Mohinder's office

Mohinder's office
Mohinder's office is the home to clues.
First mentioned:	July 30, 2007
BBC Two

Mohinder's office is the home to books, games, e-mails, and comic books and introduced by BBC Two in its mirror of Heroes 360 information.

Bookshelf

Activating Evolution

INTRODUCTION

Scientists are fascinated by puzzles, and I am no exception. I have been known to spend hours on a drizzly Sunday morning, much to my wife's frustration indulging in the most elegant puzzle yet designed by man: the New York Times crossword. There is lyricism in the way words stack and fall upon one another and in the small, elusive clues that gently prod like a teacher coaxing an answer from a faltering student. Most assume that a vast vocabulary is necessary to defeat these difficult puzzles, but the clues, as they are in the greater puzzles of life, are no literal they are figurative. And figurative clues require not a vast vocabulary, although that does help, but a vast imagination. Just as imagination is the key to unlock the secrets of the Sunday crossword puzzle, it is also the key to unlock the riddles of science, of the cosmos, of mankind, of the future. The idea of "cold, hard Science" is an illusion, for science is neither "cold" nor "hard." Those are attributes that we apply to things that frighten or repel us, things we don't understand. In fact, science is beauty, a way to get at truth, and to get at truth one must be willing to see every angle of every puzzle, which requires a great and deep imagination. Our physical senses, while providing our only connection to the world around us, also limit our everyday perception, and we must work to remove these limits if we are to seek, with total, fearless honesty, the truth of what is to come.

I had considered calling this book "Activating Imagination," but ultimately felt this title would mislead more than it would enlighten. Yet, as I write these words from my office at Chennai University, I wonder if I made the right choice. After all, this book asks much of its readers, starting with a willingness to accept things he or she may find alien or possibly even heretical, things that require an active and engaged imagination. Those that possess this important trait may come to believe, as I have, that the human species is at the very dawn of an evolutionary renaissance, a word that I do not use lightly. "Renaissance" literally means "rebirth" and that is exactly what is now at hand.

My work with the human genome project has uncovered the fact that tiny variations in our species' genetic code are taking place at an increasingly rapid rate. This should come as no surprise. So-called evolution is just that evolving. It is an ongoing process with no beginning and no end. As the world around us changes due to technology, shifts in environmental patterns, overcrowded living conditions, war, disease, and hundreds of other seen and unseen factors, mankind reacts and mankind changes.

We evolve.

Currently, mankind uses less than a tenth of his brain power; there are even those who believe that we use much less than that. And though the human brain is the most remarkable mechanism we know of on earth, it is still highly inefficient and can only interpret the most obvious and base of senses, sight, smell sound, passion, fear. But add a mere two additional neural pathways and the brain could interpret wavelengths at a frequency a thousand times greater than our current capacity, giving us the ability to hear each others' thoughts.

What else could the human and body achieve with the subtlest changes in biochemistry? Teleportation, levitation, instantaneous tissue regeneration, precognition, telekinesis, and even invisibility are well within the realm of possibility. Could it even be happening already?

I believe that it is.

Some may find this proposition ridiculous, others may find it terrifying, but it is my hope that you will find it thrilling for I believe, with all my imagination, that we are standing on the very threshold of true human potential.

- Chandra Suresh, Chennai University, 1993

Answering Machine

A tape can be placed inside the answering machine, and it will play two messages. First, Nathan Petrelli will talk about his campaign, followed shortly by Sylar's message.

On August 29, 2007, the tape was updated, with a message for Mohinder Suresh from his boss at the taxi service.

"Suresh Mohinder? You haven't taken a cab for a week. We agreed 30 hours and you're under quota. If you're ill we need a certificate. If I don't see you in the next 48 hours then I'm assuming you've resigned. Have a nice day."

Mohinder's Journal

Mohinder's First Entry

In recent days, a seemingly random group of individuals has emerged with what only can be described as 'special' abilities. Although unaware of it now, these individuals will not only save the world, but change it forever. This transformation from ordinary to extraordinary will not occur overnight. Every story has a beginning.

My story began when the death of my father brought me here, to his apartment in Brooklyn. I knew that I was going to have to look through my father's research to continue his quest. I might find important clues anywhere so I decided I would leave no stone unturned. My father's laptop and the map on the wall seemed like the best places to start.

Mohinder's Second Entry

I'd come to realise that my father was no armchair theorist. He was finding these people. He was taking a great risk doing what he thought was right and the research notes are the fruit of his labour. I decided to start by adding my own findings into these files to safeguard against the possibility that I too may face my father's fate.

