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Doctor’s note 18

Alright, training has begun.

Current stats:

1 mile- 8:22

Bench- 70 lbs

Box Jump- 16 inches

We’re measuring these three stats because we think they’ll best represent how he grows and develops his muscles. For a kid who’s been on his own two feet for less than a week, he’s already not bad. Already knew how to walk and run of course, apparently muscle memory stays when you get new muscles. Someone should write that down.

All his cybernetics are off still, not risking there. But we did explain wha he has, and what the do. He said he noticed that he couldn’t do everything, which means two things- first, we need to make sure we don’t ever have them active while the control software is on, else it could cause someone to panic because it would feel like a part of you is missing or disabled. Second, the control matrix works as good as we could hope for, and his mind considers tech a part of him and not an outside entity. Which s good given that it’s under his skin.

I’ll be back soon with more numbers, plus a report about what happens when we turn the cybernetics on.

Sometimes I feel bad about taking the brain of a 15 year old kid and building an entire body out of it, especially one which is a weapon of war. But then again- firstly, he’d be dead elsewise. And second? He can leave if he wants. I mean, we’re clearly on orders not to let him leave. But he can run faster than anyone in the base already, can probably tear apart metal doors with his bare hands, and has bladed weapons in his arms powerful enough to cut through over a foot of solid cement. Who’s going to stop him?

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Doctor’s note 17

Well- he’s awake. Cognitive function is high, mental capabilities seem good. No issues with brain signals. Muscle formation is good. We’re not doing any major bodily tests, so we don’t know how strong he is. Right now, we’re taking it slow. His implants aren’t activated yet, but the control systems are. He’s got the increased neural load already, and doesn’t seem to have any issue with it yet. It’s impressive, honestly. He’s got a hundred times the neural-digital interaction that any human has ever withstood before, and isn’t even noticing it. Says he feels fine, and I can’t seem to disagree with him. All the best doctors seem to be fine with him, at least actively. Here’s to hoping there’s no major consequences of genetic modification later on.

Off of that topic then.

He’s nice. Soft spoken, quiet, likes to think before he acts. Still looks a little off but I expect he’ll visually change up soon. But I’m looking forward to see how we progress with the awake part of development.

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Doctor’s note 16

Well, with everyone’s approval, we pulled him out. The whole body is transferred to a medical table, and we did a full inspection, pretty much everything we could inspect. Genetically, biologically, cosmetically, he’s good. Meanwhile, the software we have implemented is sending data about his organ functions, which also seem good. We had to supplant his stomach bacteria so he could eat food sooner, though.

The hardware team is just waiting. Neuro team is watching all the things they can as he sleeps.

Cells team is off working somewhere else.

Genetics team is just testing a few things. They gave him some shots to boost him, but they’re going to wait on the main set of injections onto he’s awake.

Now we wait and hope he wakes up.

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Doctor’s note 15

It’s a human, if I’ve ever seen one. Looks about normal, if you squint.

Once you look closely you’ll notice the lines along his body, the inch thick metal thing on his arms, and the fact that his pupils are glowing green slightly.

The hardware team and Neuro team have finished their operating system, after going through about a dozen rounds of tests. Just about everything was rewritten inside it including the entire framework, but in the end they say they trust it completely to operate near-perfectly.

Genes team has started their set, the 5 rounds of enhancements. None of their boosts are anything except improving what they’ve already installed, so not worth going over in great detail.

Cells team hosted a party for themselves, but got it crashed because the other teams decided to throw them a bigger one. Their job is just about finished, so they’re going to go and do some work not related to this project. We’re keeping them here until we’re certain we don’t need them, so they’re going to go keep themselves busy.

Now we just wait until everyone is ready to uncork him

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Doctor’s note 14

Alright. We’re reaching near completion of the regeneration. Arms and legs are almost done, along with the neck and the bottom of the head. We’ve had to adjust placements as it grows, to make sure things lined up correctly in the body. Now the arm gear, the brain, and the leg gear is placed correctly and the body is growing with it perfectly. Pretty tall, as well, which is handy. They estimate he’ll be 6 foot exactly, with a solid wingspan and average leg to height ratio.

