The Shadowhunter Protocol
Utility
The Protocol was introduced into it's victims without consent or knowledge during raids using hypodermic rounds that put the protocol directly into the bloodstream. From there it was carried to the gonads of the victim, which were genetically rewritten to produce only Shadowhunter offspring. After initial success, Bastians would steal and use it all over the world, resulting in no tribe being unaffected, and a dwindling supply of unaffected in the wilds.
Shadowhunters have all the abilities of Tyroleans , as well as a few extra abilities unique to them.
Manufacturing
The Protocol was discovered by the Eternal Empire during a routine inspection prior to finalizing the Tyrolean induction into the Empire. The Emperor was reportedly so angered by the discovery that he ordered all research into the Protocol be destroyed by a search and destroy virus on the Tyrolean computer networks. As a result, the Protocol cannot be replicated and all supplies of it have been destroyed, as well. Needless to say, their application to join the Empire was denied, and the entire planet is now under a biological quarantine.
The damage to the Tyrolean species, however, is done. Assuming no galactic level calamity, the entire species has less than 100 generations before they are extinct and the only descendants on the planet are Shadowhunters. Of interest, the Empire has covertly been rescuing Shadowhunters from Tyrol to join their military because of their unique abilities.
Access & Availability
The Protocol was deployed among the Tribals by the Bastian of the city-state of Alpha Prime. Using hypodermic rounds, the Protocol was introduced into 3000 Tribals across the entire hemisphere. It changed the gonads of the affected individuals to produce only sperm and eggs that carried the protocol's modified genetic material, making them produce only Shadowhunters as offspring.
Complexity
The complexity of the Shadowhunter Protocol is at least that of the K'zo Genetic Purification Protocol, but unlike the K'zo Purity, which was designed specifically to change the host and then fade out over three generations, the Tyroleans made no such considerations, meaning that they created an entirely new species with the intent of making them slaves, and that those changed were unaware and unwilling participants, as well as their offspring being able to breed true on their own and with members of the main Tyrolean species. Basically, they altered their own species in a way that would doom it to eventual extinction by being bred out of existence.
Discovery
The Shadowhunter Protocol was designed by the Bastians of Tyrol. It is a genetic protocol that uses Tyrolean DNA, both Bastian and Tribal, and modifies it to produce a creature of heightened ferocity, greater physical prowess, diminished mental capacity, and a socially tractable nature; basically a living weapon system that's both easy to use, as well as being user friendly.
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