H&A Hyperbiology

H&A Hyperbiology, also called the Hyperbiology Division, is the directorate of H&A that studies the parasites. It was set up in July 2020 to contest the sulfur hexafluoride case, and its evidence in that case is the founding scientific record of the parasites. It is based in Frankfurt and has been directed by Ashley Woods since 2021.

The division dissects and tests parasite organisms collected across the Federation, studies the chemistry of Beckon blueprints and the signals of Dispatchers, and runs H&A's liaison with the 2nd and 3rd Vagrants. As of 2028 it is the largest research body working on the parasites.

History

Sulfur hexafluoride case

In 2020 the Federation's judicial authority sued H&A over concentrations of sulfur hexafluoride at four sites in the south of the Federation, which it attributed to H&A's manufacturing. H&A set up an annex within its compliance directorate in July 2020 to contest the suit, presented as an environmental science unit. Its first employee, hired that month as a junior laboratory technician, was Ashley Woods.

The annex's study, dated 8 February 2021, set out five lines of evidence that the gas came from Primitive Beckons, quantified the share contributed by H&A's own equipment at 3 to 9 percent, and recorded that H&A's compliance monitoring had registered the signal before the suit and classified it as instrument drift.^[1] The case was heard in open session, and the Federation withdrew its claim in 2021.

Directorate

In 2021 H&A made the annex a directorate in its own right, and appointed Woods, then 21, to direct it. In 2022 the division drew up the Beckon seasons from measurements of the gas stores and output of Beckons through the year, and showed that Dispatcher emissions changed in step with the movements of nearby organisms, which began the decoding of Dispatcher signals. Its research on RTG ammunition from 2022 is the subject of a standing dispute over credit with H&A Thermonuclear.

The division grew quickly after the fall of Venice in 2023. Its findings go into field equipment without passing through ordinary procurement, and its products include pheromone countermeasures that make infantry harder for organisms to locate.

Vagrants

In September 2024 the 1st Vagrant walked into the Federation's consulate-general in Toronto and asked for Woods by name. The division's work on Vagrants dates from that contact, which also widened H&A's work on Dispatcher decoding; the decoder went into the Beast in 2025. Later in 2024 the division established contact with the 2nd and 3rd Vagrants, the first known in Europe. Both have worked with H&A since, and have been based near Frankfurt since 2026. H&A Security and Containment provides security for the liaison.

Organisation

The division is a directorate of H&A, headquartered in Frankfurt, with about 9,000 staff in the city as of 2028. It works with Goethe University and the Senckenberg research institutes in the city.

Much of the division's knowledge of Vagrants and of Dispatcher signals rests with its director, and its own publications cite her as personal communication on these subjects. Its staff take cognitive-strain leave at the highest rate of any H&A division.

Research

The division's work covers:

• the dissection, anatomy and classification of parasite organisms (see Parasite taxonomy and Beckon anatomy);
• the chemistry of Beckon blueprints and of sulfur hexafluoride production (see Gas gland);
• the signals of Dispatchers, with the decoding models of H&A (see Dispatcher decoding);
• the anatomy and rebirth of Vagrants, from imaging and blood work on the 2nd and 3rd before and after their rebirths;
• countermeasures for the field, such as pheromone masking for infantry.

See also

• H&A
• Ashley Woods
• Sulfur hexafluoride case
• Vagrant
• Frankfurt

External links

• "Biogenic sulfur hexafluoride from Primitive Beckons at four sites in the southern Federation", by Ashley Woods, H&A Hyperbiology Division, 8 February 2021. arXiv:2102.03317. Evidence submitted for H&A in the sulfur hexafluoride case. (PDF)

References

1. ^ Woods, Ashley (8 February 2021). "Biogenic sulfur hexafluoride from Primitive Beckons at four sites in the southern Federation". H&A Hyperbiology Division. arXiv:2102.03317. (PDF)