Tech Review Rampancy Serum

[Madrona A’Mia]

Rampancy Serum

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a medical serum which speeds up the life cycle of biological and SIthspawn organisms, while also making them stronger and bigger than ordinary
• Image Source: Syringe by Balen Walker on Artstation & Grenade by Ashley Ganguly on Artstation
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: N/A

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Spore Industries, A’Mia Madrona
• Affiliation: The Sith Order & The Sith Covenant
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: N/A
• Modularity: Yes, this serum is inert unless biological material from the intended species is added to the proprietary blend. This pharmaceutical requires a tissue sample or genetic markers from the organism intended to be its target.
• Production: Minor
• Material: Natural ingredients™ (Proprietary blend of highly toxic roots, herbs and fungi) found on Brosi. These ingredients are then alchemized into a performance enhancing serum which can be injected via needle or delivered via aerosol and inhaled.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• This pharmaceutical was created by Spore Industries in order give Sith war beasts (or even troops) an edge in combat. Though not advisable for use in organisms one is eager to maintain longevity in, this serum is excellent for ramping up growth, strength, and ferocity in whatever creature(s) it‘s used upon.
• Due to intended application being broad, this pharmaceutical can be delivered by injection or aerosol inhalation.

Aerosol grenades to dose a large group of organisms.​

STRENGTHS

• Rampant Hunger and Bloodthirst — Organisms that are given this serum (either by injection or aerosol inhalation) are wracked with immense hunger. They have a need to satisfy this fervent gluttony so their form can grow beyond its normal limits. This makes even otherwise tame beasts absolutely blood thirsty, it will cause non-sentients and sentients alike to tear into flesh so they can satisfy their need to grow. Organisms under the effect of this serum are brutal and voracious, eating on the go in the midst of war or incursion into whatever territory they are set upon.
• Dangerous Strength — This drug causes organisms to push past their normal physical limitations in order to move faster, attack harder, and stay in motion for longer.

WEAKNESSES

• Those Who Shine The Brightest, Often Burn The Fastest — This serum causes organisms to experience their life cycle more rapidly and therefore shortens their lives, sometimes significantly shortened if the dosage is high.

DESCRIPTION
The jungles of Brosi are home to a great many wonderful plants and fungus, the likes of which have been used to create new medicines and led to a great many new discoveries. In the case of this serum however, the goal was to weaponize some of Brosi’s more toxic plants to create a substance which activates and enhances prey drive in whatever it is used upon. With A’Mia Madrona fixated on a rising age of Sith, her scientific endeavors through Spore Industries have become more militaristic. This substance is surely just the first of many performance enhancing drugs soon to be produced by the neti scientist, for use by her Sith colleagues against their many foes.

 

[Admiral Burtch]

Madrona A’Mia

Hey there! Just a couple of things for us to address here.

Affiliation: Please provide links for both The Sith Order and The Sith Covenant in the Affiliation field.

Hit-Calls: There are a few places in the submission where the effects of the serum are written as absolutes, particularly under Rampant Hunger and Bloodthirst. For example, the serum currently states that affected organisms are wracked with immense hunger, that it makes otherwise tame beasts bloodthirsty, and that it will cause sentients and non-sentients alike to tear into flesh.

Because this technology may be used against other writers' characters and creatures, these effects need to be written suggestively rather than guaranteeing how an affected target will behave.

You can absolutely still use strong suggestive language here. Things like:

• "Is designed to cause…"
• "Tends to induce…"
• "Can produce…"
• "May cause…"
• "Is intended to increase…"
• "Affected organisms may experience…"

You don't need to make the serum sound ineffective or uncertain. It can be described as very effective at producing its intended effects; we just need to leave the ultimate reaction of another writer's character or creature in that writer's hands.

Once you've adjusted those absolutes and added the Affiliation links, give me a tag and I'll take another look!