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- Intent: A new tool designed to tinker with genomes.
- Image Source: DNA - HUD, by Victor Genest
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Bioengineering | AN-01 "Ambertear" Exowomb
- Manufacturer: The Globex Corporation | The Primyn Group
- Affiliation: Closed-Market (Paradigm Aurek) | Open-Market (Paradigm Besh)
- Model: AN-X1 "Paradigm" Genetic Matrix
- Modularity: Insignificant due to DRM.
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Code, Processors, Digitised Genetic Samples.
- A Paradigm Genetic Matrix is a specialised bioengineering tool designed to automate simpler tasks (such as generating viable templates for smaller clone production runs with minimal sentient supervision and making cheaper designer babies) while also being useful for those with an interest in pushing the limits of possibility - especially if they can get their hands on Paradigm Aurek and its unrestricted functions.
- While not counted amongst its core functions, a genetic matrix can be used for general genome charting, e.g., by using the very same criteria used to identify undesirable traits to locate genetic flaws - the first step towards alleviating, say, an inheritable disease.
- Clay to the Potter: A genetic matrix is equal parts a database and a tool to process it; amongst its many purposes are the randomisation of data around key characteristics to produce specialised not-quite-clones, crafting designer babies by isolating beneficial or undesirable traits, and even, in especially competent hands, create entirely new species/hybrids using genetic material from ones with desirable traits. (This latter use would, of course, need to adhere site rules - see, e.g., the current requirement to submit certain hybrids to the Codex.)
- Legislative Limitations: It is no secret that such technologies are controversial in some jurisdictions (and worldviews); to alleviate a potential public outcry and to stave off unfortunate incidents, Paradigm Besh, available to all paying customers, is heavily curtailed and loaded up with a slew of safeguards against dangerous or unethical modifications to sentients. Even this variant is occasionally illegal, however.
- Genetic Complexities: A genetic matrix is a useful tool, to be sure - but it is just that, a tool. Simple tasks like generating randomised templates for the purposes of mass-cloning or analysing the genetic material of two future parents for particularly desirable or undesirable traits can largely be automated (assuming sufficient processing power), but more specialised tasks require more specialised competence.
Equal parts software and technique, Globex's new genetic matrices are set to revolutionise the megacorporation's approach to healthcare, especially in conjunction with its new exowombs. Not long after their safety was determined, the corporation began offering the use of this combination free-of-charge to its employees - after all, maternity leave is costly and ongoing pregnancy can be a detriment to performance.
Additionally, Globex's Board of Directors is quite eager to normalise commercial bioengineering, further strengthening the policy's support.
Hardly relegated to ensuring viable offspring, genetic matrices are used for creating templates for cloning (in jurisdictions where such an act is legal), significantly altering the genome of high-end designer babies, and crafting stranger things yet, including the occasional hybrid species.
