SPECIMEN SS-CP-01 // Bonnet
Verbal Warning
Where the record ends and the lineup begins
Scoville Heat Units
3,000,000
- Capsaicin
- 40%
- Edits
- 1
- GC
- 41%
The entry point. A single peroxidase knockout lifts the ceiling past every natural pepper on record. Slow build, full flavor, unmistakable heat.
SPECIMEN SS-CP-02 // Bonnet
Kill Switch
One edit. No ceiling.
Scoville Heat Units
3,600,000
- Capsaicin
- 44%
- Edits
- 1
- GC
- 43%
Same single edit, higher expression. The capsaicin fraction climbs to 44% and the onset sharpens. Still a bonnet shape, still recognizably pepper — just decisively past anything in nature.
SPECIMEN SS-CP-03 // Long Pod
Hostile Agent
The shape changes. The rules don't.
Scoville Heat Units
4,300,000
- Capsaicin
- 48%
- Edits
- 1
- GC
- 46%
The first long-pod in the lineup. Same peroxidase knockout, but the elongated fruit geometry concentrates capsaicin in thinner placental walls. Onset accelerates.
SPECIMEN SS-CP-04 // Long Pod
Containment Breach
The ceiling of one edit
Scoville Heat Units
5,100,000
- Capsaicin
- 52%
- Edits
- 1
- GC
- 47%
The last specimen achievable with a single edit. At 5.1 million SHU the peroxidase pathway is running near its theoretical maximum. Going higher requires a second intervention.
SPECIMEN SS-CP-05 // Gnarly
System Shock
Two edits. New territory.
Scoville Heat Units
6,000,000
- Capsaicin
- 56%
- Edits
- 2
- GC
- 48%
The second edit unlocks the next tier. A phenylalanine ammonia-lyase overexpression floods the vanillylamine branch with precursor. The fruit twists into its gnarly phenotype. Six million SHU.
SPECIMEN SS-CP-06 // Gnarly
Venom Protocol
The blend shifts. The burn accelerates.
Scoville Heat Units
7,000,000
- Capsaicin
- 59%
- Edits
- 2
- GC
- 49%
Seven million SHU. The capsaicin fraction crosses 59% and the onset speed hits 7.4 — noticeably faster than any natural pepper. The five-capsaicinoid blend begins to shift toward pure capsaicin dominance.
SPECIMEN SS-CP-07 // Gnarly
Level 4 Pathogen
Containment required
Scoville Heat Units
8,200,000
- Capsaicin
- 63%
- Edits
- 2
- GC
- 51%
Named for BSL-4 containment. At 8.2 million SHU the handling protocol is no longer optional. Capsaicin fraction at 63% means the burn is pure, linear, and immediate.
SPECIMEN SS-CP-08 // Gnarly
Collateral Damage
Beyond flavor. Pure signal.
Scoville Heat Units
9,500,000
- Capsaicin
- 67%
- Edits
- 2
- GC
- 52%
9.5 million SHU. The capsaicin fraction approaches two-thirds. Onset speed 8.2 means peak heat arrives in under 10 seconds. The fruit surface blisters and buckles.
SPECIMEN SS-CP-09 // Gnarly
Extinction Protocol
The pathway saturates
Scoville Heat Units
11,000,000
- Capsaicin
- 71%
- Edits
- 2
- GC
- 54%
Eleven million SHU. 71% capsaicin fraction. This is where the pathway approaches saturation — the biosynthetic machinery is running near its engineered limit. Onset is essentially instant.
SPECIMEN SS-CP-10 // Gnarly
D.N.R.
The end of the lineup
Scoville Heat Units
13,000,000
- Capsaicin
- 75%
- Edits
- 2
- GC
- 56%
Do Not Resuscitate. 13 million SHU — 81% of pure capsaicin's theoretical maximum. 75% capsaicin fraction. Onset speed 8.8. The final specimen in the lineup and the highest-SHU whole pepper ever engineered.
SS·ATLAS·END
Pure capsaicin sits at 16,000,000 SHU.
The lineup spans 3M to 13M SHU — 19% to 81% of the theoretical ceiling. Every tier is a design target engineered through targeted edits to the capsaicin pathway. Pre-order to lock a specimen before commercial release.