NationStates Jolt Archive


Project Deep Thought [Secret IC, Background]

Iuthia
20-10-2004, 00:25
--- Top Secret: Hand Deliver ONLY ---

To: Lord General James deGritz, leader of the Iuthian People
From: Project: Deep Thought - Medical Advisor
Subject: Progress so far
Message:

Lord General,

As requested I have completed my medical report on our latest training project: "Deep Thought", in order to confirm the health and physical capabilities of the latest trainees in the program. I will briefly cover the results in this report with further details of precise results in the attached encrypted disk for viewing at your leisure. I hope you will be impressed at the results of this program as I am.

Judging their physical condition so far I would say that the muscle training being undergone by these young people has been highly successful at achieving its goals. The physical examinations have been completed and the results are some what surprising, these young adults are exceeding their estimated peak physical states though the careful use of their Prana Bindu training we are coming to the conclusion that they are optimising their body careful manipulation of their pulse and breathing, as well as the efficient use of their muscles. Something which is allowing them to exceed what we perceive as the normal limits… the potential use of this has already been discussed in our last meeting with the project organiser. Further details noted in the attached diskette.

As for their hand eye co-ordination and vision, I would say that the muscle training been given to them which I am not informed about seems to have improved them in this manner also, they are showing signs of improvement, though not to the same level as that of their physical endurance. Their vision and observation is excellent… they seem to be more focused and aware of their surrounding. This can only confirm to me that their Petit Perception training is working at some level in conjunction with the other training methods I’m not being filled in on.

Mentally each student seems sound and stable, they are as intelligent as always and their observation seem to be serving them well of their judgement, I can see no ill effects beyond some of the normal institutionalisation from being in such a training program… but such was expected from the start and it is an acceptable risk for the time being, the same risk we take with Black Vipers, dealing with this problem later should be no different then from the normal methods.

Overall I must say that my previous concerns about this project have been proven incorrect and I feel that now I can fully support the endeavour we are doing here. These future diplomats will be an asset to Iuthia’s IDC.

Thanks,

Dr. Hans Groober
Iuthian Medical Corps.
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James read the document carefully, noting the sense of awe in the doctors written words. The project had been going on for some time now; this was the third generation of this particular version of the science which had been practiced by Iuthia’s diplomats who had been using a minor version of this for over a century now. The idea was fairly simple; trained diplomats were able to read a persons body language and use the information to understand a little better what they were saying and the reasoning behind it. It hadn’t been trained to this level before, but in the past it was just a method of intuition, everyone has it in a way, some more then others. It has never been entirely reliable and James doubted it ever would be.

However, with this project they went a step further, in the first stages they just found those who were tested and proven to excel in various fields such as observation, muscle control and oratorical ability. These people would then further research into these fields and teach others where possible, allowing for more research and teaching through out the generations. All members of the project would teach one another the skills to make a better diplomat as Iuthia had defined what they wanted. Now they were on the third generation of the program and were seeing some improving developments.

This report James read was coupled with that of another report handed to him from the Project Overseer who had further details into their training. This generation were being taught further into the skills such as voice control to improve their oratorical ability, such as to compel obedience in listeners on a subconscious level, to incite them or calm them… it wasn’t nearly as powerful as it sounded but it was progress. They were also being trained to exercise petit perception at all times, noticing minutiae that others miss to a terrifying degree to be coupled with their analytical skilled. Observing the body language, variations in a person's voice and tiny reactions allow them to deeply understand a person's emotional state, and manipulate it. Finally a degree of muscle control was being taught so that each student will eventually have full control over each muscle in their body; this is called prana bindu training. It allows them to bend the last joint in their little toe while remaining otherwise motionless or put a remarkable amount of force behind a physical blow (unarmed attacks being a part of their new specialized martial arts, still being built upon as it wasn’t a complete method yet). They could bend and contort their bodies in ways that most would consider impossible. A student would also eventually be able to completely control their breathing and heart rate, but for now this was limited.

It was an odd idea, so it was only a small project… but it was growing in popularity among the IDC, who saw it as their future.

James put down the report and opened his person safe to keep it from the possibility of spies. It was an interesting dream to keep hold of... only time will tell.
Iuthia
24-10-2004, 13:58
[I'm only bumping this once for OOC coverage, basically so people don't accuse me of pulling this out of my ass when I start using it.]