Central Facehuggeria
23-07-2004, 02:51
OOC Note: I am future tech. This project is future tech. Modern tech nations need not complain.
Also, this is pretty much a carbon copy of what I posted on the ESUS boards when the forums were down. Of course, since the ESUS boards aren't visible to non-ESUS members, this doesn't mean much to you. :) Lastly, I suspect I'll have to split the entire story into a few parts, since Jolt has that odd 10,000 word limit. Other than that, comments would be nice.
Secret IC: Professor Langston and General Ironsides walked through the sterile halls of the Hammer Research Institute. All around them there were the sounds of new and lethal weapons being tested. In these hallowed halls could be found the origin of several key CF technologies, including Accumulator shields, portable laser rifles, powered armor, and more. Here the next generation of weapons and equipment was being tested, including the X-99 Combat Powersuits with the XMC-1 modular weapons mounts and the XM-227 PPB Rifles.
Although the government didn't like to admit it to anyone, the Hammer research institute was also home to several more...unsavory experiments. The Bioroid project was one of these.
The waltz to Langston's office was brisk and uneventful. The interior of the office was incredibly spartan. There were a few chairs, a computer, and a small water cooler/refrigerator/microwave combination. Such accommodations were quite unlike Langston's predecessor, Doctor Enis. Enis' office was filled with numerous works of art, plants, and all manner of interesting things to look at.
"The contrast is striking" Ironsides thought to himself. He was one of the few officials in the CF military who survived the government's 'new blood' initiatives with his rank intact. He had had the opportunity to meet both Enis and Langston, and compare them. Langston was almost a polar opposite of Enis. Enis had morals, Langston didn't appear to (based on his complicity in the abduction of children for project: 'Red Lobster' and project: 'Proteus', with the good doctor playing a pivotal role in the latter...
"Coffee?" Langston asked, one of those mannerisms that are omnipresent in traditional human interaction.
"No thanks. You said you had something of interest to show me?" Ironsides retorted, trying to get straight down to business. Professor Enis had morals. Langston didn't seem to have the same honorable demeanor, and that worried Ironsides a bit.
"Ahh yes..." Langston said as he reached into his desk and pulled out a datapad. After pushing a few buttons and slamming it upon his hand a few times (while cursing about "shitty batteries"), he handed it to Ironsides.
Bioroid Project: Über Soldat/Mjolnir
The purpose of the Bioroid project is to produce a next generation super-soldier immune to defects that does not require the large scale harvesting of civilian children and decades of training.
Utilizing the corpse of a trained CF soldier, a virtually unstoppable killing machine may be produced.
Phase 1: Procure corpse. (The corpse must be recently dead (Time of death<One day)
Phase 2: Enhance corpse. Add ceramic/plastic/metallic skeletal coating. Enhance muscles with implanted stimglands and adrenal supplements. Enhance heart and circulatory system for greater efficiency. Enhance brain for faster reaction times (procedure involves increased blood flow, and increased oxygen flow directly to brain.) Enhance immune system with "jammer" genetically engineered anti-bodies. (Note: Enhancements will not take take hold in the host until the end of Phase 3.) Surgically enhance eyes for greater bloodflow. Perform laser and or nano surgery on any defective organs. Eliminate defective genes with specially designed retrovirus. Add in any new genes via a similar retrovirus (while body is technically 'dead' so as to avoid potential rejection.)
Note: If a vital organ is damaged beyond repair (i.e. heart is punctured with several bullets), then flash-clone a replacement.
Phase 3: Immerse corpse in biomed gel for a period of no less than 1 standard Facehuggerian (Earth, 365 day) year. Any less will not result in a viable bioroid. The biomed gel will promote cellular growth and 'kickstart' the body into 'life.' Note that the body will still be essentially braindead at this stage however. Biomed gel, for all its wondrous properties, does not restore cerebral matter particularly well. (Nor does it restore cells that have undergone significant necrosis, hence the 24 hour limit.)
