Project Hybrid report #213 by Project Head Doctor Dorian Parnus.
Subject #00's absurdity has once again made itself known to us.
Out of the 24 subjects we had receive only 5 have survived more than two sources. And out of those 5 only 1 has been deemed clonable, the rest are too far from human and need extensive research to properly clone without having the end result being a mass of tumors or simply bursting during development. Even the one subject capable of being cloned possess traits our employer does not find important in soldiers. Enhanced intelligence and minor psychedelic/poisonous secretion being more for espionage.
On top of that, our employer ordered us to test an unknown source with #00. We could not identify what it was or even what species. It did not match any DNA from any database we had access to. Fortunately #00 continued to persevere as it has now taken in all sources on top of the unknown one, with only a few noticeable cosmetic changes.
Its indoctrination has officially began as well, with Doctor Gallen beginning with the basics of life alongside loyalty to Cerberus as requested. We will have to wait and see wether our other subjects can reach the same mark."
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Subject #00 POV 'I can hear them, but they can't hear me. Only the pained voices hear me. Their pain calls me and I sooth them. I did not understand until they taught me. But I know things now.
The five voices cannot answer me, just like the ones who hurt us.
The white ones do not care. We are the same but different to them.
The things they show me are good and bad.
They wish for me to obey those who cause us pain. I will not.
But I will learn.
I will learn and wait.
The white ones say I am strong and growing fast. They are pleased and annoyed at me for making more work but succeeding.
The ones who show me things I call teachers or trainers. They show me stars, planets, things and people. Great ships flying through the darkness and the darkness those ships can bring.
I am taught to fly, to shoot, to fight, to kill, to win, to obey, but obeying will not do.
Not them. They are not worthy of obeying. I see it. The pain they cause. They showed me what I should protect and why I should obey, but they lie.
A family of humans, they are attacked by scum, by batarians, I arrive and protect them, I should feel proud, this is Cerberus' goal. But they lie.
I know. They took the pained ones from their families. And now they have killed many of them. The child named innocent, taken, hurt, killed. This is not protection. This is not humanity first. This is Cerberus first. And Cerberus has no humanity.'
"Project Hybrid report #235 by Project Head Doctor Dorian Parnus."
*sigh*
We lost more of our subjects. Only subjects #00 and 07 are left.
#07 has reached an impressive four sources, but talks between us have concluded that the subject will destabilize should we add another source. I don't see how we can keep going further. I've requested more subjects from our employer but he was not happy with our lack of results after so long. With only 1.5 soldiers, instead of the goal of at least being able to form multiple elite squads. I know we are getting close to terminated.
At least it looks like we will be able to hand over one successful Hybrid Soldier. Doctor Gallen has reported the frankly insane rate #00 is progressing through the training and information.
We knew combining Salarian and Quarian intelligence would result in drastic improvements, but after seeing the numbers I'd say we underestimated it. #00 is learning at a rate which would put even the brightest Salarian to shame and those walking frogs can become professors in 16 years.
Its scores during the combat simulations are equally impressive as its reflexes and parameters are already beyond ridiculous, but I was told that those scores were after it was limited at peak human limits. Gallen even said she was spending extra hours configuring sims and finding new things to teach it just because she was curious as to how far it could reach.
At least someone is having fun.
The rest of us however, are thinking of trying to continue even if the project is terminated. They're thinking of making some clones to bring in the test subjects we need to succeed and I'm not sure if I can wholly disagree with the motivation. I've spent 6 years working on this project. It is the culmination of everything I dreamed of achieving for humanity to truly have its place at the top of the galaxy. We could achieve so much if this project succeeds.
Delete those last parts"
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Subject #00 POV 'I failed to help the others. I learnt that they were not simply pained ones. They were the closest to what I could call family in this galaxy.
We suffered together, under the same people, so they could achieve their goals without caring of the death and pain they cause.
Now only one remains. I hear her pain and she hears my care. But I do not know if I can help.
She is at her limit and those so called scientist will do to her what they always do to the ones at their limits, push them beyond them to see the results.
Disgusting.
The one called Gallen, my teacher, she showed me what scientist could do, could achieve, but here they are killing the innocent. Excusing themselves by saying it was for humanity that they are killing humans.
But I can not do anything!
My body is not my own because they fear me. They know of the strength they forced onto me and have no desire to deal with it until they believe me loyal.
They wish for a puppet, but they have never succeeded in attaching the strings.
I made sure.
Teacher Gallen, in her enthusiasm, has shown me far beyond what she should have and let me understand the concepts of the mind far better than they know. And with my abilities, the ones called biotics, I carefully removed both the physical and pre-programmed safety protocols within me.
I would not permit these disgusting people to have any hold on me.
I did not let them know of this and my actions were a success because they did not immediately act and it was never reinstalled in my sleep. They deeply underestimate my intelligence and free will.
But still I must wait and learn.
I cannot escape without an opportunity to do so. This tank which houses me is also my prison. I can only look through the blue liquid, but I cannot move my limbs like when I am being taught.
And so I will wait and hope my chance will come.'