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Synth name/Designation: “EXP-BIOTIC-VB1”
Species: Xenotherium Subservilia
Height: Varies
Width: Varies
Purpose: Experimental control over Vortessence
Armaments: 1x Synthetic Legs, 1x Modified Claws, 2x Vortessence Focusers
Variants (If Any): None on record
Year of Appearance: 2019 (Present)
Summary/Lore: From the corrupted minds of CPRD officials to a fully sanctioned and approved project- The Vortigaunt Synthetic was born out of pure twisted thoughts and feelings, an experiment going far beyond that which is normal. Once Biotics were used to harness the power of the Vortessence for batteries, charging the Combine's technology and keeping it well-powered without supplies from the Homeworld, but now turned beyond batteries into abominations. These walking chunks of both flesh and metal have lost their sanity and succumbed to the Combine's control over their mind.
Such an abomination only consists of a 0.4% success rate with most test subjects succumbing to their injuries and mental ailments that they can no longer function, fewer get away and escape these torturous hell pits of a lab- warning their kin to proceed no further.
Those who undergo transformation are still indeed Vortigaunts at heart- that will never change… but their memories are clouded- thoughts snatched up by OCIN and their biological movement and bodily functions overridden by the machine on their flesh, causing immense mental pain. Even if one was to be freed from their Synthetic chains- they could never go back to normal lives as their Vortessence connection is severed, without it, they are blind… lost even- some say that those free scream aloud each night- gnawing in immense pain and agony as their body withers away from their past- tormented souls lost forever among the Earth.