Gundam Seed: Killer's Realm

by Knightmare Gundam of Ni

What would the Cosmic Era be like if the kind, positive, and idealistic Kira was instead a Killer who sheltered a cold and realistic worldview under his kind mask? Alternate Universe Fanfiction with new Mecha and some Original Characters. DEADFIC

53. Omake: Nanomachines and Human Kine

Gundam Seed Killer's Realm

A/N: This is a special Omake. It's the first one that wasn't written by me! Rather, it was written by the mechanical genius who you should know and love (and your eyes should hate), Velshard! If you have any prior experience with his work (which, given that you're reading this fanfiction, have read the technical files, and first-hand felt your eyeballs and centers of cerebral cognizance burn at witnessing his mecha profiles, I'm guessing you do) then you should have the eyedrops handy.
That said, this is probably going to be one of the most informative Omakes, better than my Jack article.
The only work I did on this was editing, and a short addendum to add to the backstory.

Omake: Nanomachines and Human Kine

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REGARDING NANOMACHINE GENERATIONS

1st generation:
First generation Nano-machines were extremely simple Nano-machines that were not mass-produced, but built individually with short operational life spans, making them quite expensive. Aside from being to recognize fellow Nano-machines these units could only perform extremely simple tasks concerning macro level molecular manipulation of specific individual elements. Initial designs were 'Carbon Gobblers' which extracted carbon from any structure they encountered, used extensively for atmospheric scrubbing systems. A critical flaw of the first generation was the very real threat they posed to organic life forms, several laboratory accidents resulted in the deaths of researchers via molecular deconstruction (see attached images, warning the images are quite horrific, even by my standards).

2nd generation:
Slightly improved upon this generation of Nano-machines could now create simple structures out of single elements (see attached images of 'Diamond-Metal' Clipper Ships from before the Great Destruction). Also a safety feature was created that if the Nanomachines were exposed to a particular wavelength of light they would effectively 'die' hopefully preventing any more unpleasant accidents.

3rd generation:
A general upgrade to all of the Nanomachines abilities this generation could work with and manipulate more than one element at a time and build fairly complex structures, such as the complete seamless superstructure of a ship. These units also finally gained the ability to self propagate a set number of times but remained relatively 'dumb' and incapable of complex coordination efforts. To Orb's knowledge it is believed that neither the PLANTs nor the Federation has functionally surpassed this generation though both sides are clearly making some advancements.

4th generation:
This generation has three main advancements, first is the creation of bacteria factories, these factories are benign genetically engineered bacteria that exist in a primordial soup incubation fluid containing all the elements necessary for them to survive. This fluid also contains all the elements necessary to build complete Nanomachines, as a byproduct of the bacteria's feeding process they create Nanomachines at an exponential. These Nanomachines are then programmed with their particular tasks, but in a further improvement of their intelligence these Nanomachines also posses simple DNA based computers. The third notable advancement is that the 4th generation also had an enzyme based communication system; this combined with their improved intelligence meant they could perform far more complex activities at a much more productive rate. This would see Nanomachines able to build and operate in complex systems such as computers and even the human body so they could be used extensively for medical purposes. This, as you know, has seen Orb generating significant income from outsiders in need of cures from previously incurable conditions or health problems.

5th generation:

Once again the main advancements are in the Nanomachines ability to communicate and act intelligently; currently Orb is the only successful user of this generation. Rather than being controlled by a DNA based nano-computer the 5th generation are controlled by Molecular Quantum computers and thus have the ability to instantly communicate with any other member of the hive. These machines could act as one collective intelligent organism performing tasks far beyond their brethren, even possessing the ability to expand on their initial programming to operate more efficiently. It should be noted that the Nanomachines created by the Federation in Twinky's body are a bastardization of the 4th and 5th generations incorporating prototype traits of both. Obviously the idea of a control system for his symbiotic nanites is flawed because of the DNA based computer at the base of Twinky's occipital bone that appears to be a tumor like growth from his Medulla Oblongata. However this is a moot point considering that if the damage Twinky did to the Federations facilities is accurate then it is likely their progress in to these fields have been set back by at least a decade if not more.

