Mitheral
"Growf!"
This is NOT a school RP.
This is NOT a teen angst story.
This IS a story of Ethics and Evolution (physical and social).
For World History, Project Timeline and technological advances available to the characters beyond what the rest of the world has developed, see the first post in the In Character RP.
Project MDV began in 2014 with the purchase of Plum Island, NY. It was upon this island that the town of Eureka was founded. The project took a full five years to unfold as scientists were recruited based on disciplines, many leaders in their respective fields and ALL with superb genealogical history. Some of the other members of this town were more creatively inclined. And some were militarily or sports inclined.
The goal was the creation of a eugenically and socially enhanced environment with plans to breed a superior strain of children. Of course, they also never planned to allow Mother Nature to dictate the rules. Spouses were assigned by contract. The children, however, were the result of genetic engineering - splicing the best qualities they could obtain from their selective gene pool.
Following breakthroughs in genetics in 2020-21, the first children were conceived in 2024, born in 2025 thru 2028. In 2031 the Project came to an abrupt halt as a raid by the US government sought to appropriate the children having caught wind of the genetic breakthroughs and in hopes of creating a generation of super soldiers. The attempt failed. (Children aged 3 to 6 at this time.)
Project MDV had long foreseen the possibility of such an event - even before the purchase of Plum Island. Plans had been put into place long before. The scientists continued to fulfill their contracts as the parents of the children. Safehouses, jobs, identities had been established far in advanced. The parents of these children faded into obscurity. Engineers became auto mechanics and construction workers. Genetic engineers became general practitioners, nurses, or paramedics. Some became teachers at high schools. All their careers were aimed at obscurity. Some even fell in real love and had younger children - real families.
What they could not control were the children. These were young people born to surpass other children in all areas. The simple truth was that they would never be average. The search for both scientists and children had not ended at Eureka. And the search wasn’t limited to American efforts. Foreign countries coveted the breakthroughs as well.
As the children began to enter their teens they began to sense one another. For the most part distance separated them enough to prevent this. But every now and then they would come close enough for “unusual events” to occur. The most notable were connections between the oldest children - psychic connections. If the scientists had been making the usual observations and comparing notes, they might have noticed one child’s art depicting scenes from the lives of another childhood friend.
But the easiest differences to notice were the hardest to hide. These children were physically and mentally superior in every way. Their IQ’s ranged from 160 to 190. They were always and without fail in the top few percent of their class. Many of these children could have been star athletes. The only thing to prevent the children from being easily detected was the fact that they kept moving about as their parents “lost jobs” or “got laid off” or “quit.” Then they would find work in some other strange locale.
Project MDV had the foresight to realize they might have to contend with these problems. Site Bravo had been prepared at the same time as Plum Island but in a more secluded location. And in the late 2030’s (2037 to 2039) this phase of the project was activated. Slowly the failing parents “found work” in the quaint little town of Eureka, GA. This site was located on Blue Ridge Lake in northern Georgia. It was a very small, rural town with a private school.
These children were so smart that most had a PhD by the age of 15. High school for them was really postdoctoral work. This had been expected. So the plan had been to begin gathering the children at a new site - less notable than Plum Island - by the time the children were entering their teens. And they began filtering into the new town as they came of age.
The children were far from oblivious to the fact that their families hadn’t been rounded up by coincidence. The oldest children could remember being evacuated from Plum Island. For most children the time between Plum Island and their arrival in the new Eureka was only 5-6 years - with having to move every year or so. The youngest, of course, should not have remembered anything of that night. Some, however, had nightmares about that night. ALL will begin to remember events they could not have possibly witnessed personally (but perhaps by other children) once they begin to regroup.
As a collective these children will begin to develop at an accelerated pace.
Character Generation
Image
-Photos ONLY. No anime or toons.
Age
- ages 15 to 18.
Background (account for all years)
-Should begin with a brief section about the “parents.” With genetic engineering it doesn’t really matter what their disciplines are. The children often do not have the same ones as their parents. Rather a mentor program was encouraged to prevent favoritism of one parent over another.
-Should include a brief mention of siblings. Older children may have a younger enhanced sibling. Bear in mind the 4 year period the program covered. A 17 and a 15 year old is possible, or twins. But a 17 and a 11 year old are not. The younger sibling would have to be the product of a normal birth.
-Brief description of the 6 to 10 year period being on the run. Note parents careers and personal life. Keep in mind that to these children other children would be mentally and physically inferior. But their parents would be doing their best to instill tolerant behavior - blending in.
- Brief description of life since arriving in Eureka, Ga. I will be including a Google Map of the region. It won’t show Eureka, just the existing houses before the location was bought up. There is a nearby town of Blue Ridge, Ga.
Skills, etc
- I do NOT care about free running, blah, blah. I hardly even consider these skills. EVERY child will have has such training. All of your parents were taught how to raise you- given curriculums to follow - sort of a How to Raise Your Wunderkind.
- Children would NOT have been allowed to stand out - at least not for very long. The moment their accomplishments became notable it would have been time to move.
Standard Character Abilities and Training
Senses
- Vision 20/2 (20/8 is the theoretical limit of human vision. Hawks are believed to have 20/2.) Very good low light vision and sensitivity.
- Hearing (15 Hz to 44 kHz. This range is still developing. In early teens the upper limit is lower. By full maturity it is now expected to be a little higher. This was a very unexpected result.)
