Bravida's Law

''Bravida’s Law'' is a rule of thumb derived by the renowned ''Genome Raider Eldorado Bravida'' to describe the rate of mutation among ''Asymptotes''.

The ''Law'' describes this rate of change as follows: The rate of mutation of those genetic features that can be described as ''Asymptotic'' tends to double once every 18 months.

A number of further addenda exist to the ''Law'' as described above. Most prominent among these is one that states: The rate of mutation in those genetic features tending towards ''Asymptotic'' tends from positive infinity to 18 months. Another prominent addendum simply rewords the above statement, effectively inverting it.

There are a number of theories as to how ''Bravida'' developed his rule. Most histories claim that it was developed as the result of numerous studies conducted on a variety of subjects in an advanced lab that has since been lost. Some histories, however, claim that ''Bravida'' worked out of the back of a scrap-merchant’s wagon and had to make do with what few specimens he could obtain on his weekly ''Genome Raids''.

There is also a line of thought among some, generally those dismissed as paranoid conspiracy theorists, that ''Bravida'' was gifted with his insight by an as yet undetermined, although most probably alien, source.