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We do not know what Hasegawa's (or Kerr's) field of research was before Jamie's death, but the first idea was to try and identify the pathogen that killed Jamie (and then design a cure). Initial investigations by the CDC ("Grad student dies" printout, for what it's worth) talk of a "new fatal virus infection that caused complete cellular breakdown". Somewhat alarmingly, "investigators fail to identify the DNA trace of the virus" -- which may mean that there is no trace at all, or that there is a DNA, but one that is unknown to science. English speakers please help: is it the latter? | We do not know what Hasegawa's (or Kerr's) field of research was before Jamie's death, but the first idea was to try and identify the pathogen that killed Jamie (and then design a cure). Initial investigations by the CDC ("Grad student dies" printout, for what it's worth) talk of a "new fatal virus infection that caused complete cellular breakdown". Somewhat alarmingly, "investigators fail to identify the DNA trace of the virus" -- which may mean that there is no trace at all, or that there is a DNA, but one that is unknown to science. English speakers please help: is it the latter? | ||
Research on this mysterious would | Research on this mysterious pathogen would have made total sense, the only problem is that Jamie's body stayed with the WCG. The only way to get at the data (or at Jamie's body) would have been to infiltrate secure WCG facilities -- a job for a super-infiltrator such as Mukade, perhaps? It is indeed possible that renegade scientists working for the Syndicate had access to a pool of hackers/infiltrators that would help them steal valuable data or equipment from WCG labs. | ||
This -- Hasegawa hiring Mukade to get at Jamie's data/body -- may have been the first contact between the two, and how Mukade got acquainted with Jamie's fate and Hasegawa's cause. Depending on the location that needed to be infiltrated, and on the medical manipulations that may have been required on-site, Mukade may even have allowed Hasegawa to tag along, allowing a bond to form. | This -- Hasegawa hiring Mukade to get at Jamie's data/body -- may have been the first contact between the two, and how Mukade got acquainted with Jamie's fate and Hasegawa's cause. Depending on the location that needed to be infiltrated, and on the medical manipulations that may have been required on-site, Mukade may even have allowed Hasegawa to tag along, allowing a bond to form. | ||
It is not clear if Hasegawa managed to find the data about the virus(?) that killed Jamie and, if he did, whether the data was of much use to him. Perhaps all he did was get another look at Jamie. Perhaps he realized -- with Mukade's help? -- that "the nightmare that killed her" was just a fraction of the atrocities that the Contaminated Zones had in store, and that the cure -- if any -- would need to be totipotent rather than targeted at a specific pathogen. | It is not clear if Hasegawa managed to find the data about the virus(?) that killed Jamie and, if he did, whether the data was of much use to him. Perhaps all he did was get another look at Jamie. Perhaps he realized -- with Mukade's help? -- that "the nightmare that killed her" was just a fraction of the atrocities that the Contaminated Zones had in store, and that the cure -- if any -- would need to be totipotent rather than targeted at a specific pathogen. | ||
===The Quest For Resilience=== | ===The Quest For Resilience=== | ||
Hasegawa began to experiment with genetics, looking for ways to boost a human cell's general resilience. At this point the research was still fairly generic, a long shot from a working Chrysalis, and with no concern for a human host's integrity. Probably just batches of cancer cells subjected to various pathogens from the Zones -- with some results, but unfortunately no universal resilience. | Hasegawa began to experiment with genetics, looking for ways to boost a human cell's general resilience. At this point the research was still fairly generic, a long shot from a working Chrysalis, and with no concern for a human host's integrity. Probably just batches of cancer cells subjected to various pathogens from the Zones -- with some results, but unfortunately no universal resilience. | ||