Genetech

Gere-Therapy Type Treatment Time * Bio Index Cost Avail SI Legality Genetic Correction 6 weeks 0.20 - 0.50 60,000 6/21 d 2 Legal Augmented Healing Special 0.00 2,500 per week 6/21 d 2 Legal Cellular Repair 6 weeks 0.00 50,000 6/21 d 2 Legal Desc Genetic Correction This refers to any large-scale genetic re-engineering for remedial purposes. Common applications include replacing or de-activating genes responsible for hereditary diseases, repairing whole-body impairment from toxins, and so forth. Augmented Healing This will repair all boxes of damage on the condition monitor, even if magical help has been rendered. Healing time is reduced by half. Augmented healing will also restore damaged organs and regrow severed limbs, tho this takes longer. The cost and time to heal is increased by 25% for patients with cybernetic and bioware augmentations. This treatment does not repair cyberware or bioware. Cellular Repair This repairs conditions and damage unrepairable by any other means, including the effects of permanent neuro-toxin damage, repairing physical Flaws, or repairing Attribute damage loss due to disease or severe physical trauma. It can also be used to reverse the effects of Boosted Reflexes cyberware. Age Rejuvenation (Leonization) Type Treatment Time * Bio Index Cost Avail SI Legality Rejuvenation Treatment 3+ weeks 1.00 2,000,000 8/30 d 2.5 Legal Maintenance Session 1 week 0.00 100,000 8/30 d 2.5 Legal Desc This procedure requires one major treatment and follow ups every six months for the next three years. It may be used at any point before death, and after the procedure the character has an effective physical age of approximately 21. Older patients require longer care. The numbers listed are for patients age 40 and below. For every decade of true age beyond that, an extra two days are required (per Denver House Rules). This process has significant impact on the holsitic heath of the subject. It may only be attempted on a patient a certain amount of time before the ravages of ages catch up with the character and the subject goes into shock and shuts down. Phenotypic Alteration Type Treatment Time * Bio Index Cost Avail SI Legality Minor Changes 4 weeks 0.10 50,000 5/21 d 2 Legal Major Changes 6 weeks 0.50 65,000 5/21 d 2 Legal Desc Virtually any change can be effected, ranging from superficial limited alterations (eye color, hair texture) to gross physical amendment. Note that any change not typical for the character's metatype automatically counts as a Major change when calculating time and cost. This technique can also be used to increase the character's Racial Modified Limit for Body, Quickness, and/or Strength by 1. Each attribute to be affected in this manner counts as a separate treatment, and each can only be modified once, and these changes count as Major Changes. This treatment also affects the character's Attribute Maximum for that attribute as well. Please note that this procedure does not change the actual score, but rather the potential limits it can reach. Adaptation Type Treatment Time * Bio Index Cost Avail SI Legality Cold 3 weeks 0.40 60,000 6/30 d 2 Legal Heat 3 weeks 0.30 60,000 6/30 d 2 Legal Low Oxygen 2 weeks 0.30 50,000 6/30 d 2 Legal Pollution Tolerance 2 weeks 0.20 50,000 6/30 d 2 Legal Desc Cold Built to maximize internal heat retention, fluids altered to lower their freezing point, and certain portions are removed and altered to resist low temperatures. The character gains +2 dice to resist cold-related damage and a -2 TN modifier for cold-environment survival Tests. Heat The subject has increased water retention ability to resist dehydration, blood flow is sped to allow increased head diffusion, and so forth. This enhancement allows the character +2 dice to resist heat damage, although it does not prevent burning. The character also receives a -2 TN modifier for hot-environment survival Tests. Low Oxygen A few metabolic pathways are replaced with anaerobic equivalents. In addition, the subject has modified hemoglobin which retains oxygen under normal conditions, allowing them to hold their breath longer. The modified character can hold their breath using the normal rules, but each success on the Athletics Test increases the amount of breath held by 30 seconds instead of 3. At normal oxygen levels, the character suffers from hyperoxia, which has effects similar to oxygen toxicity. Pollution Tollerance With changes that modify cellular receptors to be resistant to heavy metals and modifications to make the subject less sensitive to heavy metals and other contaminants. The character receives +3 Body dice for purposes of resisting chemical attacks from pollutants, heavy metals, and other related toxins. Direct Protein Synthesis Type Treatment Time * Bio Index Cost Avail SI Legality Angiotensin 2 weeks 0.30 40,000 6/30 d 2 Legal Calcitonin 4 weeks 0.40 60,000 6/30 d 2 6P-N Erythropoietin 2 weeks 0.40 40,000 6/30 d 2 Legal Glucagon 2 weeks 0.30 40,000 6/30 d 2 Legal Desc These modifications generate a protein by-product directly into the user's system instead of triggering the normal regulatory pathways. Unlike most proteins, they are not regulated by the normal bodily processes; they are constantly produced and in extreme conditions they may cause more harm than good. What follows are examples of what can be done with this technology. Angiotensin This protein regulates blood flow throughout the body. When a character with this modification takes a Deadly physical wound, additional damage due to blood loss and shock accrues at a reduced rate of one box every (Body x 2) Combat Turns. Calcitonin This protein enhances bone density and strength by increasing ostepclast activity and skeletal calcium uptake. A character with this modification develops naturally strong bones that cannot be detected (unlike bone lacing.) This grants the character +1 Body for Damage Resistance Tests and prevents bones from breaking under normal circumstances; bones have a Barrier Rating of 6. Erythropoietin This hormone stimulates red blood cells and is commonly used as a performance-enhancing additive, used for over a century. As a modification, the character receives +2 dice for all Athletics Tests. Glucagon This is a vital intermediary in the metabolism of energy stores in the body: it catalyzes the liver's conversion of glucogen into glucose, ensuring a steady supply of energy. Characters with this enhancement double all listed times when dealing with exertion and fatigue. However, they should be careful to monitor themselves to avoid complications like diabetes. DNA Masking Rating Treatment Time * Bio Index Cost Avail SI Legality 1-3 3 days + 1 day per level 0.00 7,500 x Level 8/14 d 3 2-Z 4-6 3 days + 1 day per level 0.10 10,000 x Level 10/21 d 2 2-Z 7-9 3 days + 1 day per level 0.10 15,000 x Level 14/21 d 2 2-Z 10-12 3 days + 1 day per level 0.20 20,000 x Level 18/28 d 2 2-Z Desc This change alters the non-coded parts of the character's genetic sequence so that DNA scanners will not produce a positive identification. When a character with this alteration is DNA scanned, there should be an Opposed Test between the level of the Masking and the rating of the scanner. On a tie result, the scanner will indicate that further identification is required by other methods. Genetic Immunization Treatment Time * Bio Index Cost Avail SI Legality 0.10 25,000 6/18 d 2 Legal Desc This treatment gives a character complete immunity from normal doses of a specific compound. In the event of increased or overwhelming exposure to the compound, immunity is not guaranteed. In such cases, the Power of the toxin or compound is reduced by half (round down). Determining if a character is overexposed is left to the GM's discretion. At the staff/GM's discretion, this immunization may also protect the character from very similar compounds, perhaps reducing the Power by half. A patient may only be immunized versus a number of compounds equal to his Body score (excluding modifications for race, cyberware, and bioware). Each treatment is permanent. Any treatment past the above limit will compromise the immune system of the subject with disastrous results. Note that this procedure is not available against neuro-toxins and fast-acting compounds (anything with a speed of Immediate.) To immunize against these the character should seek cell-repair genetic therapy. Note: Denver House rules have downgraded the times from the SOTA 2063 book by one order of magnitude (i.e. months become weeks).