บท 80: V.1-C.80│Transformation II│

Anakin was next sent to Barlok to monitor the overbearing Jedi Knight Jorus C'baoth and his timid Padawan, Lorana Jinzler, in their negotiation mission between the Corporate Alliance and the Barlok.

Unbeknownst to the Jedi but not to Anakin, Kinman Doriana, on behalf of Darth Sidious, had planned for the negotiation to work splendidly in C'baoth's favor, gaining him enough prestige to go ahead with his pet project, Outbound Flight.

Anakin was sent to observe the self-proclaimed Jedi Master C'baoth on this extra-galactic venture, at least until the Outbound Flight's last stop within the known galaxy.

The hardheaded and arrogant C'baoth would not listen to Anakin, and was satisfied when he disembarked the venture on Outbound Flight's last stop, Roxuli.

The original liked the way C'baoth did things, his leadership and all but that didn't mean he did as well.

Anakin couldn't let these people die, especially not the timid padawan, Lorana Jinzler. At first it was Obi-Wan who had gone to there and negotiated and had a conversation with the Jedi onboard but he had failed around two years ago.

Now it was Anakin's turn and with having his droids already onboard he will be able to intercept whatever is going to happen next. What he specifically wants to do is let those who need to die, die and save the rest.

That was exactly what he did.

What was especially important was Lorana Jinzler, because she would become his first member of the new organization he was building for Force-sensitives. An experiment of sorts.

She would come under his command where for now she would be kept on the planet of Tatooine under the care of his mother. She easily accepted even though she was timid, in fact it was her personality that made it all the easier to have her under his command.

The people on the project easily also capitulated and decided to become apart of his people. The rest were hopeless, the Jedi that went aboard and whatever other people that were not all that good. There was a screening process.

Of course he didn't want the Jedi onboard because that would be dangerous, he would be unable to convince them and his first subject, Lorana is already a stretch. So he had to send those who were good safely back to the temple on Coruscant.

He did all of this before they became ambushed.

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After his mission for the Outbound Flight project Anakin had some time off as there was nothing else for him to do. Most of the missions he was meant to go on with Obi-Wan as his apprentice didn't happen.

Some missions he did on his own while some he was accompanied by others.

Not alot of missions were helpful to him and were only helpful to either the Republic or Jedi but he benefited every now and then.

It was a new year again and thing had been progressing, he had also decided to take Barriss as his first apprentice because why not. This also lead to her learning a great deal from him and within a few years, possibly before the battle of Geonosis would he have her become a Knight.

Not that any of that really mattered but he couldn't have her under him all the time.

He was currently fourteen years of age meaning that he could finally take on the next implant to do with the Sky-Seed.

The Catalepsean Node is the 6th of the 19 Sky-Seed organs that would be implanted into him. This organ is implanted into the back of the cerebrum, just above the brain stem.

When deprived of sleep for a long period of time, the Catalepsean Node would 'cut in' upon detecting a rise in his stress and fatigue hormones. This allows Anakin to consciously 'switch off' sections of the brain sequentially, while remaining awake and alert.

This ability comes at a price, as prolonged use of this ability can be hazardous, possibly inducing hallucinations or even psychosis. This implant bears a resemblance to an ancient scientific theory as to how cetaceans known as 'Bottlenose Dolphins' 'sleep.'

Shutting off sections of their brain while remaining awake and alert through the active use of the other sections.

Yet he cannot go too long without actual rest, even with all the upgrades he had been doing to himself. Whether that be through the Force or otherwise.

Anakin started to think about his progress with the Andooweel system which had successfully come under the Skywalker banner and it had been doing well. Droids are quite the useful resource.

Then another had passed by with not much development except when it came to himself which again allowed him to introduce even more of the implants that the Kaminoans had worked on for him.

In what would have been known as 26 BBY in an alternate future Anakin would go through yet another surgery to include even more implants designed with the sole purpose of increasing his capabilities.

He had also finally become his full height, towering above alot of others and it was quite the weird contrast when comparing himself the the girls around himself. 2 meters is a very tall height.

