The official explanation from DMAIC is that Elizabeth has undergone extensive gene therapy to achieve immortality, yet her longevity still spawned many a conspiracy theory: Some believe that she is a periodically replaced clone with Elizabeth’s memory while more radical ones claim that the Carter family has a long history of cutting deals with aliens. Elizabeth Carter has been at the helm of DMAIC for nearly two hundred years, but this iron-fisted technology oligarch shows no physical signs of aging.