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West coast super mutants AKA the mariposa strain Coupled with portions of its own recursive code, effects of exposure can be unpredictable, particularly when non-humans are exposed to the virus, or multiple organisms are placed into the same vat ( vide centaurs). Ī noted feature of FEV is that it partially relies upon the DNA of the individual coming in contact with it. The Institute practiced prolonged immersion in FEV, in contained tubes. The exposure was relatively brief, compared to the Mariposa procedure. In Vault 87, infection took place in sealed chambers, where an aerosolized virus was introduced. Super mutant transformation requires prolonged immersion in the virus: in Mariposa this has been achieved by a twenty-four hour exposure to FEV-II in the vats, achieving a severe overdose of the virus. The Commonwealth Institute of Technology also had access to FEV samples, allowing it to set up its own research efforts after the Great War. The primary research effort was set up at Mariposa Military Base in California, with a competing research initiative spun-off at Vault 87 under Dr Wayne Merrick. The goal was the creation of super soldiers capable of fighting in any conditions with minimal preparation. In a nutshell, changes to DNA are expressed phenotypically thanks to recursive growth patterns coded in the FEV. Originally created by West Tek as the Pan-Immunity Virion, FEV research was spun off on governmental orders when it was realized that PVP was an extremely potent mutagen. Super mutants are an uniform group of mutants created by the exposure of humans to the Forced Evolution Virus. The term has since become the defacto name for mutants of this variety. While originally the term was only used to refer to the Mariposa generations, the Brotherhood of Steel carried the term with them and applied it to those from Vault 87 upon encountering them.
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The three populations have separate histories and origins, and are yet to interact with each other. There are three different known sources of super mutants in the post- War world - Mariposa Military Base in New California (on the West Coast), Vault 87 in the Capital Wasteland (on the East Coast), and The Institute in the Commonwealth (also on the East Coast). Although they are completely sterile, the rapid regeneration of their cells caused by FEV makes them virtually biologically immortal (but not immune to death from injury). They are much taller, bulkier and muscular than pure strain humans, have (mostly) green, gray, or yellowish skin, are immune to disease and radiation, and are gifted with superhuman strength and endurance. Super mutants are mutated humans, products of infection by the Forced Evolutionary Virus (FEV).