Biotech

By the late 21st century, chemical agents had all but been eradicated from the military arsenals throughout the world. But when the Firefall destroyed the majority of the world’s governments, it also destroyed the laws and treaties banning chemical warfare. It was only a matter of time before chemical agents were reintroduced to turn the tide of innumerous battles.

When the concept of chemical and biological warfare was married with combat medicine it gave birth to the Biotech. Built with speed and agility in mind, the Biotech Battleframe is a combat support frame capable of healing teammates while helping take down hostile targets.

The Biotech is a lightweight battleframe that has sacrificed the weight of large crystite reactor cores for an arsenal of chemical agents that can be deployed at a moment’s notice. This gives its operator the option of helping to take down enemies or even heal allies depending on the circumstance.

Many Biotechs carry a heavy barreled Transfusion Rifle that fires canisters of dark-gel based nano-particles. When the dark-gel binds with the target’s red blood cells, it reacts, binding with the erythrocytes to create smart-gel before ejecting from the wound, back to the Transfusion Rifle where it can be used to heal the Biotech operator.

The Biotech often equips an arsenal of destructive deployment agents – Poison Trail jets a wake of deadly neurotoxins behind the Biotech, targeting and paralyzing the cardiovascular system of victims who inhale the substance.

To support allies, the Biotech also utilizes beneficial agents like Healing Wave – an accelerated blast of airborne smart-gel that attaches to any wounded allies, rapidly healing them.

If any ally has fallen, the Biotech can also use Triage, a shot of concentrated healing-gel that also takes on the characteristics of adrenaline, helping revive downed soldiers fast when the conditions require it.

As opposed to brute force, the Biotech has defined itself as a vital ally for effectively exterminating threats and the strategic choice when taking control of the battlefield. Although it has gained notoriety amongst moralists as one of the more disreputable battleframe options, for war veterans the biotech has been praised as their saving grace.