ALPHA

Alpha is an ancient force, nowadays present in all dwellers of Gen City. Some Gennish has a high level of alpha in their organism, and they can manifest different kinds of powers, like manipulating elements of nature, having super strength, etc. Different Gens, different thinking. Most of the early modern Gennish would use their power at work, but everything changed when the gangs started to realize they could gather and use their alpha to force their opinions over everyone. As the majority of the population was not interested in fighting, fearing for their families, and not actually knowing how to fight, and worst than that, with the gangs getting more and more members, Gen City’s people were afraid.

They didn’t know how to fight that. That’s when Kato and Rory came and you got the story from the League’s foundation part. What people don’t tell often is that all of that was only possible with the invention of a device that could transfer alpha. At that time, Dr. Vee was a scientist studying alpha and its characteristics, he found out that alpha could be transferred. In other words, one could have his alpha levels enhanced, therefore becoming even more powerful for a limited amount of time (Later, he found out that this equation was still incomplete). As long as a Gen spends that alpha, the levels would go back to normal. Then, he developed the one thing that would change everything: the Alpha Transferer — or as he loves to call, the Catkrama (transference in Old High Cätsi).

Vee was a critic of the gangs and the politicians’ system, he knew that if the AT fell in the wrong hands, it would mean the rise o tyranny. He kept his discovery a secret, and then it was when he saw the news about a young tiger and his partner, a big gen bird, who were fighting against the gangs in the streets of Gen City. He heard dwellers cheer for them and others, like an ex-cop and an otter who left the force too. But Vee was too suspicious that he could deliver his device to the wrong person. So he kept his attention on Kato, and one day he managed to meet with him, faking it to be random. Vee introduced himself to Kato and offered him the chance to have all alpha in the world to himself. What would he do with that? He expected Kato to accept that and say he would make things better. But instead, Kato said that he didn’t believe in all of that. Alpha shouldn’t be only in one’s hand but shared among all of them. After that, Vee was Mounconvinced Kato could bring the peace Gen City needed, and then he revealed his device to the tiger. Vee built, in secret, a whole stock of AT and delivered it in the neighborhoods, only to people they trusted (even though they ended up betrayed by some of them). When they had enough Alpha Transferrers, Kato and his partners started the true offensive against the gangs. With more power, they could dismantle the operations of the gangs, which led to an alliance between the gangs to stop the league. They attracted the league to Saint Midas, next to Little Gen Mount, and the Great Battle for Genesis.

**How Alpha Works (The Great Alliance System)**

Alpha is shared using the alpha transferrers created by Vee. Nowadays, people can have one in their houses, but there are also public facilities for alpha transferring for the ones who cannot afford it. This system allows the league to fight villains and be the main force in Genesis City. But this balance is falling apart.

So here's a brief of how alpha works:

* Every living creature is born with a certain amount of alpha;
* Some of them manifest it as powers and special abilities;
* You can use alpha to engage some devices — for example, if you have the power of fire, you could use it to start a forge, work in a company that produces glass, etc. That is especially important for hiring (job opportunities consider that);
* Other Gens use alpha as powers, they want to become heroes, and apply to New Hope University;
* And, of course, there are the villains;
* Vee ranked the levels of Gens based on alpha and got a scale that stated levels going from 1 to 12;
* A Gen can achieve without any interference, level 6. But with sharing, he can get to level 12;
* After level 12, the body rejects the alpha and expels it into the atmosphere;
* As alpha transfer is like blood transfer, you need time to recover from it, and after 24 hours, your levels will naturally get back to normal rates;
* The same happens to the one who received alpha, as long as he spends alpha, that level will decrease, and after 24 hours, even if the Gen didn't spend the alpha, it will be expelled from his body;
* There have been some experiments with synthetic alpha, but it acts like a drug in the organism.