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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kronos182" data-source="post: 6796137" data-attributes="member: 6668634">Life SciencesLife Sciences is a relatively new comer to the commercial market, although their work has been documented in many science papers and magazines for their work in genetics, pharmaceuticals and cutting edge in biotechnology, including cloning organs for replacements and for testing of new drugs and medicines. Recently, due to government cutbacks, Life Sciences had to find new ways to fund their research, and so they started making several of their older discoveries available on the market after extensive farther testing and market research. Although biotechnology devices are relatively new to the public consumer, some are fairly well known to special forces and several organizations like the CIA and FBI special taskforces. One of the advantages of Life Sciences' biotech equipment is many do not need external power sources, and can run far longer than many conventional technological counterparts. Also they are almost completely impervious or very quickly recover from an EM pulse.Life Sciences products are also favoured by many people who prefer more 'natural' tools, as their products are organic, and don't create waste that pollutes the planet any more than any other animal would. They have also made a tidy little profit from WWF in repopulating two endangered species of birds, and is looking into trying for a near extinction species of whale.Chirp (PL6/7)The chirp is a biotech communication device produced by Life Sciences. It looks like a large shrimp, with the main body curved around the ear, the tail rests against the jaw. There are two versions of the chirp available commercially and one version not available to civilians. A chirp is technically a cybernetic organism, with the cybernetic being a small socket that holds what is essentially a SIM card in commercial cell phones. Commercial SIM cards are interchangeable, raising its usefulness to the public. The chip is needed just for imprinting the chirp with the user's number and any other identification information onto the chirp's brain. It also stores any phone numbers from previous phones, or can be transferred to new phones or chirps if it dies. A chirp is voice activated, or by touching it near the head to signal it when to answer or dial, then speak. When receiving a call it will announce the name of the caller. To make the chirp appealing to users, it's very easy to use, just insert SIM card, touch head to notify it to activate, give command and it does so. It stores all information on its high capacity brain, storing hundreds of numbers, voice memos and can also be used to temporarily amplify the mic to pick up noises around the user that are difficult to hear normally.Also maintanence of a chirp is very easy, a user can leave a chirp in the kitchen sink over night and it'll eat any germs, gunk or anything else, leaving behind a clean line where it crawled, which isn't very far. Chirps also feed off dirt and dead skin while being worn, so someone could wear one for several days straight without starving it. Being biological, chirps will continue to function even being hit by an EM pulse, and are highly resistant to diseases and viruses. Commercial Chirp: Function as a standard cell phone or equivalent commercial communication device. As it's a living creature, it effectively runs nearly all the time, catching little naps between calls, while still able to receive them.Bonus: By gently moving it's feelers in the direction a person wants while pressing the tail or commending the chirp to listen, it can amplify its audio capability to act as a directional mic with a range of 100 ft, picking up noises as quiet as a whisper, providing a +4 equipment bonus to listen checks. Acts as a normal cell phone holding 200 phone numbers, and up to 500 hours of audio data from memos to grocery lists.Weight: - Size: DiminutivePDC: 12Upgraded Commercial Chirp: This is the equivalent of a satellite phone chirp. It's slightly longer, with primary feelers that are a little under a foot long, which act as high powered antennas, allowing it to communicate with satellites or orbiting ships. Without a satellite relay, an upgraded chirp can reach the distance equivalent of the moon on the same hemisphere as the user. Bonus to listen checks when used in similar manner is +6 and has a range of 200 ft. Can contain 750 hours of audio recordings.Weight: -Size: DiminutivePDC: 19Military ChirpThe military version of the chirp looks like a slightly more armoured version of the upgraded commercial chirp. It functions just like a military radio, with built in auto encryption capabilities as the chirp has upgraded brain capacity, and satellite phone range. The ability to pick up noises farther out is only 200 ft, but the bonus is +8. Nearly impervious to biological weapons, EM pulses and is undetectable by devices that detect listening devices, the military chirp is a favourite amongst many special forces or secret service agencies.Weight: .6 lbsSize: DiminutivePDC: 25[HR][/HR]Free Breather (PL6)The free breather is another biotech creation of Life Sciences, used by people who do a lot of physical activities, such as life guards, fire fighters, rescue workers. This worm like organism is about a foot long, and stretches in width to fill the breathing passage of the host. The organism is hollow and clings to the walls of the nasal passage and throat; air passes through it. It allows the user to breathe more effectively and enhances the olfactory senses. The host can exert himself longer than normal. The only downside to the free breather is gases affect the host far more than normal.Bonuses: The free breather allows the host to take in more air than normal, allowing the host to hold their breathe twice as long as normal. The host gains the benefits of the Endurance feat, except for the ability to sleep in medium or light armour without being fatigued. The host gains the scent ability. The host however, suffers a -4 penalty to Fort saves against gases and airborne toxins and poisons.Weight: 1 lbsSize: FinePDC: 16[HR][/HR]Fuel BacteriaWhen the oil shortage crisis was really starting to sink in with people, some companies looked for alternate sources. Life Sciences in its infancy was one of those companies, and went for a more biological method of creating more oil. They genetically altered various forms of bacteria that would break down various bio matter and leave behind usable oil. They were successful about a decade before non petrol forms of energy were available enmass. This did not deter Life Sciences as they could sell the oil for other industries that still used oil, such as plastics.These bacteria, stored in a tank with a feed hopper, connected to a computer and processing machine, connected to another empty storage tank, by a series of tubes and cables, break down bio matter, such as waste, wood chips, other organic matter, live or dead plant matter, and through a process similar to fermenting, like yeast, turn it into oil. Bio matter is fed into the hopper, which is eaten by the bacteria. Their excrement is fed through tubes through the computer and processing unit for filtration, and finally is deposited in the empty tank. The tanks are about 500 gallons each, with the bacteria tank holding about 30 pounds of the bacteria. The bacteria can convert 500 gallons worth of bio matter into about 495 gallons of oil in about twelve hours. The bacteria live for about a year, then need to be replaced. The computer and processing unit can be programmed to alter the bacteria to allow for different fuels and liquids to be processed to a point. It can create almost any petrol based fluid, from gasoline, diesel to aviation grade fuels and even fuel for flamethrowers.The unit takes up about the size of two 500 gallon tanks plus another square 20 feet for the computer and processing unit plus cabling and hoses.Unit plus 1 years worth of bacteria costs PDC 41. Refill of bacteria PDC 21.To alter the fluid produced requires a Computer Use DC 15 followed by a Knowledge: Earth and Life Sciences DC 21. The greater the complexity of the new fluid to be produced, increases the time to produce equal amounts as oil. For example, gasoline would take about 14 hours, while aviation fuel takes about 20 hours.Other storage tanks, means to transport bio matter and the produced fuel are up to the user to provide at their expense.</blockquote>

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