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[center][h1]Virology[/h1][/center]
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[center][small]NSS Cyberiad[/small][/center]
[center][small]by [i]Jack Newman[/i][/small][/center]
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[small][b]Foreword and TLDR:[/b][br]
By following this guide, you can produce all helpful symptoms on an average of 15 minutes.[/small][br]
The meat of this guide is under the heading 'Minimal Diphenhydramine Virology Technique'.[br]
'Appendix A' is experiential tips and quirks.[br]
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[h3]Table Of Contents[/h3]
 - Beaker Labelling
 - Beaker Purposes
 - Common Shorthand Symptom Identifiers
 - Initial Beaker Composition
 - Locating Reagents for Refills
 - Minimal Diphenhydramine Virology Technique
 - Preparing for Viral Disaster
 - Appendix A, Useful Notes



[h3]Beaker Labelling:[/h3]
For cooperation and organization,
 - Use your pen or the red pen provided on a beaker to label.
 - Obtain and label beakers as follows;
 - Level 3
 - Level 4
 - Level 5
 - Level 6
 - Trial
 - Sample

[h3]Beaker Purposes:[/h3]
 - The beakers level 3 through 6 are not supposed to have blood or culture in them, just the virus symptom mixes. They should not be red.
 - The trial beaker is intended to contain a mix of a base culure and have a 1u of a symptom mix injected into it, or to contain the final viral mixes.
 - The sample beaker is intended to contain blood of a cured monkey or previously infected individual for vaccine production.


[h3]Common Shorthand Symptom Identifiers:[/h3]
Use the following shorthand symbols or something similar when naming your cultures;
 - VEA: Viral Evolutionary Acceleration
 - St: Stimulant
 - WE: Weight Even(ing)
 - TC: Toxic Compensation
 - SnR: Sensory Restoration
 - EY: Eternal Youth
 - SRs: Self-Respiration
 - TF: Toxic Filter
 - ABM: Anti-Bodies Metabolism


[h3]Initial Beaker Composition:[/h3]
Compose your initial viral symptom generators for the following levels in the provided beakers:
 - Symptom level 3: mutagenic agar 20u (yellow)
 - 20u unstable mutagen (green),
 - 20u virus food

 - Symptom level 4: sucrose agar 20u (blue)
 - 10u unstable mutagen (green),
 - 10u virus food,
 - 10u sugar (or 10u saline-glucose solution)

 - Symptom level 5: weakened plasma 20u (light gray)
 - 10u plasma dust (purple),
 - 10u virus food,
 - 10u diphenhydramine

 - Symptom level 6: virus plasma 20u (white)
 - 20u plasma dust (purple),
 - 20u virus food



[h3]Locating Reagents for Refills:[/h3]
 - [b]Virus food[/b] is dispensed from the virology virus food wall dispenser.
 - [b]Plasma dust[/b] is solid plasma ground in a grinder. There is a 30u bottle in the virology fridge, and 20u more in medical chemistry.
 - [b]Unstable mutagen[/b] is easily obtained. You begin with a 30u bottle in the virology fridge, and more can be obtained from [b]medical chemistry[/b] with the recipe, 1 parts equal each; plasma, radium, chlorine.
 - [b]Sugar[/b] (for [b]sucrose agar[/b]) is easily obtained in medical chemistry.
 - [b]Saline-glucose solution[/b] can do in a pinch if necessary as an alternative to [b]sugar[/b]. Medchem will eventually produce this reagent for the medical chemistry fridge as a blood regeneration agent.


[h3]Minimal Diphenhydramine Virology Technique:[/h3]
 - [b]Getting VEA[/b]
 -- Inject 1u of the [b]base virus[/b] into the [b]Trial beaker[/b]
 -- Inject 1u of the [b]level 3 (mutagenic agar)[/b] solution into the [b]Trial beaker[/b]
 -- Place the [b]Trial beaker[/b] in the PANDEMIC
 -- Examine the PANDEMIC, look for [b]Viral Evolutionary Acceleration[/b] still with the [b]base symptom[/b]
 -- If found, produce and store a culture bottle, move on to 'Isolating VEA', else repeat 'Getting VEA'
 -- [small]NOTE: Be sure to culture the base virus in the PANDEMIC before you run out if repeating more than 10 times[/small]

 - [b]Isolating VEA[/b]
 -- Create a culture of the virus as is in the PANDEMIC
 -- Eject the [b]Trial beaker[/b] from the PANDEMIC
 -- Inject 1u of diphenhydramine into the [b]Trial beaker[/b]
 -- Place the [b]Trial beaker[/b] in the PANDEMIC
 -- Examine the PANDEMIC, look for [b]Viral Evolutionary Acceleration[/b] as an isolated symptom
 -- If found, produce and store a culture bottle, move on to 'Level 3 production', else see 'Continuing Isolating VEA' below