Mohinder's Third Entry

My quest took me deeper and deeper into my father's work. I even found myself re-reading his book. I was beginning to wonder if this quest of mine was consuming me, was my destiny to end up just like my father?

Mohinder's Fourth Entry

When I decided to continue to add to my father's research notes I imagined them building up as I added each new piece of acquired knowledge. Yet now, after only a couple of weeks, I realise that I will be spending much of my time editing them as I learn more about the individuals that I've already documented. The true nature of some powers only becomes clear over time. Now rather than looking forward to the research notes building, I'm dreading the albatross that I've born to wear around my neck.

Mohinder's Fifth Entry

Although I'd only been in the apartment for a matter of weeks it had started to feel like home but every now and then I'm surprised by something unexpected that reminded me that my father lived there not so long ago. Only the day before I had found a copy of Origin of Species' on the bookshelf which I'm sure must've been the 1st edition that Eden said she bought for my father. Darwin's theories are a subject that was close to the hearts of both my father and myself, perhaps one of the few things we ever agreed on.

Mohinder's Sixth Entry

I'd been trying to work with my father's methods because he clearly had a plan but I wasn't sure what he was ultimately hoping to find. The pins in the map seemed to relate to the occurrences of evolved humans using their abilities. I'd been using my father's system of placing pins where I believed this has been happening. Perhaps my father was expecting a pattern to appear out of the chaos?

Chandra's Laptop

On the laptop, there is a distinctive background picture of the symbol. By installing a chip found in Mohinder's iguana tank, you can add a chip to the laptop in order to access a secret screensaver. There are also e-mails from Bridget Bailey available.

Research Notes

Claire Bennet

Name: Bennet, Claire
Age: 16
Ability: Rapid cell regeneration
Location: Odessa, Texas
Notes: Claire's ability means that she can heal almost any injury, even very extreme ones. This means that she is practically invincible.

Peter Petrelli

Name: Petrelli, Peter
Age: 31
Ability: Empathic mimicry
Location: New York
Notes: Peter temporarily gains the abilities of evolved humans that are in close proximity of him.

Nathan Petrelli

Name: Petrelli, Nathan
Age: ?
Ability: Flight
Location: New York
Notes: Nathan has shown the ability to fly on several occasions.

Isaac Mendez

Name: Mendez, Isaac
Age: 28
Ability: Precognition
Location: New York
Notes: Isaac can see the future and his ability manifests itself through his paintings.

Hiro Nakamura

Name: Nakamura, Hiro
Age: 24
Ability: Space-time manipulation
Location: Japan
Notes: Hiro's ability allows him to bend time and space. In practice this means he can alter the flow of time (slow the passage of time, freeze time completely or even rewind time) and change his position in time and space at will this effectively means he can transport himself anywhere in the world and to any point in time.

Matt Parkman

Name: Parkman, Matt
Age: 35
Ability: Telepathy
Location: Los Angeles
Notes: Matt can hear people's thoughts as though they are speaking to him.

Niki Sanders

Name: Sanders, Nicki
Age: 33
Ability: Enhanced strength
Location: Las Vegas
Notes: Although Nicki seems to possess enhanced strength this ability only manifests itself when her alter ego (Jessica) takes over. It is not known whether this alter ego is related to her ability or not.

D.L. Hawkins

Name: Hawkins, DL
Age: 31
Ability: Phasing
Location: Las Vegas
Notes: D.L. can phase at will through solid objects. This allows him to pass some or all of his body through solid objects.

Ted Sprague

Name: Sprague, Theodore
Age: 33
Ability: Radioactive emission
Location: Los Angeles
Notes: Ted naturally emits radioactive emissions. The nature of the radiation isn't clear but the side effects are the production of heat and light which he can control to varying degrees. When emotionally wrought he may have trouble keeping control of his ability.

Micah Sanders

Name: Sanders, Micah
Age: 10
Ability: Technopathy
Location: Las Vegas
Notes: Micah can take a computer apart and immediately know how it works, reprogram a cash-machine or even repair mechanical devices just by touching them.

Gallery

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  Mohinder's bookshelf contains research.
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  The introduction to Activating Evolution.
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  The fifth issue of 9th Wonders!.
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  A newspaper article on Isaac Mendez.
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  Mohinder's desk and his iguana.
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  An answering machine with the Sylar tape.
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  Chandra's laptop has the Symbol.
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  Research notes.
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  Mohinder's journal.
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  The map, linking to three games.
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  An empty iguana tank.

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