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Shane Gooseman is a genetically bred supersoldier, one of the few remaining Supertroopers from the 'Wolf Den' incident of 2101. He was genetically produced along with a group of others in an effort to produce an effective fighting force that would use enhanced meta-human abilites to defend themelves and enable them to battle hostile aliens more effectively.
This was the latest batch of supersoldiers approved by the military minds of Earth and everything was looking good until an unstable element was introduced into the genetic makeup. This 'Batch 22' was supposed to enhance the abilities of the soldiers to make them even more effective. Unfortunately, in trials it also proved unstable, and generated massive brain seizures and cortexial feedback, driving the subjects incurably insane in over 80% of the trial subjects. It was never supposed to be used on a human host.
A Civilian advisor to the military fed the neurochemical into the air supply of the Supertroopers' barracks one night in 2101. Of the troopers in the barracks at the time, most were rendered unconscious by the neurochemical, some managed to escape, with dramatically enhanced powers, and remain at large. Of the remaining troopers, only Shane Gooseman was considered unaffected, as he had managed to shield himself from the chemical until it had dispersed. The incapacitated supertroopers were placed into cryonic stasis; deemed too dangerous to be allowed to awaken. And Shane Gooseman was transferred to the Galaxy Ranger corps under Commander Walsh's direct control, to be integrated into the Series V program.
Unfortunately, as an added control element, Gooseman is required to act as a bounty hunter, and recover the renegade Supertroopers for return to Earth and the cryocrypt. He is not happy about it.
Shane Gooseman's implant enhances already formidable biogenetic defences which enable him to withstand most any attack, external or internal, as long as his body has already survived exposure to the attack previously. Like an antibody, his biodefences can only react once they have already encountered the attack. So, he must allow himself to be hit by the attack before he can defend. His implant boosts his biodefences by up to 60 times, enabling him to react to an attack in seconds, rather than minutes.
Shane and Niko have an ongoing relationship, enhanced by the events in Chrysalis to a fully-lbown lovefor one another.