Exogene
Exogene (n.): factor or agent (as a
disease-producing organism) from outside the organism or system. Also:
classified Russian program to merge proto-humanoids with powered armor
systems (slang).
Catherine is a soldier. Fast, strong, lethal,
she is the ultimate in military technology. She's a monster in the body
of an eighteen year old girl. Bred by scientists, grown in vats,
indoctrinated by the government, she and her sisters will win this war,
no matter the cost.
And the costs are high. Their life span is
short; as they age they become unstable and they undergo a process
called the spoiling. On their eighteenth birthday they are discharged.
Lined up and shot like cattle.
But the truth is, Catherine and
her sisters may not be strictly human, but they're not animals. They can twist their genomes and indoctrinate them to follow the principles of
Faith and Death, but they can't shut off the part of them that wants
more than war. Catherine may have only known death, but she dreams of
life and she will get it at any cost.
