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[PYRAMIDEN MEDICAL STATION REPORT 1]

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[PYRAMIDEN MEDICAL STATION REPORT 2]

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[PYRAMIDEN MEDICAL STATION REPORT 3]

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[PYRAMIDEN MEDICAL STATION REPORT 4]

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TRANSCRIPTION NOTATION: Recorded individuals have been given assigned labels, which are as follows [and their acronyms, which will be used going forward]:

LEGEND

DESIGNATION	ACRONYM
GARM MEDIC OPS	GMdO

[The footage reveals the interior of a highly advanced medical Intensive Care Unit. The caption in the lower right corner reads ‘PYRAMIDEN MEDICAL ANNEX’. The tired face of GMdO looks into the camera. The time stamp shows that 24 hours have passed since previous events]

GMdO: “Per Order-72 from the Directorate, I am narrating this medical report number... 4. Patient continues to show remarkable improvement in [DATA CORRUPTION – 14 mpb] so it’s been hard to keep him under heavy MIC. In my opinion, the Super molecule X is boosting his resistance to pentobarbital, just like the other medications we’ve tried to administer. Yes, I'm calling it 'Super molecule X' until we get a more official name for it. More on that in a minute.

GMdO: "To further catalog the genetic modifications we’re seeing, the Choroid Plexus region in the patient’s brain has shown a great deal of modification, enlarged significantly and is creating a cerebrospinal fluid that acts as a super-conducting medium, transmitting nerve impulses and sensory data at nearly 400% faster than the fastest transmission rates in un-augmented humans. Vision, sound, smell, taste, it’s all [DATA CORRUPTION – 3 mpb] crafting the customized sunglasses for him.

GMdO: "In Report #2, I recorded the presence of scar tissue along the Subject's cervical and thoracic spine. Now that the burns have healed, I can report the presence of 24 circular scars, in two lines of 12 on both sides of the spinal column. It's interesting that these scars do not disappear, even as the skin is regenerating. At present, I don't know why Super molecule X hasn't had any affect [DATA CORRUPTION - 2.5 mpb] that the spine itself has been heavily modified also, I believe, to handle the massive amount of sensory data carried from the Subject's senses to the brain.

GMdO: "So about that Super molecule X... To focus further on that cerebrospinal fluid, there are anomalous structures present in it at the molecular level. These structures appear in his entire nervous system, bloodstream, muscles and even skin samples, and originate from the Choroid Plexus. It has been conclusively proven that these monomolecular structures, which I’ve nicknamed ‘Super molecule X’ until we can get a better name assigned, are [DATA CORRUPTION – 1.2 mpb] alterations, since this structure, which bears an almost viral building set, contains a vast and densely-packed series of DNA and RNA segments which are continually inserted into existing molecules throughout his body."

[GMdO rubs his forehead]

GMdO: "Analysis of Super molecule X has proven surprisingly difficult. For reasons we have been unable to identify, removal of one of these structures from [DATA CORRUPTION - .75 mpb]. Limited uses of Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy hints at the presence of more DNA and RNA chains within one Super molecule than the entire sum of such chains within an average human body."

[DATA CORRUPTION – 1.5 mpb] indicates the potential for a limited conscious control over Super molecule X’s mutational effects. We experienced this when we attempted to inject the patient with one of the immunosuppressive agents provided by [DATA CORRUPTION – 7 mpb] Increased strength, speed, reflexes, limited toughening of the skin against blunt force trauma… and needles, and greater pain resistance have all been recorded. We have labeled these ‘Secondary Mutations’. We plan on further investigation via the patient’s after-action reporting which will [DATA CORRUPTION - .5 mpb].

GMdO: "So to put all this together, and it's like... it's like his system is enhanced to the hilt for speed, maneuverability, cognitive and spatial awareness... this is beyond cutting-edge tech. This is what the makers of Superadyne, Excelsior and all those 'super soldier' enhancements were dreaming of. And again, it's all... well, subtle is the only word I can think of. Sure, the guy is seven feet tall and with an amazing physique, but..."

[GMdO leans back in his chair and scrubs his face]

GMdO: "You know, I’ve been in this business for a long time, and seen a lot. Mutations, ‘super soldiers’, you know, that stuff is all the rage these days, even moreso than back in the ‘80s and the early aughts, after the Rikti invasion. And I’ve read Krylov’s field notes, but this? The work he did for the KGB [DATA CORRUPTION - .50 mpb] see this as being his style; his creations all tend to be obvious and overwhelming in their powers. Electroshock’s powers might as well come straight out of a music video with Tesla coils, and the other Creations that Krylov ‘uplifted’ all had the same sort of ‘Hello, my powers can light up a city block!’ motifs."

GMdO: But Aleksey – sorry, the Patient’s powers don’t manifest that way at all. To John Q. Public, he’d just present as a particularly big and tall bodybuilder out of Gay Men’s Fitness or Advocate or something. It seems like everyone’s basing this analysis of the FSB still using Krylov’s decades-old research data on [DATA CORRUPTION – 11.3 mpb] immediately dying on us.

GMdO: "But, as for the claim that all these genetic modifications are based on decades-old Soviet research resurrected by the FSB? I’m just [DATA CORRUPTION – 27 mpb] doesn’t matter in any case, at least not until we can figure out how to extract the Super molecule. Some in the Directorate have suggested we just remove the Choroid Plexus itself, but I'm pretty sure whoever designed the Super molecule to resist extraction put similar safeguards in place for the organ apparently creating them."

[A console off-screen begins to beep. GMdO glances to one side, then curses and shakes his head.]

GMdO: "Well, he’s waking up. That makes… nine different sedation medications he’s developed a resistance to."

[GMdO gets up, then reaches for the camera.]

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