NextLife™

NextLife™ was a genetic engineering company, well known for its animals adapted to the Martian environment.

Summary
NextLife was founded in 2019 by Zack Cowen. Its unique idea gained popularity quickly. In 2020, the company modified a Tardigrade so that it grew 20 times larger than normal. They named it Tardigrade-A and released it on Antarctica providing a new kind of food for the different penguin species. 6 Months later 26 Tardigrade-M eggs were placed on a rocket to Mars. These eggs were a centimeter in size and the Tardigrades would grow alongside lichen in a 500cm3 space slowly extending to the exterior to the ship and onto the Martian surface, terraforming Mars.

The experiment was a success and NextLife sent a fleet of improved Tardigrade-M eggs to different parts of Hellas. By 2035, 5% of Hellas Planitia was covered in lichen converting the CO2 to Oxygen.

Later on, when the Martian atmosphere was slightly thinner than that of Mount Everest, NextLife announced that they were going to send more tardigrades and high altitude grass to Hellas Planitia. These tardigrades could survive the low pressure, had more meat, and tastier milk.

In 2167 the company announced plans to create a virus that could restore lost limbs, organs and even revive human beings. They called it ReHeal as it only worked on people with RH+ in their blood. Early testing on chimpanzees showed that the virus only helped the body so that it could spread to other hosts. The test subjects did not regain consciousness after being revived and started attacking all living things. Before the problem was fixed, a terrorist attack struck the NextLife Mars Labs site releasing the virus. It didn't take long before most of the population was infected and the Martian society collapsed.

Facilities

 * NextLife Laboratory in the Mars Capital - A large Laboratory on Mars, and one of the most modern buildings before the outbreak.
 * NextLife Capital Office in the Mars Capital - The company's main facility, which used cutting-edge technology to design new species.

Known products

 * Tardigrade - First wild animal on Mars.
 * Highland Cattle - First wild mammal on Mars.
 * ReHeal - Failed death preventing drug.