6th generation:Technically this generation can no longer be completely classified as Nanomachines due to how its hives function and advancements in Femtotechnology. The hives/swarms now have an established "Queen" which acts as a commanding element/higher intelligence and is nearly the size of a human thumb and contains its own mini bacteria factory. Significantly smaller micro-machines roughly the size of ants collectively fulfill a similar role to the queen and are meant to rapidly transport the even smaller nano-machines and much larger chunks of material. The Nanomachines are virtually identical to the previous generation and fulfill the same functional role of individual elements but they also now carry on them the evener smaller Femtomachines. Femtomachines are molecular machines slaved to larger platforms such as Nanomachines and are the epitome of quantum technology. They are capable of literally editing the matter of any atom they encounter, all the way down to the individual protons, neutrons, quarks, and electrons that make up any given element. This is our current military use only generation and is the generation we have been using in regards to Kisaragi's Memory Metal Alloy experiments and the Human+ Project. The 6th are also being used by our servicemen and women who are willing to become so called "Symbions" like the original Shuurajou test subjects (Velshard Note: Asagi, Juri, and Mayura aka THE TRIFECTA OF TRIUMPH! or the walking talking 'blonde, bluenette, and red head joke'). I should note now that any attempts to replace a 5th generation Symbion's colony with a 6th generation could be potentially fatal since the two hives would have to fight for control over the host using the host's own body as their war zone.

REGARDING HUMAN KINE
(Velshard Note: "kine" is Latin for herd animal aka sheeple/humans, this word is frequently used to describe humanity in texts supposedly influenced or written by demons.)

Foreseers:
Primarily Naturals like Mu La Flaga, Morgan Chevalier (see attached file), and myself seem to be of this type of genetic/psychic aberration, though considering that ZAFT commander Rau Le Creuset also has this aberration it is fairly safe to say that anyone, regardless of their genetic type, could also possess it. Thanks to Kisaragi and INGEN's research we currently define Foreseers as "individuals possessed of a preternatural degree of spatial awareness and possible psionic powers with leniencies toward empathic abilities". The empathic power is of course subjective since I have never experienced it myself, it has been postulated though that this is likely because I lack a 'connection' to other such Foreseers.

The enhanced spatial awareness or precognitive power however is most certainly real and rooted in modern neuroscience. This precognitive power seems to be partly physical and biological, noted by greatly increased activity in the sections of the cerebrum previously associated with the mapping and analysis of one's environment. From a psychological perspective those possessing this aberration seem to skip parts of the human brain's normal methodology of first analyzing, then conceptualizing, and finally rationalizing a stimulus before forming a response. Another interesting affect is that the mental buffers that normally regulate and limit our bodies function to prevent them from being damaged seem to possess certain gaps in regards to environmental information. To explain this simply when a Foreseer takes in their environment their subconscious mind skips the processes of conceptualization and rationalization, leaving only analysis, which significantly accelerates response time. Simultaneously the brain brings down the mental buffers slightly to fully absorb the information being presented by their body's senses without buffering out any of the background noise their conscious minds would ordinarily treat as irrelevant. This effectively turns one part of the brain into a so called "anticipation engine" where the brain simply operates as a computer that predicts the most probable occurrence in the immediate future. Considering that if the brain were to simply function as a purely biological computer for even a moment, it would have a processing power approaching 100 PetaFLOPS this is more than possible.

(Velshard Note: to put that in perspective the average human brain has a processing power more than 20,000,000 times greater than your home computer, which is in turn comparable to almost 70 times the power of IBM's Roadrunner supercomputer that occupies an area of 6,000 square feet, about the size of a small warehouse, compare that to your brain which probably weighs about 3lbs, pretty impressive what the old noodle designed by mother nature is capable of really)

As to where Foreseers power originates it is likely a form of physical adaptation, similar to the enlargement of human hearts in order to better deal with high altitude/low oxygen environments. This indicates this aberration is caused by multiple generations of people residing in the vastness of space which is an abyssal environment our minds and bodies didn't evolve to deal with. This is the most likely scenario since we can confirm the histories of families who have Foreseers in them and they indeed did spend most of their time in space at one point. This suggests that in the near future many more Foreseers will begin to pop-up, but it is unlikely they will begin to appear among the PLANTs population for reasons I'll later explain. It should be noted that some of the neurological occurrences documented under INGEN and Kisaragi's Foreseer research are very similar to those that occur during a SEED event, which I will expand on later as well.

