Implementation Team, Day 14:

As I suspected, the implementation team is running wild with a ton of new ideas they want to test and have already successfully tested many others. The team has already been able to successfully infect larger specimens and do so consistently, they’ve also managed to make the parasite less infectious once it’s taken residence in a host body that suits it well. Perhaps the most exciting thing they’ve come up with however is a combination of modifying the cells harmful to the parasite to be less of a lethal threat, as well as modifying the parasite itself to be more compatible with the cells. The general idea is to create a version of the parasite that acts as a boon to its host rather than a bane.

To achieve this the team first uses the parasite's genetic modification abilities to modify a single white blood cell taken from a larger creature specimen, this modified cell has been tasked with monitoring the parasite to make sure it stays mostly dormant within its host's body. The parasite itself is then slowly introduced to these new cells which take control of the parasite over time, this forces the parasite to comply with whatever parameters the white blood cells have set for the parasite. The goal we are trying to achieve is creating a version of this parasite that could no longer be classified as a parasite, but rather a symbiote. This symbiote will no longer have the main directive of taking control of its host but rather will seek to aid its host however it can. We suspect this can lead to many things, faster muscle growth, higher muscle density, definitely faster healing, and perhaps even faster information processing in the brain. While these possibilities are extremely exciting I’ve warned the team to be cautious with their testing as we don’t want a repeat of the “Incident”. Regardless the team remains in high spirits and progress continues to push on at a steady pace, things are looking good for this avenue of research.

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I’ve also received word from high command. They’re looking to implement our results as soon as possible. I’ve warned them that we are still months away, at best, from having these things ready for battle but they are pushing me to speed up the implementation process. I have not told the team about this as I don’t want them to feel the stress of being constantly hounded by high command to produce results, that could only ever lead to mistakes and poor results overall. I shall continue to keep this secret from the team until we are finished, I just hope they don’t see this as me distrusting them and that they’ll forgive me for keeping this to myself.