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SURGICAL INNOVATION

Next year submissions as well as interviews will certainly resume from June 1st to October 31st

The KCC Surgical Modern technology program offers the trainees with the specialist skills needed for a job in health care. The program introduces the pupil to the theory and practice of Surgical Modern technology and also Perioperative method in the classroom, laboratory and also clinical practice. Trainees are prepared to work as important participants of the medical group as well as show understanding of aseptic techniques, surgical procedures as well as instrumentation. The knowing environment for students promotes the advancement of expertise, abilities and also worths, to quickly absorb the plans and treatments of any health care institution consistent with their scope of method. Pupils considered for the Program for Surgical Technology, must be KCC signed up as well as have actually passed pre-requisites training courses, ENG 12 and biography 11, with a minimum of C or greater and also have kept a minimum GPA of 2.5 or better. Training courses from various other colleges that used towards program demands have to have qualities sent.

KCC Surgical Technologist graduates are used in health center operating rooms, delivery rooms, cast areas, ambulatory treatment devices and central supply departments. They are utilized in clinics, ophthalmologists, doctors and also dentists' offices, and also able to function very well in such varied areas as clinical sales, product development as well as research study, laser modern technology and also bio-medical engineering. Skills Acquired:

Crucial Assuming - Surgical engineers should utilize logic as well as reasoning to determine the staminas and also weak points of alternative services, verdicts or strategies to troubles. Active Listening - Surgical engineers have to offer full interest to what medical professionals are stating, taking time to recognize the factors being made, asking concerns as ideal, and also not disrupting at improper times. Operation Monitoring - Surgical engineers should see evaluates, dials or other indications to make certain machines are functioning properly. Multitasking - Via method, surgical engineers develop the ability to precisely complete a cognitive task while performing a technical skill, connecting with various other participants of the medical group simultaneously in a prompt manner. Team effort mindset-- The most essential ability a surgical engineer establishes is the capacity to work as an essential participant of a surgical group, to make the difference as well as successfully communicate to successfully help surgeons in completing operations. Surgical Abilities based upon specialized understanding: Surgical engineer are learnt composition, biology, medical terminology, pharmacology, perioperative treatment and security of individuals, sterilization strategies, exactly how to set up technical or robot equipment, and ways to prevent as well as manage infections to make educated decisions while helping in surgery.

JOB CHANCES

Surgical engineers are vital members of the medical team and also their primary function is to prepare running areas, arrange tools, and also help cosmetic surgeons during surgeries. They are responsible for keeping the sterility of the operating room and also medical instrumentation.

KCC Surgical Engineer graduates are commonly utilized in health center operating rooms, delivery rooms, cast rooms, ambulatory treatment systems and also main supply divisions and sterilization process. Their medical training is also utilized in centers, eye doctors, medical professionals and also dental professionals' workplaces, and also able to operate quite possibly in such diverse locations as clinical sales, item development and research study, laser technology and also bio-medical design. New trends of education in surgical technology as well as progressed education, empower medical technologists to come to be educators in the field of medical modern technology, running room facilitators as well as organizers. WORK EXPECTATION

Employment of surgical technologists is forecasted to grow 9 percent from 2018 to 2028, faster than the standard for all occupations. Breakthroughs in medical technology have made surgical treatment more secure, and extra operations are being done to treat a range of health problems as well as injuries. ENTRANCE NEEDS

To be considered for the Program for Surgical Technology, trainees need to pass the CUNY ACT in Reading and also Composing and also the COMPASS Mathematics test or meet all requirements for existing developmental coursework. Trainees who have actually not passed these evaluations might not be admitted to the Educational program Code for Surgical Innovation. ENG 12 as well as biography 11 are pre-requisites for entrance into the program. The student needs to achieve a minimal grade point average of 2.5 and also a quality of C in all courses needed for the program. Programs from various other colleges to be used toward program needs need to have qualities sent for them.

Since Loss 2010 all Surgical Innovation pupils need to supply documentation as to lawful condition in one of these groups:

U.S. Citizenship Long-term residency International Student with F1 condition Given asylum, evacuee Status, Temporary protected Standing, Withholding of Removal, or deferred Action Condition by the United State Government.

