"So Epsilon and Delta will make up more than seventy percent of the Mutant population."
Dr. Abraham Erskine nodded at James, his expression grave.
Based on the extensive research data and materials on Mutant Genes he had brought back from Auschwitz Concentration Camp, along with Dr. Klaus Schmidt's conclusions and analysis, Erskine agreed that the simpler Greek-letter classification system was the most suitable for now.
"Epsilon is the lowest rank. They have weak abilities and a high degree of physical deformity, and make up about twenty percent. Delta Mutants are by far the most numerous. Their abilities are relatively clear-cut, while the extent of their physical changes depends on the specific mutation. They account for half of all test subjects."
As Dr. Erskine discussed the records of several hundred experimental subjects who had undergone genetic mutations with James, he suddenly realized that the Mutant population, once negligible in proportion to humanity as a whole, had been growing steadily.
"Drawing clear distinctions could prove very complicated, given how wildly these abilities vary in nature and effect. Some Mutants with purely destructive powers could be classified fairly simply according to the lethality standards I proposed earlier."
"But many other, more unusual abilities can only be defined gradually as we learn more about mutations."
Classifying Mutant abilities was far too complicated. Even the examples they had discovered so far could be broadly divided into physical, energy-based, and rule-based types.
Purely physical mutations, which granted Mutants traits like those of beasts or enhanced physical abilities, were relatively easy to study and understand. But mutations like those of Azazel and Erik, involving space or even magnetism, were far beyond the explanatory power of current research.
James set the complicated issue aside for the time being. As the Mutant population continued to grow and his own