Well! That was kinda chilling!
What happens when all their super-soldiers retire?What happens when they are no longer under orders, but still have their in-born abilities... and maybe a grudge against those who used them like machines instead of people? The folks who used them up and then threw them away, as is usually done with soldiers?
Is the human race even human any more if everyone left alive is a CRISPR-created mutant? Might they not "improve" the human race right out of existence, right into extinction?
When you start replacing natural genes with artificial ones, your ancestors are no longer your ancestors - eventually, the only "ancestors" you have are test tubes. Even your birth parents are no longer your ancestors, because you don't have their genes, and, over time, they didn't have their grandparents gense, ad infinitum.
How long would it take a "Tracer" to re-grow a blown off head? Long enough to make good an escape? Once his head is regrown, does he even have any of his previous memories, or will he have to undergo a massive re-training regimen? He might, for example, still have all of his enhanced abilities, and none of the trained-in restraints any more...
I think there is an interesting tale to be woven into this subject...
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What happens when all their super-soldiers retire?What happens when they are no longer under orders, but still have their in-born abilities... and maybe a grudge against those who used them like machines instead of people? The folks who used them up and then threw them away, as is usually done with soldiers?
Is the human race even human any more if everyone left alive is a CRISPR-created mutant? Might they not "improve" the human race right out of existence, right into extinction?
When you start replacing natural genes with artificial ones, your ancestors are no longer your ancestors - eventually, the only "ancestors" you have are test tubes. Even your birth parents are no longer your ancestors, because you don't have their genes, and, over time, they didn't have their grandparents gense, ad infinitum.
How long would it take a "Tracer" to re-grow a blown off head? Long enough to make good an escape? Once his head is regrown, does he even have any of his previous memories, or will he have to undergo a massive re-training regimen? He might, for example, still have all of his enhanced abilities, and none of the trained-in restraints any more...
I think there is an interesting tale to be woven into this subject...
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