 - [b]Continuing Isolating VEA[/b]
 -- Empty and eject the beaker from the PANDEMIC
 -- Inject 1u of the [b]VEA with base symptom culture[/b] into the [b]Trial beaker[/b]
 -- Inject 1u of [b]diphenhydramine[/b] into the [b]Trial beaker[/b]
 -- Place the [b]Trial beaker[/b] in the PANDEMIC
 -- Examine the PANDEMIC, look for [b]Viral Evolutionary Acceleration[/b] as an isolated symptom
 -- If found, produce and store a culture bottle, then move on to 'Level 3 production', else repeat 'Continuing Isolating VEA'
 -- [small]NOTE: Be sure to culture VEA in the PANDEMIC before you run out if repeating more than 10 times[/small]

 - [b]Level 3 production[/b]
 -- Empty and eject the beaker from the PANDEMIC
 -- Inject 1u of [b]VEA culture into the [b]Trial beaker[/b]
 -- Inject 1u of [b]level 3 (mutagenic agar)[/b] into the [b]Trial beaker[/b]
 -- Place the [b]Trial beaker[/b] in the PANDEMIC
 -- Examine the PANDEMIC, look for VEA with [b]Stimulant[/b] or [b]Anti-Bodies Metabolism[/b]
 -- If found, produce and store a culture bottle, move on to 'Level 4 production', else repeat 'Level 3 production'
 -- [small]NOTE: Be sure to culture VEA in the PANDEMIC before you run out if repeating more than 10 times[/small]
 -- [small]NOTE: [b]Anti-Bodies Metabolism[/b] can be skipped here, because is not helpful for the viral mixes, but used for producing vaccines[/small]

 - [b]Level 4 production[/b]
 -- Empty and eject the beaker from the PANDEMIC
 -- Inject 1u of [b]VEA culture[/b] into the [b]Trial beaker[/b]
 -- Inject 1u of [b]level 4 (sucrose agar)[/b] into the [b]Trial beaker[/b]
 -- Place the [b]Trial beaker[/b] in the PANDEMIC
 -- Examine the PANDEMIC, look for VEA with [b]Weight Even[/b] or [b]Toxic Compensation[/b]
 -- If found, produce and store a culture bottle, and if having cultured both, move on to 'Level 6 production', else repeat 'Level 4 production'
 -- [small]NOTE: Be sure to culture VEA in the PANDEMIC before you run out if repeating more than 10 times[/small]
 -- [small]NOTE: If you run out of sucrose agar, you can add an equal amount of sugar to the remaining level 3 mix[/small]

 - [b]Level 6 production[/b]
 -- Empty and eject the beaker from the PANDEMIC
 -- Inject 1u of [b]VEA culture[/b] into the [b]Trial beaker[/b]
 -- Inject 1u of [b]level 6 (virus plasma)[/b] into the [b]Trial beaker[/b]
 -- Place the [b]Trial beaker[/b] in the PANDEMIC
 -- Examine the PANDEMIC, look for VEA with [b]Toxic Filter[/b] or [b]Self-Respiration[/b]
 -- If found, produce and store a culture bottle, and if having cultured both, move on to 'Level 5 production', else repeat 'Level 6 production'
 -- [small]NOTE: Be sure to culture VEA in the PANDEMIC before you run out if repeating more than 10 times[/small]

 - [b]Level 5 production[/b]
 -- Empty and eject the beaker from the PANDEMIC
 -- Inject 1u of [b]VEA culture[/b] into the [b]Trial beaker[/b]
 -- Inject 1u of [b]level 5 (weakened virus plasma)[/b] into the [b]Trial beaker[/b]
 -- Place the [b]Trial beaker[/b] in the PANDEMIC
 -- Examine the PANDEMIC, look for VEA with [b]Sensory Restoration[/b] or [b]Eternal Youth[/b]
 -- If found, create and store a culture bottle, and if having cultured both, move on to 'Virus building', else repeat 'Level 5 production'
 -- [small]NOTE: Be sure to culture VEA in the PANDEMIC before you run out if repeating more than 10 times[/small]
 -- [small]NOTE: If you run out of weakened virus plasma, you can add an equal amount of diphenhydramine to the remaining level 6 mix[/small]

 - [b]Virus Creation[/b]
 -- Empty and eject the beaker from the PANDEMIC
 -- Inject 1u of [b]VEA EY culture[/b]
 -- Inject 1u of [b]VEA TC culture[/b]
 -- Place the [b]Trial beaker[/b] in the PANDEMIC
 -- Name the virus identifying this as the advanced toxic compensation virus
 -- Produce a culture and store
 -- Empty and eject the beaker from the PANDEMIC
 -- Inject 1u of [b]VEA EY culture[/b]
 -- Inject 1u of [b]VEA TF culture[/b]
 -- Place the [b]Trial beaker[/b] in the PANDEMIC
 -- Name the virus identifying this as the advanced toxic filtering virus
 -- Produce a culture and store
 -- Empty and eject the beaker from the PANDEMIC
 -- Inject 1u of [b]VEA EY culture[/b]
 -- Inject 1u of [b]VEA St culture[/b]
 -- Inject 1u of [b]VEA WE culture[/b]
 -- Inject 1u of [b]VEA SnR culture[/b]
 -- Inject 1u of [b]VEA SRs culture[/b]
 -- Place the [b]Trial beaker[/b] in the PANDEMIC

