Colossus By Design: Entry 0078 - No Air Here

[December 10, 2145]
[Antarctica]
[Global Union of Divisions Headquarters]

[Undisclosed meeting room]


(Jiro Ifukube): Are the results in?

(Laura Reed): Yes, sir.


[Dr. Reed brings up holo-scans of the genetic coding of a Beta and the Delta]


(Jiro Ifukube): Fascinating.....

(Laura Reed): As you can see, sir, the Betas' underlying DNA structure is most definitely engineered, but we already knew that. What's interesting, however.....


[Holo-scans of the meteor halves from which the Delta and the Epsilon emerged are brought up]


(Jiro Ifukube): The engineered DNA's derivative is an exact match to the Epsilon-half's detected samples.

(Laura Reed): Yes. And the Delta itself shows increased derivation using additional coding from the Epsilon. Specifically, increased neural activity associated with communication.

(Jiro Ifukube): Non-standard communicative thought processes.

(Laura Reed): Precisely. Whatever those Atlanteans did to make these things, they sure did one hell of a job. Some might call such concepts 'psychic influences'.

(Jiro Ifukube): But now we know better. This is a major breakthrough, Laura.

(Laura Reed): Indeed, sir. This communicative process is beyond anything we've seen before. Quite literally 'power of suggestion'.


[Dr. Wei Ho and Dr. Anna Maximoff enter the meeting room]


(Wei Ho): Any updates, Director?

(Jiro Ifukube): Take a look for yourself.


[Dr. Ho and Dr. Maximoff look at the holo-scans]


(Wei Ho): So.... the Betas and the Delta were engineered from the DNA of the Epsilon, with the Delta and Epsilon displaying increased cognitive activity which results in literal power of suggestion over lesser beings.

(Anna Maximoff): I remember theorizing about this, back when the P.E.M.F.s first started showing up again. The more control an individual has over its non-standard DE energy, the more likely it is to be able to influence others.

(Wei Ho): Well, it seems you were right about something. For once.

(Anna Maximoff): At least I wasn't the one who suggested contaminant bombs fielded against beings whose non-standard DE energy reserves would just reject any sort of foreign--


[Dr. Ifukube holds his hand up; Dr. Ho and Dr. Maximoff cease immediately]


(Jiro Ifukube): Regardless of you two and your little rivalry, we now have much more info regarding the nature of our enemies and can plan accordingly.

(Anna Maximoff): Pardon my lack of faith, but how exactly are we gonna get around said facts? The only method of combating these creatures effectively has been the Warmonger program, and even then it's now starting to come into question with the appearance of these ancient non-standard P.E.M.F.s.

(Jiro Ifukube): All true. However.......


[Dr. Ifukube presses a button on the wall, opening it up and showing an old piece of paper with blueprints and research notes on it]


(Jiro Ifukube): A student of mine once told me of a name his family had held dear for generations. I decided to do some digging, and found these.


[All other scientists are absolutely stunned at the sight]


(Laura Reed): Sir..... what IS all this?

(Jiro Ifukube): Old papers from the 1940s, detailing something a certain 'Daisuke Serizawa' was researching in lieu of his discovery of the Alpha.

(Wei Ho): Dear lord..... I'm seeing things never even theorized before!

(Anna Maximoff): Wait, what's this?


[Anna puts one particular blueprint onto the main table]
[Blueprint is of an odd device that looks like a cross between an hourglass and a ball-shaped float]


(Jiro Ifukube): This is what we need to learn more about, given what we've just uncovered.