The extraordinary mechanics of Viltrumite flight are not accidental evolutionary traits. They are the products of brutal systemic culling. The Viltrum empire genetics program began centuries before Mark Grayson's birth with a civil war that wiped out half their own civilization.
Only those possessing pure, unyielding genetic density survived the purges initiated under legendary figures like Emperor Argall. The biological balance systems capable of generating flight were preserved and magnified through generations of forced selection. When a Viltrumite mates with a human, their genetic code is so dominant that the offspring becomes nearly ninety-nine percent pure Viltrumite over time.
This genetic purity explains why Mark Grayson took years to manifest flight, but once his balance mechanism activated, his potential mirrored his father's. The power is dormant inside the DNA, waiting for hormonal maturity and physical strain to awaken the complex balance pathways in the inner ear.
