The Stars are Fire
Hungry hazes are found in regions where the fundamental laws of physics have been eroded or are weak. They are named for how they appear as distortions of sight, like areas of heat haze, that shimmer in the air. These colorless hazes rapidly advance when they sense prey, taking on a "hungry" orange-red hue as they cling to the bodies of whatever they attempt to feed on next.
Victims being fed upon by a hungry haze sometimes hallucinate, seeing a physically manifest monster instead of formless vapor.
Motive: Hungers for flesh
Environment: Alone or in groups of three to five, usually in areas of strained space-time. Immune to the effects of vacuum. (Space)
Health: 12
Damage: 5 points
Movement: Flies an immediate distance each round
Modifications: Stealth tasks as level 5
Combat: A hungry haze breaks down the flesh of all living creatures within immediate range, inflicting a moderate wound (5 points). As an insubstantial haze, only attacks that affect an area have a chance to inflict full damage on them; other successful attacks only inflict 1 point of damage, regardless of the amount indicated. If a hungry haze successfully feeds, it gains 1 point of health, even if the increase puts it above its maximum health. If a hungry haze is reduced to zero health, a smooth thumb-sized egg of unknown material is left behind.
Interactions: A hungry haze does not speak or seem to have language. But it is not mindless; it can learn from its experiences and figure out creative solutions to problems.
Uses: After a research station on Mercury is abandoned for unspecified issues, salvagers show up looking for easy pickings. But a strange haze seems to hang over the station.
Loot: People (or AI) interested in strange manifestations would probably pay for the remains of a hungry haze in an amount equal to the expensive price category.
GM Intrusion: The character's Armor rating is reduced by 1; the hungry haze apparently can eat more than just flesh.