- Other senses are similarly enhanced
Physical Attributes
- Strength is about 100% higher than a health human of their same mass
- Movement is about 30% faster with enhanced reflexes, agility, and coordination. These specimens are naturally capable as athletes, gymnasts, and even combatants
- ALL children receive biofeedback training. They are able to place themselves into healing comas. Or they can draw upon impossible reserves of strength to do such things as lift a car off another person. The difference is that they can do so consciously.
- Aging - it is believed that these children will live to well over 200 years of age before beginning to show any signs of infirmity. This was one of the key elements of the 2021 research that initiated the active part of the Project.
- Healing rate is roughly twice as fast as a normal human. Biofeedback training can enhance this further. Resistance to disease is extremely high. (As children they did get sick from time to time, but developed immunities rapidly. In some cases immunities developed even before getting sick if another child had suffered an illness first.)
Intelligence
- The typical range is 160 to 190. But this has proven difficult to measure as it seems to change. The truth is more amazing that their parents realize. IQ rises as the children gather into a collective, They are developing into sort of primitive mass mind. While they never lose individuality, they DO draw upon the unused parts of the minds of other children in much the same way that timeshare computing enhanced the capacity of computers. Or they can draw upon the knowledge of the other children to make new discoveries. This is, so far, a subconscious ability.
- ALL children have an eidetic memory. Just how good this memory is is a matter for debate. The children used to play games to test their limits.
Paranormal Senses
- Touch Telempathy. This is one of the amazing abilities the children have developed. Of course, it varies between individuals. Not every child can link well with every other child. Many pair up. Early on some of the children demonstrated a tendency to be inseparable.
- Remote Sensing. NOT true remote sensing - but sensing through the eyes of other children.
NOTE: While the flashy Hollywood abilities like TK and the like haven’t been seen, these children do appear to represent a next stage in human evolution. They aren’t gods, but are definitely superior in every way. They have adapted to technical and social development beyond Homo Sapiens in ways we cannot fathom.
NOTE: It has also been noted that these children have also, on rare occasions, demonstrated the ability to use their paranormal abilities with unenhanced humans. Most notably this has occurred with autistic children. One small group of children was able to work with such a child - even touching him when he did not like being touched and altering his normal routine. The autistic child had lost a parent. They helped the child to adapt to a new guardian. They have also shown, on rare occasions, the ability to link their nervous systems with another to help control pain.
The Plot
Not everyone has the best interests of the children in mind. US government black ops divisions saw the potential of the children long ago and moved to seize the research and children (prototypes in their eyes) for the sake of national security. They truly believed they were doing the right thing. And from one way of thinking they were. The USA wasn’t the only nation conducting such research.
As our children grow into adults they will find themselves faced with political adversaries. They may have to make the hard choices of whether to assist the US government or remain apart. Many of the other groups of children will have been indoctrinated with different political ideologies. Some of these children may prove to be the result of more dramatic and inhuman gene splicing - although most of such children would be much younger. (The world is only a decade or so away from developing true synthetic humans.)
These children will also have to compete with transhumanism - the inevitable linking of man and machine. In short, it is a dog-eat-dog world out there. Being the next step in evolution doesn’t mean you will survive. This is the future’s version of Neanderthal vs Cro Magnon.
MAPS
Eureka, GA
If you zoom out, you will see Blue Ridge, GA. This town was slowly bought up over the past 30 years.
RULES
General Rules
Writing Rules
Each Post should begin with a preface of:
Title (if possible)
Location
Time:
Characters present: (include character and member name with a tag)
(Skip to the end of this post to see the Chronology of Project MDV)
2015
- The deadline for the Millennium Development Goals
| The Eurasian Union is formed
| Expo 2015 is held in Milan, Italy
| The Large Hadron Collider reaches its maximum operating power
| The world's first fully sustainable, zero-carbon, zero-waste city
| A new generation of hi-tech supercarriers
| The United States and South Korea dissolve the Combined Forces Command
| The first large-scale solar updraft towers are operational
| Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning monarch in British history
| Gay marriage is legal in the United Kingdom
| Battery technology gets a boost
| 3D printing is a mainstream consumer product
| LED lamps are dominating the commercial and domestic lighting markets
| 10 nanometre chips enter mass production
| Scientists resurrect the woolly mammoth
| Lifesaver bottles are in widespread use
| The Carteret Islands are abandoned
| The New Horizons probe arrives at Pluto
| The Dawn probe arrives at Ceres
| Voyager I enters the heliopause
|Trucks with emergency braking systems are mandatory in Europe
2016
- China passes the US in PPP
| Euro 2016 is held in France
| Rio de Janeiro hosts the Olympic Games
| Apple Inc. achieves a market capitalisation of one trillion dollars
| US vehicles are becoming more fuel-efficient
| Microchipping of all dogs in England
| India's first manned space flight
| India launches its second unmanned lunar probe
| The first hotel in space
| InSight touches down on Mars
| The Juno probe arrives at Jupiter
| Agricultural robots are appearing on farms
| Laser guns are in naval use
| High-definition CCTV cameras are ubiquitous
| OLED displays are in widespread use
| Holographic versatile disc (HVD) supersedes Blu-ray
| New drug delivery methods for brain-related conditions
| A pill to prevent sunburn
| Completion of the i5K project
| The Strait of Messina Bridge is completed
China completes the largest environmental cleanup in its history
| United States Presidential Election
|The Gotthard Base Tunnel is completed
| Launch of the Titanic II
2017
- The European Union has been expanded
| Worsening crisis in Yemen
| China establishes the largest megacity in the world
| The world's first kilometre-high skyscraper
| The world's first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) platform begins operations
| The Nabucco gas pipeline is completed
| India completes construction of the Dibang Dam
| The M1A3 Abrams tank enters the battlefield
| The remaining JFK files are released
| Total solar eclipse in the US
| China launches an unmanned sample return mission to the Moon
| The first test flight of NASA's Space Launch System
| The Cheops satellite is deployed to study exoplanets
| Sales of electric and hybrid trucks reach 100,000 annually
| Electronic paper is seeing widespread use
| Traditional newspapers are becoming obsolete
| Tooth regeneration is transforming dental care
| Cosmetic surgery has doubled its market size
| Wireless, implantable devices that monitor a range of health conditions in real time
| The world's first HIV vaccine is commercially available
| A new treatment for prostate cancer
| Teleportation of simple molecules
2018
- A missile defence shield is deployed in Europe
| The African Central Bank is established
| Oil drilling gets underway in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
| Russia hosts the FIFA World Cup
| The James Webb telescope is launched
| A drug to prevent obesity
| Crossrail opens in London
| The City Circle Line opens in Copenhagen
| The Transbay Transit Center is completed in San Francisco
| Many complex surgeries are performed by robots
| Robot insect spies are in military use
| Ubiquitous internet nodes connect appliances, vehicles, etc.