SURGICAL INNOVATION STUDENT MANUAL

On behalf of the Faculty as well as staff of the Division of Nursing, I delight in to invite you to the Surgical Technology Program. We wish that you will certainly have a gratifying, scholarly journey as a pupil right here at Kingsborough Neighborhood University. This manual contains beneficial information to promote your achievement of scholastic and expert quality as a medical modern technology pupil. Please keep it as a recommendation throughout your education and learning. It is a supplement to the University Magazine and also College Student Manual. All information contained in this manual goes through change. Modifications will be released as they happen.

Student Manual SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY click to download (pdf).

** Adobe Acrobat Visitor is called for to check out these data. Click for free download **. STANDARD FOR RETENTION IN THE MEDICAL ENGINEER PROGRAM.

Requirements for retention in the Surgical Modern technology Program mandates that trainees:.

Get say goodbye to that 2 grades below C in any of the pre or co-requisite courses. Earn a minimum grade of C in all Surgical Innovation Courses. Students making less than a C grade in a Surgical Technology Course may duplicate the training course one-time. Students that duplicate a course should achieve a quality of "B" to pass the second time. A second gained grade of less than C in any kind of Surgical Technology program will lead to termination from the Program. Scientific Efficiency in the Practicum Courses need to go to an Acceptable level to remain in the program. PRACTICUM REQUIREMENTS.

After the first semester, the student registers for a Practicum each semester. This is medical practice in the Operating Room at numerous medical firms taking part in operations.

NOTE: Your specific level needs represent the University Brochure for the semester/year your gone into Kingsborough or last changed your significant. If you need a brochure earlier than the present directory, please visit this site (/ archivedcollegecatalogs/catalog. html).

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Surgical Tech National Certification exam (NCST) Nationally Certified Surgical Technician

surgical technologist certifying exam study guide

Healthcare Professionals Competency Testing (HPCT) is a certifying agency that offers national certifications to allied healthcare professionals including Surgical Technicians, Clinical Medical Assistants, Medical Administrative Assistants, EKG technicians, Patient Care Technicians, Pharmacy Technicians, Phlebotomy Technicians, and Sterile Processors. With HPCT, Surgical technologists are able to sit for their national certifying examination before the completion of their scrubs. Surgical Technicians perform various tasks before, during and after surgery. They ensure an infection-free environment during surgery. They also make sure the surgeon's needs during surgery are met to ensure a safe environment for the patient. Visit: https://nationalhpct.com/surgical-technician

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Each time I post, it’s always me complaining but I don’t care. I honestly hate being a surgical tech, the OR life isn’t for me. I feel so lost and unmotivated. I’m so close to finishing school and to get certified but deep down this isn’t what I want at all. I was hoping that I would fail my previous term lol, it’s okay

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Kamen Rider NRV Lore Dump!

Manticore

Manticore LLC is a major medical technology company. Publicly, they are most known for their artificial organs and limb prosthesis as well as several other medical devices and equipment used in hospitals worldwide. Less widely publicized are their numerous military contracts, developing cutting edge medical treatment technologies but also advanced weapons, drones, and other offensive hardware.

Nanoderm

The scientific breakthrough that lead Manticore to dominate in the field of med-tech is the invention of micro-sensors that are capable of reading brain signals in the nervous system and translating them into data a computer can interpret with absolute precision. These microscopic sensors can be integrated into programmable nanomachines that interlock in a mesh that forms durable skin-like material called Nanoderm. If an exposed section of human tissue is covered in Nanoderm and then allowed to heal, the Nanoderm will become integrated with the tissue like a layer of natural skin. Any impulses or signals sent by the brain to that part of the body will be received by the Nanoderm and translated into data. That data can then be read as motor commands by a Manticore prosthesis. Basic prosthesis models can receive this data via magnetic nodes embedded in the surface of the Nanoderm but more advanced models, capable of finer dexterity/expanded functionality, require a “bone spike,” a rod-like data plug that interfaces with a port in the Nanoderm area that is connected to more advanced sensors. The socket and sensor hardware is imbedded in the body through a surgical procedure.

