Legion FM-3 Field Autodoc Pod
Standard Legion field autodoc; stabilises and performs trauma surgery, but no augmentation capability.
The FM-3 is the Legion's standard-issue field medical pod, a coffin-sized unit carried aboard every Legion dropship and forward operating base. Four manipulator arms guided by an expert-system trauma library can clamp arteries, suture organs, set bones, and administer anaesthesia without a human surgeon's hands on the controls. The FM-3 excels at what the Legion calls 'meat repair': keeping soldiers alive long enough to reach a proper surgical suite. It cannot install augmentations -- that capability was deliberately excluded by Legion procurement to prevent field medics from going into the aug-trade. The pod runs on a standard Legion power cell (12-hour active life) and requires a 10-minute minimum diagnostic cycle before operating. In practice, Legion medics load casualties and let the FM-3 do the cutting while they triage the next patient. Standard aboard Legion corvettes and frigates; rare on the Rim, where black-clinic operators would pay dearly for one.
Rules Reference
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Capacity | one patient; scanner bed, IV rig, four manipulator arms, anaesthesia unit |
| Category | gear-medical |
| Function | field autodoc; stabilisation, emergency surgery, trauma triage |
| Kadiss Signature | restricted |
| Manufacturer | Legion |
| Pharmaceutical / Complexity | 4 |
| Pharmaceutical / Fate | non-chemical |
| Rek Cost | 4000 |
| Tech Tier | spacer |
| Uses | single patient per activation; 10-minute minimum cycle time |
| Weight | 25 |
Notes
Effect: Stabilises dying patients automatically (DC 0 Medicine check to stabilise when patient is loaded). Assists surgery: grants +4 bonus to Medicine checks for wound repair, organ stabilisation, and trauma surgery. Cannot install augmentations. Auto-diagnoses conditions: bleeding, fractures, internal damage, toxin exposure. Sounds alarm on conditions it cannot treat (Fold-taint, unknown xenobiology).