F. pluripotis is a strain that can be used to derive most of the other known Futuris strains. It is primed to receive signals from different environmental conditions that will cause them to differentiate into a more specialized form. On Earth, they were prepared by desiccation and kept inert under argon in glass vials. The pluripotis strain are actually quite difficult to maintain themselves, since even minor cues different than controlled laboratory conditions will cause them to terminally differentiate.