Aries_Split post=9.69432.659486 said:
If the chimera originated in Russia, but excavated a tower in europe, and can turn humans into them, are they alien or human?
In the beginning of Resistance, when Nathan looks at the photograph of the Soldiers from Project Abraham, what the fuck is that thing in the window?
Holy crap, I had missed that. It could be just wood panelling, although with Project Abraham being what it is, I vote for "more sinister".
We know that at least the bulk of the Chimera are humans, since infected humans are changed into Chimera (theres also some disturbing reports that dead Chimera have been found with personal belongings, such as a teddy bear, a pack of cards, and even a bible - this indicates that either they just naturally scavenge, or there is still something human inside, which is just too awful to picture). They supposedly reproduce solely through the spread of the virus, making the whole species technically a virus. The three strongest theories are that they were a pre-human species that had lain dormant in Siberia and were woken up by the Tunguska Event, a strain of mutagenic virus that was spread into the Siberian atmosphere by the asteroid that caused the Tunguska event, or a biological weapon the Czar had developed that got out of hand, and the Tunguska event was the method of testing it. (The last theory is the most stupid, as its assumes that engineering diseases was up and running in Russia in the 1800's). None of those make them aliens, unless you also count the zombies in Shaun of the Dead to be aliens too.