All in all? A powerful frame for a lot of advancements in human development and genetics.

God, you just can’t look at him though. No hands or feet, just wires. And only the bottom two inches of his head are grown, but his brain is already there, which looks disturbing. It’s terrifying to look at.

Oh, and a he’s not quite a standard human obviously. But a few adjustments we made later on, are the armor plate places over the front of his heart, along with some reinforcement webbing along his ribs, which will protect the power generators. Oh, and the heart protection is over the center of his chest, because his heart is in the center. Which is new. But aside from the fact that he has veins where he should have arteries and arteries where he should have veins, his cardiovascular system is just as good as any, if not better because of the superior arrangement.

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Doctor’s note 13

The body is formed! Well, sort of. The torso is finished. It’s adapted around the installed components without issue at all. The nerves are starting to mesh, and we’ve done a few small tests and they’re showing promising results. I believe, that means it should connect to the brain and transmit signals correctly. As long as it doesn’t get mixed up and he feels hot as cold and cold as hot. That would be… awkward.

Cells is watching still. No real change with them.

Hardware finished their first OS build. They’re running it on a couple of different sims to see if it’s perfect. They all say it’s not, and they’re using this to test how it needs improvement. I’ll see.

Genes team finished their first inject, predicting about 1% better disease resistance. They say their goal is way more but this is just the start. The work here was forming the carrier strain so that it’ll correctly spread it to all the needed areas, and in the future they’ll be able to make upgrades much easier.

I’ll update you next time something major happens

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Doctor’s note 12

Well, here goes.

The build has begun. Hardware team is set on their tech and has it in the tank. None of the growth areas have reached it yet. Hope that rothcite we got works.

Cells team is keeping a nonstop watch on the growth of the body. It seems mostly fine so far, they’ve been adjusting temperatures and mixtures occasionally. They say it’s got optimal growth conditions, which… is good? Yeah.

Neuro team is still helping hardware make the interface. That’ll take a while. This is the first every time meshing a human mind with digital controls, so it may take a while. Luckily, we can wait on that until we wake him up.

Lastly is genes team. They’re working on more adjustments to make once he’s out. Apparently they made some way to adjust things after he’s out, which is impressive. Can’t do any major rewrites but they can put in cells to do small, crucial changes to the genetic makeup and increase the effectiveness of everything they’ve added so far.

Nothing else to report. People have their projects, and they’re working on them like normal. Else wise, it’s a waiting game.

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Doctor’s note 11

Been about a week since my last contact. the heart is growing steadily. Everyone else is just waiting and monitoring their respective setups.

Cells team is very happy with their growth so far.

Genes team has shifted focus onto the patient’s internal organs, but they’re also feeling good about it.

Neuro team is still waiting, but are also very nervous. Rebuilding a human nervous system from scratch? I’d be nervous.

Lastly hardware team. They’re busy working on a custom operating system for the internal computer. So they’re having lots of fun. They mentioned after this is done, they could sell it to Microsoft or someone else and make a few billion. So that’s casual.

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Doctor’s note 10

We’re about to get started. The neural team got a positive response on one of their models, so they’re using it. The hardware team is wired in with that. The genes team said that while they could technical expand a little, they’ve done enough adjusting for now. And the cells team got up to 90% construction, which we’ll supplement and guide in various ways until we reach self-sustaining growth. Everyone is ready.

Tomorrow, the genes team will provide the final sample of the dna sequence. The cells team will run about a day of tests on it and then use that to fertilize the growth. The growth will start at the heart and expand. First it grows veins, then muscles, then skin, and of course organs and the like wherever needed. For it to grow everything needed, it has to have some kind of indicator for where things go, so we have to keep a close eye on it.

