#regenes

Crack theory time! I think Regene DNA isn’t random, or bought off the desperate. I think it has specific sources. My theory: Regene DNA comes from villains, failed and dead heroes and soldiers.  

My thoughts. The Boost shots is said to kill and cripple 95% of humans that take it. Not everyone’s body takes mods well. What does it take to survive? We don’t now (yet) but GeniTech might. And if it’s DNA, well it’s in the names.

My theory is that it takes a combination of the right genetics, epigenetics, health and environment to survive a boost shot.  With mods you need the same and muscle strength and stamina.

According to the author Regenes take 2 years to grow to maturity or at least old enough to enchantments and use. Throwing away more then half a product that takes so long to “build” sounds like a bad business model. So, it would make more sense to try and stack the deck.

I imagine Regenes used for organ transplants would be cloned from people who didn’t have any organ problems. They would be kept health and given property nutrients the organs needed until they were ready to be used. Why not do the same with Regenes meant to be enhanced? Make clones from sources that have been known to handle mods or survive being boosted.

 Some fun supporting facts I found

In Retribution Sidestep can point out Sunstreams disappearance and the MC ponders if she forced into the military or trapped in a lab. This suggests failed heroes end up drafted or experimented on.

The MC seems pretty sure of this. Why? Have they seen heroes dragged to the lab they grew up in?

 Hollow Ground looks creepily like the MC.

The Hero Locus whom the MC considers framing in Rebirth disappeared.

 It seems disappearing heroes isn’t uncommon.

  Regenes are dyed blue and have their faces covered in distracting orange patterns. It makes them inhuman looking I imagine it would make a familiar face unrecognizable.

And then there’s the current USA prison system. We already have slavery labor and private prisons. I wouldn’t put it pass FEZ prisons to experiment on prisoners and sell their DNA.

If GeniTech could figure out what made people survive boosts and accept mods they could prime their Regenes to take mods and the boost and survive at a much higher rate. With clones from enhanced with know powers they could predict what powers would show up and which regenes would take mods well. Or at least compare how the clones turn out compared to the original and improve the survival rate. Considered the name of the company I imagine GeniTech does a lot of genetic research.