[ WP ] 100 years in the future , the Human Genome Project is complete . Everyone has their genome mapped out from birth , and has it printed on their ID . People can be determined `` unfit to breed , '' and discrimination based on genome is common .

We were told that mapping the Human Genome would unlock a new era in medical care. We were promised a new golden age of human prosperity. 
 
 Realistically, I do n't know what we expected. Logically we knew that the population was reaching a problematic size. We should have known that mapping the human genome would n't be the dawn of a new golden age. At least - not for most of us. 
 
 To be fair though, I think they tried. Before the politicians and the corporations got involved, I really think the scientists tried to cure the various illnesses that afflicted so much of the human population. Sadly, within 20 years we'd abandoned any pretense of improving humanity. Within 40 years we'd begun forced genome scans, and it took less than a year to pass a law forcing every citizen to carry their GeneMap cards. Early on, your GeneMap only dictated what jobs you could work, where you could live, and how you were treated. 
 
 Compared to today... those were the'good days'. 
 
 It's been sixty years since GeneMap cards became every-day items, and the discrimination has only gotten worse. We thought that colonizing new worlds would be enough - it was n't. Three billion people lived on our own moon. Another five billion lived on Mars, and that population was increasing at an alarming rate. Population control was the only reasonable response. We had to do something. Men and women who's GeneMap carried defects were branded `` Unfit to breed'' and were sterilized. For twenty five years they've forcefully sterilized those of us who did n't win the genetic lottery. 
 
 Some of the Breeders thought we should be killed. Some thought we should be shipped off planet. `` Let Mars deal with them,'' was a common suggestion. Ironically enough, in a way, they got their wish. 
 
 The Council of Mars voted unanimously ten years ago to cut ties with Earth - becoming a truly independant and self sufficient planet. A planet that promised no GeneMaps and no discrimination. Naturally, this infuriated the Senate of Earth, and two years ago they gave the green-light to project'Takeback', and for the first time in almost 100 years... the politicians and businessmen had found a use for us. 
 
 We were still second class citizens, but now we had a purpose. We were given forced genetic manipulations to make us smarter, faster, and stronger. We do n't feel pain the way the `` Fit'' do. We do n't feel hunger, and we need very little sleep. 
 
 They made us soldiers. They made us obedient. And tomorrow, Earth's fleet will reach Mars. Tomorrow, we will be forced to kill - and die - for the same people we used to curse under our breath. 
 
 Fighting against the very population we wish we could join. If I was allowed to laugh anymore, I'd probably find this funny. 
 
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