Dr Gayle Simmonds was one of the scientists responsible for unleashing the Plague on Nexus Psi.
"The history of humanity has ever been written in words of blood. The only difference in this new age is the size of our ledger. Where once petty kings and their generals vied for control of mere nations, now corporations wipe out whole species for profit. As enlightened as we like to think we are, violence remains our most utilised tool, either driving or underpinning each of our achievements – often both." Dr. Gayle Simmonds – a seminar on human evolution, prior to the Nexus Psi incident
Biography
Synopsis
Trapped on Nexus Psi during an outbreak of the Plague and subsequently infected, Simmonds not only retained much of her native intelligence but also seemed to gain the ability to actually control other Plague mutants. She went on to direct a veritable army of Stage 3’s into constructing for her a private fiefdom of sorts in Reiker City, complete with workshops and laboratory complex.
The Containment Protocol Group currently quarantining Nexus Psi believes that after an extended period of experimentation on both herself and some of her thralls, the doctor began construction of some kind of sub-space communications device.
Officially, the Enforcers remain on high alert for the approach of a Plague fleet and any attempt to ‘rescue’ Simmonds from Nexus Psi. But one alarming rumour has it she has already left, Mutated beyond recognition and driven utterly insane, she now has one goal – exact revenge upon those who left her to die.
No one knows why Dr. Simmonds has chosen to ally herself to Mazon Labs. Perhaps some experimental treatment has reduced the Plague mutagen’s effects and made her more cooperative with humans. Or perhaps the deranged genius is merely playing along to accomplish her own mysterious goals. Whatever the reason, Simmonds has been spotted leading numerous teams of technicians and military in several Deadzones.
The Story of the Infection
Dr Simmonds was a rising star in various fields of academia, including xenoarcheology and biomechanics. Her assignment to Nexus Psi was an opportunity to gain valuable research data, further her career and help build a GCPS colony from the ground up. Hired by the Reiker Corporation, Simmonds was deputy project lead of Exploration/Retrieval Team Six-Alpha, assigned the responsibility of containing and retrieving the artefact discovered on Nexus Psi. Despite her protests, Dr Remy Urovic, the project lead and her direct supervisor, chose to eschew standard safety protocols in favour of moving the artefact as quickly as possible back to Outpost W4 for research. This simple act sealed the fate of the planet.
When the artefact activated en route to Outpost W4, not all members of Six-Alpha were in close enough proximity to be infected. It is arguable whether it was a blessing for Simmonds that she was not close enough to be infected by the initial outbreak. She led the surviving members of the team back to W4, where they valiantly held off Plague attacks for nearly two weeks. Ultimately, however, she fell to the Plague, transformed at the hands of a Stage 2A, becoming something no longer human, but more than a mere Stage 3A.
As a specimen, Gayle Simmonds is quite interesting. She maintains an incredible amount of control over her mental faculties, even compared to normal Stage 3As. Her fury at the casual abandonment of Nexus Psi by the Council of Seven has twisted her brilliance to one end: the destruction of the GCPS. After her transformation she set herself two primary goals. The first was to further weaponise the Plague virus. The second was to crack the Grounding Protocols put into place by the Containment Protocol, allowing herself and the Plague to escape the confines of Nexus Psi and enter further into GCPS controlled space. Both of these aims required facilities and labourers.
One of the many outposts she has used in her time since transforming was Outpost H36, a Mazon Labs complex. While the facilities at H36 were extensive, she eventually required more non-infected test subjects than remained in the local vicinity. She abandoned the research centre to aggressive Plague forces, not bothering to destroy evidence of her work, and moved her base to Reiker City. Though Urovic lead the Enforcers to the facility, by the time they learned of Simmonds’ research and intentions there was little time left to thwart them.
Simmond's last Transmission
"//transcript:nexuspsi/W4/25449721[FINAL]
**They’re back. The perimeter is down.
**If anyone picks this up, you need to tell everyone what happened here.
**The Council can’t get away with this.
**Tell them w..."
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Dr Gayle Simmonds Model
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