Project Kumeran

Project Kumeran was an extremely secretive BioCorp project to reverse-engineer the biology of the alien Ir'vaki species. It involved the torture and dissection of three Ir’vaki diplomats shot down by Paradigm in a secret agreement with the organisation, and the artificial growth of several Ir’vaki specimens under controlled conditions in an attempt to create a subservient entity with extremely powerful psionic abilities. It is known widely as one of the greatest corporate atrocities of the 22nd Century.

Legacy

The project’s existence later became known to Raven, but it was not known to the public before it incited the Ir'vaki Conflict. As part of the race’s demands during humanity's surrender, thousands of BioCorp personnel involved in the project were forcibly extradited to the Ir’vaki homeworlds for trial. BioCorp was also heavily sanctioned by the Coalition and raided by Raven for its violations of Dimensional Security Accords, which caused severe damage to the corporation and caused its share prices to significantly drop. As a result of the origin of wetware computers in Ir’vaki biology, the technology remains extremely controversial and is banned today in some countries.