| Consumer devices with 100 Gbit/s transfer speeds
Scientists drill into Earth's mantle
| The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline is completed in Canada
| The market for biofuels is experiencing a period of rapid growth
| The last of Nigeria's rainforests have been felled
2019
- China's first high-tech stealth fighter enters service
| A new generation of U.S. tanks
| British troops leave Germany
| The ITER experimental fusion reactor is switched on
| The International Linear Collider is completed
| The ExoMars rover touches down on Mars
| The first manned outpost beyond the Moon begins assembly
| The first mission to a gas giant using solar sail propulsion
| Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system is fully operational
| Computers break the exaflop barrier
| Bionic eyes with high resolution are commercially available
| Connected vehicle technology is being deployed in a number of countries
| Automated freight transport
| Lunar-resonant streetlights are appearing in many cities
| US copyright begins to expire, starting with all works from 1923
| Jordan opens its first nuclear power plant
| The East Side Access subway extension opens in New York
| The Aral Sea disappears from the map
| Oil prices are becoming dangerously high
2020
- Generation X is reshaping global politics
| Internet use reaches 5 billion worldwide
| The 5G standard is released
| Texting by thinking
| Complex organ replacements grown from stem cells
| A cure for malaria
| Progress with longevity extension
| Ultra High Definition Television (4320p) is going mainstream
| Holographic TV is going mainstream
| Africa and the Middle East are linked by a trans-continental bridge
| Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) has been significantly expanded
| The first self-sufficient, car-free city in mainland China
| Completion of the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link
| The UK has expanded its offshore grid connections
| Smart meters in every UK home
| Public smoking is banned across every US state
| Mercury pollution has been greatly reduced
| Glacier National Park and other regions are becoming ice-free
| 30,000 drones are patrolling the skies of America
| BepiColombo arrives in orbit around Mercury
| Video games with truly lifelike CGI
2021
- Global average temperatures have risen by 1°C
| Water crisis in southwest USA
| The world's largest insect swarm re-emerges
| Five-year survival rates for breast cancer are approaching 100%
Male birth control pills are entering the market
| The world's first artificial kidney
| Mind reading technology is being deployed for security purposes
| Fully reusable, single-stage-to-orbit spacecraft
| A rapidly changing workforce
| Wireless electricity is reaching critical mass
| Traditional microchips are reaching the limits of miniaturisation
2022
- Solar grid parity has been reached in almost 10% of the US
| Germany phases out nuclear energy
| Qatar hosts the FIFA World Cup
| China's first space station is complete
| The European Extremely Large Telescope is operational
| Water is becoming a weapon of war
| Global reserves of antimony are running out
| Nanotech clothes are growing rapidly in use
| Piezoelectric nanowires are appearing in high-end products
| Deafness is fully curable
2023
- Mars sample return mission
| Asteroid sample return mission
| Laser-driven fusion energy makes progress
| Turkey celebrates its 100th anniversary as an independent republic
| Completion of the London "super sewer"
| A permanent cure for migraine is becoming available
| Borneo’s rainforests have been wiped from the map
| Gorillas are going extinct in Central Africa
2024
- The biggest refugee crisis in world history
| Gay marriage is legal in every US state
| African elephants are going extinct in the wild
| A cure for the common cold is available for general public use
Completion of the Square Kilometre Array
| Petabyte storage devices are available
| The first probe to fly into the Sun's outer atmosphere
2025-2035
- Mouse revival from cryopreservation
2025-2030
- The threat of bioterrorism is peaking
| Some of Britain's most well-known animal species are going extinct
| Rhinos are going extinct in the wild
2025 - Human brain simulations are becoming possible
| Medical nanobots are being developed
| China is becoming highly urbanised
| Vertical farms are common in cities
| Solid waste is reaching crisis levels
| Completion of Masdar City
| Contact with the Voyager probes is lost
| High speed rail networks are being expanded in many countries
| A comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. airspace system is complete
| U.S. fuel economy standards have improved dramatically
| Railguns are in use by the U.S. navy
Stress and anxiety continue to rise
2026
- Aquaculture provides the majority of the world's seafood
| New treatments for Alzheimer’s disease
| Rising sea levels are wreaking havoc on the Maldives
| Global reserves of indium are running out
| Construction of the Sagrada Família is complete
| Robotic hands matching human capabilities
Mars Science Laboratory is shutting down
2027
- The BRICs overtake the G7 nations
| Tokyo and Nagoya are connected by high-speed maglev
Carbon sequestration is underway in many nations
| Peak coal is reached in China
| The Europa Clipper arrives in orbit
2028
- The International Space Station is decommissioned
| Printed electronics are ubiquitous
UK population reaches 70m
| Manned fighter planes are being phased out and replaced with UAVs
Amputees can regrow lost limbs
2029
- Human-like AI is becoming a reality