Phase 4: Implant specially designed "Soulcatcher" chip onto the base of the neck, directly tapped into the spinal column. The Soulcatcher chip will, once activated, function as a secondary computerized brain (As well as provide an electrical jolt to reactivate the stock human brain.)
Phase 5: Download all relevant and necessary combat data into soulcatcher chip. Also download killswitch software into chip. Download redundant control software into soulcatcher chip (so that the device can assume temporary control of motor functions if the spinal column or brain is damaged.)
Phase 6: Activate Bioroid unit and life functions. Due to certain...psychological instabilities that may result, it is vital that there is an Officer (preferably one who served with the unit before termination) and a Psychologist on hand to ensure the unit does not react violently to its new...situation. Using only volunteers may reduce the need for trained psychologists to be present.
The resulting Bioroid will essentially be a super-human soldier capable of absorbing tremendous amounts of punishment and stamina. It will also possess all the experiences and skills that the unit had before death, as well as those general skills that will be downloaded into the soulcatcher chip (such as plumbing and human sexuality I-IV.)
Of course, as the Bioroid unit is essentially resurrected back to life, the unit will require the same sustenance that a traditional human soldier requires. Also, due to the increased muscular mass, the unit will likely require additional protein in its diet.
Notes: It is unknown whether the unit's thinking will be affected by the procedure. Higher brain functions may be enhanced or diminished; there is currently not enough data to come to a satisfactory conclusion.
Ironsides put down the datapad and shot Langston a stare that would have turned a gorgon to stone. "What you propose it wrong. How can you suggest that we take our soldiers and turn them into these...these...abominations!?" He said, his voice rising to a yell at the end. Unlike the Nazi generals, Ironsides actually had morals and values and using soldiers in such a way went against all of his beliefs.
"The Furher has already cleared the project. Such a soldier could be of great effectiveness should the Shivans, or any other enemy for that matter, ever invade. The choice has already been made! I called you as a courtesy! If you would like to watch the first unit as it is 'produced', you may... Here follow me." Langston said, his voice completely triumphant.
Langston got up and Ironsides mimicked him. They both began walking through the corridors again, this time going deeper into the facility, passing through even stricter security checkpoints.
Finally, they passed through a thick set of double doors, into a control room overlooking the genetics lab.
"Here look. They are now implanting the soulcatcher chip into the first unit now. The first unit...Corporal Adrian Shephard, KIA in a skirmish with Shivan forces. Let's watch shall we?" Langston said, his voice full of excitement and expectation.
The chip was implanted and the important data was downloaded directly into it via superconducting fiber optic cable.
"Activate the unit..." Langston said, his sentence trailing off into nothingness as he watched in awe. The Bioroid unit, Corporal Shephard, slowly sat up and scratched his head. Somewhat groggily, he said "Where...Where am I? Who are you!?" while looking at the officer and psychologist.
"Don't worry Adri. It's me, Colonel Donahoe. Remember, I was your commanding officer in the 76th Legion?" Donahoe said, her crisp no-nonsense voice piercing the silence that formed after Shephard spoke.
"Adrian, sir, I'm counselor Pontt. You were to put it bluntly...dead. But we revived you. How do you feel?" The psychologist chimed in.
"Uh...Fine sir. Wait a second...did you say...DEAD!?!?" Shepard said as the full gravity of the situation registered in his mind.
"Yes dead. But don't worry Adri. The eggheads here say you're fully alive again. Heck, they've even enhanced certain useful parts of you." Donahoe said as she looked at the vastly enlarged male organ that the scientists obviously thought would somehow improve the unit's combat performance. (Shephard's lower body was covered by a small towel similar to a miniskirt, but lets just say that his *entire* body has been improved.)
"You see General? It worked perfectly!" Langston quietly whispered to Ironsides. He was quite elated in his perceived victory,
Ironsides on the other hand had been fighting back his revulsion. "Doctor! That still does not give you a right to do something like this! I will fight you all the way to the military tribunal if I have to! This is an affront against nature, an affront against GOD! May he save you, because nobody else will!" Ironsides said angrily before turning on his heels and marching out of the enclosed observation balcony.