The catch with the Nanoderm system is it must be applied to the body before the exposed tissue heals over and the exposed nerve endings have a chance to close off, or in other words, while the wound is “fresh”, otherwise the healed tissue must be cut away and a fresh wound made. This means that in emergency situations a patient or their next of kin must make a snap decision to undergo the expensive Nanoderm compatibility surgery as part of their emergency treatment. Of course some insurance plans will cover some or all of this cost. Additionally Manticore has deals with some insurance providers that the surgery come standard with higher end coverage plans, forgoing the need for patient consent. Manticore has exclusive patent rights to the Nanoderm system, meaning once you are Nanoderm compatible, you are locked into the Manticore ecosystem of prosthesis and devices. Additionally your devises can only be serviced by Manticore certified technicians and only Manticore doctors are trained in Nanoderm patient care.

Remote Command (RC)

Manticore is a sprawling corporation with many secrets. One such secret is the Remote Command program. A project Manticore has been working on behind closed doors, the Remote Command program involves research into sending brain signals over great distances without a physical connection between the sensor and the receiving devise. With RC a person could control a prosthetic arm in another part of the world as though it were part of their body. This is achieved by broadcasting the impulses across a proprietary electromagnetic wave length to the receiving nodes. The signal travels point to point and back again at light speed. The potential RC has for the future of drone warfare is staggering, not to mention the potential for profit.

Sensitive as this information is, there’s another layer. All Nanoderm currently in use by people around the world is capable of receiving Remote Command. With the right inputs it can reshape its self, self-replicate, and even, under certain conditions, send signals back to the user’s brain, causing brain damage or, theoretically, controlling them. Whether this functionality of Nanoderm was an intentional feature or not is unknown to anyone currently employed at Manticore but the company has no pans currently to use the Nanoderm in this way. What is known, however, is that if this function ever becomes public knowledge it would be disastrous for Manticore, not to mention the chaos that would ensue if a bad actor were to exploit this function for malicious purposes.

Manticore Special Security (Spec-Sec)

Manticore LLC has secrets, and it has enemies. To protect its secrets, combat its enemies, address the threats to public safety those things pose, (and protect its corporate interests), Manticore formed the Manticore Special Security Division. More than just your standard private security outfit, Spec-Sec is a fully equipped task force and strike force designed to identify, target, track, confront, and nullify any threat to the company and its assets. Thanks to Manticore’s history of generous donations and good standing with local police forces, the Spec-Sec Division is able to operate with a certain degree of discretion, allowing them to carry out operations without interference from police or the legal system. Lead by Special Security Director Sloane, her hand-picked crack team of Special Officers have carried out dozens of high risk operations with ruthless efficacy and, so-far, minimal casualties. Spec-Sec utilizes the most cutting edge technology and weaponry Manticore has, often before it’s even close to market ready. In some cases necessity dictates that Spec-Sec operations serve as ad hoc field tests for experimental equipment.

Core Drivers, Data Boosters, and the Kamen Rider program

The Core Driver is a piece of technology that was developed as part of research into the use of Nanoderm to enhance a soldier’s physical performance on the battlefield. The concept was to temporarily cover the user’s entire body in a layer of Nanoderm mesh that could respond to the signals from the user’s brain in such a way that would increase their strength, speed, perception, and reflexes. The solution was the Core Driver, a device that would house the billions of Nanoderm nanomachines and serve as the computational core for the whole mesh network. Along with the Core Driver was the Data Booster, a flash drive-like device shaped like a syringe. The data booster contained the information that told the nanomachines to deploy from the Core Driver and cover the user. Additionally the Booster came with its own payload of nanomachines that, when the plunger of the syringe was depressed, would also be deployed through the Core Diver and take the form of armor and weapons. Basically, a user need only insert the Data Booster into the Core Diver, clearly speak a voice authentication phrase, and depress the plunger and they would instantly be wearing a powerful yet flexible armored body suit. The project was called the “Kamen Rider program” after the masked visage of the user’s armored faceplate (“Kamen” being the Japanese word for “mask”).

