Muriel McCarthy
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 12.06.2247
So far, we have been quite sucessful in our researches concerning the neural imprinting. After overcoming various obstacles, such as the paperworks and raising the fundings, we started the actual process of the imprinting two weeks ago. Everyone in the staff was ever so excited about finally getting the permission to try out what has been so long just calculated and looked at-we had almost given up hope. The first problems were quickly adjusted, i.e. the wave lenghts of the emitters and the neural interfaces.The emitters seem to work correctly now, the imprints of trained mice on the untrained ones were working accordingly to our calculations. The mice were trained to find their way to a labyrinth were food was waiting for them. After loosing the first two dozend mice to adjustment problems we were finally successful: The untrained mice wich had been imprinted did really find their way without searching. So the first and largest step is done.We feel safe now to try out the process on higher mammals.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 18.07.2247
Head-quarter has finally seen reason and we got a fund raise. So by now we were able to by some dogs and cats as well as six rhesus monkeys.A stable is being added to our lab.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 05.08.2247
Adjusting the emitters to higher mammals was more complicated than we thought. All the cats had died within seconds, as well as all the dogs but one. Spirits are down right now, and we do not dare to try out the emitters on the monkeys yet.We have to make out what is wrong first.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 13.09.2247
The flaw in our system was finally exposed: It was in the interfaces, not in the emitters. After upgrading the interface chips and changing the connection settings for the cerebrum instead of the cerebellum we were able to do our first serious attempt at imprinting: We switched a cat in the interface of a dog. The dog is now under constant surveillance, but so far it only exhibits the behavior of a normal domesticated cat. Headquarter insists that we move up to primates now, but somehow I do not feel ready just now for that.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 29.09.2247
The worst we had feared has happened. Headquarters sent a “request” to accelerate the studies and move to primates. We have began to implant the interfaces today. I do not feel well about this. This is going to fast.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 05.10.2247
Two of the monkeys died during the operation, and now we have to check out why. All live functions were well, and suddenly the brain waves collapsed completely, without any means to restore them. This is a major drawback, and were getting instructions from headquarters to switch to higher primates as chimpansees. They must be insane.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 24.11.2247
We have finally been able to adjust the interface codes to the monkey brains, and after they recover from the operation we will begin to adjust the emitters. With all the pressure headquarters is putting on us we cannot help but to think that they want to have the technology ready on a battlefield next month.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 13.12.2247
Everything is chaos. The monkeys all died during the imprinting, headquarters is sending chimpanzees instead of the requested rhesus monkeys and since yesterday the guards here in the lab have been doubled and the whole base seems under alert. I am not so sure that we are not the reason for the guards, since headquarters asked the day before yesterday when we would see it safe to try out the process on humans. They really are insane.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 19.01.2247
Everybody is on the edge by now. I have been replaced as the project leader, still being the medical head, but now longer coordinator of the project. An officer of the secret service, special mission department, now works in my office with two guards in front of the doors. two if the lab assistants tried to get away last night but were caught, I have no idea where they were brought, and I somehow wish never to know. This is getting out of hand, but at least the chimpanzees seem to survive the imprinting process. So far they seem normal, but we still are not able to imprint a female onto am male or the other way round. I really fear that the next orders we will receive come together with some “volunteers”.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 02.02.2248
Things have seriously improved. The officer is seeing reason not to press the matter with imprinting human brains, and we are abel to do more researching without pressure of time. The chimpanzees are definitely well, as it seems, I just wish sometimes we could ask them how they feel.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 19.3.2248
We have now begun to construct interfaces to human brains. I still feel not to safe with this, but somehow I am the only one with such concerns. Dr. Mires and Dr. Carthy think it finally safe, so I agreed. Yesterday headquarters sent new test animals, five wolves and seven dogs. These creatures are hideous. The dogs have been cybernetically enhanced, as the call it, with jaws and teeth of titanium and armor implants under their skin. We have orders to do implants in both the dogs and the wolves. I still have concerns with this, thinking it way to early for that, but I am overruled. I cannot remember when I had a decent night’s sleep.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 27.03.2248
By installing the interfaces in the new subjects we discovered that the wolves also have been enhanced, but with much more skill and cunning. They too have enhanced jaws and teeth as well as leg muscles, and the also have armor implants, but you see nothing of it. I am genuinely impressed with the geneticists who did this. The interfaces are working and so far no complications have come up.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 08.04.2248
Today the volunteers finally arrived. I cannot really believe what I hear, but the seem volunteers, and not forced in any way to do this. They all belong to a special force, highly disciplined in mind and body, and all of them seriously believe in what they do. They give me the creeps.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 11.06.2248
This is the break through. The first test was proceeded today, and we really were able to imprint the soldier on the dog. He was even abel to talk, even if it was hardly comprehensible, he could make himself understood. We kept this up for about two hours before we switched him back, and so far he seems to have no afflictions, and the same goes for the dog. Maybe my concerns were unnecessary.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 12.08.2248
After several tries the special squad has now taken up training. It took them a while to get used to walk on all fours, but now their motility has improved and the now are training to use their animal senses and instincts. I still have no idea what it is that headquarter needs animal soldiers for, but it really seems to work. Years of studies finally have come to an success. We had a little lab party last night, we really seem to have made the home run. It is unbelievable.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 15.10.2248
The special squad came back today after a whole week of training, and they still have no problems after switching back, except for difficulties on coordinating their arms and legs, but that wears off in a few hours. Some of them complain about eye problems, but that more likely has to do with switching from the black and white sight of a wolf to the human coloured one.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 01.11.2248
Tragedy. I have no other word for it. The special squad was out training, and they seem to have been ambushed. We received distress call around 11.00, and that suddenly broke of. We sent out a rescue team, and they found only bodies. The four human trainers and all dogs, and four of the five wolves. The fifth is still missing, but they keep searching for her. this is terrible. Now there are twelve bodies there in the suspension tanks, living bodies with no minds, and I have no idea what to do with them, since they are not dead. We are keeping them alive, and I have the feeling that headquarters wants to keep them as some kind of freaking body-backup for some really important people. This is sick.
Medical Logbook, Dr. Emerald Herman, 10.11.2248
The search for the last missing member of the squad was terminated today. There is no trace whatsoever of her. I keep looking at her body in the tanks and feel sorry for her, even if she is still alive chances are next to nothing that she would make her way back. I also said that I believe the search was terminated to early, but as usual, my concerns were dismissed. Tonight I am going to light a candle for the soul of Muriel McCarthy, wherever she is.
Name:
Muriel McCarthy
Gender: female
Appearance: A wolf.
ST: 8
EN: 7
PE: 10
CH: 6
IN: 9
AG: 10
LK: 5
Skills: none
Equipment: none
Weapons: Titanium teeth, the jaw pressure was enhanced from 1,5 tons (normal wolf) to app. 3 tons. After weeks of training, she is able to use the body and the instincts of the wolf as her own, and she can talk, in a way. It doesn’ta sound like human speech, but the words are clearly distinguishable. She has only one thing on her mind: To find her way back to the base where her body lies and be a human again.