical Capsid Helm, p24 Hood, Hexamer Cap
• Rare: Cyclophilin-Bound Crown, Pentamer Visor, Nuclear-Pore Helm
• Epic: Clade C Cowl, Uncoating Diadem, Capsid of the Quiet Cone
• Legendary: Crown of Group M, Lenacapavir-Proof Helm, Cone of the Kinshasa Origin
• Mythic: Crown of the Silent Pandemic, Helm of Endless Latency
• Prismatic: Prismatic Cone of Group M, Spectrum Helm of the Reservoir

Retrovirus envelopes

Retrovirus pool · Envelope

Body armor built from stolen membranes and glycan shields.

• Common: Sparse Spike Coat, Thin Host Membrane, Shedding Envelope
• Uncommon: gp41 Vest, Lipid-Raft Mantle, Host-Stolen Coat
• Rare: gp120 Trimer Plate, Glycan Shield Cuirass, CCR5 Cloak
• Epic: Variable Loop Armor, V3 Shifting Coat, CXCR4 Carapace
• Legendary: Glycan Fortress, Cloak of the Reservoir, Armor of Escape Mutants
• Mythic: Mantle of Total Evasion, Envelope of the Unseen
• Prismatic: Aurora Glycan Shield, Prism Envelope of the Unseen

Retrovirus matrices

Retrovirus pool · Matrix

Leg armor named for the retrovirus's accessory proteins and the provirus.

• Common: p17 Leggings, Myristoyl Wraps, Loose Matrix Pants
• Uncommon: Matrix Greaves, Gag Lattice Legguards, Assembly Tassets
• Rare: Nef Greaves, Vpu Legplates, Tetherin-Cutter Leggings
• Epic: Vif Legguards, Rev Export Greaves, Tat Transactivator Plates
• Legendary: Greaves of the Long Terminal Repeat, Legplates of the Provirus, Integrated Greaves
• Mythic: Greaves of the Eternal Genome, Legplates of Lifelong Latency
• Prismatic: Spectral Greaves of the Provirus, Prismatic Legplates of Latency

Retrovirus tail fibers

Retrovirus pool · Tail Fibers

Boots for cell-to-cell spread and silent travel.

• Common: Shuffling Virion Steps, Cell-Free Treads, Plasma Drifters
• Uncommon: Synapse Striders, Lymph Walkers, Bloodstream Boots
• Rare: Virological Synapse Treads, Dendritic Shuttle Boots, Cell-to-Cell Striders
• Epic: Lymph Node Sprinters, Trojan Horse Treads, Hitchhiker's Boots
• Legendary: Boots of the Global Spread, Striders of the Hidden Reservoir, Treads of the Long Incubation
• Mythic: Boots of the Silent Decade, Striders of the Unstoppable Spread
• Prismatic: Prism Striders of the Silent Spread, Aurora Treads of Every Synapse

Retrovirus spikes

Retrovirus pool · Spike Protein

Weapons named for gp120, the CD4 receptor and the retroviral enzymes.

• Common: Dull gp120 Knob, Weak CD4 Hook, Bent Spike
• Uncommon: gp120 Knob Mace, CD4 Grapple, Fusion Harpoon
• Rare: gp41 Six-Helix Lance, Coreceptor Blade, V-Loop Whip
• Epic: Reverse Transcriptase Scythe, Integrase Cleaver, Protease Shears
• Legendary: Lance of the Turncoat, Integrase of the Ancients, Scythe of Immune Collapse
• Mythic: The CD4 Severance, Spear of the Final Stage
• Prismatic: The Spectrum gp120, Prism Scythe of Immune Collapse