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Bowman's Wolf

2008-08-14T01:17:26Z

ZanAspera:

The '''Bowman's Wolf''' is a species of [[Wikipedia:Transgenic|transgenetically]] engineered [[Wikipedia:Red_wolf|Red Wolf]] (''Canis rufus''), whose genes were sequenced by '''EcoSystems Unlimited''' as a proof-of-concept test to judge the feasiblily of producing a series of fully sentient beings of creatures native to a planet named '''Pfouts'''. Pfouts' life uses right handed amino acids, making the planet incompatible with Earth life forms. Artificially [[Wikipedia:Biological_uplift|uplifted]] Pfoutsian creatures would share Earth's culture(lacking one of thier own), as well as being able to take advantage of thier world's resources (and potentially trade) with which would otherwise not be accessible as fullscale terraforming is prohibitively expensive.

== History ==

Under the direction of Dr. Bowman, 14 "Generation Zero" prototype wolves came to full term (3 males, 11 females.) After project "Pfouts" was cancelled, ''"a series of clerical errors resulted in the inadvertent release of the Bowman's Wolf to the general public,"'' resulting in all pups being placed in the care of compatible human families before EcoSystems Unlimited could begin their specimen sterilization and disposal program.

Dr. Bowman and his now-adult wolves are currently engaged in a social, ethical, and legal battle with EcoSystems Unlimited; the goal is to appeal to the company's greed while also proving the inherent technological viability of restarting the "Bowman's Wolf" project.

== Miscellaneous notes ==

From a business perspective, "Bowman's Wolves" have demonstrated themselves to be a perfect "proof of concept" experiment, in that they are totally dependable, highly adaptable to social interaction, and have enough "Human Safe" fail safes built into them to give most critics pause. Since their diet and biology are quite similar to that of dogs, medical and food infrastructure (which for a more divergent species would be sorely lacking at best) are already in place on most worlds, so their cost-of-maintenance is quite manageable. (Besides, veterinarians often cost less than human doctors.)

The work and help they could provide in their expected life span of 160 years could cover (in theory) any economic risk inherent in owning one. The only caveat is that, for all purposes, they are still considered "free thinking/free will" property, much like sentient robots, with the additional distinction that all their derivative products (e.g., "pups") remaining the private property of EcoSystems Unlimited.

== Bowman's Wolves in furry media ==

*[[Freefall]]
**Name: [[Florence Ambrose|Ambrose, Florence]]
**Sex: Female Bowman's Wolf
**Earth age: 26
**Place of birth: Pripyat city(?), Earth
**Genetic "Parents": Red Wolf, some Bear DNA
**Gestation parent: Earth female St. Bernard Dog.
**Owner: Scott [Last name withheld], son of an Italian woman and a Thai man.
**Present assignment: Senior ship's Technical Engineer onboard the "Savage Chicken," registry number 1071-CCN, Captain Starfall, Sam, commanding.
**Primary weapons: Screwdriver, Toothy smile.
**Back-up weapon: Duct tape (and lots of it)

==See also==

*[[Zonie]]
*[[Cross Time Cafe]]

[[Category:Fictional species]]
[[Category:Wolf species]]

Bowman's Wolf

2008-08-13T23:26:56Z

ZanAspera: Undo revision 126092 by Spirou (talk) See Discussion page for sources and justification

The '''Bowman's Wolf''' is a species of [[Wikipedia:Transgenic|transgenetically]] engineered [[Wikipedia:Red_wolf|Red Wolf]] (''Canis rufus''), whose genes were sequenced by '''EcoSystems Unlimited''' to produce a series of fully sentient, [[anthropomorphic]] beings for the terraforming project known as '''"Pfouts."' Pfouts life uses right handed amino acids, making the planet incompatible with Earth life forms. Bowman’s wolves were a “proof of concept”. If it could be done with local animals, the same techniques could be used to engineer a Prouts lifeform to sentience.''

== History ==

Under the direction of Dr. Bowman, 14 "Generation Zero" prototype wolves came to full term (3 males, 11 females.) After project "Pfouts" was cancelled, ''"a series of clerical errors resulted in the inadvertent release of the Bowman's Wolf to the general public,"'' resulting in all pups being placed in the care of compatible human families before EcoSystems Unlimited could begin their specimen sterilization and disposal program.

Dr. Bowman and his now-adult wolves are currently engaged in a social, ethical, and legal battle with EcoSystems Unlimited; the goal is to appeal to the company's greed while also proving the inherent technological viability of restarting the "Bowman's Wolf" project.

== Miscellaneous notes ==

From a business perspective, "Bowman's Wolves" have demonstrated themselves to be a perfect "proof of concept" experiment, in that they are totally dependable, highly adaptable to social interaction, and have enough "Human Safe" fail safes built into them to give most critics pause. Since their diet and biology are quite similar to that of dogs, medical and food infrastructure (which for a more divergent species would be sorely lacking at best) are already in place on most worlds, so their cost-of-maintenance is quite manageable. (Besides, veterinarians often cost less than human doctors.)

