ParasiteTests


 * EXCERPT FROM NE-BETA PARASITE LABORATORY TESTS
 * (CODENAME: NE-Β)


 * DAY 7


 * Experiments on the new parasite continue to uncover startling results.
 * Our initial tests proved that the parasite itself is incredibly weak.
 * Only a small amount of damage from a handgun, from a flamethrower and
 * even from cutting weapons can kill it quite easily. Although of course
 * it must be stated that the parasites were defenseless as we carried out
 * these tests. I for one would not like to take on a mobile parasite with
 * nothing but a knife.


 * However, today, events took a startling turn.


 * To determine the parasite’s effectiveness in combat, we introduced a
 * fully t-virus infected humanoid specimen into the test area to determine
 * if it had some unforeseen combat abilities.


 * As expected, the specimen did not attack the parasite (it is not
 * composed of ‘flesh’ after all). But, considering the parasite’s
 * previously exhibited aggression, we were surprised to note that it did
 * not attack the infected humanoid either.


 * Instead it seemed to ‘sample’ the air, before moving behind the
 * specimen. It then launched itself at the back of the specimen and with
 * one flick of its pincers decapitated it where it stood. Instead of
 * falling to the ground, it remained standing, swaying slowly from side to
 * side while the parasite seemed to be feasting from its neck stump.


 * Although this is extremely fascinating, we cannot currently explain this
 * behavior.


 * Trials will continue.


 * Dr. Turner


 * EXCERPT FROM NE-BETA PARASITE LABORATORY TESTS
 * (CODENAME: NE-Β)


 * DAY 13


 * The parasite is now controlling the specimen!
 * We initially believed the parasite was feasting on the juices from
 * within the specimen’s carcass, sucking them up a number of
 * proboscis-like tubes. But as we continued the trials and extended the
 * duration periods the results were staggering.


 * In truth, the parasite was hacking straight into the infected’s central
 * nervous system, straight into its spinal column and controlling it
 * directly. The parasite effectively became it’s ‘brain’. Or, as one of my
 * colleagues put it, the parasite is driving the specimen like a
 * two-legged vehicle.


 * We have observed the parasitic couple nearly all day today, and there
 * seems to be no further developments.


 * Dr. Turner


 * EXCERPT FROM NE-BETA PARASITE LABORATORY TESTS
 * (CODENAME: NE-Β)


 * DAY 22


 * Again the parasite has surprised us.


 * One of our armed security men accompanied one of my colleagues into the
 * parasite’s cell to retrieve some tissue samples. What happened next
 * shocked us all. The parasite-humanoid appeared to wait until they were a
 * couple of steps into the cell before it made an aggressive maneuver
 * towards them – almost running. Before the security guard had chance to
 * react, the parasitically-bonded specimen had lifted him off his feet and
 * hurled him against the bars.


 * My colleague was just as unfortunate, as the parasite’s pincers tore the
 * top half of her body from the bottom.


 * Unbelievable. The “parasite zombie” was demonstrably faster and stronger
 * than its zombie host or the parasite itself.


 * Tomorrow we shall try to remove the parasite from the zombie to
 * understand how it can animate the specimen so effectively.


 * Dr. Turner


 * EXCERPT FROM NE-BETA PARASITE LABORATORY TESTS
 * (CODENAME: NE-Β)


 * DAY 28


 * The more the NE-Beta Parasite is studied, the more impressive it becomes
 * on every level. Today showed that the parasite is doing much more than
 * just ‘driving’ the specimen – it has made it much tougher than it ever
 * was before.


 * We decided on a course of action to remove the parasite from the zombie.
 * We believed the most obvious course was to attempt to destroy the
 * zombie’s legs, leaving the parasite host with no method of locomotion.


 * It soon became clear however that the specimen was now almost completely
 * impervious to damage! Small arms fire, machine guns, flamethrowers and
 * even a frag grenade had minimal effect on the host as well as the
 * parasite, which continued to search for ways to get its pincers on its
 * attackers.


 * During today’s activities we lost two more security guards and another
 * research aid – but they were sacrifices worth making as they revealed
 * another offensive weapon the “parasite zombie” has at its disposal.


 * As these three entered the cell, the parasite began spraying a strange
 * substance onto them – an acrid bile that instantly slowed their progress
 * as they began coughing and gasping for air. With its perceived threat
 * incapacitated it was only a matter of seconds before the unfortunate
 * trio lay dead.


 * This spray attack also had another characteristic however. We noticed
 * that while the three guinea pigs were covered in the bile, all of our
 * test subjects in nearby holding areas became extremely agitated,
 * throwing themselves against the wall closest to the bile-covered trio in
 * order to break through and get to them. It was also noted by some of my
 * colleagues that they did this with an urgency and strength not usually
 * noted.


 * It seems that this substance, whatever it proves to be, has some kind of
 * stimulating effect on other B.O.W.s and is of course something we need
 * to study further.


 * Dr. Turner


 * EXCERPT FROM NE-BETA PARASITE LABORATORY TESTS
 * (CODENAME: NE-Β)


 * DAY 36


 * I will be taking over this record from today as the Doctor was
 * unfortunately killed this morning.


 * The parasite and specimen itself were finally killed today as well. The
 * method was simple: whilst it fed on a fresh body (the unfortunate
 * Doctor), we attacked the parasite itself from behind. Concentrated fire
 * killed it, at which point the exhausted specimen body was also
 * destroyed.


 * Obviously this is just the start of our studies.


 * Professor Dalwin