| From: | Doctor Doom <JCH8169@********.BITNET> |
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| Subject: | Doom's findings on Trevor, Part VI |
| Date: | Fri, 12 Mar 93 23:09:00 CST |
only
two of the subjects were truly viable. The remaining few examples either never
attained life (according to records, they expired almost instantly following
disconnection), or were unable to be implanted with the "Theta cycle" process
that involves some far advanced form of skill soft cyberware, as near as I can
guess, which was used, in part, for the formation of the clone subject's minds
and cognitive abilities. These "failures", if you will, were used as servile
biological androids until the genetic defects caused expiration (in all cases,
within 6 months of being "activated"). The remaining two were called the Alpha
and Omega Weapons, respectively, although the researchers could not determine
exactly what permitted the process to function in their cases. Their studies
led to speculating that an uncontrolled random mutation (termed X-factor in the
documents) facilitated the process. Although, if it truly existed, they were
unsuccessful in isolating it. Tommy Harada was Alpha, and--as the name
implies--was the first. He became operational on January 22, 2049, which was
the day he was unhooked from synthetic life support to begin training. The
second, Omega, became operational later that year, on September 24. So, if
Quention can be called Harada's father, Omega was his brother.
Much of the story of Omega Weapon was inadvertantly uncovered by Jaez, the
Debutante Technomancer. In copies of security reports I managed to locate,
there is the retelling of his escape. Omega was designed to be the stronger,
more aggressive version of Alpha, which included considerably more of the
natural bioware including chemical and programmed tendencies for aggression,
but the differences ran deeper: Quention was both the alpha and omega donor
for Omega Weapon, a distinct difference. Apparently, he was possessed with a
desire for freedom one night. His natural abilities and programmed cunning
permitted him an easy escape, assisted by the fact that his creators seemingly
did not anticipate the possibility of this eventuality.
A manhunt ensued, and it became readily apparent that Omega was unwilling to
go quietly. Following a shooting on a UCAS freeway, law enforcement officials,
including CIA, FBI, and New York State Patrolmen and a UCAS Ranger unit swept
through upstate New York. ( Do you generate the impression they had been at
very least appraised as to some of the capabilities of the opposition? )
Following eluding the dragnet on no less than three occasions, the forces
concentrated upon his position, and a protracted firefight utilizing automatic
weapons, incendiaries, and grenades resulted. After several hours of siege,
they successfully neutralized Omega. As Jaez said, the reports indicate that
in the final few engagements, Omega's actions became increasingly erratic and
desperate. This could be a result of the (perhaps unwise) decision of his
creators to "program" him to be far more aggressive. Alternatively, he could
have realized his life, his very existence, was at stake.
Very little of the corpse was left, although the description superficially
matches that of Tommy Harada. Subsequent evens, such as the oblivious
investigators matching the genetic codes with that of Quention (and one can
just imagine as to what sort of difficulties that could have generated), caused
the information and case to be suppressed.
Meanwhile, Alpha Weapon, soon to be dubbed Tommy "The Dragon" Harada, finished
his training, and started what the laboratory reports term as "field testing",
which can only mean his time spent with the New York Yakuza clan, and I can
only conclude this was of the conditions of Quention's agreement. ]<<<<<
-- Doctor Doom <23:08:02/03-12-54>
