He also would need someone to buy and/or steal the supplies he would need for his experiments. Luckily he encountered a man named Frank Nathan Stein while visiting a pirate moon. Frank had remote location and would be able to provide the money and supplies needed for his experiments. Dr. Mirreaux would be able to test his creations in actual combat. Dr. Mirreaux's first attempts at creating a lizard-human hybrids achieved mixed results. Mostly bad. He was using crocodile DNA which gave his subjects size and strength but also made them vicious and aggressive.
The handlers had difficulty controlling them and they were often combative towards each other. Training to pilot mechs was also proving to be difficult. Being cold blooded they did not tolerate the heat from the engines very well. They would also harm themselves while trying to escape once the engines were started since they were sensitive to the noise and vibrations from the engines. Dr. Mirreaux decide to use some snavurm DNA in the creation of his hybrids due to the stories he heard of them getting ensnared the joints of Mecha. He approached Frank with his request.
Frank thought this and decided to send Vlad and Quasi out to get some snavurm DNA for the doctor. They were glad they only needed DNA samples and not live samples. The cages needed for live would have been large and cumbersome, not to mention attracting lots of unwanted attention. Since the reptiles had a tendency to get entangled in mech joint they decided the best plan of action would be to patrol their stolen Namtars around in the jungle and wait for the inevitable entanglement. They would then be able to take a DNA sample before beginning the laborious task of disentangling the reptiles. The did this for several days in different areas to ensure as many different samples as possible.
Submitted by David Miskey #30379