Electro-Pest
DESIGNATION: Sanc (AG/IN) CONTAINMENT PROTOCOL: All specimens of IS-0173-B should be kept in non-metallic environments at all times and must be kept fully electrically isolated using containers lined with non-conductive rubber padding. Observe all other containment provisions belonging to IS-0173-A, noting that any interaction with the subject, even sedated, must be performed with all equipment fully electrically grounded.
The electric variant of IS-0173-A was a cybernetic experiment proposed by Dr. Abraham Stern. Although rapid progress was made towards a viable organism, Dr. Derek Manse ordered work suspended in favor of investigations into the creature's hypertrophied evolution. The program has been in hiatus since late 1992.
Unlocks after 600 kills: In conducting his cybernetic experimentations on IS-0173-A, Dr. Stern discovered something 'most remarkable'. While attempting micro-integration of a control system with the Pest's nervous system, he noted regular patterning in the gene-analogues for its insulative tissue. On closer investigation, Dr. Sterm claimed to have found 'what appears to be a bundle of coherent information' unrelated to expression of the tissue itself. In his own words, Dr. Stern noted that 'it was as if someone had left a design note to themselves embedded in the structure of IS-0173-A's gene-analogues.'