Post by Lighty on Jan 20, 2017 16:02:08 GMT
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Drug - Illegal
Affects - Blocks pain, reduces brain capacity, increases hostility, adverse vomiting, dehydration.
Addictive Quality - Moderate, heavy/reoccurring usage creates dependency, quantified when combined with alcohol.
Duration - One Hour
Dosage - Dissolving strip, placed under tongue.
Value - 100 credits per strip.
Developed from a local fauna, similar in structure to an Earth cactus called the Topogcacti. Before official colonization of Hyperion, back when it was mostly populated by lawless bandits, a few keen observers noticed that local wildlife would act strangely when they interact with the cacti, usually by smelling it, or eating the bright blue flowers that sprouted from it's stalks. The animals would go on a wild frenzy, often attacking other creatures in a desperate attempt to kill them, afterwards if successful, they'd violently vomit over the body of their victim, and fall over dead themselves. As the decaying corpses rotted in the heated desert, blooming bright blue flowers sprouted from the ground around them.
Investigation into this strange behavior determined that the spores from the cacti would influence violent behavior in anything that inhaled or digested from it. Perhaps a trait of evolution, the violent behavior is theorized to be caused so that the body-born spores of the cacti have an abundance of nutrients to thrive and grow off of by utilizing the rotting remains of it's host body. The added benefit of violent behavior often results in two rotting remains, for if the infected being manages to kill while under the violent reaction to the cacti, it would begin to violently vomit, quickly dehydrating itself to the point of death, an easily accomplished task while in Hyperion's vast deserts.
Scientific studies, publicly published caught the attention of local underground criminal organizations, seeking for a way to create profit with relatively little expenditure, and without depending on imports. Easily finding the Topogcacti growing on the outskirts of New-Canton, where civilization meets desolate desert, experiments began by simply extracting spores from the plant. Early entrepreneurs in this endeavor often failed to adequately protect themselves, falling victim to the plant's powerful affects themselves. Eventually a safe and sound process of extracting the plant's unique properties was developed, and the drug introduced into the market by lacing a fine powder over a quick-dissolving strip.
Once placed in the mouth, the effects would be noticed within five minutes, the user's pain receptors quickly becoming blocked, numbing the mind from pain. After ten minutes, the user would become vastly inept, the drug blocking several synapsis from forming in the brain, quickly loosing their train of thought, long and short term memory, and ability to think logically. After thirty minutes, the user would became openly hostile, physically attacking most near anything that it's now near-feral state of mind could see. This combined effect of lack of pain, mindless thought, and violent behavior, would often result in severe injury and/or death of themselves or anyone nearby. Should the user survive, after an hour the majority of the effects would wear off, as they vomit profusely for several minutes. The body would become dangerously dehydrated, falling victim to it if not properly rehydrated quickly.
Drug - Illegal
Affects - Blocks pain, reduces brain capacity, increases hostility, adverse vomiting, dehydration.
Addictive Quality - Moderate, heavy/reoccurring usage creates dependency, quantified when combined with alcohol.
Duration - One Hour
Dosage - Dissolving strip, placed under tongue.
Value - 100 credits per strip.
Developed from a local fauna, similar in structure to an Earth cactus called the Topogcacti. Before official colonization of Hyperion, back when it was mostly populated by lawless bandits, a few keen observers noticed that local wildlife would act strangely when they interact with the cacti, usually by smelling it, or eating the bright blue flowers that sprouted from it's stalks. The animals would go on a wild frenzy, often attacking other creatures in a desperate attempt to kill them, afterwards if successful, they'd violently vomit over the body of their victim, and fall over dead themselves. As the decaying corpses rotted in the heated desert, blooming bright blue flowers sprouted from the ground around them.
Investigation into this strange behavior determined that the spores from the cacti would influence violent behavior in anything that inhaled or digested from it. Perhaps a trait of evolution, the violent behavior is theorized to be caused so that the body-born spores of the cacti have an abundance of nutrients to thrive and grow off of by utilizing the rotting remains of it's host body. The added benefit of violent behavior often results in two rotting remains, for if the infected being manages to kill while under the violent reaction to the cacti, it would begin to violently vomit, quickly dehydrating itself to the point of death, an easily accomplished task while in Hyperion's vast deserts.
Scientific studies, publicly published caught the attention of local underground criminal organizations, seeking for a way to create profit with relatively little expenditure, and without depending on imports. Easily finding the Topogcacti growing on the outskirts of New-Canton, where civilization meets desolate desert, experiments began by simply extracting spores from the plant. Early entrepreneurs in this endeavor often failed to adequately protect themselves, falling victim to the plant's powerful affects themselves. Eventually a safe and sound process of extracting the plant's unique properties was developed, and the drug introduced into the market by lacing a fine powder over a quick-dissolving strip.
Once placed in the mouth, the effects would be noticed within five minutes, the user's pain receptors quickly becoming blocked, numbing the mind from pain. After ten minutes, the user would become vastly inept, the drug blocking several synapsis from forming in the brain, quickly loosing their train of thought, long and short term memory, and ability to think logically. After thirty minutes, the user would became openly hostile, physically attacking most near anything that it's now near-feral state of mind could see. This combined effect of lack of pain, mindless thought, and violent behavior, would often result in severe injury and/or death of themselves or anyone nearby. Should the user survive, after an hour the majority of the effects would wear off, as they vomit profusely for several minutes. The body would become dangerously dehydrated, falling victim to it if not properly rehydrated quickly.