Quote:Regular doses of Stabiline may replace Cardimine intake, resulting in an addict who is no longer dependant on an illegal substance, although the pharmaceutical does not reduce the pre-existing chemical dependency,nor does it reverse previous DNA alteration. Side-effects are the same as from Cardimine, although use of Stabiline does not involve a biochemical dependency unless the user is already addicted to Cardimine.
I'm amused you don't know it as someone in Cryer player group.
(02-12-2016, 11:17 AM)jammi Wrote: Originally it was also going to have a lot of nasty side effects on account of being largely untested. Consequently it was going to be used almost exclusively on prison populations as Guinea Pigs.
It is still untested afaik from what I remember from chat about the mod some time ago, just saying. Unless there's official Dev note, I will not recognize Stabiline as fully side-effect-free medicine, which actually is a legal drug being the main profit of Cryer. Let's not forget the fact that Cryer was built onto cash from Synthetic Marijuana.
curing addiction, considering its genetic implications is unlikely in the extreme.
a blocking agent ie immunisational treatment is tenuously possible given extremely lengthy research (and the rp to back it).
so in general terms i agree with the proposition.
Roleplaying attempted treatment is fine, actually coming up with a solution however would neuter the Outcasts entirely, as well as butcher what is arguably the most interesting lore aspect of Freelancer.
You can more or less take this as an official statement from the story team that there won't ever be a magical cure for Cardamine dependence, and Stabaline will very much remain difficult to obtain and come with a whole slew of problems.
When we get official story statements now. Can you kinda tell us if the infocard is correct? Does Stabiline have the same side effects of cardamine?
Then I would kinda not see the disadvantage of using it. All rich people and important soldiers would probably take it. Enhanced reflexes, brain activity paired with slower aging sound great.
(02-12-2016, 11:17 AM)jammi Wrote: Tl;dr - stabiline is a band-aid not a cure, is hideously expensive and may have long and or short term repercussions to use.