Biogenesis

The creation of living human beings from cellular tissue - the start of a new life from nothing but genetic residue, Biogenesis was the basis by which the Directorate repopulated the human species after the Warp War ended. With most of the human race vaporized, the Neo-Earth Directorate took drastic measures to protect mankind from ever coming so near to extinction again. Between 2105 and 2193, Biogenesis existed alongside natural human reproduction and was used to greatly supplement the speed at which the population grew. The Neo-Earth Directorate mandated that genetic material be taken from each and every human being and combined to create as many new lives as possible. Babies born in Biogenesis facilities were raised in large-scale communal complexes that served as both schools and living space. With each passing year, the population grew in orders of magnitude, and with a larger population to draw material from, the speed at which Biogenesis facilities churned out new people only quickened with time. By 2193, early 90% of the human population was either descended from, or was themselves a child of Biogenesis. The practice was finally put to an end that year, one year after the fall of the Neo-Earth Directorate, when the leaders of the new United Earth Federation banned human cloning. This was universally accepted as a step in the right direction, as the century of obligatory Biogenesis under the Directorate had brought low people's empathy and stretched thin the resources of the entire solar system, leading to rampant inequality and dystopian bureaucracy.