Arterial expansion is a process by which arterial walls are encouraged to expand and reinforce themselves, creating a circulatory system capable of handling higher quantities of blood at higher pressure. This not only allows for higher bodily stress levels, but actually helps the body heal faster. Each level of arterial expansion also adds another die to resist the effects of cardiac arrest, embolisms, and similar problems (as might be associated with platelet factories and P4MO).
The healing associated with arterial expansion is even more effective when combined with symbiotes. Double the healing bonuses seen below when combined with symbiotes of any level.
|
Level |
Healing Time Reduction |
Associated Bonuses |
Body Cost |
Price |
|
1 |
5% |
+1 Athletics die |
0.4 |
20,000Y |
|
2 |
10% |
+2 Athletics dice/+1 Body |
1.0 |
45,000Y |
[Great, now I can bleed faster
and harder under higher pressures and bodily stress levels.]
BG
[I've heard some rumors about
some potentially nasty side effects associated with this system.]
Tex
[I wish I had known that
BEFORE I had this process done! I was out on a run against the local
Saeder K's one night. We got nailed by a sec patrol on the outer perimeter,
and things heated up quite a bit. We were just moving out when some biff
nailed me with a Hyper/DMSO "cocktail" (as it was explained later).
I'd been hit by one before and managed to come out in one piece, but this
time I dropped like a wailin' baby. Frag, one second I was up, the other
I might as well have been doing the Tango in gunfire. Blood may get pumped
faster with this system, but so does everything else in your blood!]
Amon
[I was with Amon on the
run, chummers, and it's true. He's no small troll, but one minute he was
up, and when I turned it was BAM-BAM, and he was down. Make sure you can
handle blood impurities. This system will move them through you faster
than you can pull a reflex-recorded trigger.]
Solace