Legacies
A Sequel to Crossing of the Paths
By MMM/AJ

Prologue: Ares

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/Contents: Recorded History of Project 79964, Codenamed "Ares"
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Project initiated 10/13/2078, Issued as a priority command from Team Rocket Headquarters.

Existing samples of DNA leftover from Project 63340, Codenamed Mewtwo, are to undergo further genetic manipulation. New DNA yielded from these manipulations will be used to create a new specimen in this project, Codenamed Ares. These further genetic modifications outlined below:

1: Further amplifications to specimen's latent psionic abilities.
2: Increased body mass, physical strength and stamina
3: Decreased Intelligence
4: Amplifications to specimen's violent and destructive nature

Furthermore, specimen should undergo extensive mental conditioning during formative years in order to teach it to control its violent nature and to unleash it only in proper situations. These conditionings should also intrinsically teach loyalty to the leader and servitude to all of Team Rocket. These mental exercises will be implemented as the specimen matures inside the cloning chamber via direct neural link ups.

Should the emergency arise that the specimen becomes violent while inside the cloning chamber, special neural inhibitors will be placed in the fiber of the glass to prevent the psionic energies from penetrating it, and shatter proofing the tube will be necessary as well. Tranquilizers should be applied to the specimen as per standard procedure should this situation arise.

The specimen's brain functions should be monitored at all times, and should the specimen show at any time the intent to attack and destroy all it sees, total termination is authorized. Operators of the project are to maintain several copies of the specimen's genetic code should the need to terminate arise in such a fashion.

Funding from Team Rocket HQ has been directly approved by Fernando Galicia, and will be wired to CloneSymantics Incorporated via private banks in two days.

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First Specimen to be created reaches physical maturity on 8/24/2099

Scientist's Log:

All mental monitoring had shown specimen's mind to be calm the day before the awakening procedures are to be initiated, but an hour before it was to be allowed to gain consciousness, it showed a violent spike of brain activity in the frontal lobe. The psionic disruptors in the glass tank were shorted and there were several explosions within the lab. We were forced to initiate termination protocols and the specimen was injected with a lethal dose of cyanide in order to stop the psychic attacks.

Damage Reports:

Three other growing tanks were damaged during the emergency, and several neural simulators were destroyed by the psychic attacks. Funds wired two days later from Team Rocket HQ to replace damaged and destroyed equipment.

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Second Specimen dies in adolescent growth phase on 2/16/2113

Scientist's Log:

The specimen was maturing at a normal rate when suddenly one morning we came to the lab and found it dead in its tank. According to our monitoring equipment, it had suffered a massive brain hemorrhage and died at 3:00 AM that morning. Cause of the hemorrhage was undetermined.

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Third Specimen reaches physical maturity on 10/31/2134

Full Report of Incident:

Upon receiving multiple distress calls from the CloneSymantics Laboratory on the side of Mt. Moon, several Team Rocket units arrived at the location to find a scene on unimaginable destruction. All the scientists were found dead in the smoldering ruins of the lab, but a several video records of the incident and computer logs were recovered. The videos showed the scientists awakening the specimen and greeting it, and for several minutes it ignored them, examining the lab around it. And then when the scientists mentioned Fernando and Team Rocket, the specimen erupted into a fit of rage and the recording became static. The computer logs corroborated the videos, stating that the awakening procedures had been successful, and ten minutes after the awakening a large psionic disturbance caused massive errors in the system. It is obvious what has happened, the specimen has followed in Mewtwo's footsteps.

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Further developments in Project 79964 pending.

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