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==Known Attempts==
*In [[M31]], due to the heavy losses the [[Raven Guard]] [[Legion]] sustained during the [[Isstvan V]] massacre, [[Corax]] attempted asked the Emperor for the technology to replace his numbers and return to combat readiness as quickly as possible. Due to the secretive nature The first group of the Raven Guard chapter, little is known recruits were successfully turned into marines in a matter of hours. After the resounding success of , Corax continued the chapter's attempt at cloningprogram, however many rumours circulate though infiltrators from the Alpha Legion had slipped in with the survivors of the Dropsite Massacre. These Alpha Legionnaires allowed [[Alpharius Omegon|Omegon]] to infiltrate the ranks Raven Guard to steal a copy of other chapters describing the outbreak genetech for his own use, as well as sabotage Corax's functional unit. The second and third groups of recruits quickly devolved into [[mutants]]. Despite the initial success and ignorant of the sabotage, Corax deemed the program to be a failure and would continue to create Astartes through the traditional means.{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|3}}
*In [[M41]], in the wake of the disastrous [[Arkio]] Insurrection, [[Apothecary Majoris]] [[Caecus]] of the [[Blood Angels]] proposed using replication. Commander [[Dante]] disapproved, but Caecus continued his research in secret. Caecus believed he had succeeded with the aid of a mysterious [[Magos Biologis]], but his creations, the [[Bloodfiends]], though at first promising, turned into bloodthirsty monsters, manifesting extreme versions of the Blood Angels' geneseed flaws, the [[Black Rage]] and the [[Red Thirst]]. It is uncertain how much of this catastrophe was accident caused by Caecus's incomplete knowledge, and how much was deliberately engineered by the Magos (who turned out to be the traitor [[Fabius Bile]] in disguise).{{Fn|1}}
