Editing History of the Green Men (section)

===Enter the Green Men===

Meanwhile, this was not the only breakthrough that happened abroad Valetudinarium on this fateful year. [[Nikephoros Galen]], the most talented of all of High Genetor's pupils, kept working on his own projects even as the rest of the Genetory was plunging into madness. Like his colleagues, he searched for an ultimate cure that would make disease a thing of the past. There was a very important difference, though - Galen only worked with plants. His ultimate goal was to create crops that would be immune to all disease, and he knew he was within reach of achieving it. Finally, several months after the news of the Council of Nikaea had reached the Life Bringers, he could finally let out a sigh of relief and proudly look upon his opus magnum - a plant completely impervious to all kinds of known afflictions. It took Galen years to craft its immune system, both a marvel of science and a work of art. Filled with enthusiasm, he rushed to the laboratory of his teacher Wilmut Sachs to show him the fruit of his labour. But Sachs, consumed by his experiments with geneseed, openly ridiculed his pupil and his achievement. He called his breakthrough negligible and useless to the Legion; unless, of course, Galen knew of a way to turn humans into plants. Everybody present in High Genetor's laboratory laughed at this joke; everybody save for Galen and his friend Alraun.

Although Galen's visit was merely a minor annoyance for Sachs, for Nikephoros this was perhaps the most dramatic event of his life since the departure from Monsanto. His labour of love that he had dedicated his entire life to was met with derision by the person who he considered his teacher and the Galaxy's ultimate authority in gene engineering. Galen was so distraught that he took Sachs' cruel joke to the heart. High Genetor wanted him to turn humans into plants? Then this is what he would get. And so Nikephoros embarked on a new project - trying to put his perfect immune system for plants into humans. And although this task seemed insurmountable at first, the moral support of his friends [[Tribulus Bercilak|Bercilak]] and Alraun kept him going. They dubbed their project 'Green Men' and were entirely convinced that they could beat the arrogant Sachs to the creation of a panacea and have the last laugh on him. Alraun was especially interested in humbling High Genetor, for he knew what powers Sachs had bargained with to gain his new insights into the nature of disease.