head dipping a little towards Haven.
‘I can help you, help you with the GRID ...’
But Durell had turned to leave.
Haven tried to swallow. But his fear denied him the solace of saliva.
The Sleeper Nex moved forward to a series of screams. As Durell closed the door wet cubed chunks of flesh slapped suddenly against the walls, and the snapping and cracking of bones made him take a deep breath and stare down at the small dull ECube gripped in his curled clawed hands.
‘Yes, Mace?’ he said softly.
‘We’ve got your Spiral mole on the q-line. Seems happy enough to supply us with all the info we need on the GRID—he is keen not just to see Spiral die, but to witness the breed pulped into extinction. I think somebody must have upset him.’
‘Is this mole ready to meet?’
‘Yes. Claims to have the coordinates for where we can obtain the SpiralGRID map—and thus put an end to their covert global attacks.’
‘Good,’ said Durell softly, as in the room behind him the Sleeper Nex shook the bloody rag doll of Viktor Haven’s corpse. ‘Because I want those Spiral fuckers exterminated. Permanently.’
Spiral Mainframe
Data log# 12874 [amended]
CLASSIFIED SADt/6778/SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT
Data Request 324#12874
Nex
The Nex Project Nx5
Nicknamed ‘Necros’ or ‘Nex’, the Nx5 Project was pioneered in the 1950s as a response to the Cold War games of the USA and Russia.
The design brief was simple—create a creature that was a blend of insect and human capable of withstanding chemical, biological and nuclear toxins. Using an ancient machine originally discovered by the Nazis, called The Avelach, Skein Blending allowed genetic strands to be spiralled together—woven into an artificial or enhanced creature. When the human was kept dominant then the resulting hybrid had many of the powerful characteristics of an insect—a much-increased strength, agility and speed. An increased pain threshold. A resistance to chemical, biological and radioactive poisons with an incredibly enhanced immune system. Improved thought processes. Some grew external and internal armour to protect organs and bones, and all became incredibly lethal killing machines without remorse. The perfect soldier with an ability to repair itself. Some would say, the perfect human.
Spiral withdrew funding following bad media coverage, several laboratory catastrophes and a growing concern over the morality of the programme.
The Nex, under the deviant control of Durell and his minions, spawned several different variations. A by-product of experimentation was the ScorpNex, or Nx6, but due to serious complications and chemical algorithms, Durell and his scientists found it extremely hard to replicate.
And finally (or originally) came the Sleeper Nex. All info on this creature is highly CLASSIFIED.
After destruction of the QuakeHub, the machine known as The Avelach—which was used in deviant conversions of human to Nex warrior—was taken to a safe storage depot by The Priest, the acting head of SpiralTac. However, it is known that Durell had made many pirate copies of this technologically advanced hardware, and so Spiral cannot rule out continued future production of Nex soldiers.
Keyword SEARCH>> NEX, SAD, SPIRAL_sadt, DURELL, FEUCHTER, QIII, QIV, Avelach, Spiral_NX, Nx5, Nx6, Sleeper Nex, PureBreed
// Also see military texts SPIRAL and QUAKE.
CHAPTER 3
BAD GIG
C arter felt his body relax as the sun sent its rays cascading across the house and fields around him. To either side stood a Nex with a sub-machine gun pointing at his head; behind, the rising wail of the children as they caught sight of the monster out in the sun—and in front of him, tensed and expectant on the dirt road, stood the Sleeper Nex ... one of Durell’s greatest hunters. Greatest killers.
What had The Priest said that night Natasha had died? Back in London, after facing one of these terrible creatures? In his deep and melodious voice he had told Carter how the
‘I can help you, help you with the GRID ...’
But Durell had turned to leave.
Haven tried to swallow. But his fear denied him the solace of saliva.
The Sleeper Nex moved forward to a series of screams. As Durell closed the door wet cubed chunks of flesh slapped suddenly against the walls, and the snapping and cracking of bones made him take a deep breath and stare down at the small dull ECube gripped in his curled clawed hands.
‘Yes, Mace?’ he said softly.
‘We’ve got your Spiral mole on the q-line. Seems happy enough to supply us with all the info we need on the GRID—he is keen not just to see Spiral die, but to witness the breed pulped into extinction. I think somebody must have upset him.’
‘Is this mole ready to meet?’
‘Yes. Claims to have the coordinates for where we can obtain the SpiralGRID map—and thus put an end to their covert global attacks.’
‘Good,’ said Durell softly, as in the room behind him the Sleeper Nex shook the bloody rag doll of Viktor Haven’s corpse. ‘Because I want those Spiral fuckers exterminated. Permanently.’
Spiral Mainframe
Data log# 12874 [amended]
CLASSIFIED SADt/6778/SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT
Data Request 324#12874
Nex
The Nex Project Nx5
Nicknamed ‘Necros’ or ‘Nex’, the Nx5 Project was pioneered in the 1950s as a response to the Cold War games of the USA and Russia.
The design brief was simple—create a creature that was a blend of insect and human capable of withstanding chemical, biological and nuclear toxins. Using an ancient machine originally discovered by the Nazis, called The Avelach, Skein Blending allowed genetic strands to be spiralled together—woven into an artificial or enhanced creature. When the human was kept dominant then the resulting hybrid had many of the powerful characteristics of an insect—a much-increased strength, agility and speed. An increased pain threshold. A resistance to chemical, biological and radioactive poisons with an incredibly enhanced immune system. Improved thought processes. Some grew external and internal armour to protect organs and bones, and all became incredibly lethal killing machines without remorse. The perfect soldier with an ability to repair itself. Some would say, the perfect human.
Spiral withdrew funding following bad media coverage, several laboratory catastrophes and a growing concern over the morality of the programme.
The Nex, under the deviant control of Durell and his minions, spawned several different variations. A by-product of experimentation was the ScorpNex, or Nx6, but due to serious complications and chemical algorithms, Durell and his scientists found it extremely hard to replicate.
And finally (or originally) came the Sleeper Nex. All info on this creature is highly CLASSIFIED.
After destruction of the QuakeHub, the machine known as The Avelach—which was used in deviant conversions of human to Nex warrior—was taken to a safe storage depot by The Priest, the acting head of SpiralTac. However, it is known that Durell had made many pirate copies of this technologically advanced hardware, and so Spiral cannot rule out continued future production of Nex soldiers.
Keyword SEARCH>> NEX, SAD, SPIRAL_sadt, DURELL, FEUCHTER, QIII, QIV, Avelach, Spiral_NX, Nx5, Nx6, Sleeper Nex, PureBreed
// Also see military texts SPIRAL and QUAKE.
CHAPTER 3
BAD GIG
C arter felt his body relax as the sun sent its rays cascading across the house and fields around him. To either side stood a Nex with a sub-machine gun pointing at his head; behind, the rising wail of the children as they caught sight of the monster out in the sun—and in front of him, tensed and expectant on the dirt road, stood the Sleeper Nex ... one of Durell’s greatest hunters. Greatest killers.
What had The Priest said that night Natasha had died? Back in London, after facing one of these terrible creatures? In his deep and melodious voice he had told Carter how the
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