Underground Testing

Testing in the Underground
Ever since the founding of the city, the underground testing facility of Marunoko has been a 'well-kept' secret base of operations for the city's brightest and best. It is under extremely close guard, and only a handful of people have ever been here- much less called it their home.

Round 1 - 2500-2517

 * The first attempt at modifying human society to expand into heavily irradiated biomes
 * Involved splicing different doses of DNA of mutants into the embryos of 100 volunteers.
 * Of these, 80 embryos did not survive to birth, 10 embryos flushed the DNA and were born normal, and 9 were terminated shortly after birth
 * One birth was a perfect splice with the mutant DNA, and the project shifted to monitor the newborn's development full time
 * At age 12, subject became too volatile to continue the test, and it was decided no further humans should be born this way. Test cancelled and evidence destroyed.

Round 2 - 2517 - 2520

 * The second round of the HST project, involving synthesis of the human body with self-repairing nanobots to combat radiation poisoning as it happens.
 * 100 Subjects were entered into the test as children to allow for the body's adaptation to the nanobots, however in most cases the nanobots were flushed out of the system within a year.
 * In one case, synthesis went perfectly as planned, however the bots could not perfectly replicate human cells, and the subject required much more caloric intake to function.
 * Test eventually cancelled due to cost and impracticality

Round 3 - 2520 - 2525

 * The final attempts at the HST project, involving external semi-permanent enhancements to the human body to allow for extended survival.
 * Led by one Dr. Grimshaw, this is an ongoing exercise that has expanded into further experiments on the human condition
 * Tests inconclusive and ongoing