The Six Billion Dollar Man

"How's he doing today doc?" Colonel Travers asked.

"You're just as funny as always colonel." Chortled Dr. Mason

Dr. Miles Mason closed the log he'd been reviewing and stood up from his work station. "You're failed attempts at humor aside I think we have some definite..." He trailed off as witnessed the "others" enter the room.

"And this is Dr. Miles Mason ladies and gentleman." Colonel Travers stated to the group he was showing around the labs. "Dr. Mason is our resident mad scientist and has pioneered the work we see here today." Colonel Travers handed the group, now moving about the lab which centered on a cylindrical chamber "housing" a large completely bald male figure who looked like a prop from Empire Strikes Back.

Dr. Mason finished buttoning the three middle buttons of his stark white lab coat for dramatic effect before beginning. "This ladies and gentleman is a replicant, sort of like a clone that's been grown in a lab from scratch. His particular genome is so flexible that he it can be edited to fit nearly any specification that you or any of your colleagues may require."

Before Dr. Mason could ask if there were any questions every hand in the room went up. Colonel Travers stepped in.

"Why don't we move out of the good doctor's way for now and review a hand full of videoed mission logs. That may help put our replicant program in perspective for each of you." The colonel smiled politically.

The crowd grumbled but allowed them selves to be herded like cattle into the video control room.