Transmogrify

It all started while you were routinely cleaning storage room 2b in section 6. First the loud sound of a breaker tripping and then… pitch darkness, the facility locked down and the emergency lights switched on. After a system reset, GRACE the research AI comes to your rescue. She has no memory of the events leading up the failure and informs you the specimens have all gotten free. She urges you to escape and gives you a device only labeled as Project Transmogrfiy, that turns living matter into usable tools and structures. Was that something skittering in the air vents?