Ten specimens · One pathway
The Lineup
Each tier is a single step along the engineered capsaicin pathway. Same genome, increasing expression.
1Bonnet
Verbal Warning
3M SHU
40% capsaicin1 edit
2Bonnet
Kill Switch
3.6M SHU
44% capsaicin1 edit
3Long Pod
Hostile Agent
4.3M SHU
48% capsaicin1 edit
4Long Pod
Containment Breach
5.1M SHU
52% capsaicin1 edit
5Gnarly
System Shock
6M SHU
56% capsaicin2 edits
6Gnarly
Venom Protocol
7M SHU
59% capsaicin2 edits
7Gnarly
Level 4 Pathogen
8.2M SHU
63% capsaicin2 edits
8Gnarly
Collateral Damage
9.5M SHU
67% capsaicin2 edits
9Gnarly
Extinction Protocol
11M SHU
71% capsaicin2 edits
10Gnarly
D.N.R.
13M SHU
75% capsaicin2 edits
Scale reference
0
16M SHU
Pure capsaicin = 16,000,000 SHU. The lineup spans 3M to 13M — 19% to 81% of the theoretical maximum.