| Heavy automation of supermarkets and retail environments
| Intelligent advertising
| Global reserves of silver are running out
| Lake Chad disappears from the map
| Madagascar's radiated tortoise is extinct in the wild
| The wreck of the Titanic has decomposed
2030
- Global population is reaching crisis point
| "Smart grid" technology is widespread in developed nations
| The USA is declining as a world power
| The majority of new vehicles are plug-in electric, or hybrids
| AI is widespread
| AIDS, cancer and a number of other diseases are becoming curable
| India becomes the most populous country on Earth
| Full weather modeling is perfected
| Orbital space junk is becoming a major problem for space flight
| Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) reaches the Jovian system
| A new generation of military helicopters
| Hyper-fast crime scene analysis
| Emerging job titles of today
2031
- Much of Bangkok is being abandoned due to flooding
| Global reserves of lead are running out
Web 4.0 is transforming the Internet landscape
| Stem cell pharmacies are commonplace
| Married couples are a minority
| Chocolate has become a rare luxury
2032
– Britain's ash trees have been wiped out by a fungal disease
| Leatherback sea turtles are on the verge of extinction
| China's space station is deorbited
| 4th generation nuclear power
| One-third of Saudi Arabia's electricity comes from solar
| Terabit internet speeds are commonplace
2033 - Manned mission to Mars
| Peak phosphorus is reached
| Hypersonic airliners are entering service
| The final phase of Britain's HS2 rail link is completed
| Holographic wall screens
| Lung disease in China has killed over 80 million by now
| Five-year survival rates for kidney cancer are approaching 100%
2034 - Switzerland phases out nuclear energy
| Exabyte storage devices are available
2035 - Economic decline in the Middle East
| World tin reserves are running out
| The Arctic is becoming ice-free during September
| Self-driving vehicles are widespread
| Holographic recreations of dead people
| Robots are dominating the battlefield
2035-2040
- The final collapse of the European Union
| Russia is a global food superpower
2036
- In-vitro meat is a rapidly growing industry
| Alzheimer’s disease is fully curable
| Bionic eyes surpassing human vision
| Detailed probing and mapping of the Kuiper Belt is underway
2037
- The U.S. Air Force introduces a new stealth bomber
| Quantum computers are widely available
| The world's largest mud volcano stops erupting
2038
Teleportation of complex organic molecules
2039
Full immersion virtual reality
Manufacturing jobs have largely disappeared in the West
Australia's national symbol, the Koala, faces extinction
Five-year survival rates for leukaemia are approaching 100%
The U.S. population reaches 400 million
Extreme heatwaves are commonplace in the U.S.
2040
India's economy is rivalling that of China and the U.S.
Fusion power is nearing commercial availability
"Energy islands" are widespread in coastal regions
Deep ocean mining operations are widespread
Less than two-thirds of the original Congo jungle remains standing
Virtual telepathy is dominating personal communications
Biorepository and genomic information systems are transforming healthcare
Pollen counts have more than doubled
Tobacco has been largely eradicated
Life expectancy for cystic fibrosis reaches 70
Claytronics are revolutionising consumer products
Breakthroughs in carbon nanotube production
China's HSR network has been greatly expanded
Completion of the Northeast Corridor high-speed rail route
2041
— Global average temperatures have risen by 2°C
Annual deaths from cardiovascular disease have reached negligible levels in the U.S.
Orbital solar power is commercially feasible
2042
— Global population reaches 9 billion
White people are a minority in the USA
2043
— The Ross Sea has lost 50% of its summer ice cover
Slovenia closes down its only nuclear power plant
Project MDV Timeline
2014 - Project MDV (Michaelangelo and da Vinci) begins. Sites Bravo (Eureka, GA), Charlie and Delta also founded.
2015 - Eureka, NY founded.
2021 - Advances made in longevity research with mice.
2025-28 - MDV children are born.
2031 - US government raids Project MDV. The children and many of the scientists are evacuated in advance.
2037 - Children begin to regroup at Site Bravo.
2043 - Present day (Children ages 15-18)
Advances (beyond that known of outside of Eureka in order of discover over past 6 years)
Fully autonomous, intelligent military aircraft
Reversible biostasis is available
Robots are a common feature of homes and workplaces
Hi-tech, intelligent buildings are revolutionising the urban landscape
Smaller, safer, hi-tech automobiles
Fully synthetic humans are becoming technically feasible
Handheld MRI scanners
Technology has transformed modern education
Self-assembling buildings made entirely from nanotech
This is NOT a teen angst story.
This IS a story of Ethics and Evolution (physical and social).
For World History, Project Timeline and technological advances available to the characters beyond what the rest of the world has developed, see the first post in the In Character RP.
Project MDV began in 2014 with the purchase of Plum Island, NY. It was upon this island that the town of Eureka was founded. The project took a full five years to unfold as scientists were recruited based on disciplines, many leaders in their respective fields and ALL with superb genealogical history. Some of the other members of this town were more creatively inclined. And some were militarily or sports inclined.
