Report #8934
Infinitum Research
Date: December 12, 1981
Project Quicksilver Briefing
Unauthorized distribution of this report will result in termination.
Subject 617
Age: 1 year, 4 months
Hair: Black
Eyes: Green
Species: Homo Sapiens
Race: Caucasian
Distinguishing Marks: One lightning bolt shaped scar on forehead.
Reasons for selection:
Subject 617 was chosen for Quicksilver due to a large amount of potential psychic energy present in his system combined with the absence of non-Euclidean(1) anomalies. Our reality distortion meters recorded a 100 percent Heisenberg uncertainty(2), something we have never seen before in a purely Euclidean object or organism. We were forced to adapt our tesseract based non-Euclidean field meter, and projected the resultant matrix into 3 dimensions, giving an estimate of around 500 kiloPandoras of PPE. We were unable to test rate of replenishment at this time. This puts Subject 617 somewhat close to our maximum containment ability(3), but still within the realm of safety.
No standard PPE usage markers such as telepathy or pyrokinesis were present in the subject's system. However, an apparent B2 Edge variant(4) was discovered, making the subject yet more ideal for Quicksilver.
Future Usage:
Unfortunately, the Quicksilver retrovirus used to insert the necessary markers will be useless after it has been administered to Subject 617. The retrovirus will have to be individually customized(5) to allow for light refraction via PE. If 617 proves a success, and other similar subjects are acquired, extensive genome modification will still be necessary.
Cloning is not an option due to the corruptive effects of PPE absorbed by DNA and RNA strands(6). Breeding is a possibility, but it is likely that the genetic gap caused by the retrovirus will render 617 sterile. As only one other PPE usage marker exists, PE will be split between minor precognition and effective invisibility.
Status:
Conditioning is to begin immediately. Production of the retrovirus will take 1 year, after which the virus will be administered. It is likely however that there will several revisions for greater efficiency will take place. Currently we have only 8 base retrovirii(7). Should more than 8 revisions be necessary, at least one more retrovirus base will need to be developed to deal with immunity.
Notes:
(1):Non-conventional geometries tend to be indicators of Mythos entities, their avatars, or part-humans. While Infinitum Research is protected from these to some degree, it would inadvisable to draw the attentions of greater things that lurk in the dark.
(2):Quantum mechanics tends to be sensitive to PPE. There have been verified unclassified reports of humans with Null to average PPE influencing random number generators, however slightly. Unfortunately, PPE above a certain level (1000 Pandoras) is indeterminable by this method. Everything with a PPE greater than 1 kPn prior to Subject 617 was found to be at least partially non-Euclidean.
(3):Infinitum Research Laboratories uses an Arcane Nullification Crystal, rated as recoverable at -600 kPn/s for 1 second, with peak absorption rate of 1 MPn/s. If Subject 617 were to release all its latent PPE in less than 0.5 seconds, it would burn out the crystal, but such an event would also cause it to immolate itself. See Infinitum Research Arcane Protection Scheme Report for more information.
(4):B2 Edge is a minor precognition marker often found in Black Ops team members.
(5):From studies of several species of organisms possessing PPE, it has been postulated that PE is never accessed in the same manner by any two organisms whether or not they are the same species. Cranial vivisection of telepathic subjects in Project Ansible has tentatively confirmed this.
(6):See the Greeler Reports for more information on cloning organisms with high levels of PPE.
(7):During our covert offensive against BioCyte's Sydney campus, Project Chimera was unfortunately destroyed, but we were able to salvage 8 strains of retrovirii that were also produced in their lab.