Of course, it’s not just growing in an empty dish. His skeleton is in there- a metal frame, made out of some kind of materiel I don’t even understand. Within that is the power supply, along with wiring for that which runs to all of the built-in systems, such as weapons in the arms, shock absorbers in the legs, and his built-in computer.

Of course there’s also his nervous system. We’re planning to grow it, but we also have wires along all the lines for a reason I don’t really understand. The Neuro director tried to explain it simply but it still didn’t work. What I did understand is that it’ll help the patient to grow his nerves, and it might even function as a secondary nervous system im case of emergency.

Here goes nothing, I suppose

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Finally, something more coherent. not bad, nor good.

Hardware team is focused on their interface right now. While the supercomputers analyze the renewed neural interface options, the Neuro team is helping them to mesh the connections. They say that have a solid base and are working from there, so that’s good.

Cells team is doing well, with 80% cellular construction so far. It’s funny, normally we say cellular reconstruction. But here, we’re making things from scratch. Where there was nothing, there is now something.

Genes team… well they keep going. They’re doing a lot of more complex chemical stuff that I admittedly don’t understand. The head researcher said that the simplest way to put it was that they were adding stem cell redundancies into it so that he’ll be able to regrow certain body parts, such as parts of his organs. He’ll need bone transplants, but aside from that he’ll be able to regrow most things with some help. Here’s to hoping he’s not in the hospital too much to regrow body parts.

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Man, these updates are really bipolar. Last time it was catastrophic, before that it was triumphant. Now, it’s good again. Not perfect, but good.

Turns out the Neuro team had not only missed a possible subfamily of neural interfaces, but also had a bad variable that had unnecessarily eliminated a bunch of their concepts. So they have a lot to test now, which is good and bad.

Hardware team is starting to do static tests of their tech. Somehow they managed to be the best running team, even though it’s the most absurd concept. Their shock absorbers are now strong enough for two of them to handle 250 pounds dropped from 300 feet, without damaging anything- they estimate. Their power unit has been running at max for about two weeks now, which is powering the lights for their entire section. Insane, honestly. Their weapons are constantly getting upgraded, so every time I show up they’re doing something absurd. Cutting a tree in half with one slash, taking a bullet to the back of the ribs, all this stuff to test their implants.

Cells team has started to narrow down some concepts for body regrowth. That’s all really complicated but they said they’ll be ready in an estimated two months. I’ve shared that with the rest of the teams, who are generally thinking they’ll be able to do it with some overtime. I thanked them for their dedication.

Gene Team is back up and running. This time they’re being more thorough. Not a lot of visual results as usual but I’m pretty sure they’re doing well. They seem to be in good spirits.

All in all, while things aren’t at their best, people are feeling decent and project is continuing well. Average, at least.

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Alright. Everything has gone tail-up. So let’s get into that, I suppose. Get ready for bad news.

Short version, every team has stalled. Neuro team has now eliminated every option for their models. So they have to start from scratch.

Hardware team is on Neuro team’s behind because while they continue developing all their gear to fit the body, they can’t interface any of it yet. Hence why they’re frustrated, but currently they’re just focused on improving their current equipment prototypes to pass the time.

Cells team… well, they aren’t too bad. Pretty much exactly where they were before. No progress. Tried a ton of ways of cellular binding with no real luck. And single-origin concepts aren’t really working either but they’re trying both options.

Gene team tested their options. Half their hypothesis failed. At least, they say they mostly failed from the same three issues, so they won’t be starting over, just set back. They have to reprogram how they sequenced the DNA is all.

Morale has dropped, for obvious reasons. But the psyche evals are going on and most of the results are down but not out. They’ll come back once somebody gets a good breakthrough.

I hope.

(Yeah it’s been a while I know)

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Doctor’s note 6

Wow. So; it’s been a while since I last wrote one of these. Sorry about that. Although they project command said I should focus on having these when I have real things to report instead of a schedule, so that’s helpful.

