Unlike all other Necromorphs, it's the product of human experiments in regeneration and surgical exposure to alien tissue. The world may never know the true identity of the poor victim. That said, Mercer's 'patient' yells about his wife. After all, Mercer referred to the possibility of experimenting on 'that prisoner from the colony'. * It seems possible that the Hunter is actually derived from Harris, the murderer brought up from the planet. It's probably a military-issue reference book. * Another book in Mercer's office, 'Field Medicine', bares the same logo as Isaac's military suit.

Mercer's office, there's a book marked 'Galaxy-Class Surgical Procedures.' If I were to hazard a guess, it's a Star Trek reference - the Enterprise-D, from The Next Generation, is a Galaxy-class ship. He's convinced that the Necromorph infection is the next stage in human existence, and hopes to expand its effects. This results in the creation of the Hunter. A devout Unitologist, he seems to have become completely overwhelmed by religious fervor, and has started mutilating and experimenting upon his fellow crew members. Note that Isaac makes no mention of the shambling, regenerating horror that stalks him throughout the level. Now that I've got the poison, it's time to go to the Hydroponics deck and kill that Leviathan creature before the air is totally contaminated. I can only hope one of his beloved Necromorphs finds him before I do. With the DNA combined with Kendra's chemical mixture, I just need to run it through the chemical station again to get the poison. Mercer just flushed all the air out of the Medical Deck! I've got to get back to the Security Station to seal the breach! Kendra needs me to find it to mix with the Chemical Capsule, in order to target the creature's pathology. There is a sample of the Necromorph DNA somewhere on this deck.

Bio-chemistry is a little out of my field. Kendra thinks she can create an agent that will poison and kill the creature on Hydroponics that is contaminating the life support system.

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