Sclera

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Team Sclera was a Space Pirate research team that made a breakthrough with Phazon experiments. By using a strain of Phazon known as Vertigo on parasites, they were successfully able to complete Phazon mutation. As a result, Vertigo Phazon was used in Project Helix and was instrumental in the creation of Elite Pirates.