Genome Control Act

The Genome Control Act (ゲノム管理法) was a law passed by the government of Astra in order to limit and in some cases prevent genetic modification of the DNA of humans. Part of the reason for this was to find clones, as they were illegal and the people who made them would be charged with fines and sentenced to jail.

Group B-5's parents had made illegal clones of themselves with the intent of transferring their minds into their clones so they could achieve immortality. When they realized the passing of this law would make their crimes obvious, they sent their children on a "school trip" to Planet McPa. This was actually a farce, and the real reason for the trip was for the king's clone to kill all of them in space where their deaths could be passed off as a mysterious accident.

This attempt did not succeed, and all of the parents involved in the illegal cloning project were arrested, and their children were issued new birth certificates.