The work and help they could provide in their expected life span of 160 years could cover (in theory) any economic risk inherent in owning one. The only caveat is that, for all purposes, they are still considered "free thinking/free will" property, much like sentient robots, with the additional distinction that all their derivative products (e.g., "pups") remaining the private property of EcoSystems Unlimited.

== Bowman's Wolves in furry media ==

*[[Freefall]]
**Name: [[Florence Ambrose|Ambrose, Florence]]
**Sex: Female Bowman's Wolf
**Earth age: 26
**Place of birth: Pripyat city(?), Earth
**Genetic "Parents": Red Wolf, some Bear DNA
**Gestation parent: Earth female St. Bernard Dog.
**Owner: Scott [Last name withheld], son of an Italian woman and a Thai man.
**Present assignment: Senior ship's Technical Engineer onboard the "Savage Chicken," registry number 1071-CCN, Captain Starfall, Sam, commanding.
**Primary weapons: Screwdriver, Toothy smile.
**Back-up weapon: Duct tape (and lots of it)

==See also==

*[[Zonie]]
*[[Cross Time Cafe]]

[[Category:Fictional species]]
[[Category:Wolf species]]

Talk:Bowman's Wolf

2008-08-13T23:24:37Z

ZanAspera: Created page with 'Previous edits were correct: This is canon; See http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff800/fv00710.htm Also supported by information posted by the author, Mark Stanly on his own forums ...'

Previous edits were correct: This is canon; See http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff800/fv00710.htm

Also supported by information posted by the author, Mark Stanly on his own forums (gathered and reposted by Sheldon) in the following threads:
http://nice.purrsia.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=21;t=002367
http://nice.purrsia.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=21;t=002355

[[User:ZanAspera|ZanAspera]] 23:24, 13 August 2008 (UTC) zanAspera

Bowman's Wolf

2008-08-13T23:15:45Z

ZanAspera: /* Bowman's Wolves in furry media */

The '''Bowman's Wolf''' is a species of [[Wikipedia:Transgenic|transgenetically]] engineered [[Wikipedia:Red_wolf|Red Wolf]] (''Canis rufus''), whose genes were sequenced with [[human]] (Homo sapiens) [[Wikipedia:Genome|genomes]] by '''EcoSystems Unlimited''' to produce a series of fully sentient, [[anthropomorphic]] beings for the terraforming project known as '''"Pfouts."'''

== History ==

Under the direction of Dr. Bowman, 14 "Generation Zero" prototype wolves came to full term (3 males, 11 females.) After project "Pfouts" was cancelled, ''"a series of clerical errors resulted in the inadvertent release of the Bowman's Wolf to the general public,"'' resulting in all pups being placed in the care of compatible human families before EcoSystems Unlimited could begin their specimen sterilization and disposal program.

Dr. Bowman and his now-adult wolves are currently engaged in a social, ethical, and legal battle with EcoSystems Unlimited; the goal is to appeal to the company's greed while also proving the inherent technological viability of restarting the "Bowman's Wolf" project.

== Miscellaneous notes ==

From a business perspective, "Bowman's Wolves" have demonstrated themselves to be a perfect "proof of concept" experiment, in that they are totally dependable, highly adaptable to social interaction, and have enough "Human Safe" fail safes built into them to give most critics pause. Since their diet and biology are quite similar to that of humans, medical and food infrastructure (which for a more divergent species would be sorely lacking at best) are already in place on most worlds, so their cost-of-maintenance is quite manageable. (Besides, veterinarians often cost less than human doctors.)

The work and help they could provide in their expected life span of 160 years could cover (in theory) any economic risk inherent in owning one. The only caveat is that, for all purposes, they are still considered "free thinking/free will" property, much like sentient robots, with the additional distinction that all their derivative products (e.g., "pups") remaining the private property of EcoSystems Unlimited.

== Bowman's Wolves in furry media ==

*[[Freefall]]
**Name: [[Florence Ambrose|Ambrose, Florence]]
**Sex: Female Bowman's Wolf
**Earth age: 26
**Place of birth: Pripyat city(?), Earth
**Genetic "Parents": Red Wolf, some Bear DNA
**Gestation parent: Earth female St. Bernard Dog.
**Owner: Scott [Last name withheld], son of an Italian woman and a Thai man.
**Present assignment: Senior ship's Technical Engineer onboard the "Savage Chicken," registry number 1071-CCN, Captain Starfall, Sam, commanding.
**Primary weapons: Screwdriver, Toothy smile.
**Back-up weapon: Duct tape (and lots of it)

==See also==

*[[Zonie]]
*[[Cross Time Cafe]]

[[Category:Fictional species]]
[[Category:Wolf species]]