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| − | '''Little Sisters''' | + | '''Little Sisters''' are a group that feature in [[BioShock]]. |
| − | == | + | ==History== |
| − | + | Little Sisters | |
| − | After the discovery of ADAM from a species of sea slugs, it was quickly learnt that the creature did not produce enough of the compound for research purposes. | + | ADAM is excreted by unique Sea Slugs found near Rapture. The ADAM-producing Sea Slugs did not naturally produce a large enough quantity for serious research and commercial exploitation. Dr. Brigid Tenenbaum developed a procedure whereby a Sea Slug was implanted in a human host's stomach, and a symbiotic interaction between host and slug yielded up to thirty times the quantity of usable ADAM. Young girls, nicknamed "Little Sisters" following the implantation process, were found to be the only viable hosts. Although Tenenbaum hoped to be able to keep the children in a vegetative state, it was found they had to be fully functional to produce the ADAM. They still maintained many of the ordinary characteristics of small children: laughing, playing, smiling, and singing. After the discovery of ADAM from a species of sea slugs, it was quickly learnt that the creature did not produce enough of the compound for research purposes. Bridgette Tenenbaum, however, learnt that if the sea slug was implanted within a [[Human]] hosts body then regurgitation after digesting food produced 30 times the number of ADAM. It was learnt that young female children were the only viable hosts. The implantation of the slugs within these children resulted in the creation of the Little Sisters. Attempts were made initially to keep them in a vegetative state but it was learnt that they have to be fully functional in order to produce ADAM. |
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| + | Frank Fontaine created his Little Sister's Orphanage in Apollo Square and other locations as a front to exploit the children as his supply of hosts for ADAM production. When Andrew Ryan took over Fontaine Futuristics, he discovered the existence of the children. He found them appalling, but had to accept the necessity of their existence to generate the quantity of ADAM Rapture now required. It wasn't long before the entire city became aware of where ADAM was really coming from. He shut down those false orphanages, and continued to use the Little Wonders Educational Facility to house the existing ADAM hosts. With the City's ADAM addiction endemic, and ADAM's use to fight the civil war, shortages were becoming critical. Eventually, as the civil war's body counts grew and the shortages increased, a solution to get additional ADAM led to using the children to obtain ADAM from corpses. Little Sister ADAM hosts were mentally and physically prepared for this grim harvesting role. Ryan, to negate the abhorence of the population, portrayed the Little Sisters in a marketing gimmick, their image being used on Plasmid and Tonic vending machines called Gatherer's Gardens, and even produced toy dolls of them. Rapture public announcements introduced them as the salvation of the City, a reassurance of continuing ADAM production. With the growing chaos of the Civil War, the demand for ADAM soared and Ryan Industries resorted to kidnapping little girls from their parents to create more Little Sister. | ||
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| + | Little Sisters live in the underwater city of Rapture, where they gather ADAM from corpses. They are guarded by Big Daddies, whom are also genetically modified to protect them. It is up to Jack to brutally harvest them for maximum amounts of their ADAM, or to rescue them by returning them to their normal, human states, which yields less ADAM. Little Sisters are among the first inhabitants of Rapture that Jack encounters when arriving in Rapture. While not a threat on their own, Little Sisters are enemies to be avoided while he wanders the halls of of the deep-sea city. The girls are practically invulnerable, but should one stray bullet or misfired Plasmid strike them, the Big Daddy escorting them will turn his full fury on Jack. Consequentially, they should be approached with caution, and only when Jack is prepared. There are 21 Little Sisters which can be rescued or harvested, disregarding any extra Little Sisters which may appear as a result of glitches. If the player harvests all 21 of these Little Sisters, they will gain a total of 3360 ADAM throughout the game. If the player rescues all of the Little Sisters, and finds all of the gifts from Dr. Tenenbaum, they will earn a total of 3080 ADAM and a number of Gene Tonics. | ||
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| + | ==Overview== | ||
| + | |||
| + | Though appearing to be young girls of the 7-10 age group, the Little Sisters are actually genetically engineered as well as mentally conditioned to reclaim ADAM from the dead in the city of Rapture. To accomplish this, the Little Sisters are always accompanied into by a Big Daddy and attacks on them will incur the wraths of the bio-mechanical giants. | ||