The Project had its drawbacks, however. For one a user would need to already be Nanoderm compatible for the suit to work at all, meaning, practically speaking, the user would need to be an amputee, and the prospect of convincing soldiers to sacrifice a limb to use the Driver was deemed a “hard sell” and the idea of a approaching a freshly maimed soldier with the offer of further combat, well, that wouldn’t be a good look either. The second and most important drawback was the simple fact that the Kamen Rider program was far, FAR too expensive to be profitable, and the thousands of man hours it took to produce just one Core Driver meant mass producing them to sell by the battalion, as Manticore had planned, was simply out of the question.

The Kamen Rider Program was not completely abandoned, however. The first completed Core Driver, designation SVR (Special Versatility Rider model or “Sever” colloquially) is currently coded to Director Sloane of Spec-Sec, who happens to be a double transfemeral amputee. With the Director’s input, the device and the suit itself have been modified heavily over its years of use. It now features the ability for additional Data Boosters to be employed, loaded with weapons and tools in the form of appendages that attach to highly advanced versions of Bone Spike sockets on the suit at the amputation sites of the Rider’s body. The nerve signal enhancing properties of the suit allows the Rider to manipulate these complex, non-human-like appendages with a natural ease and minimal adjustment period.

A second Core Driver has just recently been put to use in the field at Spec-Sec. The first Kamen Rider designed from the ground up with Spec-Sec modifications. Designation NRV (Neo Rider Variant or “Nerve” colloquially) is encoded to the Division’s newest member, Special Officer Nat Agbayani. A right shoulder disarticulation amputee, he was promoted to the Special Security Division from the internship program in the research wing by the COO of Manticore himself… wait what? That can’t be right…

The existence of any other Core Drivers, in use or otherwise, is classified.

Thanks for reading

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stargirlfics · 7 days

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Wassup its been so long since I've sent something to you. I hope you and your man are well. Did you graduate yet? Do you still write Chris Evans stories? I've missed your blog 🫶🏽

Hiiii! Welcome back around these parts lol 💞 me and my man are doing well, I guess I should actually say fiancé now because WE GOT ENGAGED THIS MONTH! 🥹 still reeling about it tbh, I am so excited and happy!

And I did graduate yess it’ll be 2 years in June that I’ve been working as an official certified surgical tech which reminds me I have to renew my board certification soon oop 👀

I don’t really write for CE anymore, there’s a few of his characters I have ideas for that are drafts but currently Andy Serkis is my main man and his characters have me in a writing vice grip lol but it’s so cool you came back here and have missed my blog, good to see ya here again and thanks for reaching out and asking how things have been!

Hope life has treated you well recently! 💞

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thomasce · 9 days

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Autopsy Reference Page

A little intro:

I worked in a morgue for about a year as an autopsy assistant / intern. I have a portfolio and a certificate and everything. I've seen a lot of character designs with autopsy scars in them and stories with autopsies featured as a major event and wanted to provide some information on how autopsies through the justice system work, specifically FROM MY EXPERIENCE. This will not apply to private autopsies, though I will include a little bit of what I know about those at the end of this post.

If you are sensitive to gore, go ahead and skip this page. If you like writing gore or learning more about this stuff, welcome!

First thing's first: Who approves an autopsy?

Generally, it is the District Attorney. A DA will approve an autopsy for the following reasons:

It's a suspicious death

It was caused by the victim (self-inflicted)

It was an obvious homicide

It falls under the conditions stated in the state's constitution or laws

What conditions could those be?

This is going to sound really morbid, but most states have a clause that dictates any deaths in which the decedent is under 12 months of age must be autopsied. That's the biggest reason cited in laws outside of criminal justice cases.

Who performs an autopsy?

The people performing the actual evisceration are called Medical Examiners. In order to be a medical examiner, you must have a Medical Doctorate and be board certified in Forensic Pathology.