The Preomnor is the 7th of the 19 Sky-Seed organs that were implanted into Anakin. The Preomnor is essentially a second or 'pre-stomach' spliced into the Human digestive system above the original stomach that allows Anakin to eat otherwise poisonous or completely indigestible materials.

The Preomnor is capable of biochemically analyzing ingested materials and neutralizing most known biochemical and inorganic toxins, and many others that remain unknown save for their toxic effects. Deadly poisons are either neutralized or isolated from the digestive tract by the Preomnor.

The Preomnor can also be isolated from the rest of the digestive tract to deal with particularly toxic substances that Anakin may simply vomit back up later. Often these extracted toxins are rerouted and then molecularly stored in the Betcher's Gland for future usage.

Then there was the Omophagea, the 8th of the 19 genetically-engineered Sky-Seed organs that were implanted into Anakin. The Omophagea is implanted into the spinal cord and then wired into the central nervous system so that it is directly attached to the cerebral cortex and to the stomach.

It allows him to gain apart of an individual person's or creature's memory by eating its flesh. This special organ is implanted between the thoracic vertebrae and the stomach wall and is designed to absorb information and any DNA, RNA or protein sequences related to experience or memory.

In fact within his previous world stuff like this was sort of real but obviously not capable to the extent this implant was capable of and the only reason this was possible was because of the Force and the original creator being obsessed with evolution of the Human race.

This implant thus allows him to literally 'learn by eating.' Four new nerve bundles are also implanted connecting the spine and the stomach wall. The Omophagea transmits the gained information to Anakin's brain as a set of memories or experiences.

This enables him to gain information, in a survival or tactical sense, simply by eating an animal indigenous to an alien world and then experiencing some of what that creature did before its death.

By some estimations by the Kaminoans though is that it is possible over time, mutations in this implant's Sky-Seed could give some or even himself an unnatural craving for blood or flesh. That is of course it mutates in a way that is detrimental.

Next is the Multi-lung, the 9th of the 19 genetically engineered Sky-Seed organs that were implanted into Anakin. The Multi-lung is a third lung implanted into his pulmonary and circulatory systems in the chest cavity that is able to absorb oxygen from environments usually too poor in oxygen to allow normal Human respiratory functioning.

Breathing is accomplished through a sphincter implanted into the trachea, allowing all three lungs to be used at full capacity.

In toxic environments, a similar muscle closes off the normal lungs, thus oxygen is absorbed exclusively by the Multi-lung, which then filters out the poisonous or toxic elements. The Multi-lung has highly efficient toxin dispersal systems.

Quite the set of capabilities, and the only way he could have everything implanted into himself was if there was enough space to do so, otherwise it would be impossible and that was what the Sith who designed this had forethought for.

In this design some implants must be done first like the first three, the secondary heart, ossmodula and biscopea meant to regulate the growth hormones of his body.

He didn't stop there however as he could do even more and implant even more as long as he recovered fast enough from the operations that had taken place and within one month he could implant even more.

Six more were to come but were not introduced simultaneously like some other phases could be.

The Occulobe is the 10th of the 19 genetically-engineered Sky-Seed organs that were implanted into Anakin. This implant sits at the base of the brain after being implanted along the optic nerve and connected to the retina, and provides hormonal and genetic stimuli which enable his eyes to respond to the optic-therapy that he must undergo.

These procedures, in turn, allowed him to make adjustments to the growth patterns of the eyes and their light-receptive retinal cells.

The result is that Anakin having visual acuity that is far superior to that of baseline Humans and they can see in low-light conditions and near-darkness almost as well as in bright daylight.

He didn't really need this implant too much considering his Nanosuits capabilities but it definitely helped immensely.

The next implant is the Lyman's Ear, the 11th of the 19 genetically-engineered Sky-Seed organs that were implanted into Anakin. Not only does this implant's improved inner ear structure make a Anakin immune to dizziness or motion sickness but it also allows him to consciously filter out and greatly enhance certain sounds over the capabilities of normal Human hearing.

