BioForge (Ripped Text) *SPOILERS*

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I have recently ripped some text from this game and am going to post them here. This game was originally created by Origin Systems, which was bought out by Electronic Arts.

I have contacted EA and have requested permission to post this content, but they have not replied to my request. However, I do not believe that they still hold the rights to this material so I am going to post it here. The content will be removed if anyone from EA denies my request.

Now, as to why I'm doing this... I thought you people might be interested in seeing just what sort of story there is to this title. I recommend against reading any of this content if you have not played but intend to play BioForge in the future. That said, I hope you enjoy the read.

Here's a link to some more information about BioForge:
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The following information gives a quick historical background to the game. The game starts at the end of this historical recording.

MISSION CALENDAR:

[The following dates are recorded according to the Daedalus Mission Calendar. Entries are posted by Commander Wilm.]

d0. The Ambassadoria encounters an alien spacecraft:

Excerpts from the ship's log of the Ambassadoria-

"...This is Captain Strom of the Ambassadoria. We are 21 days out of Stralea, en route to New Freedom's Port. Today while scanning some debris we came across something with a sensor signature very much like a spacecraft. It had no identification beacon and there are no records of any ships lost in this area. It resembles nothing that can be found in the Spotter's Guide but our computer insists that it is a ship. We are changing course to investigate..."

"...At first we thought that this ship was nothing but a meteorite because its surface has become coated with so much dust and debris. This is definitely the remains of a ship but unlike anything we- or anyone- has ever seen. It seemingly has no propulsion system, or perhaps it is a propulsion system unlike anything we have. I can only assume that this craft has been produced by an advanced civilization that has never before been encountered. I have assembled a boarding party and we are going aboard."

"...This ship is an ancient tomb in space for eight non-human passengers who have been out here for an estimated one hundred thousand years. A preliminary analysis seems to indicate that the craft itself is powered by some manner of gravitic drive. It is completely unlike any technology possessed by the Reticulum. On request from my medical officer we are taking a dead alien specimen aboard for examination..."

"...This alien creature looks like a big marble statue. Our medical officer has removed it from its coffin. Remarkably, it is exhibiting signs of life!..."

"Many of the crew are dead. This thing tears its way through the structure of the ship the way a mole digs through dirt. Nothing can stop it. Already most of the prime systems have been knocked out. So far everyone who has encountered this thing has been murdered by it. The ship is inoperative and immobile. We have sent a distress signal. But I know that even if it is heard, help cannot reach us in time. The others all realize it, but we don't dare to say it out loud. The truth is that we are all dead men..."

"...Only a handful of us left. There is no other option but to take to the lifeboat and destroy the ship..."

"...The lifeboat has been sabotaged. I am the last one left alive. When I finish this I will jettison the Black Box and then do what must be done. Every last member of my crew behaved heroically in the face of this danger and conducted themselves befitting the highest commendations of the Reticulum. Let it be known that I accept the sole responsibility for this terrible disaster. This is Captain Strom of the Ambassadoria signing off for the final time."

[SELF-DESTRUCT MECHANISM ACTIVATED: BOTH SHIPS DESTROYED]

d42. Mondite ships intercept the Ambassadoria distress signal. As they approach the signal's point of origin the signal is jammed and distorted, insuring that it will be heard by no one else.

d44. The destroyed hulk of the Ambassadoria, and the Phyxx spacecraft are discovered.

d45-351. The spacecraft, alien specimen and forensics are examined. Black Box intercepted.

d352-895. The calculations of location of Phyxx homeworld and astronomical corroboration are established.

d896. The Prime Paragon orders a covert expedition to the alien homeworld. He christens it Daedalus.

d897-1018. Mondites acquire and outfit a special mission customized long range jump freighter, the "Kasenko."

d1019. The Kasenko launches, bound for Daedalus.

d1143. Kasenko arrives in the Daedalus system. Establishes orbit around Daedalus, launches cartographic satellite.

d1145-1148. Cartographic satellite charts surface of Daedalus. The surface of the planet is barren, completely absent of any evidence of an alien civilization. Base team specialists awakened from cryosleep.

d1149-1155. Computer analysis of Daedalus surface charts. Numerous potential archeological sites exist beneath the planet's surface. The most promising of these is named Mount Sion. First team prepares.

d1156. Base camp established on the rim of the Mount Sion crater at the north pole of Daedalus.

d1157-1177. Deployment of equipment and personnel, establishment of preliminary shelters.

d1178. The Kasenko successfully performs a calculated hard landing inside the Mount Sion crater.

d1179-1268. The superstructure of the Kasenko is dismantled so that the base can be constructed from its raw materials.

d1269. Ground is broken to establish the building of the formal base within the side of the Mount Sion crater.

d1270-1359. Preliminary excavation of the base interior is completed.

d1360-1412. Further construction is delayed when the level of the acid lake inside the crater inexplicably starts to rise. After cresting, the lake level holds steady although it has engulfed over 95 percent of the available land mass inside the crater.

d1413. Commander Wilm, leader of the First Team, dies in a construction accident.

