Chapter One: Beginnings
The advance of genetic engineering makes it quite conceivable that we will begin to design our own evolutionary progress.- Isaac Asimov
Quick History
Humanity when we entered this new millennium, were at the dawn of a Scientific Boom. With the advent of the Human Genome Project, the clone named Dolly, and the rise of Genetically- Modified crops, we were now the masters of the world. We were now God in human flesh, able to control the very environment with ease. We crossed the line of whether it was ethical long ago, in the name of scientific advancement. Now as we approach the year 2019, humanity now must face something that was created by very hands. Our creation was demanding recognition. This creation looked human, acted human, and talked like a human but they are not human.They came seemingly out of no where and have powers that can only be described as supernatural. They are either our way to transcendence or our horsemen of the apocalypse.People fear the unknown, what they can not understand, and that fear becomes hate. They are hunted by the authorities, tracked down, tagged, and then dissected. These mutants now hide in secret, looking for a way to survive, but also a few powerful individuals in this shattered community demand that they unite. Most agree that they need to unite, but who should lead? Some say that they need to make peace with other humans,while others demand that they destroy their oppressors. Only time will tell, who will lead.
According to United States Government are known by the scientific name of homo mutans or Tier One Hostiles but the creations have come to called themselves the New Forsaken.
These Tier One Hostiles are what we desired to be the perfect form of ourselves. Physically beautiful with increased intelligence, sight and hearing. They age slower than us, approx. 3 times slower after reaching the age of 25. However what makes them a threat to man is there "Unnatural Biological Abilities" what the average person would call supernatural powers. Although they are not hated by the average human and are being chased by a black ops divisions and shadowy governments, there is a growing amount of sightings.
More defined Lore. Quick History of Homo Mutans.
Long ago in our pasts, these Forsaken existed. They were gods in our eyes, but for an unknown reason they died out.
It is well known that eleven million Jews, Communists, and Slavic People was massacred in the event that became known as the Holocaust. However the Operation known as Reine Aryan is what started this change of events. Led by Doctor Hanz Färber, and the secretive Ascension Group began to experiment on the possibility on creating an Aryan Race. Using varying amount of chemicals and formulas, the Operation was deemed a failure as many test subjects simply died from Genetic Breakdowns, however there was still some promising results on young children who had a one in 768 in not dying. After World War 2 ended in a German Defeat many scientists defected to the United States in Operation Paper Clip.
The Central Intelligence Agency in the 1950s took up the Operation an tested many State Prisoners. This ended in utter failure and the Operation disaster and had 98.5% fatality rate. However in 1953, with the discovery of DNA and the beginning stages of Genetic Testing, the project began to show promising results. An isolated gene of special importance, the German Scientists and Färber created a serum that could in effect activate the gene within our bodies. Children were way more likely to have the gene activate itself, but a few adults showed promise. While testing himself, Färber himself discovered that he could potentially activate the gene and soon after disappeared with vials of the serum. With his disappearance, poor funding, and questionable morality, the project shut down.
With the advent of Genetic Engineering in the 1980s, the National Security Agency(NSA) decided that the Program might be worth while. 250 hundred babies were extracted from their hospitals at birth and were exposed to a modified version of Färber's design. With the few that survived the exposure, their DNA was tested and it was later discovered that a certain few had that DNA Gene(known as the "God" Gene) were able to survive. This Gene appeared to have mutated during the exposure and was going to be manifested or activated during Puberty. It was theorized that the gene was once active in our gene pool, but since it was recessive gene, it slowly died out. But with Färber's serum, not only did it activate the gene, it made it a dominant gene. Adults were tested but only Färber had the serum that could activate it in a few lucky adults. The NSA Director excited by this development ordered a round a clock abduction and exposure of the genes to babies with the gene. However the NSA realized that they could not simply house the hundreds of Children Exposed between the periods of 1995 to 2005. So it was decided that they would live their lives until age 15 and then be extracted. All these abductions took place around the world and when it came time for extractions, it was an almost near success. But during their detention at Plum Island, the facility was attacked by an unknown third party in 2007, allowing the youth to rebel and escape into New York City.
Now we are back at 2019, the dawn of transcendence.
Tier One Hostiles Ranking System:
In 2010, a few years after the Plum Island Incident a report going on about possible reasons for such an inept response was given to a Congressional Oversight Committee. The Committee was obviously angry at the inept spy agency and demanded to know how this might effect the safety of the public and National Security. Ex-Operations Manager divided the Human Mutans into different categories to explain there possible origin and how to differentiate these groups from each other.
A) Type A(the Forsaken)-The Ancient Greeks stories told the stories about demigods and their supposed supernatural connections to MT.Olympus. The Company(CIA) believe that these stories are actually Human Mutans who were perceived to be Gods due to their abilities. Unnaturally long lifespans, it should be noted that by the end of the 12th century the Company believes them to have gone extinct or more precisely their gene pool had become too infected with Homo Sapiens. The Company and Färber coined the term due to ancient Manuscript discovered by the Germans in Libya during the Afrika campaign. According to the manuscript it stated the old stories about the Sumerian King of Uruk, Gilgamesh, and his many exploits. However the manuscript added to the figures known history by stating that he had fled into the desert and was 'Forsaken' by Allah due to his heathen beliefs.. The text was dated to be around 1200 AD, although it authenticity is debatable to say the least. It is believed that they no longer are with us. (Or are they?)
B) Type B (Holocaust Survivors) Created by the Reine Aryan Project of the Second World War. These occurred rather by accident and were the Nazis doing the chemical equivalent of shooting darts to the wall. However one concoction would later become the blueprint of the Färber Serum and thus these survivors have basic abilities. There abilities and lifespans due not match those of other, later experiments but a good majority, (those of whom survived the camps) are still alive and living peacefully. Most appear to be in their 40 to 50s and receive a large check by the US government to stay quite. It is unknown what happened to those who got stuck in the Eastern Block.
C) Type C(Prisoners) The first time the US Government picked up this operation. The CIA used Asylums and Prisons to test these vast concoctions of serums. Färber knew that testing on adults was a waste of time but played along as the CIA gave him a vast amount of resources and also perfected his ideas with the discovery of DNA. Färber used the earliest form to discover what genes were needed for the serum to actually work. Then it happened, the serum was perfected on an earlier idea and he discovered how to unleash the 'power of the gods'. It should be noted that most of his experiments were on secretly abducted black children as they gave him the best results. Prisoners exposed to the serum who had the genes were to become the first half-breeds.
D) Type D ( Plumbers) Receiving their name from Plum Island, these were all children from around the world exposed to the serum by the NSA so that they can become shock troops for the United States in case of the government of high risk situations. Most of them escaped during the Plum Island Incidents, however a few stayed behind with their captors. They have the most refined powers and aging slows down immensely at the age of 25. (Most of you guys will probably will probably in this category, so this one is the most broad with background)
Exposed to the Serum
As explained if you have the 'God' Genes, then you basically get super powers. However if you don't then that kind of sucks for you. If you don't have the genes in you, then you die. It's fatal and within 96 hours your body will deteriorate into as your body is being broken down at the cellular level. There is no cure, as this simply destroys your production of RNA looking for a genes that are not there.
However if you do have the genes in you but was exposed after puberty then you transform into a 'half breed'. A Half Breed has powers but they go through a quick and painful transformation as their body for an unknown reason looses its hair, men lose their genitals, and Cartilage in your body breaks down. As you might imagine that might be painful and yet most people do not die. Whatever you look like now, you are stuck like that as you stop aging much like Homo Mutans. They still retain their intelligence many fall into despair because the state of their body.
