Rubbers

Rubbers‏‎

Gene clone slaves created by DeNoir. First units sold in 2110 to Shell Corp as Deep Sea workers. Rubbers were  Gene Clone Slaves without a boney skeleton based on an Ulta octopus and human DNA. Rubbers were almost identical to the Elastoos of Enroe Corp developed only a year earlier.

In 2111, Enroe Industries sued DeNoir Industries for patent infringement. Enroe patented the Elastoos, while DeNoir introduced the Rubbers, Gene Clone Slaves of virtually the same design (just smaller). The United Earth Court decided in favor of DeNoir citing that DeNoir used a different type of octopus (one found on Ulta) and that Enroe patented the DNA pattern and not the form or looks of the result.

Neither the Elastoos  nor the Rubbers were a big commercial success, and only about 20,000 Rubbers were produced, of which over 8,000 perished in the attack of Enroe on the DeNoir labs (the begin of  the Corporate Wars )

Rubbers could not procreate the natural way. The last Rubber died around 2200.

The monstrous look of the Rubbers and the Elastoos also marked the begin of wide spread public objection to unrestricted genetic tailoring on sentient species.

In terms of design and practicality, Rubbers and Elastoos were a success, as both clone species worked well under water and in space.