The Medical Examiner will also have a team of Forensic Pathology Technicians that help them before, during, and after evisceration. They often consist of both Dry Techs and Wet Techs. The difference between the two is that Dry Techs do not dress out in personal protective equipment (PPE) and will log things in whichever system the lab utilizes. Wet Techs assist in the autopsy by taking x-rays, removing organs, and weighing the organs.

What is PPE?

Standard PPE consists of a plastic gown, double disposable gloves to the wrist, disposable gloves to the elbow, boot covers, a surgical mask, a face shield, and what is known as a bouffant cap (the hair net / cap things you see surgeons wear in tv shows and movies).

The order I always put my PPE on was: boot covers, gown (with thumbs through the thumb holes), gloves #1, face mask, bouffant cap, gloves #2, face shield, elbow gloves.

Let's get into what you guys are really here for:

What does a standard autopsy look like?

So I like to make a distinction between these three stages: pre-autopsy, autopsy, post-autopsy.

Pre-autopsy is everything that happens before the body is open. This includes:

Weighing the gurney with the body bag on it

Moving the body bag from the gurney to the autopsy table

Taking pictures of the body bag BEFORE the seal is opened

Cutting the seal

Taking pictures of the body in the bag

Moving the body out of the bag

Taking more photos of the front, side, back, arms, and hands

Drawing toxicology (blood, urine, vitreous)

Taking fingerprints

The autopsy is when the Y-incision is created and the following occurs:

The organs of the thoracic cavity are taken, weighed, and eviscerated

The organs of the abdominopelvic cavity are taken, weighed, and eviscerated

The head is opened and the brain is taken, weighed, and eviscerated

The pituitary gland is removed

The esophagus and tongue are taken, weighed, and eviscerated

All organs are placed into a plastic bag

Post-autopsy includes:

Moving the body back to the bag

Placing the bag inside the thoracic cavity

Stitching the Y-incision closed

Cleaning any instruments used

Cleaning all surfaces, including the autopsy table and sink

Mopping the floor

In my experience, some of the things done during pre-autopsy, such as drawing toxicology and fingerprinting, can be done during the actual autopsy.

Why is toxicology important?

Toxicology is how we gain DNA and fluids for testing. Vitreous (fluid from the eyes) and Urine (fluid from the bladder) can be tested for metabolism of ethanol (alcohol) and other substances. Blood is used in testing for things like ethanol (alcohol) and CO (carbon monoxide) as well as DNA for identification.

Why do we need blood for identification?

In homicide cases, two forms of scientific identification are necessary. The order of importance / credibility of DNA collection is:

Visual identification - if they have an ID on them and we can tell that they are the person on the ID

Blood - a blood stain card is taken to test for identity

Fingerprints

Dental - if we have NOTHING ELSE, a forensic odontologist is called in to compare dental records to the teeth of the decedent

Little facts:

We do the Y-incision specifically for the funeral homes

Anything that you die with that the police doesn't collect for the family before the autopsy is put in holding until your body is released to the funeral home - including money

When blood has CO in it, it becomes a dark cherry red

Different needle sizes are used for drawing toxicology. The smallest size used is a 25-gauge. The largest is a 16-gauge.

Blood is drawn in this order: femoral (thigh), pericardial (around the heart), cardiac (in the heart)

Private autopsies are costly, ranging from $3000 to $5000

i think that's everything important. If you have any questions, have any additions, or find that this helped, send me an ask and let me know!

Be free!!!

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ilovefictionalmen-123 · 3 months

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hi pookie wookie, so for that mash up…

so i’m a first gen. immigrant, i’m american, i’m texan, and i’m in the healthcare field.

i’ve been in the healthcare field, volunteering, interning, or working for the past 5 years now. im such a high achiever that i actually got certified as a sterile processing tech. while in high school and graduated with a job already where i interned previously.

im also in the navy as a hospital corpsman, i start my duty in august tho so i’m still cooking surgical instruments

i consider myself a pretty lax person and easy going but kind of judgmental and forthcoming. if i have a problem, i definitely speak up asap. i’m the type of person to go and ask for ketchup for you lol

when it comes to love, i most definitely have not had a good time—that’s why my fics are so self insert-y lol i just want someone who’s more than happy with dealing with my bs and my imposition but also low social battery

my love languages are acts of services and quality time, maybe gift giving. i grew up in a household where everyone was constantly working and as the oldest daughter, i had to take care of a lot of household things. so having someone who can afford (literally) time off and help me around the house or just in general is a big deal.

i hope this is enough 😭😭 take ur time pookie bear!! ab’s thanks in advance ! 🩷🌺

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Considerate partner, definitely. He's the kind of bf to show you off to everyone, like yup, that's my partner, so amazing and great!