The only consequence of a Foreseer's power, which is also subjective, is that each one tends to have one radically over emphasized personality trait, my own…'Obsessive' nature being one example. These can however be positive, negative, or neutral; a clear example of a negative case in my opinion is Morgan Chevalier's apparently Compulsive Oppositional Defiance Disorder. The man has one of the worst military track records I have ever seen for general disobedience and rebelliousness, if it wasn't for his impressive skills it is likely he would have been out of OMNI on his ass quite some time ago. In contrast I would say that Mu La Flaga is a clear positive example if a slightly unusual one, the man is perhaps the most open minded individual I have ever met and is in no way set in his thinking. Normally I would say this makes him a gullible, easily manipulated chump, but he also possesses a calculating intellect that is not distracted by past, popular, or personal biases. Shame he wasn't born in Orb considering he's easily one of the strongest Foreseers that we know of and isn't in the slightest bit morally corrupt.

Coordinators:
Coordinators as you know are created by altering the genome of an embryonic fetus using a retrovirus to replace certain parts of the human genome, this results in many relatively minor alterations to the fetus's physiology that compiled make a significantly superior individual.

The size of the nerves connected to sensory organs are increased slightly allowing greater and more complex amounts of information to reach the brain, this also means that they possess a better sense of balance as well. Alterations to the chemical makeup of the myelin sheath surrounding a coordinators nerves increases nerve conduction velocity from the normal 175 milliseconds to 110-90 milliseconds, further increasing response time and the brains processing power. The downside of these changes is that Coordinators are more sensitive to outside stimulus, making them more susceptible to devices like flash bangs. Their also abnormally vulnerable to being struck on pressure points due to their enlarged nerves, simply put they experience more pain than a Natural would.

The structure of the brain also changes slightly but this must be developed as the child grows by studying many different subjects causing a far greater level of interconnectivity between the neurons in the brain. This effectively allows a coordinators mind to operate far more efficiently at even higher speeds while being able to recall complex information easier as well.

Other physiological changes include a far more efficient and all together faster metabolism and more adaptive immune responses from the body, making Coordinators virtually immune to most illnesses. Another side effect of this increased metabolism is slightly elevated body temperature in comparison to naturals and an extraordinarily high tolerance for drugs, alcohol, and even various toxic agents. The only real downside that is still an up is that coordinators require roughly 50% more calories a day to operate normally, of course this also means that they naturally have very low percentages of body fat.

Further alterations also occur to their skeletons; changes in the bones composition slightly increase the overall load bearing capacity but also marginally increase their elasticity. This combined with thickened joint cartilage means they can more easily withstand impacts from significant heights, decreasing the probability of breaking a bone or damaging their motive capacity.

The last macro physiological change of note is a slight overall increase in muscle density, larger amounts of fast twitch muscle fibers, and stronger connective tissues. This means the overall physical strength of a Coordinator is also somewhat better but the key to a coordinator's speed is actually a significant increase in the fast-twitch muscle fibers. As opposed to slow-twitch muscle fibers which are high endurance, fast twitch muscle fibers are what humans rely on for sudden explosive bursts of power and speed at the cost that they can't be used long. This combined with the changes to their neurology is what makes coordinators in some cases more than twice to three times faster than a regular human at the cost that they can't keep up that speed for extended periods of time. Increases in strength to connective tissue has one main side effect, and that is an overall increase in the toughness of all of the bodies soft tissues making their bodies that much more resilient to injury.

