Dark Science.
Ben128
Join Date: 2002-06-21 Member: 808Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2002-06-21 Member: 808Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">Chapter 1 Species Examination.</div> "Welcome Dr. Lavics....Time is now 22:40...temperature is 68 degrees...."
Ronald Lavics began his normal procedure to cure his nightmares. He worked. Every sense news arrived of the TSA victory on Tanith and the capture of the xeno-form, the labs had been buzzing with excitement. This same aniexty also made many late night workers.
The information gained from this specimen could very well alter the war on the kharaa. Till now, human research had been done mostly in feild, and by mediocore bio-technicians. But this...this could reveal everything about there race. Their weaknesses, their minds...their fears. Fears....if they even had any. They had little to no fear of death, or did they even have a concept of death? Or was everything just for the hive? So many unanswered questions.
Lavics had seen all the videos. Heard all the lectures and discussions. He had studied every diagram shown and every accout of the kharaa's many evolvlutions. They could all be out done by this hands on material. The facts...the facts about it were shakey so far. It was still in egg form, caught and frozen while gestating to start a new infestation in the lower chambers of Tanith. What species it was to become is still unknown, though from a direct genetic biopsy it was determined to be a more basic structure. Not one of the big ones. Still, all precautions were being taken. A complete new reinforced security lab was being built to accomindate this little visitor.
The new lab itself was a bit of a marvel. After birth, the new kharaa would have a habitat the size of a small apartment complex. This was to hopely force it to construct a hive. Something the TSA or BioTech Inc, had yet to witness. The kharaa so far have been deemed to be asexual in reproduction. They simplly gestate into more complex lifeforms after gaining the proper materials. The hive, while very little is known, appears to be intelligent so far. Though how intelligent can only be guessed. The hive acts as the single large mother to the whole colony. Anything is possible in time, who knows, maybe even communication.
A breif flash of a skulk on a leash passed through Lavics mind. "No", he shook his head," definately not, still amusing though."
Lavics looked down at his paper. He had drawn a diagram of what the marines annoyingly refeared to as a skulk. Any intelligent being would have realized that a being of the level ones nature deserved a better name than that. Did not matter though. It would be here tomorrow, and then much would be reveiled.
Realizing how tired all this thinking was making him, Lavics headed for his room. When sleep came it was pleasent. He dreamed of the hive.
<b>End of Intro to Chp1.
Will add Chp1 in a bit.</b>
Chp1 Preliminary Examination
The phone rung. Lavics stared at his clock until his vision unblurred enough to make out the time. 0630. He grabed chaotically around the night stand, knocking around various odds and ends in the process. His nano-sleeping aides, his 20th century style watch.
"Hello?"...silence for a few moments.
"You said you would be here." Confusion sets in, who is...then panic.
"**obscenity** Diane, its 6'o clock in the morning"
"I dont care what time it is, you promised her you would be here..for god sakes Ron, its her birthday."
"I know, I'm sorry..but we are at war...people depend on us, I can't just pack up and leave. And now,with the captured kharaa.." She interupts him, he grows annoyed.
"Thats what you care about?..not your own daughter, just some monster that kills".
"Its not just some monster, its the most significant find in our war so far...." His voice softens, "This is important Diane."
"And your family isn't?"
"Dont be so black and white about this, you know this is not easy."
The other end grows quite, " I know..we know...but we miss you, alot."
Lavics stares again at the clock. The pre-examination meeting was in three hours."I have to go baby"
"Fine...we are just gona have to come to you if you wont come to us."
Panic again, an all to familar feeling, "What!, thats out of the questions, the security procedures alone make it almost impossible.
"Nonsense, its your wife and a small child, we are comming and will be there tomorrow. Love you..bye"
Click, beep, dead line.
Ah well, Lavics sighs, it would be nice to see them again.
Sleep was not destined to take him again. He sat up and thought about what he would do, both with the lvl one and with himself.
At the meeting all the fellow scienctists discussed everything that had occupied their thoughts for the past weeks. From security settings to possiblities for co-exisstence. After awhile, Ronald drifted off into his own deep thoughts.
Then the message they had all been waiting for came. The TSA force had secured the xeno-form in lvl9 security medical lab 157. As a group they walked quickly to the lab.
