

Instead, infested victims were larger, stronger… and driven by hunger. However, unlike most genetic failures, these symptoms were not fatal. These larvae penetrated the bloodstream and triggered a variety of genetic failures. These parasites, we call them "Alpha-worms", laid dozens of eggs inside their hosts, which in turn produced numerous larvae. A previously unidentified species of hook worm was found beneath the skin of the Ground: ALPHA specimens.

These victims displayed signs of internal liquefaction and accelerated necrosis, similar to symptoms of other flesh-eating viruses native to that region.īut it wasn't a viral outbreak.

Victims of the attack were quarantined at a research facility nearby. Only four were successfully contained for study. Eight specimens were encountered in the region now referred to as "Ground:ALPHA". These rabid creatures were easily provoked and resistant to conventional attack. While investigating reports of unlawful weapons trafficking, peacekeeping forces encountered an unclassified carnivorous species occupying a small village in Northern Africa.