The goal was the creation of a eugenically and socially enhanced environment with plans to breed a superior strain of children. Of course, they also never planned to allow Mother Nature to dictate the rules. Spouses were assigned by contract. The children, however, were the result of genetic engineering - splicing the best qualities they could obtain from their selective gene pool.
Following breakthroughs in genetics in 2020-21, the first children were conceived in 2024, born in 2025 thru 2028. In 2031 the Project came to an abrupt halt as a raid by the US government sought to appropriate the children having caught wind of the genetic breakthroughs and in hopes of creating a generation of super soldiers. The attempt failed. (Children aged 3 to 6 at this time.)
Project MDV had long foreseen the possibility of such an event - even before the purchase of Plum Island. Plans had been put into place long before. The scientists continued to fulfill their contracts as the parents of the children. Safehouses, jobs, identities had been established far in advanced. The parents of these children faded into obscurity. Engineers became auto mechanics and construction workers. Genetic engineers became general practitioners, nurses, or paramedics. Some became teachers at high schools. All their careers were aimed at obscurity. Some even fell in real love and had younger children - real families.
What they could not control were the children. These were young people born to surpass other children in all areas. The simple truth was that they would never be average. The search for both scientists and children had not ended at Eureka. And the search wasn’t limited to American efforts. Foreign countries coveted the breakthroughs as well.
As the children began to enter their teens they began to sense one another. For the most part distance separated them enough to prevent this. But every now and then they would come close enough for “unusual events” to occur. The most notable were connections between the oldest children - psychic connections. If the scientists had been making the usual observations and comparing notes, they might have noticed one child’s art depicting scenes from the lives of another childhood friend.
But the easiest differences to notice were the hardest to hide. These children were physically and mentally superior in every way. Their IQ’s ranged from 160 to 190. They were always and without fail in the top few percent of their class. Many of these children could have been star athletes. The only thing to prevent the children from being easily detected was the fact that they kept moving about as their parents “lost jobs” or “got laid off” or “quit.” Then they would find work in some other strange locale.
Project MDV had the foresight to realize they might have to contend with these problems. Site Bravo had been prepared at the same time as Plum Island but in a more secluded location. And in the late 2030’s (2037 to 2039) this phase of the project was activated. Slowly the failing parents “found work” in the quaint little town of Eureka, GA. This site was located on Blue Ridge Lake in northern Georgia. It was a very small, rural town with a private school.
These children were so smart that most had a PhD by the age of 15. High school for them was really postdoctoral work. This had been expected. So the plan had been to begin gathering the children at a new site - less notable than Plum Island - by the time the children were entering their teens. And they began filtering into the new town as they came of age.
The children were far from oblivious to the fact that their families hadn’t been rounded up by coincidence. The oldest children could remember being evacuated from Plum Island. For most children the time between Plum Island and their arrival in the new Eureka was only 5-6 years - with having to move every year or so. The youngest, of course, should not have remembered anything of that night. Some, however, had nightmares about that night. ALL will begin to remember events they could not have possibly witnessed personally (but perhaps by other children) once they begin to regroup.
As a collective these children will begin to develop at an accelerated pace.
Character Generation
Image
-Photos ONLY. No anime or toons.
Age
- ages 15 to 18.
Background (account for all years)
-Should begin with a brief section about the “parents.” With genetic engineering it doesn’t really matter what their disciplines are. The children often do not have the same ones as their parents. Rather a mentor program was encouraged to prevent favoritism of one parent over another.
-Should include a brief mention of siblings. Older children may have a younger enhanced sibling. Bear in mind the 4 year period the program covered. A 17 and a 15 year old is possible, or twins. But a 17 and a 11 year old are not. The younger sibling would have to be the product of a normal birth.
-Brief description of the 6 to 10 year period being on the run. Note parents careers and personal life. Keep in mind that to these children other children would be mentally and physically inferior. But their parents would be doing their best to instill tolerant behavior - blending in.
- Brief description of life since arriving in Eureka, Ga. I will be including a Google Map of the region. It won’t show Eureka, just the existing houses before the location was bought up. There is a nearby town of Blue Ridge, Ga.
Skills, etc
- I do NOT care about free running, blah, blah. I hardly even consider these skills. EVERY child will have has such training. All of your parents were taught how to raise you- given curriculums to follow - sort of a How to Raise Your Wunderkind.
- Children would NOT have been allowed to stand out - at least not for very long. The moment their accomplishments became notable it would have been time to move.
Standard Character Abilities and Training
Senses
- Vision 20/2 (20/8 is the theoretical limit of human vision. Hawks are believed to have 20/2.) Very good low light vision and sensitivity.
- Hearing (15 Hz to 44 kHz. This range is still developing. In early teens the upper limit is lower. By full maturity it is now expected to be a little higher. This was a very unexpected result.)
- Other senses are similarly enhanced
Physical Attributes
- Strength is about 100% higher than a health human of their same mass
- Movement is about 30% faster with enhanced reflexes, agility, and coordination. These specimens are naturally capable as athletes, gymnasts, and even combatants
- ALL children receive biofeedback training. They are able to place themselves into healing comas. Or they can draw upon impossible reserves of strength to do such things as lift a car off another person. The difference is that they can do so consciously.
- Aging - it is believed that these children will live to well over 200 years of age before beginning to show any signs of infirmity. This was one of the key elements of the 2021 research that initiated the active part of the Project.