Also, this is pretty much a carbon copy of what I posted on the ESUS boards when the forums were down. Of course, since the ESUS boards aren't visible to non-ESUS members, this doesn't mean much to you. :) Lastly, I suspect I'll have to split the entire story into a few parts, since Jolt has that odd 10,000 word limit. Other than that, comments would be nice.
Secret IC: Professor Langston and General Ironsides walked through the sterile halls of the Hammer Research Institute. All around them there were the sounds of new and lethal weapons being tested. In these hallowed halls could be found the origin of several key CF technologies, including Accumulator shields, portable laser rifles, powered armor, and more. Here the next generation of weapons and equipment was being tested, including the X-99 Combat Powersuits with the XMC-1 modular weapons mounts and the XM-227 PPB Rifles.
Although the government didn't like to admit it to anyone, the Hammer research institute was also home to several more...unsavory experiments. The Bioroid project was one of these.
The waltz to Langston's office was brisk and uneventful. The interior of the office was incredibly spartan. There were a few chairs, a computer, and a small water cooler/refrigerator/microwave combination. Such accommodations were quite unlike Langston's predecessor, Doctor Enis. Enis' office was filled with numerous works of art, plants, and all manner of interesting things to look at.
"The contrast is striking" Ironsides thought to himself. He was one of the few officials in the CF military who survived the government's 'new blood' initiatives with his rank intact. He had had the opportunity to meet both Enis and Langston, and compare them. Langston was almost a polar opposite of Enis. Enis had morals, Langston didn't appear to (based on his complicity in the abduction of children for project: 'Red Lobster' and project: 'Proteus', with the good doctor playing a pivotal role in the latter...
"Coffee?" Langston asked, one of those mannerisms that are omnipresent in traditional human interaction.
"No thanks. You said you had something of interest to show me?" Ironsides retorted, trying to get straight down to business. Professor Enis had morals. Langston didn't seem to have the same honorable demeanor, and that worried Ironsides a bit.
"Ahh yes..." Langston said as he reached into his desk and pulled out a datapad. After pushing a few buttons and slamming it upon his hand a few times (while cursing about "shitty batteries"), he handed it to Ironsides.
Bioroid Project: Über Soldat/Mjolnir
The purpose of the Bioroid project is to produce a next generation super-soldier immune to defects that does not require the large scale harvesting of civilian children and decades of training.
Utilizing the corpse of a trained CF soldier, a virtually unstoppable killing machine may be produced.
Phase 1: Procure corpse. (The corpse must be recently dead (Time of death<One day)
Phase 2: Enhance corpse. Add ceramic/plastic/metallic skeletal coating. Enhance muscles with implanted stimglands and adrenal supplements. Enhance heart and circulatory system for greater efficiency. Enhance brain for faster reaction times (procedure involves increased blood flow, and increased oxygen flow directly to brain.) Enhance immune system with "jammer" genetically engineered anti-bodies. (Note: Enhancements will not take take hold in the host until the end of Phase 3.) Surgically enhance eyes for greater bloodflow. Perform laser and or nano surgery on any defective organs. Eliminate defective genes with specially designed retrovirus. Add in any new genes via a similar retrovirus (while body is technically 'dead' so as to avoid potential rejection.)
Note: If a vital organ is damaged beyond repair (i.e. heart is punctured with several bullets), then flash-clone a replacement.
Phase 3: Immerse corpse in biomed gel for a period of no less than 1 standard Facehuggerian (Earth, 365 day) year. Any less will not result in a viable bioroid. The biomed gel will promote cellular growth and 'kickstart' the body into 'life.' Note that the body will still be essentially braindead at this stage however. Biomed gel, for all its wondrous properties, does not restore cerebral matter particularly well. (Nor does it restore cells that have undergone significant necrosis, hence the 24 hour limit.)
Phase 4: Implant specially designed "Soulcatcher" chip onto the base of the neck, directly tapped into the spinal column. The Soulcatcher chip will, once activated, function as a secondary computerized brain (As well as provide an electrical jolt to reactivate the stock human brain.)