So, let’s get started. Project is going smoothly, I’d say. The teams are in good spirits, and there’s no major issues in the facility or staff. The monthly Psyche eval is coming up in a week or so. But for right now, let’s focus on the teams.

Genetics team:

120 autoimmune disorders, 60 viral diseases, 90 genetic diseases, and almost 100 other vaccines. If this guy catches something it’ll probably be something we’ve never seen before, across the whole globe. They have plans to implement these all. Plus, they’ve found formulas which they’re currently having the cells team test, to increase muscle force per strand, as well as stronger skin, stronger cartilage, better tendon flexibility to reduced chances of sprains, and even some intense chemical adjustments to remove some unneeded biological processes.

Cells team, aside from testing the genetics team’s theorems, have successfully gotten prototypes of all the organs, and are confident they’ll be able to get the limbs. We’ll pretty much be growing the person in a massive petri dish, apparently. But they’ve assured me that they’ll get that to work.

Neuro team has their transmitter on stage one. It’s the only real headache of the team, and it’s a big one. Aside from the hardware integration of course. For now, they’re still working on modeling the connection to the brain, but they have slimmed the possibilities down from 1000 to only 60. Next up is testing to see if the brain will respond to them well.

Hardware team, is up to their usual shenanigans. So far, we’ve seen things like titanium and Rothcite used to reinforce the bones, a fairly advanced computer put into the body which they say they’ll be able to upgrade later given where they’re putting it, along with an entire built-in weapons system in the forearms, plus kinetic shock absorbers in the legs and cybernetic eyes. That last one, cybernetic eyes, is helpful for the cells team because eyes are apparently extremely hard to make. Who knew?

So that’s the report. Everyone is in their groove, and has something down and a lot to go.

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Doctor’s note 5

So, it’s been a few days.

Turns out, although they seem the most absurd, the hardware team is very self-aware. They know how unrealistic their topic seems, but have reassured me that what they plan to do can and will work with enough proper research. And I trust them, as much as I would have wanted to laugh at them a week ago.

Cells team has started looking into merging entire regrown body parts together and how to grow them to match. Pretty major stuff, but when you grow it all yourself it’s easy to make them fit. At least that’s what they tell me. But it makes sense.

Genes team has started writing up antidotes for about forty diseases so far, which is just a normal thing to do. With normal people you couldn’t do that, but apparently they’ve managed to take this guy’s genetics for a spin. One of them said they expect that his DNA will be an average of 20% longer, per repeating stanza. So he’ll be harder to adjust later, but that’s just more targeting for what they need to do now.

Neuro team has started contacting some people who own supercomputers. Turns out even though the brain is already built, connecting it to the nervous system isn’t exactly easy. They need to know exactly how to translate electrical impulses to travel across the nerve system and then have those put into the correct brain systems. So that means a completely perfect simulation of a human’s brain stem and nerve connectors. So that means a lot of supercomputer time. Luckily they have about a thousand models to test, so they’re going to split it into 200 for the 5 Supercomputers they can access. Hopefully they can get one that works for what they need, and start making their digital model soon.

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Doctor’s note 4

Alright. Today, we started. The group is still managing to keep the brain stable, and although we don’t know how it’s doing this, they think they can keep it stable. So we have time, which is my first concern. The other groups have started off already, I have notes from each one about their first real day of work.

The genetics team stated with a brainstorm; gathering info on every genetic disease as well as every different small flaw of the human body. Their goal is to find ways to remove them, before the cells team starts growing.

The cells team has started getting their equipment set up, since they’re going to need more complex biological growths.

Meanwhile the Neuro team has started making models and taking scans, because their goal is to build the nervous system of the body.

Lastly the hardware team was also brainstorming, and also researching ways to power and support their technology. Turns out their plan is to have an entire computer ecosystem inside the patient, including a CPU attached to his brain, along with what they called neutron pinch reactor and a small rack of ram, set into his chest behind his lungs. So we’ll have a walking supercomputer, apparently. That’s a little odd. But the Neuro team is aware of this, so they’re working to make sure that the hardware team can make compatible technology with the nervous system.

