Wait, child units? A.S.H. units can have kids!?
Yes they can! A.S.H. and T.R.A.S.H. units are stil rather humanoid and, unsurprisingly can procreate.
Normal units are created in batches within Cruadal's facilities and are released fully formed as young adults, but freeborn units are hatched from large eggs. These units start at a "child" stage, which is essentially a smaller version of their adult selves, soemwhere between 1/4 to 1/3 of a normal A.S.H. unit's height. They grow at an accelerated rate for the next seven to ten months before they are aged to about the same of a normal unit. Their base height is shorter and they are more prone to having mutations than normal A.S.H. units.
Okay... how?
Oh, wonderful question!
Biologically, A.S.H. units are all the same - single - sex, but may"choose" to express a preferred gender, often to better integrate with humans. All units have a pair of breast and nipples, although they are generally small and it is rare for A.S.H. units to have breasts larger than an A cup which itself is uncommon. They possess a cloaca, which also includes a penis, which remains in their preputial glands when not in use. The appearance of A.S.H. penes vary greatly; a good number have rather human like organs, but plenty have been documented with spines, barbs, or knots.
For some reason, A.S.H. units lay eggs, much like a monotreme, rather than bear live young.
A.S.H. units can procreate recreationally, within their speicies and with other ones, including humans. However, no cases of offspring has been documented through interbreeding, although attempts have been made in lab settings. In fact, offspring is pretty rare, even when A.S.H. units copulate among their species.
Would you like more information about their biology?
Sure... Give me more information about A.S.H. biology.
Thanks!
Well, A.S.H. units are highly durable -- more so than humans -- but they can still be irreparably damaged to the point of death. Overall, their anatomy is rather human like, so they can be treated in normal hospitals, although they can not receive blood.
A.S.H. units bleed clear -- they can have human plasma transfusions (but only with AB plasma) but that doesn't help with the most greivious of wounds. A.S.H. units have ABO blood types but they do not contain the RH (D) antigen. Instead, their blood may contain certain antigens that are not compatible with human blood which also causes human blood to be incompatible with their bodies (antigen negative A.S.H. blood might be able to get transfusions from RH- humans, but it's rather rare).
As mentioned previously, A.S.H. units are manufactured and released as young adults and grow from there -- they generally age 1 A.S.H. year for every 5 to 10 human years.