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| + | Dr. Yi Suchong, realizing that the need for ADAM was greater than the amount produced by the Little Sisters themselves, pioneered a way for them to recycle ADAM from the blood of dead Splicers, greatly increasing their ADAM yield. Naturally, the children were unwilling to cooperate. To overcome this basic obstacle, Dr. Suchong created methods to mentally condition the children. This produced a neurological impulse to recognize the bodies of dead Splicers as "Angels" to make the grisly process of extraction and consuming their ADAM-rich blood appealing for the girls. Like many of the tools in Rapture, the Little Sisters' ADAM extractor syringes were fabricated from common items: large needles, hose nozzles, and baby bottles. To make Little Sisters more effective in their task, they were heavily conditioned to see the world of Rapture very different from reality. Instead of seeing the dark, deteriorated state of the city, they saw an idealized child's world, with rosy marble floors, pink or red drapings, and flowering vines growing everywhere. Little Sisters saw their Big Daddies as noble golden knights, and saw Big Sisters as brides or princesses with elegant ballroom apparel. Statues appeared to them as heroic Big Daddies, pools of blood as rose petals, flies as butterflies, random fires on the floor as lit fireplaces, weapons as red plastic toy guns, and the dead bodies of Splicers as "Angels"; men and women lying in elegant repose with the outline of a halo and angelic wings surrounding them. Splicers themselves appeared as handsome and beautiful, taking the forms of elegantly dressed men and women in masquerade masks, conversing civilly, when in reality they were violently fighting. This "dream world" persisted in the girls' day-to-day experience, except for occasional lapses where their senses were brought abruptly back to the grim, twisted reality of Rapture's decay whenever they were frightened or startled. This was also shown to happen while concentrating on the process of gathering ADAM from a corpse. However, this could just be due to Delta temporarily losing control over the girl while she harvests ADAM. | ||
Despite the implantation, the Little Sisters engaged in child-like behaviour from laughing to singing and smiling but the sea slugs within their bodies forced them to devour the dead in order to extract ADAM. The ADAM that is already within their bodies makes the Little Sisters practically invulnerable but they lack any form of combative capabilities due to their small size. | Despite the implantation, the Little Sisters engaged in child-like behaviour from laughing to singing and smiling but the sea slugs within their bodies forced them to devour the dead in order to extract ADAM. The ADAM that is already within their bodies makes the Little Sisters practically invulnerable but they lack any form of combative capabilities due to their small size. | ||
| − | The removal of the sea slug from the host was fatal to the Little | + | The removal of the sea slug from the host was fatal to the Little Sister and would die eventually though a large quantity of ADAM could be extracted through the procedure. However, Tenenbaum discovered a way to employ a plasmid that was capable of removing the sea slug from the host safely though only a little ADAM was extracted in this manner. |
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| + | ==Members== | ||
| + | *'''Adelaide Tobet''' : | ||
| + | *'''Eleanor Lamb''' : | ||
| + | *'''Leta''' : | ||
| + | *'''Masha Lutz''' : | ||
| + | *'''Sally''' : | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
| + | *The Little Sisters were created by Ken Levine where they featured in the setting of the BioShock universe. | ||
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| + | ==Appearances== | ||
| + | *''BioShock'': | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[https://bioshock.fandom.com/wiki/Little_Sister BioShock Wiki Entry] |
{{stub}} | {{stub}} | ||
| + | [[Category:Genetic Engineering]] | ||
[[Category:Human derived species]] | [[Category:Human derived species]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Groups]] | ||
[[Category:BioShock]] | [[Category:BioShock]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Ken Levine]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:56, 21 November 2024
Little Sisters are a group that feature in BioShock.
Contents |
History
Little Sisters
ADAM is excreted by unique Sea Slugs found near Rapture. The ADAM-producing Sea Slugs did not naturally produce a large enough quantity for serious research and commercial exploitation. Dr. Brigid Tenenbaum developed a procedure whereby a Sea Slug was implanted in a human host's stomach, and a symbiotic interaction between host and slug yielded up to thirty times the quantity of usable ADAM. Young girls, nicknamed "Little Sisters" following the implantation process, were found to be the only viable hosts. Although Tenenbaum hoped to be able to keep the children in a vegetative state, it was found they had to be fully functional to produce the ADAM. They still maintained many of the ordinary characteristics of small children: laughing, playing, smiling, and singing. After the discovery of ADAM from a species of sea slugs, it was quickly learnt that the creature did not produce enough of the compound for research purposes. Bridgette Tenenbaum, however, learnt that if the sea slug was implanted within a Human hosts body then regurgitation after digesting food produced 30 times the number of ADAM. It was learnt that young female children were the only viable hosts. The implantation of the slugs within these children resulted in the creation of the Little Sisters. Attempts were made initially to keep them in a vegetative state but it was learnt that they have to be fully functional in order to produce ADAM.
