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The year is 2030. A totalitarian world government rose to power while the world sunk into an ecological crisis. Only few refused to continue with status quo. At the brink of human extinction a new mysterious power appears. The Daodan-Chrysalis. It will transform humans into something else. Let's hope into something better. | The year is 2030. A totalitarian world government rose to power while the world sunk into an ecological crisis. Only few refused to continue with status quo. At the brink of human extinction a new mysterious power appears. The Daodan-Chrysalis. It will transform humans into something else. Let's hope into something better. | ||
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==Standoff== | ==Standoff== | ||
[...] | [Skipping his doctor title in disrespect.] "Mr. Hasegawa, don't you think your demand of dropping all charges is highly exaggerated?" | ||
Hasegawa: "No. Not at all. It seems you want to sweep everything under the table. The CDC is a capable institution. No results mean something hold them off. I'm burning to know what's the reason for this and of course what killed Jamie. I'm sure others want to know it too. She was eaten alive by the infection. It's unlikely the CDC found no traces. If we really want to do that farce, no problem. The eco activists will be happy to place it into the right light for you." | |||
"... Is this some kind of blackmailing?" | |||
"How that? I thought you are in the right. It's not me blackmailing you. It's the other way 'round. The WP sectors should be free to access but by cloaking them with the Wilderness Preserve Act you cut a common right and turn it into a juristic weapon against oppositionists and any independent scientist who wants to take the probes with his own hands. [[Quotes/Consoles#Wilderness_Preserves|You don't even allow fly-overs of these areas...]] You are the ones that are blackmailing us. Actually I don't care which way you want to go. However, it would serve both parties to not waste time on this farce." | |||
One of the men bent over to whisper the other into the ear. | |||
After a moment of thinking, he replied aloud. "Right now the courts are overloaded. It might be indeed possible to shorten this issue. We will call you next Monday about the details. Until then we insist that you don't leave the town." | |||
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Hasegawa: "I did it to prevent worse. I should have got rid of it. Who could have thought that it would end that way..." | Hasegawa: "I did it to prevent worse. I should have got rid of it. Who could have thought that it would end that way..." | ||
Kerr: "I know you couldn't stop the infection. Nobody could. But did you really had to | Kerr: "I know you couldn't stop the infection. Nobody could. But did you really had to shoot her in the head?" | ||
Hasegawa grabbed Kerr at the jacket: "She was screaming in pain, the face was all distorted. Crying, bleeding, dying. She was literally dissolving before my eyes. I had to do something, Kerr! Something!" He slammed the other man against the wall. | Hasegawa grabbed Kerr at the jacket: "She was screaming in pain, the face was all distorted. Crying, bleeding, dying. She was literally dissolving before my eyes. Skin and organs melting away. I had to do something, Kerr! Something!" He slammed the other man against the wall. | ||
Kerr broke free. "Don't throw me around, I'm not your | Kerr broke free. "Don't throw me around, I'm not your enemy. - I'm just as mad as you are!" | ||
Hasegawa made a step backwards. "So? Are you? This doesn't look like to me..." | Hasegawa made a step backwards. "So? Are you? This doesn't look like to me..." | ||
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Hasegawa lifted the half-filled plastic container over his head and threw it to the other side of the allay. | Hasegawa lifted the half-filled plastic container over his head and threw it to the other side of the allay. | ||
He rushed after it continuing kicking | He rushed after it continuing kicking. "This is all SHIT!" | ||
" | "JAMES", Kerr yelled. | ||
"WHAT?!" | "WHAT?!" | ||
"Let's find | "Let's find the true cause that killed her. Let's find a cure. Let's kill what killed her!" | ||
Hasegawa stood perplexed yet ready to punch or kick someone in the face. "Huh... Yeah! Killing sounds great! I'm really in the mood for it." | Hasegawa stood perplexed yet ready to punch or kick someone in the face. "Huh... Yeah! Killing sounds great! I'm really in the mood for it." | ||
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Hasegawa: "Detection and computation might be problem." | Hasegawa: "Detection and computation might be problem." | ||
Kerr: "Your phone | Kerr: "Your phone has more processing power than the Apollo's board computer and ground control, combined." | ||
Hasegawa: "Haha, yeah, but that's not a good comparison. Computer tech was at its infancy at that time." | Hasegawa: "Haha, yeah, but that's not a good comparison. Computer tech was at its infancy at that time." | ||
Kerr: "My point is they got to the fricking moon with that little. | Kerr: "My point is they got to the fricking moon with that little. And today we are wearing supercomputers all around that can connect with all kind of gizmos and even greater supercomputers." | ||
Hasegawa: " | Hasegawa: "Actually, it's a shame. We are able to fly to the moon but can't regrow a kidney in the lab." | ||
Kerr: "That's not quite right. | Kerr: "That's not quite right. Today you can, at least in the lab." | ||
Hasegawa: "Hm?" | Hasegawa: "Hm?" | ||
Kerr: "No, really, last year I was to | Kerr: "No, really, last year I was to the annual ''NextGen'' science congress. Bertram Navarre showed some throughout tested prototypes for transdifferentiation of any cell type." | ||
Hasegawa: "And? Why didn't I heard of it?" | Hasegawa: "And? Why didn't I heard of it?" | ||
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Kerr: "Soon after the congress Bertram disappeared. Nobody knows what happened to him." | Kerr: "Soon after the congress Bertram disappeared. Nobody knows what happened to him." | ||
Hasegawa: "I thought they are only after rough elements. I have a very bad feeling about the WCG's moral compass. - We will not make our project rely on silicon | Hasegawa: "I thought they are only after rough elements. I have a very bad feeling about the WCG's moral compass. - We will not make our project rely on silicon transistors. The final product must be ''independent''. Something that cannot be taken away so easily. It must be 100% biological." | ||
Kerr: "For development we will definitely need a lab." | Kerr: "For development we will definitely need a lab." | ||
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Also known as "plan 6420". | Also known as "plan 6420". | ||