Imperial Hybridization Project

Imperial Hybridization Project (IHP) (ID 7638 - 7788)
The Imperial Hybridization Project was an initiative by the Empire meant to improve humanity. The ultimate goal was to create a breed of human/dracanid hybrid creatures that could survive the deadly energies of the Chaos Scar without the direct assistance of a divine being.

Overseen by Director Farnas, a dracanid of the Empire, the IHP began with a selective breeding program to create a group of humans able to withstand fetal aether bombardment. Multiple generations of controlled reproduction and incremental in utero manipulation eventually yielded beings that came to be known as aldrachi.

In ID 7788 the Council of Five review of the IHP resulted in the immediate termination of the project. The official statement of the council cited inhumane treatment of the aldrachi as the primary reason for the project's premature end. Director Farnas made allegations that the council wanted the project to end because they were afraid of an empowered humanity.

The aldrachi were freed at the end of the experiment. Most chose to leave the Empire, desperately trying to discover their place in the world.