Perhaps the most amazing quality to coordinator's is on the cellular level, during Mitosis as a cell divides itself into two daughter cells and the cell's DNA is being copied that DNA is being damaged or scarred slightly every time this occurs. After reaching physical maturity it is this process that causes humans to age and their bodies to degrade as each copy of a copy is more imperfect than the last. In a coordinator when mitosis occurs the daughter cells can be split into two types, one 'older' and one 'younger', the younger daughter cell is virtually perfect while the older daughter cell is slightly flawed. But soon after the first mitosis the older daughter cell undergoes a pseudo mitosis where it copies itself again but creates only one younger daughter cell while all of the old and flawed cellular tissue is shed. This factor combined with the Coordinators overall superior health means that they can conceivably live in excess of 200 years in age while looking younger as they get older than a Natural would.

Under optimal conditions this would produce a nigh-supernatural human being but as Ulen Hibiki's research proved the mother's body's effect on the fetus in gestation always makes the results much less fantastic. This holds especially true for first generation coordinators, unless the womb of the mother and the placenta's supply of vital nutrients to the fetus is perfect then it would never be possible to have the "Ultimate" Coordinator. Obviously if Simba (Kira) and Fairy's (Cassandra) abilities and Nala's (Cagalli) potential are any indicator then his artificial womb research was a massive success.

INGEN's research into coordinators has however yielded some even more interesting findings in regards to their procreation issues. As you know each successive generation of coordinators finds it more and more difficult to produce offspring except in the case that one of the parents is a natural in which case the chances of conception are much higher. By doing studies on willing Orb Coordinators they've discovered that the coordinators bodies are far more hostile to the eggs and sperm produced by the respective sexes. This would indicate that coordinators bodies are purposefully killing off the weaker potential offspring, literally only allowing the strongest to survive. This has been proven to be true during simple tests on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation, with the second and third generations performing better than the ones before them, the only exception to this rule seems to be children who developed in an artificial womb. Coordinators are in actuality becoming "Ultimate Coordinators" generation by generation and because of this are finding harder to reproduce because nature is likely compensating for superior offspring and much longer life expectancies. Of course at their current death rate due to war and terrorist acts the coordinator genome will go extinct if it only sticks to breeding with their own genetic type. We know that any child born of a Natural and Coordinator will always be a Coordinator because those genes are dominant but it is clear from this information that Coordinators as a whole will not be able to survive without naturals. At the same time however humanity will never be able to fully cope with living in the vastness of our universe without the strength Coordinators bring to us. An interesting conundrum that both sides of the extremists refuse to see, humanity has no future without Coordinators and those like them, and Coordinators have no hope to survive without the Naturals that gave rise to them.

Symbions:
A Symbion as we define it is any human, be they natural, coordinator, or otherwise who willingly accepts a symbiotic Nanomachine colony into their bodies for what will probably be the rest of their natural lives. Notable modern Symbions include Vulcan (Liene) and me but we both used 5th generation hives that operated on the simple principle that they must retain the host body's higher brain functions at all cost before attending to fixing any other injuries. In our cases due to cybernetic augmentation the results of this process are negligible except for a few standout abilities. In the cases of the first three volunteers for the Shuurajou project who were all implanted with 6th generation colonies the results were far more astonishing.

In almost every way imaginable except for mental prowess Symbions are vastly superior to even an "Ultimate Coordinator". This is simply because the Nano-machine colony can manipulate their hosts' body physically and genetically for optimum operation as much as they please so long as they don't violate their golden rule of maintaining the host's higher brain functions. This means that though the Nanomachines can improve the brain's overall function slightly they can't overly alter the host's brain chemistry or they would be 'damaging' the hosts mind. The exception to this of course is if the brain has already suffered previous damage or neural tissue scarring in which case the Nanomachines will repair that kind of damage.