<b>End Of Chp1
Chapter Two in a bit.</b>
Ronald Lavics began his normal procedure to cure his nightmares. He worked. Every sense news arrived of the TSA victory on Tanith and the capture of the xeno-form, the labs had been buzzing with excitement. This same aniexty also made many late night workers.
The information gained from this specimen could very well alter the war on the kharaa. Till now, human research had been done mostly in feild, and by mediocore bio-technicians. But this...this could reveal everything about there race. Their weaknesses, their minds...their fears. Fears....if they even had any. They had little to no fear of death, or did they even have a concept of death? Or was everything just for the hive? So many unanswered questions.
Lavics had seen all the videos. Heard all the lectures and discussions. He had studied every diagram shown and every accout of the kharaa's many evolvlutions. They could all be out done by this hands on material. The facts...the facts about it were shakey so far. It was still in egg form, caught and frozen while gestating to start a new infestation in the lower chambers of Tanith. What species it was to become is still unknown, though from a direct genetic biopsy it was determined to be a more basic structure. Not one of the big ones. Still, all precautions were being taken. A complete new reinforced security lab was being built to accomindate this little visitor.
The new lab itself was a bit of a marvel. After birth, the new kharaa would have a habitat the size of a small apartment complex. This was to hopely force it to construct a hive. Something the TSA or BioTech Inc, had yet to witness. The kharaa so far have been deemed to be asexual in reproduction. They simplly gestate into more complex lifeforms after gaining the proper materials. The hive, while very little is known, appears to be intelligent so far. Though how intelligent can only be guessed. The hive acts as the single large mother to the whole colony. Anything is possible in time, who knows, maybe even communication.
A breif flash of a skulk on a leash passed through Lavics mind. "No", he shook his head," definately not, still amusing though."
Lavics looked down at his paper. He had drawn a diagram of what the marines annoyingly refeared to as a skulk. Any intelligent being would have realized that a being of the level ones nature deserved a better name than that. Did not matter though. It would be here tomorrow, and then much would be reveiled.
Realizing how tired all this thinking was making him, Lavics headed for his room. When sleep came it was pleasent. He dreamed of the hive.
<b>End of Intro to Chp1.
Will add Chp1 in a bit.</b>
Chp1 Preliminary Examination
The phone rung. Lavics stared at his clock until his vision unblurred enough to make out the time. 0630. He grabed chaotically around the night stand, knocking around various odds and ends in the process. His nano-sleeping aides, his 20th century style watch.
"Hello?"...silence for a few moments.
"You said you would be here." Confusion sets in, who is...then panic.
"**obscenity** Diane, its 6'o clock in the morning"
"I dont care what time it is, you promised her you would be here..for god sakes Ron, its her birthday."
"I know, I'm sorry..but we are at war...people depend on us, I can't just pack up and leave. And now,with the captured kharaa.." She interupts him, he grows annoyed.
"Thats what you care about?..not your own daughter, just some monster that kills".
"Its not just some monster, its the most significant find in our war so far...." His voice softens, "This is important Diane."
"And your family isn't?"
"Dont be so black and white about this, you know this is not easy."
The other end grows quite, " I know..we know...but we miss you, alot."
Lavics stares again at the clock. The pre-examination meeting was in three hours."I have to go baby"
"Fine...we are just gona have to come to you if you wont come to us."
Panic again, an all to familar feeling, "What!, thats out of the questions, the security procedures alone make it almost impossible.
"Nonsense, its your wife and a small child, we are comming and will be there tomorrow. Love you..bye"
Click, beep, dead line.
Ah well, Lavics sighs, it would be nice to see them again.
Sleep was not destined to take him again. He sat up and thought about what he would do, both with the lvl one and with himself.
At the meeting all the fellow scienctists discussed everything that had occupied their thoughts for the past weeks. From security settings to possiblities for co-exisstence. After awhile, Ronald drifted off into his own deep thoughts.
Then the message they had all been waiting for came. The TSA force had secured the xeno-form in lvl9 security medical lab 157. As a group they walked quickly to the lab.
<b>End Of Chp1
Chapter Two in a bit.</b>
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