Experiment 347
23rd February, 2043
Not even an hour had passed from when the man left his laboratory. Some rodent chewed into an electricity cable, temporarily cutting off all energy for the whole square.
Inside the laboratory.
Main power source offline. Switching to spare generator.
System reboot.. Eclipse version 2.31 loaded.
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Checking protocols.
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Current task: "Monitor the laboratory and keep everything operational. Destroy evidence if someone forcefully enters the laboratory."
Checking laboratory.
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Instruments all operational.
Experiment not operational.
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Continuing with Experiment 347, run 8.
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Start recording.
Time since experiment has started: 5 hours 12 minutes 17 seconds.
Cell not dividing.
Searching database for solution.
Increasing stimuli using electricity.
No reaction detected.
Checking log for possible procedures from past experiments.
Inserting nanite into cell to establish better overview.
Setting up nanite factory in cell.
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Analysing DNA. Errors found. DNA severely damaged.
Finding solution.
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Option found: Cross reference DNA to fix gaps.
Warning: Will likely influence specimen life span negatively due to loss of information.
This will hinder the experiment from remaining operational.
Decision: Heed Warning. Looking for solutions.
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Option found: Cross reference with database and replace damaged chromosomes step by step.
Warning: Resulting specimen will deviate from initial design. Proceed anyway? (y/n)
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Timeout for host input. Objective 'keep everything operational' will fail upon termination of Experiment 347.
Decision: Design of specimen not relevant to keeping experiment operational. Original design no longer feasible.
Ignore Warning.
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Proceeding with procedure.
Selecting DNA from suitable samples.
Setting priorities.
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Health of individual. Strongest aspect of individual. Sample from area pertaining to said aspect. Copy active chromosome. Balanced selection of individuals strengths.
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Continue replacing potentially damaged chromosomes until cell begins dividing when prompted.
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X-Chromosome found. Missing partner.
Implementing X-Chromosome from healthy sample.
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Y-Chromosome found. Possibly damaged. Checking database for fixes.
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Y-Chromosome deemed unnecessary so long as two X-Chromosomes are present.
Extracting Y-Chromosome.
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Chromosome 1 found. Partner found. Possibly damaged.
Replacing partner with active gene from healthy sample.
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Chromosome 2 found…
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DNA optimised.
Time since experiment has started: 13 days 2 hours 18 minutes 43 seconds.
Scanning cell.
No further problems detected.
Initiating DNA polymerase.
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Chromosomes copied successfully.
Cell division successful.
Process within expected parameters.
Amplifying cell growth artificially.
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Time since experiment has started: 15 days 1 hour 21 minutes 15 seconds.
Basic cell functions already assigned.
The heart is beating.
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Initiating next step of experiment:
Spreading nanites into neurons.
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Nanites activating. Setting up nanite factories.
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Time since experiment has started: 19 days 5 hours 7 minutes 2 seconds.
Nanites have spread to all neurons.
Embryo growth now similar to normal progress of 8 weeks.
No anomalies found.
Reaching most crucial step in experiment.
Slowing cell growth speed artificially.
Initiating replacement of the connections between Neurons.
Establishing implants to develop inside the foetus.
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Time since experiment has started: 33 days 16 hours 52 minutes 21 seconds.
Location for implants established.
Connections to neurons successfully formed.
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Connection between Neurons replaced.
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Heart still beating.
Nerve activity within expected parameters.
Most crucial step has been completed.
Establishing resource extraction and storage point for nanites in gastric area.
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Resuming accelerated growth.
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Time since experiment has started: 73 days 11 hours 2 minutes 19 seconds.
Growth has reached limits of glass container.
Child is now similar to a newborn. Further growth deemed detrimental under current circumstances.
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Reminding self of current task: “Monitor the laboratory and keep everything operational. Destroy evidence of illegal experimentation if someone forcefully enters the laboratory.”
Checking procedures from prior experiments.
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Negative, all 1743 experiments ended at an earlier stage of the experiment.
All known procedures already successfully implemented.
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Estimating that experiment will soon start deteriorating due to enclosed environment.
Experiment will start failing in 35 days if circumstances do not change.
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Searching for ways to keep experiment operational.
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