Approved Tech The Steadfast pain damper, from iBorg

[Shira Varanin]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: Control of pain and fight-or-flight response.
• Image Source: N/A
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: Pain damper

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: iBorg Prosthetic Augments
• Affiliation: Closed Market (ask first)
• Model: The Steadfast, from iBorg
• Modularity: No
• Production: Mass-produced
• Material: Steristeel, advanced electronics, flexible medical-grade materials

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Cranial implant
• Size: Small
• Weight: Average
• Resistances:
  • Energy: None
  • Kinetic: Low
  • Lightsabers: None
  • EMP/Ion: Average

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Advanced pain damper

STRENGTHS

• Can limit or cancel pain to an extreme degree, while retaining awareness of contact, impact, temperature, etc.
• Can limit the mental effects of the fight-or-flight response, allowing for clearer decision-making.
• Available either as a standalone implant or a Zerek Node module.
• No wireless link capabilities, rendering it useless as a slicing target.
• Extensive testing has confirmed that the Steadfast will not cause pain spikes if disabled with EMP/ion weapons.

WEAKNESSES

• It's all too easy to underestimate your injuries if they don't feel like much.
• Users need to understand that a partially suppressed fight-or-flight response reduces adrenaline spikes.
• Since it's a cranial implant, it doesn't alter involuntary reflex arcs (many flinches/twitches).
• Can't be installed alongside other implants that control pain as a dedicated function.

DESCRIPTION
The Steadfast is a small, non-visible cranial implant. The Steadfast is installed with a combination of surgery and single-use medical nanotechnology that grows elements of the implant inside the neural system.

While iBorg still stands behind the proven functionality of the Resilience Node, the Steadfast offers several advantages. It's not visible, it's available as a standalone implant, it controls the fight-or-flight response, and it lacks the Resilience's most severe weakness: frequent, intense use of the Steadfast will not make pain more profound or debilitating without the implant.

 

[Alkor Centaris]

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