Get the genes for fast growing from the livestock and the immortality gene from turtles. Catalog them for further use.
You search the database of Earth animals and flag the genes you want for quick reference. Growing fast means usually dying early and living long time means growing slowly. Quick glance by inexperienced genemodder would say there is a massive conflict but you are certain you can solve that inconvience.
Extract the genome from one of the bugs and try to inject it into somebody and see what happens.
Help with bug experiment as test subject.
In inspiration of mad curiosity György decides to start experimenting with genemodding. Single chromosome won't do it, no, not even all chromosomes as they need nutrients and other materials present in cells to work, so clearly best option is to inject cells altogether. And to ensure it will work he needs many cells. Not being expert in the field he turns few bugs into mush and mixes them into liquid for easy delivery. Perfect.
With carefully filled syringe he starts prowl on hallways of the ship looking for prey. He finds one, namely his own boss, and figures he's best test subject available. György jabs the syringe into Alex's neck and injects his experimental liquid into him. Alex is quite suprised of this sudden and violent invasion into his personal space. Did this guy just inject something into you?
Netlaunchers like the ones the others are using.
Ok, inventory updated.
After listening to the briefing head, go and check the buggy over to ensure everything works
Let's roll out! To the forest!
Let's roll out! To the forest!
Begin trying to guide them to where I picked up Guni.
Briefing is over and team A does the final preparations before heading out. Mark familiarizes himself with the contraption attached into ATV. It's basically just three grenade launchers tied together, triggered to fire all in quick succession and mounted on free rotating platform. You can fire it effectively in every direction, even on driver. It must be manually loaded after every shot, but grenades are in box right next to it so it won't be a big deal. In the box there is 21 concussion grenades so you can fire 7 full salvos, or few more partial ones. Trailer is loaded with three netguns 20 very fine nets for them.
Cromwell sits on pilot's seat and Mark takes the grenade launcher. First waypoint is Guni's flyer on edge of the forest, very easy find. From that point forward Pendle guides them to the location where Guni was found. Everyone in team A has visited the spot before so it is very easy to find. Pieces of brains and skull fragments have disappeared, maybe some scavanger ate them.
Look up reveals many birds flying around and few drilling holes into trees. And flying snakes. Snakes are always bad news, Mark knows this from experience. And these snakes also have legs and bony armor... Less paranoid Cromwell can tell these snakes are not flying but actually gliding from tree to tree. When it glides it spreads loose skin between its legs and folds it on its side when not needed.
The birds you see here are mostly same as what you saw yesterday. Wide tropical looking woodpecker, easily over 20 cm long, rusty red head, bill and tip of wings, light blue body and white tipped tailfeathers, large bulging eyes which take almost one third of its skull. Clearly not the one in Guni's drawing.
Other bird you see is small and delicate, about 14 cm long from beak to tip of tail feathers. Its feathers are mostly azure on top side and turquoise on below, wings being exception with dull brown color. On its head is formation of upright feathers giving illusion of four horns. Two outermost are constantly moving back and forth. It has very good control over its flight, allowing it to basically float in place for few moments. One lands long enough to reveal its freakishly long legs. And its beak is... most certainly odd. Upper one looks normal, but the lower one is split into two. Target found.
Mark, again thanks to his outdoors experience, notes that while many of these creatures just fly around, probably looking for food or mate or whatever animals usually do, there is always dozen with their eyes fixed on you.
1: Cromwell Jackson, Mark Redtail, armed ATV + trailer
3: Guni's personal flyer
Currently we have following samples on ship:
* Springy grass. (Partially studied)
* Soil. (Studied)
* Seven corpses of large four eyed birds. (Studied)
*
Aquatic creature. (Studied)
* Two corpses of black wolf-creature. (One studied)
** Possibly contaminated blood samples of black wolf-creatures.
** Additional set of blood and tissue samples from female wolf-creature.
* Grasshopper-type insect. (Studied)
*
Green/pink flashing insects. (Studied)
Completed things:
* Vaccines against
BGR-1,
BGR-2,
BAQ-1,
BGu-1 and
VGu-1.
* Infrared vision eyes. Using Dave's DNA as a base. (unchecked)
* Infrared/four eyed full body human clone with fused ribs. Using Theron's DNA as a base. Growth halted.
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