Reserve Marrow Pump

Implanted marrow stimulator with a reserve blood-cell bank.

Rules Reference

Field	Value
Capacity Cost	2
Category	gene-mods
Rek Cost	5500 (Rim and reactor-station medical supply; reserve packs sold cheap)

Notes

Benefit: Implanted marrow stimulator with a reserve blood-cell bank. +2 to stabilization checks against death and blood loss, you heal 1 additional hit point per rest, and you gain +2 to Fortitude saves against radiation sickness. Minor to moderate benefit level.

Install Risk: Medicine DC 15 to implant the stimulator and tap the iliac marrow. Recipient makes a Fortitude save DC 12 or gains Botched Implant: overstimulation, thick sluggish blood and -1 to Fortitude until a Medicine DC 13 regulation.

Origin: Rim and reactor-station medical suppliers, built for spacers and reactor crews who take rads and trauma far from a hospital.

Signature: Legit. Kadiss-registered as reactor and deep-space medical kit, expected on spacers and reactor crews. Draws no scrutiny.

Strain: The reserve bank must be topped up with a monthly transfusion pack or it runs dry and the bonus drops to +0, with pallor and easy bruising until replenished. The carrier runs warm and bleeds thick, which medics notice.