Since the discovery of life forms on Jupiter's moon Europa in the early history of humanity's stellar exploration, efforts were made to study these life forms in greater detail. For decades, only rudimentary analyses could be performed until the invention of Frame Shift Drives (FSD), which allowed traversal of the solar system and brought us one step closer to FTL travel.
Project Horizon was launched with the aim of establishing a permanent colony on Europa. A colony ship, predominantly composed of engineers, scientists, biologists, and chemists, set off from Earth in the year 2106. The discoveries that followed were extraordinary. The life form initially detected in the scans that
Further investigations revealed that these creatures themselves resembled life forms from Earth and followed a similar evolutionary path. However, at some point in their evolutionary cycle, an organic substance secreted from all established biomes had modified them—now known as Sigum Alpha – 148. This substance was studied and experimented on by the colonists under the supervision of professor Maria Alvarez, now calling themselves G’ool, and it was found to be a form of DNA enhancer that allowed organisms to modify their bodies to handle environments, produce bio-organic material for construction, as well as sustenance. Due to the remote nature of the outpost Professor Maria started an initiative that would lead to the creation of organisms that were made using both human and Alpha - 148 DNA that can work as a labor force to carry out menial tasks and would have limited intellect.
Human experimentation began, and the results were promising, with test subjects exhibiting increased resistances, strength, and cellular modifications at will to adapt to environments. The changes didn't stop there; once Sigum Alpha – 148 bonded with its host, it began an internal evolution at a geometric rate. The colony of G’ool was no more, replaced by something new.
A highly evolved caste of organisms connected to Sigum Alpha – 148, working as one, under the ever-watchful eye of Professor Maria and her team. now with the capability to scavenge inorganic materials and add them to the ever-growing hive.