 - [b]Virus Creation Continued[/b]
 -- Examine the PANDEMIC, if there are not all 6 symptoms as expected, inject 1u of the missing symptom culture
 -- If all 6 symptoms are present, create and store a culture bottle, move on to 'Virus Distribution Preparation', else repeat 'Virus Creation Continued'
 -- [small]NOTE: Be sure to culture any of the symptom cultures in the PANDEMIC before you run out if repeating more than 10 times[/small]

 - [b]Virus Distribution Preparation[/b]
 -- Name the virus identifying this as the general purpose enhancement virus
 -- Empty and eject the beaker from the PANDEMIC
 -- Inject the subject with each of the 3 engineered virus cultures
 -- If the subject is not blood in a beaker,
 -- Inject 10u charcoal to offset toxic shock of initial infection
 -- Sample 5u (or nominally 15u followed by reinjecting 10u) of blood and place in the [b]Trial beaker[/b]

 -- Place the [b]Trial beaker[/b] in the PANDEMIC
 -- Copy the readout of the PANDEMIC and format accordingly in a virology report
 -- Obtain a number of syringes for use as distribution medium
 -- Ensure you have sufficient blood in the [b]Trial beaker[/b] for distribution, 0.1u per syringe
 -- [small]NOTE: 'Subject' as indicated in this section may be a living target such as yourself, a monkey, or blood in a beaker[/small]

 - [b]Virus Distributable Production[/b]
 -- Inject 0.1u of the viruses in blood solution into the sample beaker
 -- With a syringe, sample the 0.1u from the sample beaker
 -- Label the syringe with the labeller
 -- Store the syringe safely
 -- Repeat 'Virus Distributable Production' until syringes each contain 1u of blood solution



[h3]Preparing for Viral Disaster:[/h3]
 - [b]Getting ABM[/b]
 -- If you already have [b]ABM culture[/b], proceed to 'ABM Monkey'
 -- Inject 1u of the base virus (preferably VEA) into the [b]Trial beaker[/b]
 -- Inject 1u of the [b]level 3 solution[/b] into the [b]Trial beaker[/b]
 -- Place the [b]Trial beaker[/b] in the PANDEMIC
 -- Examine the PANDEMIC, look for Anti-Bodies Metabolism
 -- If found, produce and store a culture bottle, move on to 'ABM Monkey', else repeat 'Getting ABM'
 -- [small]NOTE: Be sure to culture the base virus in the PANDEMIC before you run out if repeating more than 10 times[/small]

 - [b]ABM Monkey[/b]
 -- Transport a monkey into an isolation room (possibly restraining it)
 -- Inject a small amount of ABM culture into the monkey
 -- Monitor the health of the monkey, injecting charcoal to offset toxic shock if needed
 -- Once a harmful virus has presented itself, move on to 'Cure By Monkey'

 - [b]Cure By Monkey[/b]
 -- Inject the ABM infected monkey with a small amount of the harmful virus in solution
 -- Monitor the health of the monkey, injecting charcoal to offset toxic shock if needed
 -- Monitor the stages of the virus
 -- Once the harmful virus has been cured (it may cure nearly instantly), sample the monkey's blood
 -- [small]NOTE: It is preferred to return as much blood to the monkey as possible.[/small]
 -- Ensure the sample beaker is empty.
 -- Inject the sampled blood from the monkey into the sample beaker.
 -- Examine the sample beaker in the PANDEMIC.
 -- Culture vaccine as needed for distribution.




[h3]Appendix A, Useful Notes:[/h3]

When repeatedly sampling and examining symptoms in the pandemic, holding a dropper or pipette in one hand for sampling then quickly switching to the free hand to pick up and place the beaker and examine the PANDEMIC followed by emptying and ejection in a simple progression can greatly improve your generation time and experience.

You can drop a 10u pill of sugar or saline-glucose solution into a beaker filled with 10u mutagenic agar to produce 20u sucrose agar.

You can have chemistry make 0.1u pills of individual virus cultures instead of using syringes to distribute, but you must only distribute 1 of the 3 per pill, or mixing will occur.

You can also have chemistry make 0.1u pills of vaccines for high quantity and ease of distribution.

As a virologist aboard the NSS Cyberiad, you have access to the secondary medical storage, including hardsuits and grenade components for wide-area distribution.

You may prefer to have the microphones of the intercomms in virology active to improve workplace security and response time to disaster.

In the event of a stationwide catastrophic event, equipping yourself with a hardsuit, mask and internals, entering and engaging the virology disposal is a good way to flee the vicinity of the station quickly.

A host can only support 3 primary viruses, as the immune system combined with viral competition prevent further infections. This is a preferred alternative to ABM for most.

Moving fluids in beakers around is generally done in 10u increments, 15u to 5u in syringes, droppers in 5u increments, pipettes in 1u increments, but one can vary the quantity to varying degrees of each with a little extra care.

There are other useful symptoms for increasing stage speed with negligible effect. These are not covered in this guide.

Careful when making uneven mixes of chemicals, as a batch that is contaminated by oversupply or undersupply of one reagent can undermine the effectiveness of the solution. The use of chemistry's Chem Master can be employed to seperate the chemicals cleanly.