File no. MFA-O-7115-██████████
Description: Anomaly is a ██████████ technique of augmentation to the human body, utilizing parasitic organisms. Organs are replaced with hive mind colonies of the anomalous organism, replicating the function and nearly ten times efficiency. These organisms do not match any known lifeform in the Mortfield databanks but appear similar to an amoeba joined together in hive operation with millions of other similar organisms. A colony of the anomalous organisms can be programmed to serve any function of the known human biology or any other mammal. Additionally, the organisms serve to make the host more resilient to pain, less susceptible to fatigue, and with reaction times increased at an exponential rate when in comparison to a baseline human being at peak health. Once implanted, the colony will mimic the exact muscular function of the replaced organ. A colony replacing a heart will shape itself with the correct number of chambers, ventricles, etc, but work faster and without the potential health defects inherent within the original organ.
Developed by researchers working for a black budget operation serving Mortfield Industries, the first tests were completed in early 2007. By the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the establishment of the Iron Corridor, the tests had been almost perfected.
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Procedure Video Log:
[A doctor and a surgical aide stand over a patient in an operating theater, all are wearing the prerequisite protective gear. The patient is stripped to the waist and is conscious. Next to the patient stands a 1.5-meter-tall shelf on wheels, holding a large glass vessel. The glass is inlaid with circuitry, which glows faintly.]
Surgeon: [Holding out his hand to the aide next to the surgical tray.] Bone saw, please.
Test Subject: Wait a minute, what about anesthetic?
Surgeon: You have already been administered an immobilizing paralytic agent to stop motion from interfering with the procedure, additionally you have been administered a nerve blocking agent which will interfere with your pain receptors. It will not entirely negate the pain, but will cut out 85% of the sensation.
Test Subject: What the fuck? No, I wanna be knocked out.
Surgeon: I’m sorry, that’s not an option. In order for the organism to connect with your brain, you have to be conscious. Otherwise, the procedure will fail and you will die.
Test Subject: No way, this is not what I signed up for. Get me out of here!
Surgeon: It is exactly what you signed up for. You should have read the description of the procedure more carefully. [Placing a gloved hand on the patient’s forehead.] Please be quiet now.
[The Surgeon takes a syringe and places it against the patient’s neck, depressing the plunger. The patient immediately stops speaking. His eyes dart around wildly showing he is still conscious.]
Surgeon: Scalpel.
[The aide hands the doctor a scalpel, who proceeds to slice through the skin on the patient’s chest and then peel it back exposing the ribcage and connective tissue/musculature.]
Surgeon: Now, may I have the bone saw?
Surgical aide: Here you are, doctor.
[The bone saw is activated, and the surgeon begins slicing through the patient’s ribcage. The patient begins making a wheezing sound, which increases in pitch as each new rib is cut through. When the surgeon has finished cutting through the ribs, he is handed a separator by the aide and he separates the rib cage to expose the heart.]
Surgeon: [Looking to the other aide, standing next to the glass container.] Be ready.
[The aide nods, adjusts the controls attached to the side of the container and then opens it. Inside is a gelatinous fluid that moves of its own volition. While this is happening, the surgeon begins severing the connections to the heart, spraying himself and the patient with blood. As soon as the heart is extracted, the aid brings the glass container over and pours it into the cavity. The gelatinous fluid immediately takes the shape of the heart and begins pumping.]
Surgeon: Alright let’s close him up and get a transfusion team in here, he lost about a pint. [Looking down at the patient.] See? That wasn’t so bad.
[As the surgeon begins closing up the patient, he begins to scream.]
End of Log
Sources:
Grigori Karpin
Michael Lee-Graham