Phase 5: Download all relevant and necessary combat data into soulcatcher chip. Also download killswitch software into chip. Download redundant control software into soulcatcher chip (so that the device can assume temporary control of motor functions if the spinal column or brain is damaged.)
Phase 6: Activate Bioroid unit and life functions. Due to certain...psychological instabilities that may result, it is vital that there is an Officer (preferably one who served with the unit before termination) and a Psychologist on hand to ensure the unit does not react violently to its new...situation. Using only volunteers may reduce the need for trained psychologists to be present.
The resulting Bioroid will essentially be a super-human soldier capable of absorbing tremendous amounts of punishment and stamina. It will also possess all the experiences and skills that the unit had before death, as well as those general skills that will be downloaded into the soulcatcher chip (such as plumbing and human sexuality I-IV.)
Of course, as the Bioroid unit is essentially resurrected back to life, the unit will require the same sustenance that a traditional human soldier requires. Also, due to the increased muscular mass, the unit will likely require additional protein in its diet.
Notes: It is unknown whether the unit's thinking will be affected by the procedure. Higher brain functions may be enhanced or diminished; there is currently not enough data to come to a satisfactory conclusion.
Ironsides put down the datapad and shot Langston a stare that would have turned a gorgon to stone. "What you propose it wrong. How can you suggest that we take our soldiers and turn them into these...these...abominations!?" He said, his voice rising to a yell at the end. Unlike the Nazi generals, Ironsides actually had morals and values and using soldiers in such a way went against all of his beliefs.
"The Furher has already cleared the project. Such a soldier could be of great effectiveness should the Shivans, or any other enemy for that matter, ever invade. The choice has already been made! I called you as a courtesy! If you would like to watch the first unit as it is 'produced', you may... Here follow me." Langston said, his voice completely triumphant.
Langston got up and Ironsides mimicked him. They both began walking through the corridors again, this time going deeper into the facility, passing through even stricter security checkpoints.
Finally, they passed through a thick set of double doors, into a control room overlooking the genetics lab.
"Here look. They are now implanting the soulcatcher chip into the first unit now. The first unit...Corporal Adrian Shephard, KIA in a skirmish with Shivan forces. Let's watch shall we?" Langston said, his voice full of excitement and expectation.
The chip was implanted and the important data was downloaded directly into it via superconducting fiber optic cable.
"Activate the unit..." Langston said, his sentence trailing off into nothingness as he watched in awe. The Bioroid unit, Corporal Shephard, slowly sat up and scratched his head. Somewhat groggily, he said "Where...Where am I? Who are you!?" while looking at the officer and psychologist.
"Don't worry Adri. It's me, Colonel Donahoe. Remember, I was your commanding officer in the 76th Legion?" Donahoe said, her crisp no-nonsense voice piercing the silence that formed after Shephard spoke.
"Adrian, sir, I'm counselor Pontt. You were to put it bluntly...dead. But we revived you. How do you feel?" The psychologist chimed in.
"Uh...Fine sir. Wait a second...did you say...DEAD!?!?" Shepard said as the full gravity of the situation registered in his mind.
"Yes dead. But don't worry Adri. The eggheads here say you're fully alive again. Heck, they've even enhanced certain useful parts of you." Donahoe said as she looked at the vastly enlarged male organ that the scientists obviously thought would somehow improve the unit's combat performance. (Shephard's lower body was covered by a small towel similar to a miniskirt, but lets just say that his *entire* body has been improved.)
"You see General? It worked perfectly!" Langston quietly whispered to Ironsides. He was quite elated in his perceived victory,
Ironsides on the other hand had been fighting back his revulsion. "Doctor! That still does not give you a right to do something like this! I will fight you all the way to the military tribunal if I have to! This is an affront against nature, an affront against GOD! May he save you, because nobody else will!" Ironsides said angrily before turning on his heels and marching out of the enclosed observation balcony.