Much of the physical changes are similar to those of Coordinators except far more extensive, similar to Coordinators the skeletons undergo a series of progressive changes in composition but they also undergo structural changes as well. The bones composition changes in to make itself a great deal stronger but the structure of the bone also changes at the microscopic level. Using nature's perfect shape, the Hexagon, the bones' inner lattice changes, now having a mixture of strong points for supporting much heavier weights and softer points that make the bones far less brittle and prone to fracturing. This is further augmented by organic monomolecular carbon fiber strands interweaving all throughout the bone allowing a Symbion to temporarily support a load of nearly one metric ton. The cranium has its own unique changes though it also possesses the same carbon fiber strands the bone of the skull is almost 4 times denser and harder than normal with weak points like the nasal having been significantly strengthened. Between the brain and the cranium their normally exists a cerebrospinal fluid that protects the brain and the spine from some shock trauma. The composition of the cerebrospinal fluid in Symbions has been altered to act like a shock sensitive Non-Newtonian organic fluid that upon impact absorbs, deflects, and dissipates kinetic energy around the brain. Altogether this geometrically reduces the chance of cerebral trauma and theoretically enables a Symbion to survive being shot in the head by anything below a 10.56mm AP round. Also of interest is that the overall skeletal structure has changed slightly to best accommodate their bodies' muscles and attachment points for far greater mobility and flexibility. The rib cage and collar bones have been especially strengthened as well with the gaps between the rib bones having been reduced a great deal decreasing the chances of an object puncturing their torsos.

Muscle tissue however has nearly tripled in density with a near 500% increase in fast twitch muscle fiber combined this with the Nanomachines ability to rapidly oxygenate and remove lactic acid from the muscles and the athletic results are staggering. I've personally witnessed Symbions leaping over 5 times their body height from a standing start to the roof of a two story building with relative ease. Accelerating from 0 to a top speed of over 55kmh in less than a second and sustaining that speed for nearly an hour before collapsing. I've even witnessed one of the young women bench pressing 280kg of weight, which I would have estimated to be more than six times her own body weight.

This is compounded by greatly strengthened connective tissues similar in nature to the protein fibers that compose spider's silk, which has tensile strength superior to steel but is much tougher and highly resistant to being cut. This "BioSteel Polymer" exists in very high concentrations around all of the bodies' arteries, veins, and major nerves along with special fat deposits that seem to be meant to absorb impact. This makes Symbions skin extremely tough to the point that it can easily stop small fragments of shrapnel and very small caliber bullets.

Similar to Coordinators composition changes to the nerves' myelin sheaths brings their nerve conduction velocity to under 70 milliseconds, nearly 30% faster than some of the best coordinators and 2.5 times faster than a natural. However this is a moot point due to some design changes caused by the host's tenants distributed throughout the Symbions bodies, usually located inside their skeletons, are primitive micro brains. These brains are really just marginally complex clusters of nerve tissue at certain pressure points that contain high concentrations of Nanomachines. Because of 6th generation Nanomachines ability to use quantum communications they actually act as a Symbion's nervous system most of the time sending and receiving information directly from and to the brain as fast as an optical computing system. This effectively means that even if a Symbion were to have their spinal cord damaged or severed they would still be able to move and function almost as though nothing had happened. Rather disturbingly this would also mean that a severed limb could still be controlled remotely to some degree by the original owner for a time.

Even more impressive is the enhancements to their sensory organs, starting with the eyes, on average humans have 20:20 vision, meaning that an object at twenty feet away looks to be 20 feet away. In the case of coordinators their vision is almost 4 times better, when they focus on objects at twenty feet they can examine them as though they were little more than arm's distance away. A Symbion's vision is roughly 100:2, meaning that when they focus on an object at a hundred feet it appears to be no more than two feet in front of their face. Thanks to enlarged optic nerves coordinators tend to see the world at a frame rate almost quadruple that of a natural (30 frames a second), somewhere between 100-120 frames a second. Symbions trump this at approximately 225 frames a second and during times of extreme stress the Nanomachines clustered in their eyes will bypass the normal nerve transmission rate to bring their perception up to nearly 2000 frames a second. At a far enough distance this is fast enough for a Symbion to literally see and dodge bullets from most conventional assault weapons. The Nanomachines have even caused further alterations to their host's eyes, exponentially increasing the number and density of light and color sensing cones and rods in their eyes as well as a structure very similar to a feline's tapetum, the reflective lens for absorbing more light. This means Symbions can see across a much wider spectrum of light in more detail, even seeing into the infrared and ultraviolet spectrums, while having flawless night vision, capable of seeing in pure darkness as though it were the middle of the day. This makes Symbions eyes rather intimidating to look at due to the oddly colored light reflections especially in dark environments. The final oddity to their eyes is the development of a clear nictating lens that slides over the eye like an eyelid and helps them to see underwater as well as functioning to clean debris from their eyes.