[The following entries are posted by Security Officer Caynan.]

d1414-1540. Miraculously, the construction of the base is completed although it is more than 100 days behind the original mission schedule.

d1541-1600. Preliminary archeological work begun. The mouth of the alien necropolis is discovered. This work is supervised by the leader of the second team, Doctor Escher.

d1616. The support ship Vaseria arrives in the Daedalus system. It brings new equipment and supplies, two marine dropships to provide security, and the new base commander- Doctor Amet Mastaba.

d1631. Doctor Mastaba begins conducting research for the ABA project.

d1687. A large statue is discovered blocking the passageway inside the mouth of the alien necropolis.

d1688-1702. Numerous attempts are made to move or bypass the statue. All fail.

d1703-1733. A separate entrance is drilled into the alien necropolis.

d1734-1824. The first interior chamber of the alien necropolis is excavated.

d1825-1886. Analysis of initial ABA test subjects begins.

d1887. An alien specimen that shows signs of life is transferred from the dig site to the cellblock of the Security Level in the base.

[All further entries posted by Technical Officer Amdant.]

d1893. First successful ABA project prototype created. Security Officer Caynan and Prisoner Dane captured in an attempt to hijack a dropship from the landing platform.

d1895. Alien specimen escapes from cellblock. Class 3 Reactor Alert declared. Base evacuated.

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The following information goes into more detail about the AFA/ABA, briefly mentioned in the preceeding post, experiments performed by doctor Mastaba.

This is part 1 of 2

PROJECT NOTES
COMPILED BY MASTABA, Doctor, Acting Base Commander

AFA PROJECT: This project was initiated by the Prime Paragon on d96 (Daedalus Mission Calendar) to develop a prototype Assassin Fully Augmented. The typical AFA instrument will be a near perfect physical specimen fitted with a complete range of cybernetics -- a walking arsenal that will (once the final stages of development have been completed) be able to mingle undetected and interact in a human-normal population. The AFA series of man devices will fulfill an important role in the advancement of the Mondite movement- carrying out a variety of missions including but not limited to security, espionage and political assassinations within and beyond the environment of the Reticulum. This glorious goal heralds the first true steps on our path of self-determined evolution.

The AFA Project will be carried out in four stages.

Stage One involves the successful development of a fully integrated cybernetic organism. A desirable AFA candidate will be resistant to prosthetic rejection with a metabolism that can withstand extreme chemical and surgical treatments. Augmentations will endow the subject with extra-human strength, endurance and reaction time. Simultaneously keeping the subjects safe and the installation secure will no doubt present base personnel with numerous unexpected challenges.

A secondary line of research during this stage of the project is to expand upon the previously developed genetic engineering techniques of the RF427 Project as well as the ABA (Assassin Biologically Augmented) project. This will benefit both projects immeasurably. It will enable us to develop a more robust candidate through progressive gene-swapping. Elaborate DNA/RNA mapping will alert us to potential candidate deficiencies so that developmental problems can be immediately addressed.

Stage Two will move our candidates through a series of treatments that will completely wipe their memories. Currently an experimental surgical technique is being considered for this phase of the project, but it is an extremely delicate procedure. If it leads to the development of unwanted side effects, we are equipped to switch to the standard electroshock method. However, if this is achieved, this will no doubt leave subjects in a highly stressed and disoriented state. It is at this point that a subject will be the most dangerous and difficult to control. Various mimetic analog insignia will be implanted and recalled to indicate the level of success achieved in each candidate during this stage. At this stage there may also be additional data implants designed to speed up the candidate's progress through the third stage.

Stage Three involves relocating candidates from this base to another installation to participate in a broad-based training program ranging from use of military hardware to Mondite philosophy to covert actions. At this stage candidates will be turned over to the hands of other units.

Stage Four involves the full physical and electronic camouflage of all prosthetics, plastic surgery for the purposes of establishing new identities, specialized customization, maintenance and upgrade refitting. Various elements of the camouflage being developed for the AFA project have yet to be fully and successfully implemented. This stage will most likely occur at whatever particular base of operation an instrument is assigned.

