Bio-Engineering
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| Bio-Engineering | |
|---|---|
| Requires | Gene Splicing, Neural Grafting |
| Leads to | Retroviral Engineering |
| Ability | Clean Reactor |
| Secret Project | The Longevity Vaccine |
| Increases defense against genetic warfare | |
Why do you insist that the human genetic code is "sacred" or "taboo"? It is a chemical process and nothing more. For that matter -we- are chemical processes and nothing more. If you deny yourself a useful tool simply because it reminds you uncomfortably of your mortality, you have uselessly and pointlessly crippled yourself.
Gene Splicing and Neural Grafting exemplify crude and invasive techniques for modifying an organism. The more refined Bio-engineering method arranges a desired genetic code directly from the component compounds, enabling widespread and economical cellular transplants for an entire population.
- -- Chairman Sheng-ji Yang,
- "Looking God in the Eye"
