Rad-Scrub Lining

Radiation-hardened metabolism: a thyroid and marrow lining that scavenges rad isotopes before they settle.

A radiation-hardened metabolic suite: iodine-hungry thyroid, reinforced marrow, and a cellular-repair loop tuned to catch double-strand breaks before they propagate. The bearer sweats isotopes, runs warm, and tolerates reactor proximity that would hospitalise baseline stock inside a shift. The lining does not make its bearer immune -- it buys time, measured in shifts rather than minutes.

Rules Reference

Field	Value
Effect Text	+2 to saves vs. radiation effects; halve accumulated rads from environmental exposure (round down).
Category	metabolic
Engineering Lineage	Helix industrial belt-miner line (Rekk-Ledger and Argus-Needle work)
Point Cost	2
Point Direction	cost

Notes

Lore Note: Helix grew this line for the belt-miner consortiums that work the Rekk-Ledger and the Argus-Needle -- hulls and rock that have never been shielded and never will be. It is a Vatspire staple, cheap by Helix standards, and the gene-crafters will tell you it is the closest thing the catalogue has to a charitable line. They will not tell you what the long-term thyroid load does to the third generation; the Salon of Last Chances has the data and the queue is six days long.

Trait Id: Rad-Scrub Lining

Mechanical Effects

condition: always

Field	Value
condition	always
modifier	+2
target	saves vs radiation

condition: always

Field	Value
condition	always
modifier	halved (round down)
target	environmental rad accumulation