Overseer for Imperial Scientific Development
- Intent: To create an improved version of Bacta as a discovery project
- Image Source:
- Turbosquid - color change by me
- Spray form
- headers by Ingrid L'lerim and Kainan Wolfe
- Canon Link:n/a
- Permissions:
- Permissions to use HPI as manufacturer Full permissions box
- Permissions to use Workforce as a Manufacturer image
- Primary Source: n/a
- Discovery Thread: Trip to Felucia during a junction
- Name: Harris Compound, Bacta-H, Worm Bacta
- Manufacturer:
- patent held by Trinity Harris
- unrestricted production licence for HPI Consortium
- unrestricted production licence for The Workforce
- Affiliation:
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Modularity: No
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material:
- Bacta
- Lab grown bacteria discovered on Felucia
- Chemical stabilisers
- Proprietary markers
- Classification: Healing product
- Method of Consumption:
- Immersion
- Lipsome spray
- Injection
- Topical Gel
- Average Life:
- 18-24 months storage post production
- 2-3 months if in liposome formulation
- Product remains active for several hours after use. Results are permanent healing effects
- Nutritional Value/Allergies/Side Effects/ Purpose:
- Used as a multi-purpose healing solution. Healing up wounds quickly and effectively. An improvement on older Bacta
- Technically edible but very unpleasant taste and texture to most. High calorie content but limited nutritional value due to restricted ingredient list
- Usual potential for bacta allergies with a slight increase in allergy risk due to inclusion of bacterial enzymes. This is very rare
- Can cause tingling or burning sensation on area due to hyperstimulation of growth factors
- If used on complex or mixed up body parts, such as a wound that had not been properly cleaned, can cause potentially problematic regrowth of biological material requiring later repair. For example, a piece of liver penetrative the bowel in a gunshot wound, if incorrectly prepared could result in liver material growing inside the bowel.
- All the usual features of Bacta are still present in this compound
- Slightly thicker texture to standard bacta
- Has regenerative properties, speeding up healing factors to close wounds in a matter of minutes and regenerate entire organs in hours
- Faint blue glow whilst active. A strange effect of the spray is that the lipid formulation also partially activates the material, causing it to glow and limiting its viable storage life to a few months.
- Enhanced Regenerative Qualities - Compared to standard Bacta, this product is significantly faster at healing wounds, to the point of allowing wounded individuals watch minor wounds heal before their eyes.
- Flexibility of Formulation - Viable to be administered in a variety of ways, giving it a wide range of healing applications
- Good quality healing results - Due to the way the Bacta-H stimulated healing, scar tissue is minimal and healed tissue is strong and healthy, tests have shown that the in most cases the quality of the healing surpasses standard bacta.
- Imperfect Tissue Differentition - The fluid is has no way of telling different tissues apart. It's primary healing mechanism is stimulating the bodies natural repair factors so it will heal most wounds with no problem. Due to the speed of healing, a complex or messy wound could result in tissues being grown in the wrong place. This is most dangerous during full immersion therapy, but can be minimised by correct preparation of the wound.
- Faint active glow - Whilst not a problem in most situations, some military units have expressed concern at using a material that may expose their position in the field.
- Poorly Aerosolised - if wishing to be used as a spray, it must be presented in lipid microsomes, unfortunately this also limits the shelf life of that specific formulation
Whilst on an freelance biological decontamination mission on Felucia for the Ashlan Crusade. Dr. Trinity Harris stumbled across a large storage unit containing 900 year old Bacta that had somehow been preserved since the time of the Clone wars. Her theory was that a species of native tubular worms that had penetrated the storage and somehow adapted to life inside the Bacta, was filtering and cleaning the bacta, prolonging its life.
On further study it was shown that the active player was not the worms themselves, but a peculiar and previously undocumented bacteria that lived inside the worms. The worms filtered out particles to feed on, whilst the bacteria cleaned chemical impurities and breakdown products out of the bacta, regenerating it and also modifying it.
Dr. Harris spent several weeks studying the bacterially contaminated bacta and came to the conclusion that it was still safe to use. The bacterial changes added no harmful material and were actually adding several enzymes to the bacta shown in animal studies to improve healing factors significantly. She carried out several more tests, including human trials. Her tests showed that the new material could heal wounds at an alarming rate. For example, s single application on a second degree burn was enough to heal the wound in less than 2 minutes. However in one case, a man with a blast wound experienced tumor like growth of muscle material within his dermal layers. This caused her to add cautions that wounds should be properly prepared before immersion.
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