At 20.08 6.4.1998 -0700, Tim Williams wrote:

	The results were immediate and dramatic.  With the new therapy, an
agent's reflexes, hand-eye coordination, and overall thought speed and
intelligence were increased by up to three times what could be attained
with previous versions.
	However, the High Command had decided to watch the handful augmented
agents in the field for a few years before subjecting more to the
treatment.  It turned out to be a good idea.
	About three years after the experiment was initiated, the first subject
went into sensory overload.  Apparently, the brain structure of a human
was incapable of handling such vast amounts of speed for prolonged
periods of time.  Fortunately, the agent had recovered after a few
months or the whole project would have been scrapped.
	But, in that four month period, the poor man seemed to have his
physical abilities reduced by the very same factor by which the
treatment had increased them, making for a clutzy, ditzy period.
	Mihoshi had hit her first such period in the middle of their last
assignment.  The assignment that had left Kiyone stranded in deep
space.  That had been months ago, but some of the other subjects to
undergo the treatment burned out for periods as long as a year.
	Apparently, Mihoshi was on the long end of the scale.

o_O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Somebody actually made up an explanation to why Mihoshi could become a
class 1 detective. (other than having relatives in high places...)

Now excuse me while I go and get some strong spirits. I think I need
it right now...
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Jussi Nikander, a virtual small green person.
Jussi.Nikander@alien.nixu.fi
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When you have a metaphysical spiral and you throw 
a stone in it, it will be induced into a real one.