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Approved Tech Crown NightLite eyedrops

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Intent: To increase the level of an individual's capability to see with degrees of accuracy in low-light to no-light environments
Manufacturer: Crown Consortium
Affiliation: Previously Hapes Consortium exclusuve, now open-market
Modularity: None
Production: Mass
Material: Chlorin e6 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorin
Descriptio: Once the Hapan race finally realised that, after repeatedly failing to see things in low light that other species pointed out to them, they had some of the poorest night vision known; scientists and researchers and novice alchemists in their basements all hurriedly sought to remedy the problem.

Mechanists devised cybernetic implants, but they faced controversy as "unnatural".Technology companies created smaller scale night vision goggles, but they had poor sales on account of "making everything too green".

Crown Consortium came up with the simplest answer of all; liquid in a bottle.
The liquid is a chemical known as Chlorin e6, derived from algae and other green plants, which thrive on Hapes. The liquid has easy delivery, placement directly on to the eye, with the strength of it needing only one to two drops in each eye, and can last for a handful of hours, depending on the user and exactly how much of the liquid makes it into the eye (we all know how easy it is to blink out eye drops).

The enhancement can enable the individual to clearly distinguish objects and even faces in very low-light environments at distances exceeding 50 meters.

The full effect comes in roughly a half hour after first contact where it plateaus, and then declines in the last hour back to regular levels of the individual's low-light vision.

No known side effects have been tracked, even after long-term use, but some negative effects have been recognised while the enhancements were in effect; noticeably the user's new susceptibility to sudden intense increases of brightness, like flares or strong lights. Therefore, a disclaimer is included to only use the eyedrops when a low-light environment is guaranteed for user safety.
 
Chlorin e6 is found in algae, other green plants, and even deep sea fish. Chlorophyll is comprised almost entirely of a type of Chlorin e6. As you may know, Chlorophyll is the chemical plants use to absorb sunlight for photosynthesis. Fish that live at extreme depths, therefore very low light environments, take Chlorophyll from the algae they eat and have co-opted it to enhance their vision

The chemical allows for much greater absorption of hues of red light which are normally invisible in dim environments. The information can be transmitted to the brain from there and the addition of red light can allow for much stronger low-light vision
 
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Very good, I've had a look into this and it looks reasonable, as long as you make the assumption that the drops are an effective delivery mechanism.

However, as this is essentially increasing your sensitivity to the red band, what it lacks is the night-vision goggles ability to protect the user from sudden increases in brightness.

Could you add something that suggests the user may be susceptible to sudden bright lights, particularly red ones?
 
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