A direct response by the The United States Department of Defense to the warnings of the Intergalactic Community (IGC) about The AI Control Problem, Project Orange Powder was an effort to genetically engineer humans into ideal pilots & operators. Due to the inhumanity of the measures taken in this project, it was kept a secret for generations.

Genetic Origins

The original genetic contributions were seeded from the top performers in the professional gaming industry, as well as from pilots, astronauts, race drivers, etc.

Cultivation of Specimens

Clones spent their entire lifecycles in VRWombs, which provided only the information necessary to complete testing tasks to evaluate reaction times and spatial reasoning. There is no evidence that any specimen ever suspected that they were in an enclosed and artificial reality, nor were any efforts made to escape.

Cross-Breeding

Those who tested well on assigned tasks were cross-bred into new clones as soon as they could generate the proper stem cells. In this manner, dozens of generations were made in a matter of a century, one of the most famous examples of HyperEvolution.