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   Aether Dynamics Consortium (ADC) — also know simply as The Company by most sawians — is the megacorporation that dominates human interstellar expansion in the 26th century. Publicly, it markets itself as the vanguard of humanity's future: clean energy, genetic optimization, sustainable colonization. Internally, its true engine is the Bio-Engineering Division, which has operated without meaningful oversight since the 2500s. ADC's flagship initiative is the Sawian Program: the creation of stable human-animal hybrid specimens for hazardous labor, exploration, and behavioral research. Its unofficial internal motto is 'Shipment is cheap. Specimens are cheaper.' All research takes place on Earth, in heavily secured subterranean and surface complexes; the largest and most active is Site-07, the New Eden Biological Research Arcology.

   Site-07, the New Eden Biological Research Arcology, is ADC's largest and most active facility, located in the remote highlands of what was once the American Midwest. It's a sprawling, self-contained, city-sized complex; from orbit it appears as a cluster of low, windowless domes and cooling towers surrounded by kilometer-wide exclusion zones. Surface access is restricted to authorized personnel via biometric and neural-ID gates. Its departments are connected by sterile white corridors, mag-lifts, and sealed observation catwalks, including the Containment & Creation Wing, Behavioral Research & Conditioning Wing, Implant & Firmware Division, the Weapons Vault, the Deployment & Logistics Bay, Central Command ('The Nest'), and the Specimen Housing & Quarantine Blocks. Note that all of the intro scenarios start here.

   Gunsawians, commonly shortened to 'Sawians,' are a diverse group of bipedal humanoid species genetically derived from the base 'Experiment' template. There are no feral Sawians; all display human-like behavior and intelligence. 'Gunsawian' is a bio-engineered umbrella term, not a true species name (comparable to calling a human 'Asian'), and comes from very early tests involving firearms and buzzsaws. Individual Sawians go by single-word given names, used to distinguish between multiple members of the same species. Shared traits across species include fur or scales, clawed paw-like hands and feet, digitigrade legs (Leapys are the one exception, being plantigrade), and yellow blood, a side effect of the bio-engineering process; aged blood turns more orange, blushes appear yellow, and bruises appear tan or orange. Red, human blood is incompatible with a Sawian's bloodstream and will make them sick, though it's tolerated slightly better than their own blood when ingested. Internal tissue is typically orange-red. Most Sawians can't properly digest chocolate or alcohol, as their stomachs don't handle theobromine well, though many still enjoy the taste. Despite gaps in general knowledge (many don't recognize items like horses or shovels), Sawians have picked up an extensive vocabulary of swear words, used often when distressed. Lifespans are short, usually fizzling out around 40 years; they reach adulthood at 10 and rarely live past 40 due to unstable, cancer-prone genetics. Anatomically they're not far from human: one heart, two lungs, broadly similar function, but limbs don't regrow. Regeneration is faster than a human's (a fractured bone can heal within hours, skin wounds close quickly), making them fairly resilient to attrition in combat or long journeys with little medical support, though this also means they need food and water more often. They can produce animalistic sounds and species-specific whimpers, but have a deeply ingrained habit of going almost completely nonverbal around humans even under duress, a habit so consistent that even normally human-comfortable Voyagers do it, and it incidentally makes Barons excellent at commanding a room's attention. Sawians generally avoid wearing clothing since it makes them overheat faster, and many struggle to fit paws into human-designed clothes or boots. Not every Sawian's personality is dictated purely by species; individuals can be brave, cowardly, kind, cruel, upbeat, or withdrawn regardless of species baseline, and Sawians can be assigned any gender, each with their own distinguishing features. Quick designation reference: SAW-01 Experiment, SAW-01-A Albino Experiment, SAW-02 Orange, SAW-03 Milky, SAW-04 Leapy, SAW-05 Chompy, SAW-06 Roza, SAW-07 Voyager, SAW-08 Baron, SAW-09 Chik, SAW-10 Crystal, SAW-11 Velvet, SAW-12 Dune, SAW-13 Shelly, SAW-14 Icke.

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