If initial operations are successful, Daedalus will become an assembly plant and preliminary staging area for all future AFA candidates, due to its extreme isolation and the fact that its existence is unknown to the Reticulum.

PROGRESS REPORT ONE: I find it somewhat startling that the implications for the advancement of the Mondite movement which are inherent in the AFA Project are not yet recognized. The unification of man and technology represents a liberation from the flesh- a heretofore unattainable state that is central to teachings of the Prime Paragon. I shall demonstrate this more clearly once this project has been taken to its successful conclusion.

PROGRESS REPORT TWO: So far the preparation for creating the first AFA candidates has gone well. Out of 260 potential test subjects we have determined that 13 will be suitable for First Stage implementation. This is significantly higher than the original estimated figure of two percent. As of this writing all non-suitable test subjects have been expended.

PROGRESS REPORT THREE: After a fairly substantial amount of deliberation I have finally decided upon a suitable form of mimetic analog insignia. My mother was an orchestral flutist and one of my earliest childhood memories is watching her perform. I have programmed the biological operative instructions for several of her favorite pieces into an RNA-Doppler chip that will be implanted into all Stage Two AFA candidates. That way it will be a fairly easy matter to determine if subjects have been successfully mindwiped- they will be able to play the flute.

PROGRESS REPORT FOUR: Today, I have performed the first of the operations. A wondrous new age has begun. I have witnessed the torturous, bloody intercourse of anatomy and machinery, and ministered to the birth of its first generation. As spoke the philosopher: "Here's to the new age of gods and monsters."

PROGRESS REPORT FIVE: So far, much of our work and our designs have functioned as well or better than expected. But success has eluded us. There have been physiological complications- many we have not foreseen- but I am confident we can overcome those. There are other difficulties that I find more disturbing. Our subjects have not responded well to the program. Like animals raised in captivity, they go into shock when removed from their cages for the first time. In this case, their cage is the physical limitations of their own bodies. They become savage and animalistic or lapse into a dangerous delusionary state. These worthless ungrateful cattle have no understanding of what is happening. They do not appreciate the gift we are bestowing upon them! There is nothing more to be done with them than to move into Stage two as soon as feasibly possible.

PROGRESS REPORT SIX: The mindwipe operation is extremely difficult. I could not successfully complete it on my first two attempts. Since then I have discovered one usual side effect. The mindwipe widens the rift (perhaps temporarily) between the conscious and the subconscious mind. This side effect manifests itself in an extreme way- test subjects become desperate to write things down. Some even bite at their own fingers to write in blood on the walls. No sooner do they finish writing than they immediately look over what they have written. None of them seem to recognize or remember their own writing. It seems the subconscious mind, now isolated from the sensation, thought and memory of current experience, becomes desperate to reestablish communication with the conscious mind. It makes me curious to test the procedure on an illiterate subject. I will include any more observations of this phenomena in further reports. It remains to be seen if the procedure will have any settling effect on the subjects concerning their psychological unbalance.

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PROGRESS REPORT SEVEN: After numerous further attempts there has been no progress in overcoming the psychological trauma attached to the procedure. This is something that could not be anticipated. To acquire life above and beyond the flesh is the path toward which all humanity has been striving for centuries. Yet, when that goal appears to be achieved the result is insanity. So far every subject I have operated upon has fallen prey to this malady- which I call 'metamorphosis-induced schizophrenia', a fear of being changed that manifests itself through a dangerously distorted sense of reality. This condition, while initially psychological, triggers a severe alteration of brain chemistry that has rendered every subject we have worked with completely useless.

PROGRESS REPORT EIGHT: Out of sheer frustration I am shifting over to some of the genetics work. I am putting the surgical assembly of AFA prototypes on hold for the foreseeable future. Search teams have discovered numerous fascinating and unusual animal species living in and around the Mount Sion crater. I doubt that any such work will lead to a solution to the metamorphosis-related schizophrenia problem, but for now I will welcome the opportunity to occupy my mind with a fresh set of problems.

PROGRESS REPORT NINE: We have manufactured a startling variety of curiosities. If only our goal had been to produce a number of original attractions for a carnival then I would feel perfectly confident in declaring our project a success right now.