Frank Fontaine created his Little Sister's Orphanage in Apollo Square and other locations as a front to exploit the children as his supply of hosts for ADAM production. When Andrew Ryan took over Fontaine Futuristics, he discovered the existence of the children. He found them appalling, but had to accept the necessity of their existence to generate the quantity of ADAM Rapture now required. It wasn't long before the entire city became aware of where ADAM was really coming from. He shut down those false orphanages, and continued to use the Little Wonders Educational Facility to house the existing ADAM hosts. With the City's ADAM addiction endemic, and ADAM's use to fight the civil war, shortages were becoming critical. Eventually, as the civil war's body counts grew and the shortages increased, a solution to get additional ADAM led to using the children to obtain ADAM from corpses. Little Sister ADAM hosts were mentally and physically prepared for this grim harvesting role. Ryan, to negate the abhorence of the population, portrayed the Little Sisters in a marketing gimmick, their image being used on Plasmid and Tonic vending machines called Gatherer's Gardens, and even produced toy dolls of them. Rapture public announcements introduced them as the salvation of the City, a reassurance of continuing ADAM production. With the growing chaos of the Civil War, the demand for ADAM soared and Ryan Industries resorted to kidnapping little girls from their parents to create more Little Sister.
Little Sisters live in the underwater city of Rapture, where they gather ADAM from corpses. They are guarded by Big Daddies, whom are also genetically modified to protect them. It is up to Jack to brutally harvest them for maximum amounts of their ADAM, or to rescue them by returning them to their normal, human states, which yields less ADAM. Little Sisters are among the first inhabitants of Rapture that Jack encounters when arriving in Rapture. While not a threat on their own, Little Sisters are enemies to be avoided while he wanders the halls of of the deep-sea city. The girls are practically invulnerable, but should one stray bullet or misfired Plasmid strike them, the Big Daddy escorting them will turn his full fury on Jack. Consequentially, they should be approached with caution, and only when Jack is prepared. There are 21 Little Sisters which can be rescued or harvested, disregarding any extra Little Sisters which may appear as a result of glitches. If the player harvests all 21 of these Little Sisters, they will gain a total of 3360 ADAM throughout the game. If the player rescues all of the Little Sisters, and finds all of the gifts from Dr. Tenenbaum, they will earn a total of 3080 ADAM and a number of Gene Tonics.
Overview
Though appearing to be young girls of the 7-10 age group, the Little Sisters are actually genetically engineered as well as mentally conditioned to reclaim ADAM from the dead in the city of Rapture. To accomplish this, the Little Sisters are always accompanied into by a Big Daddy and attacks on them will incur the wraths of the bio-mechanical giants.
Dr. Yi Suchong, realizing that the need for ADAM was greater than the amount produced by the Little Sisters themselves, pioneered a way for them to recycle ADAM from the blood of dead Splicers, greatly increasing their ADAM yield. Naturally, the children were unwilling to cooperate. To overcome this basic obstacle, Dr. Suchong created methods to mentally condition the children. This produced a neurological impulse to recognize the bodies of dead Splicers as "Angels" to make the grisly process of extraction and consuming their ADAM-rich blood appealing for the girls. Like many of the tools in Rapture, the Little Sisters' ADAM extractor syringes were fabricated from common items: large needles, hose nozzles, and baby bottles. To make Little Sisters more effective in their task, they were heavily conditioned to see the world of Rapture very different from reality. Instead of seeing the dark, deteriorated state of the city, they saw an idealized child's world, with rosy marble floors, pink or red drapings, and flowering vines growing everywhere. Little Sisters saw their Big Daddies as noble golden knights, and saw Big Sisters as brides or princesses with elegant ballroom apparel. Statues appeared to them as heroic Big Daddies, pools of blood as rose petals, flies as butterflies, random fires on the floor as lit fireplaces, weapons as red plastic toy guns, and the dead bodies of Splicers as "Angels"; men and women lying in elegant repose with the outline of a halo and angelic wings surrounding them. Splicers themselves appeared as handsome and beautiful, taking the forms of elegantly dressed men and women in masquerade masks, conversing civilly, when in reality they were violently fighting. This "dream world" persisted in the girls' day-to-day experience, except for occasional lapses where their senses were brought abruptly back to the grim, twisted reality of Rapture's decay whenever they were frightened or startled. This was also shown to happen while concentrating on the process of gathering ADAM from a corpse. However, this could just be due to Delta temporarily losing control over the girl while she harvests ADAM.
Despite the implantation, the Little Sisters engaged in child-like behaviour from laughing to singing and smiling but the sea slugs within their bodies forced them to devour the dead in order to extract ADAM. The ADAM that is already within their bodies makes the Little Sisters practically invulnerable but they lack any form of combative capabilities due to their small size.
The removal of the sea slug from the host was fatal to the Little Sister and would die eventually though a large quantity of ADAM could be extracted through the procedure. However, Tenenbaum discovered a way to employ a plasmid that was capable of removing the sea slug from the host safely though only a little ADAM was extracted in this manner.
Members
- Adelaide Tobet :
- Eleanor Lamb :
- Leta :
- Masha Lutz :
- Sally :
Notes
- The Little Sisters were created by Ken Levine where they featured in the setting of the BioShock universe.
Appearances
- BioShock:
External Links
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