Clones

The room was dark and dank, lit only vaguely by the numerous tubes that filled it, each filled with a luminescent blue liquid, humanoid shapes at different levels of development floating inside. Marcus walked through the area slowly, checking on each body as he passed over them, evaluating their form and progression as they developed. He had begun his experiments several years ago, but it had only been recently that they had truly begun to make any progress in them. However, one day he would assuredly be capable of growing new people, and once the bodies were prepared, he would begin to begin developing the technology necessary to upload and download a person's consciousness both to and from a database and the new bodies.

He had found that excessive amounts of light were damaging to the bodies as they grow, so rather than turn off the lights, he had removed them entirely, so as to prevent any mistakes being made. The luminescence from the tubes provided enough light for him to do his work and keep the area clean, and he had long since taken to recording his findings by voice rather than writing them down. It was cleaner and faster, and while it meant that he had to listen through them any time he wished to review his notes, it also ensured that all information remained in context.

It was not by any means a mass-production thing. The process was slow and costly. It was likely something he would offer only to those he believed worthy, or those who were willing to pay the price for it all. Preferably not the latter, but he would not be one to pass up the funding. He could only maintain at his current pace for so long. Granted, he could steal supplies - it wouldn't be the first time - but he preferred not to take those manner of risks if at all possible. He had nearly been caught more than once. He was a scientist, not a rogue.

He had failed many times over, but one of his latest bodies was soon to be harvested. A month, at most, and it would be prepared. If it managed to survive outside of its tube, than he would be able to test is physical capabilities. Mental was irrelevant - the only use of its brain was to act as a holding cell.

Once he had a body he could work with, the real work could begin.

And then he would be able to create a new human race.