Helix 'Mercy' Surgical Autodoc Pod
Helix's flagship surgical pod; glitter-tier aug install, gene-mod, and neural surgery.
The Mercy is what happens when Helix puts its full gene-craft and surgical engineering behind a single product. Twelve manipulator arms, each thinner than a human hair at the tip, work in three overlapping operating fields with nanite-assisted microsurgery that no human hand can match. The neural mapping suite can chart the entire nervous system in real-time, enabling Kadiss unit installation, deep-brain augmentation, and spinal reconstruction with precision that would take a human surgeon hours to approach. The gene-splicing rig handles post-birth gene-mods -- the slowest, riskiest category of augmentation -- with a success rate that makes the Mercy the only pod some Family gene-clinics will trust. Helix restricts the Mercy to certified operators; the certification process is a six-month Helix course that costs more than the pod itself. On the Rim, a stolen Mercy is worth a small fortune and a death sentence from Helix's recovery teams. The name is Helix's idea of marketing irony.
Rules Reference
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Category | gear-medical |
| Function | premium surgical autodoc; full surgery, aug installation (glitter-tier), gene-mod procedures, neural surgery |
| Kadiss Signature | restricted |
| Manufacturer | Helix |
| Pharmaceutical / Complexity | 8 |
| Pharmaceutical / Fate | retired-promise |
| Rek Cost | 45000 |
| Tech Tier | glitter |
| Uses | unlimited (mains-powered); 15-minute prep cycle |
| Weight | 90 |
Notes
Capacity: one patient; twelve manipulator arms, triple operating field, nanite-assisted microsurgery, gene-splicing rig, neural mapping suite
Effect: Grants +8 bonus to Medicine checks for all surgical procedures including glitter-tier augmentation installation and gene-mod operations. Can perform neural surgery (brain and spinal augmentation, Kadiss unit installation/removal). Auto-diagnoses all conditions including early-stage Fold-taint markers. Self-sterilising operating field eliminates infection risk entirely. Requires Helix-certified operator for full capability; uncertified operators are locked to +4 bonus.