Setting: A Hidden Laboratory in Colonial Congo, 1920s
In the shadows of the Congo rainforest during the height of Belgian colonial rule, a secretive lab operates under the auspices of a powerful European pharmaceutical cartel. Ostensibly researching vaccines to combat sleeping sickness and other tropical diseases, the lab hides its true purpose: a covert bioengineering program known as The Genesis Protocol.
The program is led by Dr. Ernst Lammers, a brilliant but morally ambiguous virologist who dreams of creating a controllable pathogen capable of reshaping humanity. He believes he can forge a "new evolution" by combining traits from primates and humans, building an organism that can rewrite genetic destiny.
The Experiment
Dr. Lammers and his team have access to advanced tools far beyond what 1920s science should allow. Whispers in the scientific community suggest these technologies were reverse-engineered from artifacts found in ancient African ruins—artifacts some believe were not of terrestrial origin. Among these tools is a device capable of fusing genetic material at a molecular level.
The team begins experimenting with viruses extracted from local chimpanzees. Using retroviruses as a framework, they splice human DNA fragments into the viral genome. Their goal is to create a pathogen that can integrate itself into host DNA, inducing targeted mutations they can control. Unbeknownst to most of the team, Lammers has a darker ambition: to create a weaponized virus to pacify "undesirable" populations under colonial rule.
The Unintended Creation
Months of experiments yield a prototype virus, but it is unstable and fails to infect test subjects consistently. Frustrated, Lammers orders more aggressive trials, infecting local chimpanzees and even human prisoners captured by the colonial authorities. The resulting virus, designated Variant-1, exhibits an alarming ability to spread rapidly and integrate into host DNA. However, the mutations it triggers are unpredictable, leading to immune collapse in its hosts.
When one infected prisoner escapes into the surrounding jungle, Lammers panics. He realizes the virus could spread uncontrollably if it reaches the human population. He orders the lab and all its experiments destroyed, but his assistants, horrified by his unethical methods, rebel. In the chaos, Lammers disappears, and the lab burns to the ground. Variant-1 is thought to have perished with it.
The Cover-Up
The pharmaceutical cartel, desperate to hide the truth, blames the lab's destruction on an anti-colonial uprising. They classify all records of The Genesis Protocol, ensuring no evidence of the virus or its creation remains. Over the next few decades, the cartel uses its influence to suppress rumors and eliminate witnesses.
The Silent Spread
Unbeknownst to anyone, Variant-1 survives. The escaped prisoner, a carrier of the virus, returns to their village. The virus begins circulating silently, spreading between humans and chimpanzees through hunting, meat consumption, and blood exposure. For decades, the virus remains a localized, slow-burning infection.
By the 1980s, global interconnectedness and the rise of urbanization in Africa accelerate the spread of what is now known as HIV-1. The world attributes its origins to natural zoonotic transmission, but some researchers uncover faint hints of the lab's existence buried in colonial archives.
Modern-Day Discovery
In 2024, a team of virologists analyzing ancient virus samples in Congo uncovers fragments of genetic sequences in HIV-1 that don't match any natural viruses. The sequences show signs of human intervention—specific mutations that could only have been engineered. The discovery points directly to the Genesis Protocol.
A whistleblower releases this information, igniting a firestorm. Conspiracy theorists, governments, and pharmaceutical companies scramble to control the narrative. As evidence mounts, survivors of the cartel's influence emerge, revealing cryptic diaries from Lammers that hint at alien involvement in the original experiments.
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