Little Sisters
Little Sisters are a group that feature in BioShock.
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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
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.
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:
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