Spectrum Inhibitors are a suite of chemical compounds which affect a wide range of chemical interactions, preventing or slowing them. They are rare and specialised mixtures of various substances. Medicaments doped with spectrum inhibitors typically become much less effective, as the desired biochemical reactions are retarded in its presence. Spectrum inhibitors can be used to sabotage chemical substances - although they have limited usefulness in medicine, they are in high demand by shadier individuals working in corporate espionage. Spectrum Inhibitors are also useful to better control the rates of overly vigorous chemical reactions that might otherwise be dangerous or unstable.

Spectrum Inhibitors are a type of Exotic Reagent - an Exotic Substance related to Corporeal Science. A physrep of a sample of some kind of powder can be used to represent measures of this substance, smaller samples can represent one or two measures, while larger physrep samples can hold more. Please don't use powders that are dangerous or messy - coloured fine sugar is probably the best.

A measure of Spectrum Inhibitor can be applied to any single measure of a Medicament Ampoule. Applying a measure of this substance will empower the medicament's effects, decreasing its benefit (or penalty). As a minimum, the Spectrum Inhibitor halves all numerical values on the Medicament (rounding fractions up), except any that refer to durations or time. Some Conditions will specifically note what will happen when they are treated with a Spectrum Inhibitor-doped substance, which may be entirely different. The values that Spectrum Inhibitor halves are highlighted in yellow on the Ampoule's lammie. Some usage Modes may not have yellow-highlighted values, in which case the Spectrum Inhibitor will have no additional effect. Halving of non-numerical values (MINOR > MAJOR > EXTREME > TOTAL) instead steps one step back.

Examples of operation:

• Med-Serum (GREEN) - After 10s restores 1 lost Body Hit. (No additional effect)
• Med-Serum (AMBER) - After 1min Rest, restores half of your lost Body Hits on 1 Locations (instead of all lost hits).
• Synthetic Platelets (RESIST) - Your Death Count increases by +100s for 1hr instead of +200s.
• Radiation Nanosponges (RESIST) - Grants MINOR RADIATION Protection for 1hr instead of MAJOR.
• Nano-Purgatives (RED) - Duration 15min. Cannot use skills/abilities. Lose half of your Body Hits. RP-Effect: Minor Pain & Nausea. The Inhibitor reduces the loss of body hits and severity of the Roleplay Effect symptoms.

As with all Exotic Substances, a character with at least 1 rank in the relevant speciality (Corporeal Science in this case) can spend 1 minute of appropriate roleplaying to apply 1 measure of Spectrum Inhibitor to a Medicament Ampoule. After this roleplaying, they should unpeel the sticker that represents this substance, and stick it to the ampoule in the rectangle containing the Medicament's name and symbol (near the top of the lammie). The Spectrum Inhibitor then applies to all doses remaining in the Ampoule - adding any more doses will remove the Spectrum Inhibitor sticker even if there are doses remaining.