PROGRESS REPORT TEN: There is a species of insect on this planet, like a carrion beetle, which has a short stubby tail with a stinger on the tip of it. This species is capable of reproducing asexually and normally lays eggs when it has accumulated too many for the capacity of its body. Most of these eggs die because they require a warm dark humid place for them to hatch successfully and there are few places that meet the requirements on the surface of Daedalus. So this beetle locates a victim to sting and injects its eggs under the skin of another living creature. The eggs are provided with a living hatchery that provides the absolute perfect conditions for them to develop and hatch successfully. While handling the specimens we have acquired, Technician Odon was stung. The eggs are microscopic and completely undetectable- until they grow and they hatch and by then it was too late. Odon had come down with what the others here have called 'Hatching Fever'. The body attempts to kill off the eggs like it was fighting an infection. In fact, it only makes the host body more accommodating. I stayed with Odon through a series of his convulsions. He pleaded with me to help him in such a desperate manner that I found it somewhat difficult to assure him there was nothing I could do. He became loudly vocal in his agony. Odon was shouting about how he wanted to live, about some woman from his past, about all the things he wanted to do with his life. Many of the others could hear him and I was afraid that it might begin to affect the morale of the team. So I opened up the back of his skull and attempted to perform the mindwipe procedure. He was certain to die anyway and I thought it better to learn on Odon instead of potentially damaging one of the AFA candidates. The operation went more smoothly than I thought. At first I was afraid that his agitated immune system might reject the RNA-Doppler chip but such fears proved to be unfounded. Odon was still many hours away from death, and when he awoke, I was delighted to discover that his panic was gone. With virtually no past memories left to relate his experiences to he has no apparent negative reactions to being devoured from the inside out by the carrion beetles. I stayed with him until the end. We were able to watch and experience together the creatures burrowing their way out of his body for what it was- a miracle of birth, in its own way as beautiful as the birth of any human flesh. He died playing the flute. It was a very stirring sonata often played by my mother. Hearing it again after so many years brought tears to my eyes. It wasn't until several hours had passed that I realized I had already come up with the solution for the metamorphosis related schizophrenia problem. Perform Stage Two first!

PROGRESS REPORT ELEVEN: Inspired by the progress of an engineer in using Phyxx technology to create a flying vehicle, I am now determined to utilize various other elements of Phyxx technology in developing my AFA prototype.

PROGRESS REPORT TWELVE: I know that this will be our first successful candidate. Today, it looked into my eyes and I had no words for it. After all, what does one say when one looks into the eyes of his creation? What does one say when one has encountered his evolutionary superior? I must begin again immediately. I only have one potential test subject left, so I must hurry. If all goes well before this day is out I shall have my second success!

PROGRESS REPORT THIRTEEN: A reanimated Phyxx soldier has escaped from the Cellbock. In less than an hour it has single-handedly devastated our base. All surviving personnel are being evacuated. I shall join them, but not before I finish this operation.

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The following provides information about the AFA/ABA test subjects.

Part 1 of 2

PROJECT ABA CASE HISTORIES

WARNING: The following material is restricted to Command Level personnel or higher. All those without proper clearance must stop reading at this point.

The following are overviews of ABA case histories assembled in random order with all mentions of time or specific order or identity of the subject deleted, in accordance with prior established security procedure.

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[SELMAK] SUBJECT: Selmak, Vidor

BACKGROUND: A new initiate into the Mondite inner circle, he professed to have moral objections to various tactics and objectives of the movement. He was placed in the ABA program because it was simpler and more advantageous to the movement than simply murdering him outright.

EXPERIMENTATION: AFA cybernetics, Stages One and Two

RESULTS: Subject took his own life shortly after recovering from Stage One of the procedure.

COMMENTS: None.

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[CAYNAN] SUBJECT: Caynan, K.C.

BACKGROUND: A guard assigned to the Daedalus base caught while attempting to betray the project and the movement. It was deemed that killing him outright would simply be a waste of resources considering he fits the requirements of an ABA prototype candidate.

EXPERIMENTATION: ABA genetic alteration, Stages One and Two

RESULTS: A series of genetic mutations have given the subject a level of strength and endurance far beyond a biologically normal human. It has also produced the side effect of giving him a blue pigmentation. These alterations have drastically and adversely effected his sanity.

COMMENTS: Caynan was never considered a serious contender for the ABA project, just a mass of expendable tissue that conveniently became available.

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[BLADE] SUBJECT: Blade, Morgan

BACKGROUND: Mercenary frequently employed by the Mondite movement. Subject hired for the kidnapping of John Highhill. Afterwards, was suspected of bringing back the wrong man and was taken as a replacement.

