The Serpent That Cannot Be Slain

The Serpent That Cannot Be Slain is a Hazardous Entity, class 1c.

Location
This Hazard's spine is to be stored in a tube of acid-filled armour-grade steel 8cm in diameter, which is to be immersed in ice water and stored underground in Hazard Zone One. Sensors within the ice water will detect any disturbances, and regiment 31, 'the Bonecrunchers' (to be kept permanently on site), is to be dispatched in the case of any breach.

Attributes
The Snake is an organism superficially resembling a large snake, most similiar to a rock python. The creature feeds by consuming any organic material (through surface contact or ingestion), then using this to produce its structural materials and energy. Its spine (which acts as the brain and digestive system, and the anchor for the body that develops around it) seems to be entirely indestructible, as well as opaque to all scanning methods, so is impossible to analyse. In its fully developed state, the Hazard is long and sinuous in shape, and pitch-black in colour. Its extended length is 5.8m, and its typical mass when undamaged is 100kg. It is capable of rapid motion, reaching up to 70km/h with the usage of many tiny limbs along its underside, and of leaping great distances.

When its body is damaged, the snake is able to regenerate to its original form. It seems to grow out from the spine, and if all its flesh is lost it can entirely regenerate its body within half an hour. It cannot regenerate while frozen.

It is believed that the Snake is sapient. It has never attempted to communicate, however, and psychics getting too close begin to experience 'chanting sounds' inside their heads, preventing them from thinking properly.

Discovery
The Snake's was recovered from a glacier on █████ ████ Island, Antarctica, on 12/12/20██. It showed aggressiveness to researchers after being unfrozen, and following an assault by Researcher ████ █████, caused the death of 9 personnel. After this, the area was quarantined and systematically cleared by airstrike. The spine of the Snake was recovered from the site, and put in its current containment unit at that time.