- Healing rate is roughly twice as fast as a normal human. Biofeedback training can enhance this further. Resistance to disease is extremely high. (As children they did get sick from time to time, but developed immunities rapidly. In some cases immunities developed even before getting sick if another child had suffered an illness first.)
Intelligence
- The typical range is 160 to 190. But this has proven difficult to measure as it seems to change. The truth is more amazing that their parents realize. IQ rises as the children gather into a collective, They are developing into sort of primitive mass mind. While they never lose individuality, they DO draw upon the unused parts of the minds of other children in much the same way that timeshare computing enhanced the capacity of computers. Or they can draw upon the knowledge of the other children to make new discoveries. This is, so far, a subconscious ability.
- ALL children have an eidetic memory. Just how good this memory is is a matter for debate. The children used to play games to test their limits.
Paranormal Senses
- Touch Telempathy. This is one of the amazing abilities the children have developed. Of course, it varies between individuals. Not every child can link well with every other child. Many pair up. Early on some of the children demonstrated a tendency to be inseparable.
- Remote Sensing. NOT true remote sensing - but sensing through the eyes of other children.
NOTE: While the flashy Hollywood abilities like TK and the like haven’t been seen, these children do appear to represent a next stage in human evolution. They aren’t gods, but are definitely superior in every way. They have adapted to technical and social development beyond Homo Sapiens in ways we cannot fathom.
NOTE: It has also been noted that these children have also, on rare occasions, demonstrated the ability to use their paranormal abilities with unenhanced humans. Most notably this has occurred with autistic children. One small group of children was able to work with such a child - even touching him when he did not like being touched and altering his normal routine. The autistic child had lost a parent. They helped the child to adapt to a new guardian. They have also shown, on rare occasions, the ability to link their nervous systems with another to help control pain.
The Plot
Not everyone has the best interests of the children in mind. US government black ops divisions saw the potential of the children long ago and moved to seize the research and children (prototypes in their eyes) for the sake of national security. They truly believed they were doing the right thing. And from one way of thinking they were. The USA wasn’t the only nation conducting such research.
As our children grow into adults they will find themselves faced with political adversaries. They may have to make the hard choices of whether to assist the US government or remain apart. Many of the other groups of children will have been indoctrinated with different political ideologies. Some of these children may prove to be the result of more dramatic and inhuman gene splicing - although most of such children would be much younger. (The world is only a decade or so away from developing true synthetic humans.)
These children will also have to compete with transhumanism - the inevitable linking of man and machine. In short, it is a dog-eat-dog world out there. Being the next step in evolution doesn’t mean you will survive. This is the future’s version of Neanderthal vs Cro Magnon.
MAPS
Eureka, GA
If you zoom out, you will see Blue Ridge, GA. This town was slowly bought up over the past 30 years.
RULES
General Rules
- All site rules apply
- No God Modding, Bunnying, Metagaming, etc.
- Romance is fine, but fade-to-black for those mature scenes (18+ stuff)
Writing Rules
- Posts must be of good writing skills, and generally a minimum of three paragraphs. Really I am looking for better than that. I want paragraphs that aren’t two sentences long. Good content. Use third person, past tense.
- Characters need to interact. While I realize that dialogue is challenging for some, it will be a requirement. Watch for examples of how to make speech more noticeable. (Most usually use boldface. Some add color.)
- Try to stick to one or two posts a day, giving others a chance to post. What I do NOT want is to have two characters bouncing back and forth with short one paragraph posts. If you want to do that, build up a Joint Post in PM's, then have one of you copy and paste it, cleaned up for spelling and grammar, what clarity as to what character is doing / saying what.
- As a minimum members are expected to post at least every other day - unless most of the RP is on hold for a scene between a couple characters. Then those characters need to wrap their scene up. The idea here is to not keep other members waiting.
Each Post should begin with a preface of:
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Location
Time:
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(Skip to the end of this post to see the Chronology of Project MDV)
2015
- The deadline for the Millennium Development Goals
| The Eurasian Union is formed
| Expo 2015 is held in Milan, Italy
| The Large Hadron Collider reaches its maximum operating power
| The world's first fully sustainable, zero-carbon, zero-waste city
| A new generation of hi-tech supercarriers
| The United States and South Korea dissolve the Combined Forces Command
| The first large-scale solar updraft towers are operational
| Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning monarch in British history
| Gay marriage is legal in the United Kingdom
| Battery technology gets a boost
| 3D printing is a mainstream consumer product
| LED lamps are dominating the commercial and domestic lighting markets
| 10 nanometre chips enter mass production
| Scientists resurrect the woolly mammoth
| Lifesaver bottles are in widespread use
| The Carteret Islands are abandoned
| The New Horizons probe arrives at Pluto
| The Dawn probe arrives at Ceres
| Voyager I enters the heliopause
|Trucks with emergency braking systems are mandatory in Europe
2016
- China passes the US in PPP
| Euro 2016 is held in France
| Rio de Janeiro hosts the Olympic Games
| Apple Inc. achieves a market capitalisation of one trillion dollars
| US vehicles are becoming more fuel-efficient
| Microchipping of all dogs in England
| India's first manned space flight
