Werm Project

The Werm Project is a secret Antari Bioweapon development team. The only members introduced so far are Rene, Joan, and an unnamed Antari scientist on Key Saychu. The projects goal is to create a non-violent way to control sentient life. Antari society has advanced to the point where interstellar travel has actually become an impediment to progress. The colonizing of increasing amounts of planets has put a strain on the 35 core worlds who have difficulty exerting a unified influence over such a vast empire. Recently insurgents sabotaged the portal system after a brutal civil war. They seemed unwilling to face the Antari military and were resorting to guerilla warfare. Rather than stretch themselves thin looking for the rebels, the Imperial Fleet instead enveloped the planet in a dust cloud later known as the Dust Siege which effectively killed the ecosystem and caused the people to panic and kill each other.

The backlash from this act was immense and the Antari government needed a way to end rebellions without resorting to apocalyptic weapons or hide and seek guerilla tactics. The werms were bio-engineered to be that solution. They were simple organisms that were slow to evolve, easy to release into a population, and once pacified were easy to remove.

In Part 2 Joan reveals that at first the project had noble intentions, to prevent rogue cells from inciting catastrophic war. Before long however, others in the group began to see it as a path to ultimate power. Now the project is getting out of control as the new parasites on earth are threatening to spread uncontrollably. By the time Chloe arrives with her minions on the Antari Research Facility in Part 3 it has become clear that Rene's plans for the werm project will be devastating for Earth and its inhabitants. Rene has the only means of controlling the werms with her "pen" device and also has the backing of Antari Elite commandos. With Joan unable to oppose her she defeats Chloe easily and Chloe is forced into hiding on Seneton.

By means not explained in the story, Joan frees herself and finds the player again in part 4. Once again she is bested, this time being penetrated and ejaculated into which for Antari males changes their gender. Joan finishes part 4 as a female slave to the player.

At the open of part 5 a little more than a year has passed but the verdict is clear - the werm project has been a failure. While successful in enslaving humans the society of werm hosts is falling apart. The werms are not able to function efficiently in maintaining a society. Essential systems such as power, water and transportation are suffering and while certainly an underground movement, there are still uninfected humans that are fiercely resisting werm dominance. Rene is still looking for Chloe although Joan's whereabouts are not known.