"Genomorphs are a species, or six related species, created by Cadmus for research purposes and to serve as a labor force for Cadmus' underground levels. Genomorphs are sapient."

Contact Batman

After a moment, he answers the call.

"I didn't expect to hear from you so soon."

"I didn't expect Cadmus to have created a species of sapient beings to enslave them or to have a teenager in cryogenic suspension or a cloned Kryptonian their records say is dangerously unstable in storage."

"Ah. We were aware of the genomorphs, although we weren't able to determine to what extent they were coerced versus acting voluntarily. I was not aware they had a teenager in cryogenic suspension, or another kryptonian clone. Can you say more about that?"

The Kryptonian was created by project Match it was the predecessor project to project Kr which created the human Kryptonian hybrid I believe was rescued during the 'fire'. As for the teenager, Ring display an image of what the teenager's face would look like out of suspension. Also tell me if there are any records on who he is."

"Compliance. His name is Roy Harper."

Batman looks shocked, if you know what you're looking for. His facial expressions are very subtle.

"Can you have your ring check if there's any record of a clone of Roy Harper—actually, can you just forward everything you have to the watchtower, Green Lantern 2184 A, and Green Lantern 2184 C?"

Either Speedy is a clone, or Cadmus has a clone of Speedy, or they're both clones and the real Speedy is missing or dead, and either way Luthor is plotting something big.

"Ring retrieve any files we haven't retrieved yet then forward all our scans of Cadmus as requested. Then tell me if there's records of Roy Harper being cloned and how many other people there are records of being cloned."

"Compliance. Records indicate two clones of Roy Harper were made, in addition to the clone created for Project Match. Other cloning projects were attempted, but none succeeded."

"Miss Eyestone, I need to look over these files, I'll get back to you within an hour. In the meantime, please don’t enter Cadmus or otherwise alert them to the fact that you know what they’re doing."

He ends the call, rather abruptly.

There are a lot of things to do, and it may be important to move quickly.

She can wait for an hour. In the meantime though... Ring are there any records that might indicate whether the Genomorph's servitude is voluntary or involuntary? Are they being compensated?

The ring highlights a series of files, which shed some light on these questions. The earliest successful attempts to create genomorphs resulted in individuals which were not inclined to cooperate with Cadmus. Consequently, the researchers chose to kill them. Later attempts focused on incorporating strong instincts towards group loyalty into the genome. After several iterations, this effort lead to five of the genomorph variants currently used by Cadmus. Researchers variously compare them to eusocial insects, herd ungulates, and canines. They have a strong sense of loyalty towards their 'hive' as a whole, which causes them to easily cooperate with one another and desire to defend their home—the Cadmus sub-levels. In combination with some social engineering on the part of the researchers, the result was a dependable and uncomplaining workforce. It also helps, according to the accounts of these researchers, that most of the genomorphs are, by design, not very bright.

There is no mention of compensating genomorphs, or negotiating the terms of their labor in any way.

Ring.... do the Genomorphs have any records of their own?

The ring returns a few images of simple drawings on walls, and a collection of emails from 'xx@cadmus.org'.

She looks through the drawings and emails for clues she doesn't really expect to find much though.

The emails are from someone named 'XX' or 'Dubbilex', mostly mundane day-to-day stuff. He seems to have occupied an administrative or leadership position within Cadmus.

Ring, tell me about the six Genomorphs variants. Also why did one of your responses mention five variants and another six?

The ring provides images and descriptions. G-Trolls are huge, elephant-like quadrupeds used for heavy lifting and brute strength. G-Dwarves are smaller, with tentacles suitable for more detailed work. G-Elves are human-sized, nimble, with claws, used as guards. G-Sprites are somehow capable of generating an electric field, they are kept in jars and used to power the facility. G-Gnomes are small, monkey-like telepaths, used for communication and 'programming' for other projects.

The G-Goblin—there is only one—is a tall, slim humanoid, capable of telekinesis. His name is 'XX'.

"There are six extant variants, of which five are widespread. There is only one G-Goblin."

There's something there. Unless she misunderstood they're all sapient and yet the sprites are fine being kept in jars. Even for a eusocial species that seems strange they must be communicating somehow.

Ring are you capable of detecting telepathic connections and is scanning for them likely to be detected if so?

"Telepathic connections can be detected, but not reliably interpreted. Scanning unlikely to further increase risk of detection."

Do a scan, I'm more interested in how many there are and any patterns in the connections than the contents at the moment.

"Compliance."

The ring displays a map of nodes and the connections between them. If she spends some time to observe, she will discover: there are about a hundred nodes, mostly sporadically connecting to each other. Several are occupied connecting continuously to a single other node each. One of the nodes is behaving very irregularly, rapidly connecting to several of the other nodes, then staying isolated from the rest of the network, on an irregular pattern.

Please label the nodes with their species. She fully expects the exceptional node to be XX.

Nearly all the nodes are G-Gnomes. Some of them are continuously connected to G-Trolls, G-Dwarves, or G-Elves. The irregular behavior is from Dubbilex.