Life Sustainment 2
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Title: Life Sustainment 2
Author: DRA-X-O
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As suggested by the previous sections, there are many liquids used in sustaining a project, many needing to be given a number of times a day. Most often, technomantic gadgets are used to give the required fluid at the specific times. They are usually set up using clocks that, when a certain amount of time has passed, will trigger the mechanism that will allow fluid to go to the intended area. Even so, maintaining life requires quite a bit of work and is usually only done in larger laboratories. In smaller laboratories, at times it is simply easier to keep projects chained to walls in cages and fed sedatives when convenient.
None the less, technomantic alchemy can be an asset in the laboratory when dealing with any sort of project, whether it is under life maintainance or not.
Quite a lot of the recipies used are based off of herbalism knowledge. Any recipie can be modified, if you know of herbs that will achieve a particular effect and want to experiment then by all means do so.
Rubber is the substance (not always sap) of certain tropical trees that leaks down the tree if it is cut. I do not know the common name for the trees, in Jukan rubber-producing trees are referred to as being kma'taju. The best way to find the trees would be to go around the western side of Ilshenar and look for trees that appear to have a number of similar cuts on the trunks. Look for any dried liquid coming down the sides of the tree trunks, if it is solid and yet slightly waxy (rather than hard and lustrous like other dried tree saps) it is most likely rubber.
To collect it, carefully cut diagonally a quarter inch into the tree, and pull a small amount of bark off. Stick a small piece of metal at the bottom of the diagonal cut, and place a container under it. The liquid that leaves the tree will flow down the diagonal cut and down the metal piece and will drip into the bucket. Let it sit for two hours, when you return the bucket should have a lump of rubber in it. Only tap the same tree once every two days, it is useful to have a number of trees to go to. To use the rubber, heat it up until it melts.
Tubing can be made from glass or metal pipes, however the best method is to craft tubes out of rubber. To do so, heat the rubber until it melts and coat a metal rod with it, try to keep the coating thick enough to support the tube properly.
Obviously, larger tubes will require a thicker layer than smaller ones.
The easiest way to ensure the rubber will slide off the metal once it cools is to coat the metal rod with oil or grease, or anything similarly slick. Once the newly formed tube is removed from the pipe, a wire with a cloth attached to it should be used to clean the inside of the tube. To shape the tube, simply heat it up slowly and bend it carefully once the rubber becomes pliable.