This works great in tandem with his already semi-mechanized body through the Nanosuit further increasing the ranges that he can tap into.

The Lyman's Ear completely replaces one of a his original ears and in fact Anakin had decided that replacing one ear wasn't enough and did so with the other as well. It is externally indistinguishable from a normal Human ear in size and shape. It was named after one of the people who had helped the original Sith creator make this design.

The next implant was the Sus-an Membrane, the 12th of the 19 genetically-engineered organs created from his specific Sky-Seed that can be implanted into a normal Human but was used to transform him into a superhuman.

Initially implanted within the the cranium, this membrane eventually merges with the recipient's cerebrum, becoming a full part of his neural architecture.

The organ's functions are ineffective without follow-up chemical therapy and training, but with sufficient practice and instruction Anakin can use this implant to enter a state of suspended animation, consciously or as an automatic reaction to extreme trauma, keeping the him alive for years, even if he has suffered otherwise mortal wounds.

Only the appropriate chemical therapy or hypnotic auto-suggestion would be able to revive him from this state.

Another that was called the Melanochrome, is the 13th of the 19 genetically-engineered Sky-Seed organs that were implanted into Anakin. This hormonal implant is attached to the Human lymphatic system and controls the amount of melanin within his skin.

Exposure to high levels of sunlight will result in the his skin naturally darkening to compensate but he was not exposed to such levels and remained his original skin color. It also protects him from other forms of electromagnetic radiation.

In fact he had gotten even paler than he was before because of all the natural protections he already has against various background radiation from his Nanosuit.

Different levels of radiation cause variations of skin color in different due to mutations in the Melanochrome organ's specific genetic cellular structure, in particular Anakin's Sky-Seed variant didn't result in much of a change within his skin color expect become more pale.

It did however change his eye color slowly and steadily which he took as some form of reaction between the Force and his natural genetics coming together in a way to better represent who he is. Now instead of the blue eyes he was born with, they had changed into a violet color.

In fact as time went on and on his original blonde hair started to turn more curly and a darker shade of blonde which he then began comparing his new looks to the Targaryen's from a series of books and a tv series from his previous life.

He just didn't have the silvery white hair.

He had the features that made him look like them. Of course this brought further attention to himself but most still didn't ask him about it. Some tests were done that was why, which he manipulated to just make sure it only showed up with results that it was some delayed genetic mutation.

Delayed albinism that was dormant before some unknown factor triggered the specific genetics which lead to this result. So he didn't have to worry about others questioning his new looks.

The Oolitic Kidney, is the 14th of the 19 genetically-engineered Sky-Seed organs that was implanted within Anakin.

The organ is implanted within the abdominal cavity and it becomes a part of the excretory system, an emergency detoxification organ that allows survival to exposure through the respiration, tactile contact or ingestion of poisons, toxins and gases that are too powerful for even his rugged immune system to normally process without this organ's help.

Not that Anakin in particular would be needing this considering everything but it was apart of the normal upgrades and genetic manipulation and he didn't want to upset the delicate balance within the created design.

However, this detoxification process could render him unconscious once it begins, so it can be very dangerous if required during combat.

Under normal circumstances, the Oolitic Kidney also acts as a regulatory organ for Anakin's physiology, maintaining the efficient action of the advanced circulatory system and the proper functioning of his other organs, implanted or natural.

The last implant of the year the Neuroglottis, is the 15th of the 19 genetically-engineered Sky-Seed organs implanted into himself. The organ is implanted within the upper nasal passages and after it is functioning, chewing, tasting or smelling a substance allows biochemical testing for toxicity and nutritional content, essentially determining if the substance is edible or poisonous.

The organ would also allow Anakin to identify extremely subtle odors with the same fidelity as the average canine bred for tracking, allowing him to even track his quarry by smell or taste alone.

The fourteenth and fifteenth were able to be introduced together and Anakin had that done at the same time. In total the amount of time it took spanned across a few months, not that his healing factor didn't speed up the process.

The healing factor and his Nanosuit covered up for any of the surgical scars before they healed just as they had always done.