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| [{{ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Heuchera_%27Berry_Smoothie%27.JPG/320px-Heuchera_%27Berry_Smoothie%27.JPG?200|Foliage of //Xenomorphic Neo-Adoxacus roddenberrii// ((Image is [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heuchera_%27Berry_Smoothie%27.JPG]] by Andy Mabbett. [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en|CC BY-SA 3.0]]))}}] | [{{ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Heuchera_%27Berry_Smoothie%27.JPG/320px-Heuchera_%27Berry_Smoothie%27.JPG?200|Foliage of //Xenomorphic Neo-Adoxacus roddenberrii// ((Image is [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heuchera_%27Berry_Smoothie%27.JPG]] by Andy Mabbett. [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en|CC BY-SA 3.0]]))}}] | ||
| - | //Xenomorphic Neo-Adoxacus roddenberrii// is the result of the mutagens contained in certain varieties of [[terraforming probe]] being unleashed upon an pre-existing ecosystem. The plant was found on [[Veil-2358#Veil-2358_IX]], which had completed terraforming about 90 years prior to discovery. No evidence of the pre-morphic plant has been identified, despite numerous expeditions to investigate soils formed prior to terraforming. The plant was named after a pre-fall Terran futurist, Eugene Weasley Roddenberry, whose writings had been extensively read by the scientific team. The scientific team responsible were from a colony near [[Concord]] which had only been recently discovered by the [[Ascendancy]], and not yet been culturally realigned. As the Ascendancy was occupied by the [[First Tulaki Invasion]] at the time, and the region seceded to the [[Free Union]] shortly afterward, it is likely that samples of Roddenberry's writings may still exist. | + | //Xenomorphic Neo-Adoxacus roddenberrii// is the result of the mutagens contained in certain varieties of [[terraforming probe]] being unleashed upon an pre-existing ecosystem. The plant was found on [[system:Veil-2358#Veil-2358_IX]], which had completed terraforming about 90 years prior to discovery. No evidence of the pre-morphic plant has been identified, despite numerous expeditions to investigate soils formed prior to terraforming. The plant was named after a pre-fall Terran futurist, Eugene Weasley Roddenberry, whose writings had been extensively read by the scientific team. The scientific team responsible were from a colony near [[system:Concord]] which had only been recently discovered by the [[Ascendancy]], and not yet been culturally realigned. As the Ascendancy was occupied by the [[timeline#First Tulaki Invasion]] at the time, and the region seceded to the [[Free Union]] shortly afterward, it is likely that samples of Roddenberry's writings may still exist. |
| //Xenomorphic Neo-Adoxacus roddenberrii// is a small tree, typically growing to 8m tall and equally wide. The bark is light grey with a pinkish tinge when young, which darkens with increasing age. The leaves are palmately lobed on long petioles, with a thick, woody rootstock. The flowers have four to six yellow stamens and deep blue-black petals. The fruit is a glossy dark purple to black berry 3–5 mm diameter, produced in drooping clusters. The entire plant is mildly poisonous to Terrans, typically causing nausea and mild swelling of the throat tissues if ingested. | //Xenomorphic Neo-Adoxacus roddenberrii// is a small tree, typically growing to 8m tall and equally wide. The bark is light grey with a pinkish tinge when young, which darkens with increasing age. The leaves are palmately lobed on long petioles, with a thick, woody rootstock. The flowers have four to six yellow stamens and deep blue-black petals. The fruit is a glossy dark purple to black berry 3–5 mm diameter, produced in drooping clusters. The entire plant is mildly poisonous to Terrans, typically causing nausea and mild swelling of the throat tissues if ingested. | ||
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| In more specialised cases, concentrated Roddenberry Extract can be delicately introduced into the biochemical linkage components of cybernetic interfaces. This significantly hardens the transmitter cells close to the implant, dampening any bioelectrical feedback loops and lessening the effect of power fluctuations or energy discharges into the hosts tissues. It is thought that Roddenberry Extract is a component in the [[Corporeal Perfection Syndicate]]'s proprietary cybernetic linking process. | In more specialised cases, concentrated Roddenberry Extract can be delicately introduced into the biochemical linkage components of cybernetic interfaces. This significantly hardens the transmitter cells close to the implant, dampening any bioelectrical feedback loops and lessening the effect of power fluctuations or energy discharges into the hosts tissues. It is thought that Roddenberry Extract is a component in the [[Corporeal Perfection Syndicate]]'s proprietary cybernetic linking process. | ||
| - | Roddenberry Extract breaks down fairly quickly in the body of most species, usually between 15-30 hours depending on metabolic rate. Absorbtion of bioelectric activity breaks it down into some very mildly neurotoxic compounds, which are then passed into the bloodstream-analogue and eventually excreted. | + | Roddenberry Extract breaks down fairly quickly in the body of most species, usually between 15-30 hours depending on metabolic rate. Absorption of bioelectric activity breaks it down into some very mildly neurotoxic compounds, which are then passed into the bloodstream-analogue and eventually excreted. |
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| ====== OOC Game Information ====== | ====== OOC Game Information ====== | ||
| - | Roddenberry Extract is a type of [[Exotic Biotic]] - an [[Exotic Substances|Exotic Substance]] related to [[Life Science]]. A physrep of berries or a vial of liquid can be used to represent a few measures of this substance, but particularly large physreps can hold more. | + | Roddenberry Extract is a type of [[Exotic Biotics|Exotic Biotic]] - an [[Exotic Substances|Exotic Substance]] related to [[Life Science]]. A physrep of berries or a vial of liquid can be used to represent a few measures of this substance, but particularly large physreps can hold more. |
| A measure of Roddenberry Extract can be used in one of two ways. | A measure of Roddenberry Extract can be used in one of two ways. | ||
| - | * It can be applied to a character to grant them a single additional rank of Steel Nerves for the remainder of the day (a rank of Steel Nerves reduces the duration of FREEZE effects by 5 seconds). | + | * It can be applied to a character to grant them a single additional rank of [[combat skills#Steel Nerves]] for the remainder of the day (a rank of Steel Nerves reduces the duration of [[calls_effects#FREEZE (Duration)|FREEZE]] calls by 5 seconds). |
| * It can be applied to a single cybernetic implant lammie to reduce the duration of [[cybernetics#neural shock]] from that implant to 5 seconds, again for the remainder of the day. | * It can be applied to a single cybernetic implant lammie to reduce the duration of [[cybernetics#neural shock]] from that implant to 5 seconds, again for the remainder of the day. | ||
| - | As with all [[Science Substances]], a character with at least 1 rank in the relevant speciality ([[Life Science]] in this case) can spend 1 minute of appropriate roleplaying to apply 1 measure of Roddenberry Extract to a character or item. After this roleplaying, they should unpeel the sticker that represents this substance, stick it to the lammie of the item or character sheet of the character, and record the current date on it. | + | As with all [[Exotic Substances]], a character with at least 1 rank in the relevant speciality ([[professional skills#Life Science]] in this case) can spend 1 minute of appropriate roleplaying to apply 1 measure of Roddenberry Extract to a character or item. After this roleplaying, they should unpeel the sticker that represents this substance, stick it to the lammie of the item or character sheet of the character, and record the current date on it. |
| The boost provided by this substance wears off at time-in the following day. | The boost provided by this substance wears off at time-in the following day. | ||
| {{tag>galactipedia item science life_science}} | {{tag>galactipedia item science life_science}} | ||
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