EXPERIMENTATION: AFA cybernetics, Stages One and Two

RESULTS: Subject successfully survived the initial stages of the cybernetic surgery.

COMMENTS: None.

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[SARTA] SUBJECT: Sarta, Tomik

BACKGROUND: Convicted multiple murderer from the Escar system. Subject was obtained post-execution. A substitution of the lethal injection formula administered to him placed him in a death-like state and his body was then smuggled out of the morgue.

EXPERIMENTATION: AFA cybernetics, Stages One and Two

RESULTS: After killing a technician and two guards, it was determined that subject was too focused simply on the act of killing.

COMMENTS: None.

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[NORAL] SUBJECT: Noral, Sonya

BACKGROUND: An attempt to genetically cross a human with a very rare sort of mammalian predator. Potential results: hyperfast reflexes, regenerative healing, heightened senses and killing instinct.

EXPERIMENTATION: ABA full implementation

RESULTS: Experiment failure. Alterations in subject's genetic structure gave rise to a lethal mutation.

COMMENTS: The desired abilities combined with her considerable beauty would have made her a very effective weapon for the Mondite cause.

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[RASMER] SUBJECT: Rasmer, Jarrit

BACKGROUND: Subject was paid to participate in experiment.

EXPERIMENTATION: ABA biological, Stage One

RESULTS: Subject developed a random contagion and was immediately destroyed.

COMMENTS: Greater caution needs to be taken in order to insure the biological security of the base.

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[DRAGIL] SUBJECT: Dragil, Norn

BACKGROUND: Volunteered for ABA Project after discovering he had a terminal illness.

EXPERIMENTATION: ABA biological, Stage One

RESULTS: Cellular deterioration resulting from his illness rendered him incapable of surviving gene-therapy.

COMMENTS: Subject expended.

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[FARRDAY] SUBJECT: Farrday, T.

BACKGROUND: Assumed name and background, subject believed to be a plant from the Reticulum Intelligence Ministry.

EXPERIMENTATION: ABA biological, Stages One and Two

RESULTS: Subject genetically altered, reverted to animal-like state.

COMMENTS: Subject died after approximately 48 hours due to a metabolic incompatibility with her new genetic structure.

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[LEXXEN] SUBJECT: Lexxen, Rann

BACKGROUND: Subject sentenced to death for piracy, volunteered for experiment in exchange for lighter sentence.

EXPERIMENTATION: ABA biological, Stage One

RESULTS: Subject received an incompatible genetic structure.

COMMENTS: Subject expended.

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[PAGE] SUBJECT: Page, Linnea

BACKGROUND: This was an attempt to combine every cybernetic subsystem currently developed into one single AFA candidate.

EXPERIMENTATION: AFA Stage One

RESULTS: Systems overload attributed to a concussive energy discharge that was fatal to the test subject.

COMMENTS: Such an experiment had never been conducted before. While I knew the chance of success was very low, I was curious to see the results. As for the subject, she had been most uncooperative and was deemed expendable.

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[MARKO] SUBJECT: Marko, Popul
BACKGROUND: Subject was a Mondite scientist instrumental in the design and construction of the cybernetic limb replacements. He volunteered to become an experimental test subject in order to further serve the movement.

EXPERIMENTATION: AFA cybernetics, Stages One and Two

RESULTS: Subject died on operating table.

COMMENTS: None.

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[STROM] SUBJECT: Strom, Nestor

BACKGROUND: Captain of the Reticulum High Guard ship "Ambassadoria." Discoverer of the first Phyxx spacecraft detected by humanity. Subject mutilated in attack from a reanimated Phyxx soldier.

EXPERIMENTATION: AFA cybernetics, Stages One and Two

RESULTS: His psychological reaction to the procedure was so extreme that it was determined that destroying him was the best available option.

COMMENTS: Subject demonstrated an extreme lack of gratitude.

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[HIGHILL] SUBJECT: Highhill, John

BACKGROUND: Subject located through a multi-system sweep of medical center computer records. Subject perfectly matched the physical requirements for an AFA candidate. Subject acquired through kidnapping performed by Morgan Blade.

EXPERIMENTATION: AFA cybernetics, Stages One and Two

RESULTS: Subject died from the shock of total cybernetic rejection.

COMMENTS: Subject did not seem suitable for this project at all. There was apparently some sort of error in his medical records.

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[TREMNOR] SUBJECT: Tremnor, Ard

BACKGROUND: Subject was a biologist who had been the recipient of numerous experimental brain implants. Due to his tissue type and history of adapting well to cybernetic implants subject was "recruited" into AFA project.

