Robusting Tips

[Grek]

Dose-control is really underrated. It's what separates the gods of medicine from the mere-mortal apothecary. The same thing goes for poisons. Let's say you use neuro-perf; the best dose is one that keeps them silent until they pass out, but runs out right after.

Elaborating on this, it's important to understand how drugs work in SS13. Chemicals have a set decay rate based on the chemical, and that amount of the chemical decays every 2 seconds when the life cycle updates. For most chemicals, (including perfluorodecalin) this decay rate is -0.4 per life cycle.

Neurotoxin dosing is based on what I call the '30 second rule': neurotoxin takes 14 cycles (28 seconds) to knock someone out, or 15 cycles (30 seconds) to leave yourself a margin of error. If perfluorodecalin is part of the plan, the dose needs to last 15 cycles in order to make sure they're never conscious and able to scream for help at the same time. 15 * 0.4 = 6 perfluorodecalin to see that happen. Substituting Coniine (from poison bottles) requires 0.05 * 15 = 0.75 units instead, which is way more efficient.