| India launches its second unmanned lunar probe
| The first hotel in space
| InSight touches down on Mars
| The Juno probe arrives at Jupiter
| Agricultural robots are appearing on farms
| Laser guns are in naval use
| High-definition CCTV cameras are ubiquitous
| OLED displays are in widespread use
| Holographic versatile disc (HVD) supersedes Blu-ray
| New drug delivery methods for brain-related conditions
| A pill to prevent sunburn
| Completion of the i5K project
| The Strait of Messina Bridge is completed
China completes the largest environmental cleanup in its history
| United States Presidential Election
|The Gotthard Base Tunnel is completed
| Launch of the Titanic II
2017
- The European Union has been expanded
| Worsening crisis in Yemen
| China establishes the largest megacity in the world
| The world's first kilometre-high skyscraper
| The world's first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) platform begins operations
| The Nabucco gas pipeline is completed
| India completes construction of the Dibang Dam
| The M1A3 Abrams tank enters the battlefield
| The remaining JFK files are released
| Total solar eclipse in the US
| China launches an unmanned sample return mission to the Moon
| The first test flight of NASA's Space Launch System
| The Cheops satellite is deployed to study exoplanets
| Sales of electric and hybrid trucks reach 100,000 annually
| Electronic paper is seeing widespread use
| Traditional newspapers are becoming obsolete
| Tooth regeneration is transforming dental care
| Cosmetic surgery has doubled its market size
| Wireless, implantable devices that monitor a range of health conditions in real time
| The world's first HIV vaccine is commercially available
| A new treatment for prostate cancer
| Teleportation of simple molecules
2018
- A missile defence shield is deployed in Europe
| The African Central Bank is established
| Oil drilling gets underway in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
| Russia hosts the FIFA World Cup
| The James Webb telescope is launched
| A drug to prevent obesity
| Crossrail opens in London
| The City Circle Line opens in Copenhagen
| The Transbay Transit Center is completed in San Francisco
| Many complex surgeries are performed by robots
| Robot insect spies are in military use
| Ubiquitous internet nodes connect appliances, vehicles, etc.
| Consumer devices with 100 Gbit/s transfer speeds
Scientists drill into Earth's mantle
| The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline is completed in Canada
| The market for biofuels is experiencing a period of rapid growth
| The last of Nigeria's rainforests have been felled
2019
- China's first high-tech stealth fighter enters service
| A new generation of U.S. tanks
| British troops leave Germany
| The ITER experimental fusion reactor is switched on
| The International Linear Collider is completed
| The ExoMars rover touches down on Mars
| The first manned outpost beyond the Moon begins assembly
| The first mission to a gas giant using solar sail propulsion
| Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system is fully operational
| Computers break the exaflop barrier
| Bionic eyes with high resolution are commercially available
| Connected vehicle technology is being deployed in a number of countries
| Automated freight transport
| Lunar-resonant streetlights are appearing in many cities
| US copyright begins to expire, starting with all works from 1923
| Jordan opens its first nuclear power plant
| The East Side Access subway extension opens in New York
| The Aral Sea disappears from the map
| Oil prices are becoming dangerously high
2020
- Generation X is reshaping global politics
| Internet use reaches 5 billion worldwide
| The 5G standard is released
| Texting by thinking
| Complex organ replacements grown from stem cells
| A cure for malaria
| Progress with longevity extension
| Ultra High Definition Television (4320p) is going mainstream
| Holographic TV is going mainstream
| Africa and the Middle East are linked by a trans-continental bridge
| Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) has been significantly expanded
| The first self-sufficient, car-free city in mainland China
| Completion of the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link
| The UK has expanded its offshore grid connections
| Smart meters in every UK home
| Public smoking is banned across every US state
| Mercury pollution has been greatly reduced
| Glacier National Park and other regions are becoming ice-free
| 30,000 drones are patrolling the skies of America
| BepiColombo arrives in orbit around Mercury
| Video games with truly lifelike CGI
2021
- Global average temperatures have risen by 1°C
| Water crisis in southwest USA
| The world's largest insect swarm re-emerges
| Five-year survival rates for breast cancer are approaching 100%
Male birth control pills are entering the market
| The world's first artificial kidney
| Mind reading technology is being deployed for security purposes
| Fully reusable, single-stage-to-orbit spacecraft
| A rapidly changing workforce
| Wireless electricity is reaching critical mass
| Traditional microchips are reaching the limits of miniaturisation
2022
- Solar grid parity has been reached in almost 10% of the US
| Germany phases out nuclear energy
| Qatar hosts the FIFA World Cup
| China's first space station is complete
| The European Extremely Large Telescope is operational
| Water is becoming a weapon of war
| Global reserves of antimony are running out
| Nanotech clothes are growing rapidly in use
| Piezoelectric nanowires are appearing in high-end products
| Deafness is fully curable
2023
- Mars sample return mission
| Asteroid sample return mission
| Laser-driven fusion energy makes progress
| Turkey celebrates its 100th anniversary as an independent republic
| Completion of the London "super sewer"
| A permanent cure for migraine is becoming available
| Borneo’s rainforests have been wiped from the map
| Gorillas are going extinct in Central Africa
2024
- The biggest refugee crisis in world history
| Gay marriage is legal in every US state
| African elephants are going extinct in the wild
| A cure for the common cold is available for general public use
Completion of the Square Kilometre Array
| Petabyte storage devices are available
| The first probe to fly into the Sun's outer atmosphere
2025-2035
- Mouse revival from cryopreservation
2025-2030
- The threat of bioterrorism is peaking
