User blog comment:PinkFlyingBunny/MetaGene/@comment-130.18.107.8-20120827175231

Well if we're going under the assumption that the partner is the Reach, then do you really want to think about what a scarab could do when working in conjunction with someone like Flash, Aqualad or Mammoth?

Also, if you know how to make something, you don't have far to go to figure out how to unmake it. By figuring out how to create metagenes, the Reach would be able to figure out how to neutralize (possibly permanently) any metagene they came across. Judging by the blue capsule Impulse used to "cure" Neutron, I'd say that somebody dang well figured it out by Impulse's time. Which now that I think about it, would be the ideal way to conquer that Earth, unleashing somehing that could neutralize every metagene on the planet. If you didn't, every potential metahuman would probably go superhuman the minute an invasion fleet touched down. There might be new metahumans born later, but with a Reach army and the Light's backing, you wouldn't need very long to conquer or lay waste to an entire planet. A few years would be plenty of time to wreak irreparable damage.