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However, the Searchlight complex had the necessary accommodations for the subject. Heads of mutant research have long been resistant to terminating DEU-K-00009 for the subject's considerable worth in genetic research. In vitro impregnation of human oocytes with semen harvested from the subject consistently results in zygotes with mutant DNA, a stunning figure given the standard 56% success rate. Studies on this subject could certainly provide considerable insight to the factors which cause mutants to be formed in otherwise healthy families. Indeed, for the worth as genetic stock alone, one could argue DEU-K-00009's worth. Within the Searchlight facility, however, this writer discovered a secondary use for the mutant; and may have unlocked the secret to utilizing its powers within an experimental setting. The observational data (Attachment C) will assist in the board members' understanding of the further uses of DEU-K-00009 within our research.

Searchlight was initiated to locate new mutants for use in medical, defensive, and scientific research. Early in the development of the project, my colleagues and I anticipated our facility may by necessity become a layover point for mutants not yet selected by universities or research firms, and with this in mind a considerable habitat was built. My interest in the upcoming field of mutant behavior is no secret, so I will make it clear to the board now: it was always my intent to create a "community" of subjects. While it appears mutants socialize normally within our own human families and communities prior to the actualization of their mutations, there has been little research regarding intraspecies interactions. The preliminary findings with GBR-M-00001 and USA-P-00020--and the resistance of GBR-M-00001 at the time to utilize Searchlight's apparatus--had my colleagues and I wondering if the formation of a mutant community may contribute to docility and stabilize the population of experimental subjects.

With this in mind, the main complex was retrofitted to ensure security and staff safety with the introduction of DEU-K-00009. As can be heard on the enclosed tapes, it became readily apparent to us when DEU-K-00009 first awoke in the facility that the subject had never been socialized with other mutants, and indeed believed itself an isolated experiment. It may be that many of DEU-K-00009's behavioral problems stem from the conventional practice of isolating or destroying K-type mutants, when many of the dangers presented by these mutants can be minimized through environmental control and proper use of standard containment protocol.

The use of C6-290 collars and the minimization of human trappings were successfully pioneered at Searchlight. Keeping subjects docile to experimental procedures can be easily facilitated by such simple interventions as removing clothing from the subject environment, though care must naturally be taken to keep the environs at a climate appropriate to the mutants. It was hoped, initially, that the introduction of DEU-K-00009 may result in the eventual impregnation of USA-P-00020 (an event which has since been brought about by artificial insemination from USSR P-type stock), but as the tapes show, the socialization of mutants is very different indeed from that of proper humans.

DEU-K-00009 did further stabilize GBR-M-00001. As abhorrent as the mating may be morally, the apparent pack hierarchy needs of mutants were fulfilled with DEU-K-00009. The potential implications of the mating are limitless--that there is likely a genetic mutation which causes human homosexuality brings medicine one step further toward a cure--and extensive research is still required. From preliminary studies, however, it appears sexually mature mutants may mate without regard to gender, and evaluate mating purely on perceived power of mutation. DEU-K-00009 is an exceedingly powerful subject, and while GBR-M-00001 presents with superior commercial use at this time, observation shows GBR-M-00001 to fill the role as the beta member of the NA-01 tribe.