Project M.A.N.T.I.S

Project MANTIS (Massively Augmented Neo-Tech Integrated Soldiers) was one of the many projects undertaken by MOTH to defeat the Honkai. The project involved extracting the DNA of powerful Honkai beasts and inserting them into human soldiers using ICHOR (Intra-Chromosomal Honkai Gene Repeats) to grant them superhuman abilities and innate Honkai resistance. The project was successful, and produced at least 13 known MANTISes.

Upon the appearance of the 11th Herrscher, many MANTISes were killed, reducing their number to a mere 13. These 13 survivors were then given the title of ‘Flame-Chasers’.

Creation
There are at least 2 known ways to create a MANTIS. The first developed method was highly experimental, and had unwanted side-effects. KEVIN underwent this procedure, and as a side-effect his body temperature dropped by several degrees below freezing. It is possible that ELYSIA, MOBIUS, SAKURA, KOSMA, KALPAS, and PARDOFELIS also underwent this same procedure, given their additional inhuman traits.

The second method was developed later on. It involved injecting an individual with a serum and giving them one of the Keys of Domination. The Key would awaken the Metamorph ICHOR in the serum under the correct circumstances, catalysing the MANTIS transformation. So far, HUA is the only known MANTIS to have been created in this way.

13 Flame-Chasers
''The Foremost MANTISES. Preserved through simulations in the Elysian Realm.'' Underlining denotes whether this Flame-Chaser is playable in game.