The Juraian Earth Protectorate, with the help of the Empire's Science Academy, was working on repairing the damage of the Voorl's slavery. The humans had been treated as so much livestock despite being a sentient race (if uncivilized by galactic standards).
Unfortunately, returning Humanity to its pre-invasion status would be a daunting task. The genetic manipulations themselves were only a part of the mess as human society had been profoundly altered.
Earth had been a bucolic pleasureworld for unsavory aliens and a sex slave breeding center for nearly a century. One cannot expect it to change overnight even if the ones in charge of it had been kicked out.
While the empire of Jurai was polygamous in itself, the situation on Earth was 'too much of a good thing' in their opinion. Various solutions were considered in order to balance the male-female ratio out: Medication, further genetic alterations, sterilization of certain specimens, etc... But none of these were deemed safe for widespread use, tests had to be conducted first.
Because no miracle cure was in sight for the time being, the Juraian authorities decided to institute a policy of obligatory eugenism. Using the files seized from the Voorl, the juraian scientists would pair males and females who showed a greater statistical chance for male offsprings. The more chances you had according to statistics, the more wives you had, with adequate financial support from the authorities as a bonus.
Since Genma had had a son, it was somewhat expected of his son to do the same. Of course, since Genma left years ago to train Ranma, there was no way of calculating precise odds with no siblings to make comparisons. Essentially, each time the scientists played matchmaker, random luck played a big part.
The Eugenics program was a recent development and results wouldn't be immediately visible for at least a few years. But as long as it was in place, the juraian authorities decided who married who and how many.
*****
Had Genma Saotome been in a position to choose one or more spouses for his manly son, his first stop would have been the Tendo dojo where he was sure his old buddy Soun would have several eligible daughters.
The decision was mainly out of his hands, however. He and his son were heading for the Jurai Experimental Facility in Nerima. Ranma would go through a medical check-up and a few tests then the family planners would correlate his data with their files of available marriageable girls. Genma Saotome wasn't the most honest person around but he knew better than annoy authorities with high-tech firepower.
Besides, he had a plan. If he could have a chat with an eugenist in charge of choosing his son's future wives, he was sure he could convince (read: bribe) him to pair ranma with at least one Tendo daughter.
Ranma and Genma had walked for the better part of the day. Finally, their destination was in sight "Here we are, Ranma!"
The young man looked at the huge white building complex, seemingly unimpressed "Yeah, yeah, it's a big juraian hospital... Big deal! Why are we here again?" Ranma asked, looking around nervously. Girls and women they crossed in the streets kept staring at him funnily.
Not that he was afraid of them, mind you. Ranma Saotome doesn't fear anything! He was merely cautious. Yes! That was it! He just wanted to keep his fluids to himself, that was all. That experience in the amazon village had been scary uncomfortable.
Genma adjusted his glasses and frowned, taking his 'resolute sensei' face "Now, Son, it is but a simple medical check-up. We've been out of the country for a year after all," Seeing that his son wasn't buying it, he used an old Saotome trick, "Surely, you're not afraid of a few needle shots, are you?"
"AH! Me, afraid! Not a chance!" protested Ranma. The pigtailed martial artist entered the building in a huff, not immediately realizing he had been suckered.
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The Jurai Experimental Facility had a reasonable level of security. They had to, since there had been a few incidents involving disgruntled husbands, old collaborators and the Resistance.
In a deserted computer room, a humanoid silhouette shimmered into existence. The intruder quickly made sure he was alone and in no danger of being spotted before going to work. All he did was activating the main selection program and download an extra set of routines into it. Once the deed was done, he disappeared, leaving no traces of his passage.
He reappeared a few buildings blocks away from the juraian eugenic facility and activated his communicator "Shadow to Wizard... Shadow to Wizard... The package has been delivered. I repeat: the package had been delivered. Shadow out!"
Far from Nerima, Tokyo and even Japan, one of the few Voorls remaining on Earth was happy to learn that his agent had accomplished his mission. Now the Nerima Eugenics Center's main computer would track males with high magical potential in their genes and pair them up with mates showing the same trait, hopefully giving birth to super-powered magical girls.
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