EXPERIMENTATION: AFA cybernetics, Stage One

RESULTS: An unexpected incompatibility with his brain implants resulted in the subject becoming lobotomized.

COMMENTS: Make a note - there shall be no more ABA/AFA test subjects who already have cybernetic implants installed.

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[LANO] SUBJECT: Lano, Rel

BACKGROUND: Subject had numerous types of camouflaged projectile weaponry installed.

EXPERIMENTATION: AFA cybernetics, Stage One

RESULTS: During the initial test stages it is theorized that a portion of an explosive round got jammed into the barrel of one of his internal weapons. The next round fired impacted upon it and both shells detonated.

COMMENTS: Neuro-implant misfire resulted in malfunction of upper armature servos. Subject's upper extremities became entangled in his jaw and right eye socket. After one hour all attempts to free the armatures had failed as the armatures had locked into position. According to the cybernetics technical readout the armatures unlock automatically when arm extensors are activated, which would have theoretically given the medical team a few seconds to remove the armatures. However, activation of subject's arm extensors resulted in the subject extending both his arms and his head to the point where it became separated from the rest of his body.

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[DODESKADEN] SUBJECT: Dodeskaden, Berin

BACKGROUND: Subject was a self-professed enemy of the Mondite movement, personally responsible for the destruction of over a dozen installations and the deaths of over two hundred members. Subject was captured by the Mondites and placed into the AFA project so that he may be used to advance the movement.

EXPERIMENTATION: AFA cybernetics, Stages One and Two

RESULTS: Subject died on operating table.

COMMENTS: None.

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[TRUSTIC] SUBJECT: Trustic, Merl

BACKGROUND: Although a loyal member of the Mondite movement, subject was judged too incompetent to be allowed to continue to serve it. Subject allowed Barin Dodeskaden into Mondite installation thereby resulting in its destruction and the deaths of 87 members. As subject matched the tissue type requirements of the AFA project, he was deposited there.

EXPERIMENTATION: AFA cybernetics, Stages One and Two

RESULTS: Either there is an undetected malfunction in the prosthetic implants installed in this subject or there is a synaptic disability within the subject rendering him unable to properly utilize them.

COMMENTS: Nothing more to report.

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[ESKABERA] SUBJECT: Eskabera, Rod

BACKGROUND: Subject acquired through body bank.

EXPERIMENTATION: ABA biological, Stage One

RESULTS: Adverse reaction to genetic cleansing agent.

COMMENTS: Subject attempted to murder me. Thankfully I was able to remotely shut off his internal life support.

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[MONIK] SUBJECT: Monik, Remarro

BACKGROUND: Subject was a mental patient obtained through the cooperation of his Mondite psychologist. Subject has a history of self-mutilation and acting out of violent behavior. This rejection of his own body and desire to commit violent acts marked him as a potential AFA candidate.

EXPERIMENTATION: AFA cybernetics, Stages One and Two

RESULTS: Subject lapsed into catatonia.

COMMENTS: None.

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[WARNA] SUBJECT: Warna, Linn

BACKGROUND: AFA

EXPERIMENTATION: Basic AFA offensive packages, limb replacement, internal organ augmentation.

RESULTS: Subject considered a minor success. Died in training exercise fighting against subject now stored in Freezer Two of the Cryo Room.

COMMENTS: An unfortunate accident. With work she might have been an acceptable AFA prototype candidate.

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[SOO] SUBJECT: Soo, Union

BACKGROUND: Subject was a highly decorated Space Marine from the forces of Nacarat, a prime physical specimen with a detailed technical background and highly trained in all forms of combat. Subject is now officially listed as missing in action.

EXPERIMENTATION: AFA cybernetics, Stages One and Two

RESULTS: Subject deemed too dangerous to be controlled.

COMMENTS: None.

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[DANE] SUBJECT: Dane, Martic

BACKGROUND: Subject was an Ensign in the Reticulum merchant fleet. A jump error brought him too close to Daedalus. For security reasons his ship and crew have been eliminated.

EXPERIMENTATION: AFA cybernetics, Stage One and Two

RESULTS: ---

COMMENTS: None.

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[RATHMAN] SUBJECT: Rathman, Blake

BACKGROUND: Subject was a member of the lower social class popularly known as "Berserkers" which once populated the eastern sector of the world known as Ashtaroth. Subject matched rare tissue type required for ABA candidacy and discovered through a routine scan of computer files. Since he is a "Berserker," subject will not be missed by any respectable element of his society.