| Some of Britain's most well-known animal species are going extinct
| Rhinos are going extinct in the wild
2025 - Human brain simulations are becoming possible
| Medical nanobots are being developed
| China is becoming highly urbanised
| Vertical farms are common in cities
| Solid waste is reaching crisis levels
| Completion of Masdar City
| Contact with the Voyager probes is lost
| High speed rail networks are being expanded in many countries
| A comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. airspace system is complete
| U.S. fuel economy standards have improved dramatically
| Railguns are in use by the U.S. navy
Stress and anxiety continue to rise
2026
- Aquaculture provides the majority of the world's seafood
| New treatments for Alzheimer’s disease
| Rising sea levels are wreaking havoc on the Maldives
| Global reserves of indium are running out
| Construction of the Sagrada Família is complete
| Robotic hands matching human capabilities
Mars Science Laboratory is shutting down
2027
- The BRICs overtake the G7 nations
| Tokyo and Nagoya are connected by high-speed maglev
Carbon sequestration is underway in many nations
| Peak coal is reached in China
| The Europa Clipper arrives in orbit
2028
- The International Space Station is decommissioned
| Printed electronics are ubiquitous
UK population reaches 70m
| Manned fighter planes are being phased out and replaced with UAVs
Amputees can regrow lost limbs
2029
- Human-like AI is becoming a reality
| Heavy automation of supermarkets and retail environments
| Intelligent advertising
| Global reserves of silver are running out
| Lake Chad disappears from the map
| Madagascar's radiated tortoise is extinct in the wild
| The wreck of the Titanic has decomposed
2030
- Global population is reaching crisis point
| "Smart grid" technology is widespread in developed nations
| The USA is declining as a world power
| The majority of new vehicles are plug-in electric, or hybrids
| AI is widespread
| AIDS, cancer and a number of other diseases are becoming curable
| India becomes the most populous country on Earth
| Full weather modeling is perfected
| Orbital space junk is becoming a major problem for space flight
| Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) reaches the Jovian system
| A new generation of military helicopters
| Hyper-fast crime scene analysis
| Emerging job titles of today
2031
- Much of Bangkok is being abandoned due to flooding
| Global reserves of lead are running out
Web 4.0 is transforming the Internet landscape
| Stem cell pharmacies are commonplace
| Married couples are a minority
| Chocolate has become a rare luxury
2032
– Britain's ash trees have been wiped out by a fungal disease
| Leatherback sea turtles are on the verge of extinction
| China's space station is deorbited
| 4th generation nuclear power
| One-third of Saudi Arabia's electricity comes from solar
| Terabit internet speeds are commonplace
2033 - Manned mission to Mars
| Peak phosphorus is reached
| Hypersonic airliners are entering service
| The final phase of Britain's HS2 rail link is completed
| Holographic wall screens
| Lung disease in China has killed over 80 million by now
| Five-year survival rates for kidney cancer are approaching 100%
2034 - Switzerland phases out nuclear energy
| Exabyte storage devices are available
2035 - Economic decline in the Middle East
| World tin reserves are running out
| The Arctic is becoming ice-free during September
| Self-driving vehicles are widespread
| Holographic recreations of dead people
| Robots are dominating the battlefield
2035-2040
- The final collapse of the European Union
| Russia is a global food superpower
2036
- In-vitro meat is a rapidly growing industry
| Alzheimer’s disease is fully curable
| Bionic eyes surpassing human vision
| Detailed probing and mapping of the Kuiper Belt is underway
2037
- The U.S. Air Force introduces a new stealth bomber
| Quantum computers are widely available
| The world's largest mud volcano stops erupting
2038
Teleportation of complex organic molecules
2039
Full immersion virtual reality
Manufacturing jobs have largely disappeared in the West
Australia's national symbol, the Koala, faces extinction
Five-year survival rates for leukaemia are approaching 100%
The U.S. population reaches 400 million
Extreme heatwaves are commonplace in the U.S.
2040
India's economy is rivalling that of China and the U.S.
Fusion power is nearing commercial availability
"Energy islands" are widespread in coastal regions
Deep ocean mining operations are widespread
Less than two-thirds of the original Congo jungle remains standing
Virtual telepathy is dominating personal communications
Biorepository and genomic information systems are transforming healthcare
Pollen counts have more than doubled
Tobacco has been largely eradicated
Life expectancy for cystic fibrosis reaches 70
Claytronics are revolutionising consumer products
Breakthroughs in carbon nanotube production
China's HSR network has been greatly expanded
Completion of the Northeast Corridor high-speed rail route
2041
— Global average temperatures have risen by 2°C
Annual deaths from cardiovascular disease have reached negligible levels in the U.S.
Orbital solar power is commercially feasible
2042
— Global population reaches 9 billion
White people are a minority in the USA
2043
— The Ross Sea has lost 50% of its summer ice cover
Slovenia closes down its only nuclear power plant
Project MDV Timeline
2014 - Project MDV (Michaelangelo and da Vinci) begins. Sites Bravo (Eureka, GA), Charlie and Delta also founded.
2015 - Eureka, NY founded.
2021 - Advances made in longevity research with mice.
2025-28 - MDV children are born.
2031 - US government raids Project MDV. The children and many of the scientists are evacuated in advance.
2037 - Children begin to regroup at Site Bravo.
2043 - Present day (Children ages 15-18)
Advances (beyond that known of outside of Eureka in order of discover over past 6 years)
Fully autonomous, intelligent military aircraft
Reversible biostasis is available
Robots are a common feature of homes and workplaces
Hi-tech, intelligent buildings are revolutionising the urban landscape
Smaller, safer, hi-tech automobiles
Fully synthetic humans are becoming technically feasible
Handheld MRI scanners
Technology has transformed modern education
Self-assembling buildings made entirely from nanotech
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