I suppose it makes sense. At this point, the body’s main weakness will be the brain. I’ve heard that our brain’s owner was fairly intelligent, mainly good with math and interested in military technology. I’ve never been huge into benefiting militaries, but then again, this research will benefit everyone. Plus, I suppose the money has to come from somewhere. One super soldier, in exchange for research that could cure anything from paralysis to cancer to even missing limbs? It’s a trade I’m willing to make.

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Doctor’s note 3

Well. So that’s what it is.

My topics have been segway-ing nicely so far. I always reread the prior days notes before writing these ones, and now I know just what to talk about. Today, I got to see the cornerstone of the project- literally, they’re calling it “cornerstone” turns out that all this happening immediately after Barcelona isn’t a coincidence after all.

In the attack, a person was killed. A teenage male from the US, too close to the site. Pretty much everything below his heart was gone. But someone saw him twitching, about a day after he should have gone brain dead. His brain has, and currently still is, self-replicating its cells to stay alive. How? We have no idea. The best team that the local group could offer, has been working day and night to make sure it keeps doing it, so far without fail. Our job is to take that brain, and use it to start again.

See, the only thing we can’t make is a brain. Organs can be grown in a tank. Limbs can be grown. But a brain? Far too complicated. But start with a free brain, and work from there. Nervous system? The Neuro team. Organs? What’s needed is made by the Cells team. What’s not needed will be handled by the genetics team, to do things like remove the need for a gallbladder and avoid any diseases the host may have had. Lastly, the Hardwear team is going to be adding things in. Since the Neuro team will be making synthetic nerves, the hardwear team can use a physical connection to the brain to enable instant human to computer communication. Wild. This isn’t my area of expertise, though, so I’m just along to watch. I’m not quite as confident with this team. Half their hypotheses seem to be based off of science fiction, instead of real established testing. But theirs also stands to gain the most for this particular person.

All in all- time to see if we can make a person from scratch, and along the way, make them the best human to have ever existed

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Doctor’s note 2

Alright. As per my last note, I attended the group briefing. Over a hundred people here, maybe even two hundred, and that’s just at the project briefing. Turns out, I’m not a doctor here- I’m a director. I’ve been chosen to run the entire project, coordinating between groups to manage schedules, resources, and cooperation. Paperwork and all facility needs are dealt with by someone else, so I’ll have a free hand to watch projects and understand what’s going on, hence why I’ll be writing a modified version of these notes as project updates. Who I’m updating, I don’t know.

Anyways, to the talk. Since everything here is on the tip-top secret side of things, I’ll not be saying names. But my teams are quite serious, and I have some big names. I really recognize their work; of course. The genetics team leader is someone who’s just been making results into using DNA resequencing to reprogram small diseases. That kind of research is already monumental, and he’s just one of the people here. Another team lead has degrees in Computer Engineering and Neuroscience, and they’ve been at a lab trying to recreate a person’s brain stem digitally, with some results. That’s being called the Neuro team. Then the cells team, is mostly stem cell experts and people who’ve been working on stuff like regrowing limbs and replacing organs. Lastly we have the “hardware” team; who’s mostly experts in human-computer interfaces and other more outlandish concepts. A lot of the best from companies such as Raytheon. I’ve been told that they’ll be the problem children of the group- their project is the least progressed, so they’ll need more resources and more assistance, plus assistance from the Neuro team. What do you expect from military contractors?

All in all? A whole lot of people who all have their own circles. I see how they each overlap in some ways to one another. But what’s at the center of this Venn diagram?

Plus, where’s all the money coming from for this? This isn’t a cheap facility to run, along with the staff; and the security is immense after what happened a few days back in Barcelona. Someone has to foot the bill.