Project Genome began Forty years ago in a privately funded facility outside Angel Falls. The original goal was to create a genetically superior being. The research team was comprised of top researchers in fields ranging from biology, to mathematics, to industrial engineering, to business management, to physics, and chemsitry. All were paid well for their time, very well.

The first ten years of the project was nothing but pure research. The team catalogued blood samples from people all over the world, and in time, began to unravel the secrets of the human DNA sequence, the human genome. Years before the rest of the world collectively cracked the human code, Project Genome had done so.

The next several years saw the team catalog every human genome they could. They recorded physical properties and began matching those physical properties with commonalities in the genome. The project funder made sure they had blood samples from all over the world, and by this point in the project over a billion different samples had been collected. The wealth of data was almost too much to sort through. Slowly, the team began to unravel what meant what, what codes affects what traits, and they were ready for phase three.

Not every one of the early tests were successful. No, it wasn't until they had reached the R and S models that the results were what they had hoped for. Trial R was named Ryan and trial S, Sally. What happened to the others? Most didn't make it. Some did, but died quickly or were so mishappen they had to be relieved of their mistery. Some escaped. Some barely seemed human. Ryan and Sally however were like a new Adam and Eve—the beginning of a new branch on the human evolutionary branch.

When Ryan and Sally were only five years old, the first dormant mutations started showing up in the human gene pool. People manifest extraordinary abilities: the could fly, lift incredible weights, ignite things on fire by concentrating, etc. The scientists wondered what they didn't know about the human genetic code. They wondered what was going to happen to Ryan and Sally. They had after all modified their genetic code based on the entirety of the human code across the world.

When the pair first reached puberty, their latent mutations manifested. Sally, already posessing a supremely developed physique, began showing signs of rapidly increasing strength, endurance, and toughness. Over time, the scientists noticed that her skin, bone, and muscle began changing composition. A thin mesh of ultra-strong fibers gradually formed and spread throughout her tissues. At first she was resistant to ordinary attacks such as punches and kicks, but in time the mesh grew stronger and she easily resisted bullets. More recently she was able to take a direct hit from a 3000 lb high explosive battleship round with no effect.

Her most dynamic power is that she can literally see vectors of force that surround her and manipulate them as she chooses. This power is not nearly as potent as her toughness or physical strength, but it provides her incredible flexibility in combat. The maximum force she has registered with this power is about six tons. She has used this ability to fly, project defensive fields of force, levitate and push objects, as well as use it to add extra force to her melee attacks. Against low-powered or low resistance opponents, she often projects beams of force that can prove quite effective.

Power Levels

(retweaked these values to be more in-line with what is written about Soviet Superwoman and Ultrawoman.)

She can bench press about 400 tons and can squat about 650 tons.
Both of these can be increased about 60 tons with her force manipulation powers.
Perhaps her greatest power is her physical toughness. She has easily withstood energies of about 125 billion joules, or roughly 30 tons of TNT. Her upper limit is unknown at this point.


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