CHIMERANS

CHIMERANS - Who & What They Are
Chimerans (Kie-Mair-Anz) were genetically engineered to be the last word in High-Threat Deterrent Forces. They were made, engineered from the finest Human DNA that could be had, cleansed of anything detrimental, then that DNA was carefully modified using carefully selected elements from the DNA of Canine, Feline, Avian and Arachnoid species using custom entirely synthetic DNA to close the gaps and complete the strand.

There were two types;

Males; ARES Units

Females; ARTEMIS Units

The ARES Units were built for open-field, straight-up Battlefield Dominance. Big, strong and incredibly tough with limitless endurance while being able to handle the worst conditions imaginable.

ARTEMIS Units were built for Special Forces type activity. Covert Warfare and the like. While considerably stronger than a Human being, they were built more for stealth, speed and agility.

The two Unit types were meant to work in-concert with each other as well as independently and the first test deployments saw results and efficiency far beyond even the most optimistic projections. The United Alliance of Confederated Systems quickly began using them to secure their power over troublesome 'rogue' colonies.

Word spread quickly, and colonies that had been tempted to secceds or remain independent from UACS authority capitulated rather than have a task force of Chimerans dropped on them.

Twenty years after the end of the 'Colonial Restructuring Annexation' the Chimerans were seen as 'useless' as there was now no longer any genuine need for them. Conventional military was more than capable of handling peace-keeping duties--no one needed the Chimerans anymore.

Scheduled for Decommissioning, the Chimerans were slated for the same fate as any other obsolete weapons system. The difference was that this was a weapons system that could think for itself and had been built too well.

Fifteen thousand Chimerans revolted, and declared war on Humanity--a war that nearly took Humanity back to Pre-Transistor levels of development.The Chimerans had been given a comprehensive education in war, Human history, and had learned well. They went after the infrastructure. Power, water, food, medical--all of these became the prime targets in the opening days of the war and threw the entire Human population of the UACS into blind panic as the essetial day-to-day systems that billions of people on each world relied on started failing.

This kept the UACS forces tied up in trying to deal with a panicked and rioting population across dozens of worlds while the Chimerans moved like shadows and continued taking out more and more of Humanity's ability to maintain order and threw day-to-day survival of the very civilization into question.