Their auditory ability has been almost equally enhanced capable of literally hearing a pin drop on a blade of grass a hundred yards away and hearing across a far greater range of frequencies, they are even capable of picking up infrasonic sounds. Taste and smell are similarly enhanced as well though this is mostly because of Nanomachines in their sinuses and tongues that actually function as additional taste and smell receptors. Due to a subconscious link with their bodies Nanomachines this means they can actually determine the chemical composition of anything they taste or smell in the air. This is partly very useful for detecting toxins in the environment or food/drinking water but it also means that Symbions are to a degree human Bloodhounds, though still nowhere near as effective or sensitive as the olfactory prowess of a canine. The sense of touch and temperature sensitivity is also amazingly enhanced, with individuals displaying the ability to actually count individual fibers in the finest silk and estimate the temperatures of objects their not even touching to within .2 degrees. This is especially useful for espionage purposes because a Symbion can actually read micro script just by touching it, giving whole new methods to passing information.

For safety reasons Symbion's Nanomachines buffer and control sensory input to a degree to prevent them from suddenly being overwhelmed by powerful sensory input, unlike a coordinator who can easily be over stimulated by their senses.

Augmenting all of this is the abilities exclusively gifted to them by their Nanomachine colonies, first is their ability to remotely link with any computer system via a biological Wi-Fi. They can also link to any system through physical contact alone, this ability can also be applied in another way, and it allows Symbions to hold conversations with each other without ever saying a word and does so at the speed of thought while being in separate rooms. This makes them quite dangerous as pilots, computer technicians, and hackers for breaking through security systems and acting in Black ops missions. Perhaps what is truly awe inspiring is their capacity for healing and personal survival, their ability to recover from injury is outstanding but it is what they can potentially survive that makes them even more frightening. Symbions can heal cuts and lacerations in seconds, broken bones and severe tissue trauma in minutes, neurological damage in a few hours, and reattach severed appendages like it was nothing. They can conceivably survive incredible injuries, falling from a 20 story building, suffering a full body burn from being hit with napalm, and literally being turned into a bullet hole ridden target dummy. Most disturbing of all is that it is fully possible they could survive being literally blown up and even being decapitated, so long as the brain's higher functions were still recoverable the Nanomachines could fully repair their host's bodies without a single scar. It is also possible for them to be frozen alive and completely recover for two primary reasons, first is that as their host begins to go hypothermic the Nanomachines begin produce complex glycerin sugars that act as a natural anti-freeze agent, preventing ice crystals from forming in their bodies and damaging cells. If a Symbion is frozen their body functions do completely cease but they don't die, as soon as they begin to thaw the Nanomachines in their bodies immediately go to work to bring their core body temperature up by hyper stimulating muscle tissue. And as they thaw the complex sugars would be rapidly metabolized to bring up their energy levels and kick start their cognitive functions as though nothing had happened. Just as impressive is how long they can survive without air; a Symbion can actually remain submerged underwater indefinitely, using the Nanomachines in their skin to breath oxygen molecules out of the water like a fishes' gills. They could even survive in vacuum for an indeterminable period of time by recycling the Oxygen inside their own bodies at the cost of sacrificing other tissues.

In short a Symbion is faster, stronger, and more durable than any coordinator could ever hope to be but are still limited by one factor. Their minds. A natural who becomes a Symbion will always be inferior intellectually to a coordinator because of how their brains function, at the same time a coordinator Symbion is just that much more dangerous than all of his or her brothers and sisters.

