Human Chimera Project

Sometime during the events of MOTHER 3, a hidden section of the Chimera Labs was working on a secret project-- several secret projects, in fact. The "Human Chimera Project" consisted of cloned humans with psychic powers, meant to be used as weapons of mass destruction. Most of the artificial humans were failures; whenether being living impaired, disloyal to the Army, or just plain unstable. Before the events of M3's endgame, they had their memories repressed (and, in one case, wiped entirely) and were put into cryogenic storage. A small handful of the experiments ended up attempting to live normal lives, putting their pasts behind them. The known survivors of the Project are:


 * Kurousu, a female Claus clone.


 * Tank Dejon, a clone of Fuel.


 * Vincent Dejon, unknown.


 * Valerie Dejon, a backup clone of Vincent.


 * Katietora, a clone of Kumatora.

Exactly where the inspiration from the project came from is unclear; possibly someone just got bored one day. They do seem to have one thing in common, though-- the PHASE system, which allows a Human Chimera to push themselves to their limits-- and beyond-- at the cost of their sanity and possibly even their life. The known Phases are Phase II and III, as well as the "special" Phases Vincent is able to use. There is also overPHASE, a glitch discovered by accident. Any Human Chimera that reaches overPHASE becomes an unstoppable monster, driven to insanity. Their power becomes so immense that it tears their body apart; they can no longer identify friend from foe, and will most likely destroy anything until they're knocked out, pass out on their own.. or die. If a Human Chimera is spotted in overPHASE, it's best to evacuate immediately or risk being killed.

Oddly enough, it seems that Vincent has more control over his Phases than the others, whereas Katietora is constantly Phased and is stopped from advancing in level only by special restraints. There are also rumors that Joseph, the son of Kurousu and Tank, has unstable Phases and may slip into Phase III or overPHASE without warning.