Stimulants

Stimulants, or "Stims" as they are commonly known is a blanket term used to describe a variety of substances taken by Terrans, both for military and recreative use. These substances consist of a powerful mix of synthetic adrenaline, endorphins, and a psychotropic aggression enhancer.

An individual on stims benefits from greatly increased speed, reflexes muscle density and the ability to deal with stress. Tissue damage may result from usage however, the skin becoming 'knobbly' at the site of infusion/injection. Possible long term side-effects include, but are not limited to, insomnia, weight loss, mania/hypomania, seizures, paranoiac hallucinations, internal hemorrhaging, and cerebral deterioration. An individual who has taken excessive stimulants is easily recognisable, courtesy of 'pupilless' eyes.

The Terran Confederacy declared that all of these side effects were nominal and well within Confederate safety margins and to this end, StimPacks were installed into CMC-400 Powered Combat Suits and newer versions of the CMC-660 Heavy Combat Suit for use by Marines and Firebats respectively. Even without the in-built devices, Confederate Marines still had access to these substances. The Terran Dominion has continued this trend and sparked mass controversy as a result. Nonetheless, both Dominion commanders and Dominion Marines themselves stand by the use of stims as essential to their continued survival and effectiveness on the battlefield. The Mar Sara Colonial Militia was a notable exception regarding the use of stimulants, due to too many of its soldiers becoming addicted to them.

At least partially due to this addiction, Stims see widespread use in Terran civilian society. It is possible for an individual to break this addiction, though requires a great deal of time and effort on the individual's part.