IN REGARDS TO SUPERIOR EVOLUTIONARY ELEMENT DESTINED FACTOR

As I explained during the section regarding Foreseers the SEED factor seems to be related to the precognitive powers some individuals, mostly naturals, possess due to what we know of how it operates. SEED is likely triggered as a result of stress in individuals who are inordinately gifted intellectually most especially among humans who have undergone some form of artificial genetic tampering during the prenatal stage of their development. It is hypothesized that SEED and Precognition are two sides of the same coin but appear depending on the genetic type, intelligence, and history of the individual, though we have one rather well know "red herring" by the name of Rau Le Creuset who seems to contradict this theory. That aside we do understand how SEED actually operates, which just so happens to be like it's twin power Precognition, as I explained previously when the brain is presented with a stimulus it goes through a series of processes before formulating a response. This occurs as follows; Input stimulus, Brain Analyzes stimulus objectively, Brain Conceptualizes the analyzed material personally, Brain rationalizes an appropriate response based on preconceived bias, Output Reaction. This is the normal instant by instant operation of any human mind where the processes are performed with some assistance from the subconscious. Precognitive power keeps both the Conscious and Subconscious mind partitioned from each other allowing the subconscious to do all of the work but allowing it to communicate with the conscious mind so that it remains safe from mental overload and resultant psychological instabilities. SEED pretty much does the opposite, when the mental trigger is set off a SEED user's OS, for lack of a better term, changes from human normal to what is essentially nothing more than an emotionless biological computer. When SEED activates the normal cognitive processes get chopped down to one instead of three; Input stimulus, Brain Analyzes stimulus objectively, Output Reaction. The conscious mind is also completely subverted by the subconscious mind, leaving the subconscious as the one running the show, which causes all of the ordinary mental buffers that limit the amount of information the brain receives from outside stimulus to disappear. In this state the mind operates purely on factual information and is essentially nothing more than a machine obeying the desires of the conscious mind before it shut down when SEED was activated. This results in an exponential increase in the users abilities both physically and mentally that makes them extremely lethal but unlike Precognition, which is arguably weaker, SEED comes at a progressively heftier price. The more a SEED user applies their ability the stronger it becomes but INGEN and Kisaragi has found that the long term consequences of this are quite severe, because the mind and body simply wasn't meant to operate in such a way. Every use of SEED gradually damages both the users' body, which will likely recover, but their psyche as well, which obviously isn't so easily repaired. As much as I hate to use Simba as an example, he has shown earmarks of a relatively slow but definitive decline in his mental health as have the few other SEED users that we've documented. If SEED was a gift its user very rarely employed throughout their life then it would likely be safe but in comparison to Foreseers who keep their conscious minds safely partitioned off from their powers it is very much the Sword of Damocles for its own wielder.

ADDENDUM (2/19/71): It has recently come to my attention that Erica Simmons, the head of Project Shuurajou, has discovered a possible...'trigger' for both the 'Foreseer' and 'SEED' conditions, this 'trigger' being a small but energetic particle, distributed throughout the Earth Sphere, if not the Solar System. Apparently, it produces a strange radiation that is continuously mutating humans in a unique manner. Beyond this, little can be determined as each individual particle possesses the ability to inhibit conventional scanning and detection methods and is apparently practically a form of neutrino. Simmons has noted that this particle is concentrated in space, particularly in the regions where we discovered the 'Diamond-Metal' ships, as well as the sector of the Debris Belt colloquially identified as 'Celestial Space'.

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- The Author -

Well, a little more backstory sown.

("And lord knows what you idiots will reap")

Oh shut up, before I ask Velshard to blast you with whatever he can think of.

("Hah! I'm not afraid of anything that ba-")

Alternatively, I could get him to feed you to the nano-swarms. 1st-generation won't do, that does only carbon-base, but I think 2nd-gen ones could do quite a bit with all that titanium in your frame.

Review Replies:

Jman12394: Yep.
At the end of Chaotic Cosmos, Jack would win no matter. Frost as he is now, in the Reclamation War...yeah...then things get muddled.
Alternatively, one to run screaming for life and sanity from.
Dong so.

Alex Yamato: "Interesting" I laugh at that term.
I suppose I could come up with a few more romance-heavy scenes...
At least the EA Grunts will die in interesting ways. For us.

Kojiro Kun: That is kind of the point.

Mathiasosx: OTT?
Sorry about that, I'll get right on it.

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