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The Salmonid Field Guide According to Shumi

Hi! My name's Bai Zhuhai, but my Inkling friends call me Shumi Shira. That's right, I was raised by the Bai clan of Salmonids! As an Inkling, I can't exactly operate their machinery myself, so they assigned me to the engineering corps, so I know all the ins and outs of Salmonid technology. The official Salmonid Field Guide from Grizzco shows Salmonids in a...negative light, so I decided to write my own version. That Grizz guy just doesn't know what we're really like!

Lesser Salmonids

Smallfry, Chum, and Cohock

-I guess there's nothing technological about these guys. They just wield pots and pans (and spoons for the little guys!)

-The Salmonid language doesn't have a singular word for "child." Instead, we have multiple words for different age groups. I'm not going to confuse you with the Salmonid words, but the Inkish equivalents are Smallfry for birth through age 7, Chum for ages 8 through 12, and Cohock for ages 13 through 17. Of course, these aren't specific dividers. They're just vibes.

-Salmonids are allowed to start fighting at age five. That's right, we're dropping preschoolers onto the battlefield. Yes, they're fast. Have you seen how much energy a small child has?

-They always come in groups. What, do you think we're gonna let the kids go out on their own?

Snatcher

-Snatchers are in charge of retrieving any golden eggs that might have been dropped.

-Most Snatchers are Chums just starting out on the battlefield who didn't start as Smallfries for whatever reason. If they show aptitude at their job, they'll be allowed to join the rest of the lesser Salmonids.

-Recently, our clan has started using aviation technology to better retrieve golden eggs. They came in our latest purchase from the Octarians!

-I bet you're wondering how a helicopter can fly with the blade on the bottom. All I can tell you is that it takes a lot of balance.

Boss Salmonids

Steelhead

-Steelheads attack using a bomb launcher attached to their heads. Bombs are inflated using a special mouthpiece with valves leading into the mouth. Leaving the valves open allows them to suck saliva out of the mouth and into the collectors on either side, but biting on them causes all that spit to get pushed out of the collectors and into the bomb!

-If you shoot the bomb while it's still being inflated, the combination of internal and external pressure will cause a backfire which always breaks something.

-I don't know how they get their saliva to be explosive. I've been meaning to ask them, but they're very difficult to talk to.

-Can confirm that the bombs SMELL. Salmonids have it worse since their sense of smell is ten times stronger than an Inkling's.

-Steelheads are no-chill by choice. Among muscle-bound adults, the aggressive ones are chosen to be Steelheads.

-Salmonid tradition dictates that if a clan doesn't have a Goldie, they are led by a King Salmonid. After that, the leader is decided by the people, and our clan has decided the Steelheads are next in line since they also lead the company troops.

-Yanghai wants to be a Steelhead, but I don't think he'll ever have the bulk to make it. He's always struck me as a Drizzler guy, anyway.

Steel Eel

-The Steel Eel is made of a bunch of metallic water sprayers. [General note: That green stuff the Salmonids are spraying isn't ink. Salmonids can't produce ink. It's actually seawater. Mixed with a little bit of bile. Why are you making that face? Everyone has gallbladders, right?]