Alpha Strain

This strain was a mutation that was developed from Hellion Tears Laboratories. Since the Shadia strain was proven to be an ineffective means as a biological weapon (see Midnus/Midnyt Bombing), Forkfaith used the SSS Initiative to use it as a power source for his super-army against the Arians.

The Alpha experiments were a tragic failure. Although they did exhibit a mutated variant of the Shadia strain, they did not have functional powers to make them effective fighters and even resulted in death for some of the forced participants.

In the long run, the first generation served only as a breeding ground for the Alpha strain to adapt to the human body and once they all died out, the strain spread. The Alpha strain of Formless Darkness had the ability to intelligently bundle up together and create a larger entity called the TRAP. The TRAP is an accumulation of these microorganisms but they are not intelligent enough to manifest as a thinking being, experts believe that this is caused by the microorganisms’ need to find a host in which to sustain themselves.

Once the Alpha strain integrates with its selected host, it merges with that person’s conscience which explains a SSS’ rash conclusion of judgment as well as other prevalent mental conditions. To be clear, the symbiotic relationship between an SSS and his/her trap is conditional depending on whether or not the person that is infected can tame his or her powers. Unlike the Restless variant, the Alpha strain tends to be more permissive towards its host’s intentions but this varies from one SSS to another.