Circulatory Shock Compensator
Bionic circulatory management system that monitors and regulates blood pressure, volume, and distribution in real time.
Rules Reference
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Capacity Cost | 2 |
| Category | cyber-prosthetics |
| Rek Cost | 26000 (military/trauma surgery grade) |
Notes
Benefit: Bionic circulatory management system that monitors and regulates blood pressure, volume, and distribution in real time. +3 to Fortitude saves vs shock, trauma, and massive damage effects. When reduced to 0 HP, the user automatically stabilises -- no death saves are required unless the user takes additional damage while at 0 HP. The compensator reduces the DC of all death saves by 2 (making them easier to pass) by maintaining cerebral perfusion even when the heart falters. Once per day, when the user would be reduced to 0 HP or below, the compensator can trigger 'Last Surge': the user instead remains at 1 HP and gains +2 to AC and Reflex saves for 1 round as the compensator overdrives the circulatory system. After Last Surge triggers, the compensator enters a 24-hour recharge cycle and provides no benefits during that period.
Install Risk: Medicine DC 17 for arterial-venous control node installation. Recipient makes a Fortitude save DC 15 or suffers pressure dysregulation (-2 CON, -1 DEX for 1d4 days as the compensator learns the user's vascular dynamics). 3% chance of chronic hypotension -- the compensator permanently runs too conservatively, reducing its stabilisation benefit (death save DC reduction drops to -1 instead of -2).
Origin: Developed by House Vexis military medical division after analysing fatality patterns in the Legion's infantry cohorts -- more soldiers died from circulatory shock in the first minute after wounding than from the wounds themselves. The compensator was designed to buy time. It proved so effective that it became standard issue for Legion NCOs and officers. Rim copies exist but have a 10% failure rate on the Last Surge function -- a malfunction means the compensator shunts blood away from the brain instead of toward it.
Signature: Restricted. Military medical equipment, Kadiss-tracked. Popular among Legion front-line troops, mercenaries, and anyone whose profession involves a high probability of catastrophic haemorrhage.
Strain: Moderate. Requires monthly calibration against the user's current blood chemistry -- changes in blood composition from other augments, drugs, or diseases affect the compensator's accuracy. The compensator's automated responses can be disorienting -- sudden blood pressure shifts during combat cause momentary dizziness (no mechanical penalty, but the user feels the compensator working). Prolonged use causes vascular dependency -- after 2 years, the user's natural baroreflex atrophies, and removal of the compensator causes permanent -2 to Fortitude saves vs shock effects.