Swaps

A swap is an instance where two Sagan 4 team members trade species prompts. This may be done for a variety of reasons, a common one being to bring fresh ideas to existing lineages through a new set of eyes. Although swaps have been a common practice for most of Sagan 4's history and are sometimes regarded as challenges similar to Prime Specimen, records of the vast majority of known swaps were lost during the limbo as a result of the forum going down, and even more swaps have likely happened without ever being recorded at all.

Some species which were created for swaps had a significant impact on Sagan 4; for example, the alpha:Marine Tamow, which effectively saved the furred alpha:Shrew lineage from a tragic watery demise, was created during a swap between Hydromancerx and TheBigDeepCheatsy.