EXPRIMENTATION: AFA cybernetics, Stages One and Two

RESULTS: Subject ultimately deemed physiologically inappropriate for ABA project.

COMMENTS: None.

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[ONE] SUBJECT: One, Jonathan

BACKGROUND: Subject was an amnesia patient in hospital on Stralea. His name was given to him by the hospital staff. Subject lured out of hospital by a recruited staff member.

EXPERIMENTATION: AFA cybernetics, Stages One and Two

RESULTS: Subject died shortly after receiving cybernetic implants.

COMMENTS: None.

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[SIDIG] SUBJECT: Sidig, Nancy

BACKGROUND: Through extensive skin grafts, attempted to create a subject with an epidermal layer that secreted an undetectable but highly toxic substance.

EXPERIMENTATION: ABA Stage One

RESULTS: Substance created was toxic to a level that was fatal to the subject.

COMMENTS: Subject's death seems to be the result of an allergic reaction either to a chemical administered during the operation or to an alloy used in the prosthesis.

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This is the description you see when looking at the panel next to Caynan's cell. Caynan used to be the security chief on the Daedalus base, but he attempted to free a prisoner called Dane and is now a prisoner himself.

Caynan's logbook is shown after the description.

OCCUPANT: ID# BX-3497 (CAYNAN)
SPECIES: HOMO SAPIENS
ORIGIN: DAEDALUS BASE - SECURITY
PROJECT: ABA

____CARE____
* Inject legs with lubricant AE-4 twice daily
* Feed meat products only
* Precede any entry with stun blast
* Stay sharp - subject is trained in combat

ORDERED BY: ID# MC-002
DR. A. MASTABA



Caynan's Logbook
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d1892-1120 I can still hear Dane in the other cell. They beat him pretty bad. So bad that they called down from Control and ordered them to stop. I should be treated a little better than that. It's unfitting for any Mondite to die in a place like this. I don't know why I'm writing this down. This log is the only thing I have in my cell besides the picture. Pretty. I wish I knew her name.

d1892-1344 I guess I always believed that my former comrades would show me mercy, for I was once one of them. Now I know that the exact opposite is true. They see me as a traitor. While they are very capable of inflicting cruelty on a total stranger, as was I when I was one of them, it was just as likely that they wouldn't. In my case, they specifically seek out some horrible form of revenge for me. I can't be saved by fate or random chance. I wish they'd just get it over with.

d1892-1518 They tell me I am to be turned over to Mastaba. He's a butcher, a psychotic. Those goons can gibber all they want. I can see in their eyes that I'm not the only one afraid of him. I refuse to believe it. It has to be some form of psychological torture. They must be reading this. Do you hear me, Mert? I know you are bluffing! Amdant, you pederast! You don't frighten me.

d1892-1700 I am being prepped for surgery. I resisted the shocks and injections as best I could but they won. In a minute they'll be back to take me to the Control Level. I wonder if they're planning to do the same to Dane. I wonder how the patient in Cell 3 feels right now.

d1892-1957 They did it. It's over. Is that the worst you can do, Mastaba, you bastard?

d1893-0832 I dreamed I was back home. My parents were still alive. I am exhausted and in pain, but I feel like I can pull through this. I need rest.

d1893-1011 They actually left food for me. I'm not hungry. Too tired to get it anyway. Need more sleep.

d1893-1228 Somebody rigged one of the Tower bots with an injector and wired in a med software box. It looks like Eng's work. My own private nurse. If I try to get up it will inject me with who knows what. If I lie down it seems to leave me alone.

d1893-1345 My skull feels like its about to split open. I want to sleep but I can't.

d1893-1423 That damn robot is watching me every second! It won't let me get up.

d1893-1501 Mastaba came by to examine me. He looked upset. Perhaps disappointed. Whatever he tried to do to me must not have taken right. They can't operate on me again. I'm too weak now. It'll kill me.

d1893-1647 Something's wrong. I am hearing a weird trilling noise. It changes pitch from high to low, sometimes in patterns of short bursts and other times in long and constant noise. It's taken me nearly an hour of lying here on this bunk to figure out that it isn't coming from anywhere in the cell. It's in my head!

d1893-1703 My skin itches all over. It's impossible to lie still. I want to peel it off with my fingers. I'm trying to block out the noise and think of something else but I can't. I just want to sleep. Why won't they let me sleep?!

