![[next-generation.png]] *Added to the Codex on* ***December 24th, 2024*** --- ### Quotes "As barbaric as it might have been, I can't truly call it a failure." - Henry Blackburn "We're creating a completely new generation of soldiers." - Henry Blackburn "This is the future, and it has Arkangel written all over it." - Henry Blackburn <br> ### Description PERSONAL MEMO: [[Henry Blackburn|BLACKBURN]] / LOCATION: JAPAN BLACKBURN: I need to loop back with my contact in [[Sulis]]. I can't imagine he appreciated the strong arm it took to review these early, but it's nothing I can't smooth over. I'll have to thank Michaels for playing bad cop when I can. \[Papers shuffle] It's no wonder Sulis hid this away for so long. The experiments they ran are tantamount to torture. They took these people, ripped them down to their core, and rebuilt them into zealots. I must admit that the conditioning aspect was impressive, but it wasn't sustainable. They must have realized that as well. Their "perfect" soldiers can't have lived long after being put on the field. That much physical trauma...I'll have to follow up and get some statistics on that when I can. There's a reason Sulis came to us. It's crude, but there's something familiar about the core principles they used in [[The Firestorm Project|Firestorm]]. They wanted loyalty, precision, and a lack of human error. As barbaric as it might have been, I can't truly call it a failure. I can respect a breakthrough though. Maybe this is what I've been waiting for? Take the core tenets of what they tried to do and remove the fragility of humanity that comes with it. A better way to extract fear, weakness, and indecision...one more step, perhaps the last one, right here at my fingertips. We're not just enhancing flawed people anymore; we're creating a completely new generation of soldiers. \[Fingers tapping on desk] Maybe it was a breakthrough for them, but it's more than that for me. God, Henry, look at what you've done...look at what you're going to do. This is the future, and it has [[Arkangel]] written all over it.