Scipio's Log: Entry 27.1A - Who is he?
"I suppose I should take a moment to discuss a few matters. No doubt anyone listening to these logs may think I'm nothing more than a rambler, someone going on and on about a subject they have never heard of. I shall take this moment to rectify that,
"I am Doctor Pomel Scipio; member of the Techno Union, chief scientist of Project Sunstorm and, by extension, member of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. I am a specialist in genetic engineering and biological research. My primary responsibility is to oversee work on Project Sunstorm, being that I am the sole individual to have accomplished its goal. Others have tried and failed, but I have succeeded!
"Now, what is Project Sunstorm? It started off as nothing more than a wish, a wish for a superior breed of soldier to effectively combat any army the Republic could send our way. Fast, tough, strong, agile, skilled, deadly, everything our opponents were not. Droids were acceptable and cheap to produce but even they could only last so long. The Council asked for a permanent solution, something with which wars were won, armies devastated and fear inspired.
"The wish fell to the Techno Union who began experimenting with genetic enhancements and biometric synthetization to create a compound that could in turn create the ultimate body. Take any individual, inject them with it and have a perfect specimen within hours. From there, military training would be simple. Calculations indicated such a body could master almost every form of combat, save for that which the Jedi practice, and become truly capable of being the ultimate soldier. The compound was created in due time and only required a test subject with which to perform.
"However, the wish then became for a test subject who could survive the injection. As it turns out, more matured bodies are incapable of surviving such dramatic change. The individuals died shortly after being injected. After several, disastrous, attempts it became clear we needed someone much younger. Someone yet to reach prime maturity who could grow into this perfect body. Now that was a subject much harder to find.
"But the stars shone favorably on me as I came into contact with a couple, very young, who had had a surprise child. They felt unready for the responsibilities of parenthood and were looking for someone to adopt their child. I, of course, offered to do so. Agreements were made, papers were signed, and I just so happened to adopt the desired test subject. The infant was no more than a few weeks old, prime range for having a chemical bonded to his still multiplying genes. I took it upon myself to include vitamin injections in order to help stimulate and maintain the child's body... there was no way I would let this victory slip from my grasp.
"It worked. The chemical bonded successfully and the child survived. I was overjoyed at my victory and soon shared it with my colleagues and leaders. They too were impressed. But now we had to wait. I did not want to risk hyper-aging the boy and thus destroy his body. The training would have to wait until he was older...
"This log has gone on long enough. I will continue my recollection later."
End of Log
