Project 26
by
Verbum
Prologue
September, 1975
Henry Peter Gyrich had a smile on his face, for once. His years of planning, meetings with the top scientists from around the world, and getting the government permission that a project on this scale required had finally led up to this moment: the Ascension Island Biogenetic Research Station was finally opening.
The tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic ocean was nothing but rock and sea turtle; virtually deserted, it seemed like the logical place to build. After all, with no people to interrupt the research by spying around, they could all work in peace. Gyrich's plans also included a company town of sorts about one to two miles away from the
lab, which housed all of the permanent scientists and lab technicians.
It's the perfect setup, Gyrich thought to himself, as he walked around the small reception given in honor of the opening. Most of the Station workers were attending sans the ones conducting the lab's first experiments....
However, this is nothing, compared to what the receptions will be like after the findings are known......