Immortal Core
THE IMMORTAL CORE
It's all very blah blah and needs more homour. I'll do it some day but until then you stuck with this. Despite the Immortal name, an Immortal can still be killed and even destroyed, to a point. However, the part of the Immortal that can never, under any circumstance be destroyed, or tampered with on any level, is the Immortal Core. This infinitesimally tiny seed is all that an Immortal needs in order to regenerate back into being. It repulses all scans and can not be detected under any means, it is unknown how this occurs but it has been surmised that there is a connection between all Immortals to the Emperor as it is known that he can somehow trace any and all Immortals living or in a state of regeneration. Immortal Cores have been captured in the past despite this defense, but retribution is always swift and to date no Immortal Core has failed to be re-acquired.
It was understood that the Immortals, as a race, are an extended family that passed on their traits and Immortality through procreation. However, this belief was soon shattered after it was discovered that non-family members, even once enemies, had been indoctrinated into the family by Immortalisation. It is known that the mortal has to die to be re-born as an Immortal and that only those who show themselves to be of extreme awesomeness are ever chosen. Just how this is done is not known but it is assumed that a radical redefining of the subjects DNA takes place while keeping the character of the person selected. Only the Emperor can Immortalise a non-family member, although this is mostly at the behest of other lesser Immortals, who have fought against or with those being considered for Immortalisation.
An Immortal begins to regenerate when damaged; however, if the host is entirely destroyed, the Immortal Core will gravitate towards the nearest and densest mass, regardless of distance, albeit very slowly. Stars, Planets, Black Holes, it is surmised that this may be why the Immortal Family have such a good grasp of Black Hole and Infinity Tech due to recovery operations. While the Core remains in such places as Stars or Black Holes, regeneration can not take place until the Core is recovered; nonetheless, they will remain unharmed. If the Immortal Core is seeded on a planet or a suitable environment, then the regeneration process can begin. In some cases Immortals have been consumed by creatures or even other races, but in all such cases the Immortal Core will grow inside the victim, who will be used to regenerate the Immortal, and this is always fatal for the victim.
