Project LOKIBORN

Project LOKIBORN was a research venture at the semi-private-managed 117 Institute into the long-term effects and risks of Spartan-III Gamma Company's neurological augmentations from using trial experiment as simulation subjects. Motivation for the program began in earnest following a marginal increase in Spartan desertions and particular, violent spells/terrorist acts such as Operation: MAD DOG involving Simon-G294.
The program began as early as but was propelled and closed in with the expert acquisition of civilian psychology researcher Dr. Reyna Zhou-Romero, formerly of and , who brought on more recent research to the project. However, in the end, the program findings were found "confusing" and inconclusive.
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==Neurology==
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The Gamma Company-specific augmentation cocktails included three additional drugs:
*Neural-altering non-carcinogenic mutagen (009762-OO)
*Cyclodexione-4, bipolar integration drug (009127-PX)
*Miso-olanzapine (009927-DG)
The primary neural-altering mutagen modified subject brain's frontal lobe to enhance aggressive, "animal-like" responses to extreme stress. The result was greater physical and pain-tolerating feats than average humans, and hypothetically-compared to other Spartan supersoldiers. This allowed Gamma Company's Spartans to push through systematic body shock and continue functioning despite catastrophic injury including loss of limb, blood loss, and major organ failure. The effect is similar to -deployed "," and other combat-enhancing, military "nootropics" investigated over previous centuries.
The other two drugs served as counter-agents to the major "side effects" of the primary mutagen which was known to manifest as "intoxication"-like spells and loss of awareness (particular concerns for friend-or-foe operator error in combat), though the lack of deeper research on long-term effects was not determined due to the expected short lifespans of Spartan-III supersoldiers. Major fears included eventualities for severe psychosis.
==The Project==
Following the resulting 2554 Bombing of Philadelphia from Operation: MAD DOG at the hands of rogue Spartan Simon-G294, the Office of Naval Intelligence unified resources to investigate different cases on rogue and deserting Spartan operatives for common scenarios in incidents. LOKIBORN focused on the investigation of Spartan-III Gamma Company due to the known volatility of their related augmentation drugs.
ONI assigned the project to their Boston office on Earth and contracted civilian research at the 117 Institute, an ONI front organization for pursuing "synergy" with the growing post-war, military-industrial complex...
Notes: "Lokiborn-class artificial intelligence were made from adolescent brains of recently-deceased or in a near-brain-death state acquired by ONI from monetarily-disadvantaged colonial refugees stranded on Earth for government benefits. The brains were subsequently flash cloned, augmented, digitized, and tested under laboratory conditions. After testing for neurological and social behavior changes returned inconclusive, the project was shelved and the AI were wiped of memory, personality and repurposed by related parties."
==Personnel==
===Researchers===
*Dr. Reyna Zhou-Romero
===Test Subjects===
*Althea (ALT 5032-4)
*Grytha (GRA 1194-4)
==See Also==
===Notable Links===
*117 Institute
*Reyna Zhou-Romero
===Literary Appearances===
*Halo: Heaven and Earth/Book One: New Heaven