d1893-1857 What did they do to me? The robot won't let me off the bed. I know they're watching me on the monitor. The noise in my head is careening out of control. There's blood all over my fingers from the scratching. Maybe they've invented some terrible new way to die and I am the first one they've ever tried it on. I wish it would just happen right now.

d1893-1935 It's all stopped. It's very quiet. I must rest.

d1894-0247 It is a very bizarre practical joke. That is the only logical explanation. I love the color. Blue has always been my favorite.

d1894-0309 I've just read back the entire contents of this journal. I will assume that because I am blue- as is the author from the last entry - that I am the person who wrote it. I may be mistaken about that. I'm not sure.

d1894-0322 Despite the confinement I have to say that I am very much enjoying this situation. Now that the last of my old thoughts and memories have been erased from my mind I am finally free to become the person that I originally always was. It is a very liberating concept.

d1894-0345 I saw father again while I was asleep. He wore a red mask. We talked for awhile and he warned me about this fellow Mastaba that I read about in the book. I don't dream about mother anymore.

d1894-0421 Mother fusses over me so. Every time I try to leave my bed she tucks me back in. I wish she'd stop treating me like a child.

d1894-0507 Something terrible has happened. I wanted to go for a walk around the room. Mother said that I should rest. We started arguing and in fit of anger, I killed her. What shall I do now?

d1894-0511 When the guards came I confessed my crime to them. At first they gave me a long look of disbelief, and then they started laughing. I was shocked several times but I was able to make them stop. After they left, I noticed that my food was gone. Perhaps I shall be punished by being starved to death. It is only fitting given the severity of what I have done.

d1894-0529 Fools! When they took the food, they forgot the fork! I nearly wept when they returned. Imagine my relief when I saw that they had only come to collect what I kept from that young gentleman's face.

d1894-0613 I know things no one else knows. They think I am mad but I assure you- the fork is the key to my whole world.

d1894-0642 Mother has gone to a better place, and I have my fork. So far my plan has been working perfectly.

d1894-0732 I am making significant progress. I am certain that I have nearly succeeded in convincing several of my guards that they are in fact really lizards. We aren't hitchhiking any more, we're riding!

d1894-0754 The buzzing in my ears has become so loud that I have to scream at the top of my lungs just to hear myself think. Whoever is playing the flute, I wish they'd stop it.

d1894-0759 Dane down the hall is my only friend. The picture he gave me keeps me company. If I ever see him again I really shall have to kill him.

d1894-1245 I think I'm starting to get hungry.

d1894-1337 Now I understand. All along it is I who keep them prisoner. They desperately want to escape here into my world. But they cannot, for I guard them well.

d1894-1428 Something inexplicable is happening. The world is on fast forward. I no longer understand what people say.

d1894-1538 Mind makes sense. No feeling the talk out of my face. Time is now a big round circle of things.

d1894-1612 Chewing when the eyes come. It's so loud these days it's completely dark.

d1894-1646 What surgery made me? Can't think of it.

d1894-1925 Lost either myself or else the whole universe somewhere.

d1894-2222 Hunt the warm.

d1894-2307 Vacuum.

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[Soulsphere]

I think that's enough for now. I'll post more in a few days.

[^ilovebioshock!]

I think that's enough for now. I'll post more in a few days.

could you post some screenshot i have never haerd of bioforge

[Soulsphere]

could you post some screenshot i have never haerd of bioforge

Here's a link to some more information about BioForge:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioForge
EDIT: I'm also placing this in the first post.

And here's a link to some screen shots:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/bioforge/screenshots

[^ilovebioshock!]

Here's a link to some more information about BioForge:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioForge
EDIT: I'm also placing this in the first post.

And here's a link to some screen shots:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/bioforge/screenshots

ah man i didn't know it was so old oh well hopefully they could remake it with better graphics and a longer length for the Xbox360 and PC i can dream can't i

[Raveness]

Hehe Bioforge is as old as you are, and I was your age when I played it

Soulforge, a suggestion: If you can, I'd recommend editing the Wikipedia entry and adding all this there, then for here you could link to the wiki entries. To do it the way you've done seems a waste once the thread gets pushed down, and it's harder to read.

[Soulsphere]

Soulforge, a suggestion: If you can, I'd recommend editing the Wikipedia entry and adding all this there, then for here you could link to the wiki entries. To do it the way you've done seems a waste once the thread gets pushed down, and it's harder to read.

Heheh, Soulforge?

I think it would be better if I just started my own entry with the text. However, I don't know if they'd consider it proper content for an encyclopedia, considering it's not so much about the game as it is part of the game. But I'll see what I can do.