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Had a long day? Let him make you something to eat. Don't feel like talking? Let's just sit together in silence.

He's also great at planning dates, he just wants to spend some quality time with his amazing partner!

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ask-a-vetblr · 2 years

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have you guys ever answered any questions about the cat friendly practice program? i learned about it recently and am considering telling my vet about it, so i was curious if you guys had any experience with the program. i'm also kind of curious how it came to exist in the first place; idk much abt vet school but i assumed youd learn enough that the existence of a program to help vets handle cats better wouldnt be needed. or is it just for ppl not specialized in cats?

gettingvetted here.

Your vet is probably aware of the Cat Friendly Practice program offered by the American Association of Feline Practitioners. You don't have to be a specialist to participate and they also offer certificates for individual vets and techs as well as educational information for owners on how to create a Cat Friendly Home. In order to be a Cat Friendly Practice, at least one vet in the practice has to be a member of the AAFP (which involves membership fees and requires a certain amount of cat-specific CE to be obtained over the course of 3 years, as well as attending the AAFP conference at least once every 3 years to maintain membership - this is also not free) and there is a lengthy list of qualifications required to obtain Cat Friendly Practice status.

I am a Cat Friendly Veterinarian (which required 8 hours of CE and $300 in and of itself) and if I was going to stay with my current practice, we would be working toward Cat Friendly Practice certification. However, as an associate and not a practice owner, I really have no power to make some of the decisions that would be required for Cat Friendly status of the practice overall. Most things are "common knowledge" or otherwise simply just best practices, like refusing to perform declaws as a practice, or making sure each patient receives pain relief before, during, and after surgical procedures. However, some of them are a little nitpicky or otherwise difficult to achieve. For example, we have one dentistry instrument pack in the practice. If there are multiple dentistry procedures in a day, the instruments are cleaned between procedures, but we don't have additional sets of instruments for the next patient(s). That's okay because dentistry isn't a sterile procedure, but in order to be Cat Friendly Practice certified we would need to have individual instruments for each dental procedure. That's several thousand dollars of investment for the practice. Each staff member also has to have 5 hours of cat-specific continuing education each year, even if it's informal (for example, discussing feline handling or a certain disease during a staff meeting) but that still eats into clinic time and must be prepared by a staff member.

Feline handling (or honestly, most handling of animals in general) isn't really discussed in most vet schools. Education on restraint and handling is often limited to a checkmark during clinical rotations - "demonstrate restraint of patient for an exam", "perform jugular blood draw on a cat or dog" etc. And for every vet student that does get good feline handling education, there is a vet that is 70+ years old that still boxes cats down and handles them by scruffing. That's why the program was created.

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Surgical Tech National Certification exam (NCST) Nationally Certified Surgical Technician

Healthcare Professionals Competency Testing offers NCST (Nationally Certified Surgical Technician) Exam. (HPCT) is a certifying agency that offers national certifications to allied healthcare professionals including Surgical Technicians, Clinical Medical Assistants, Medical Administrative Assistants, EKG technicians, Patient Care Technicians, Pharmacy Technicians, Phlebotomy Technicians, and Sterile Processors. With HPCT, Surgical technologists are able to sit for their national certifying examination before the completion of their scrubs. Surgical Technicians perform various tasks before, during and after surgery. They ensure an infection-free environment during surgery. They also make sure the surgeon's needs during surgery are met to ensure a safe environment for the patient. Visit https://nationalhpct.com/surgical-technician

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thatboomerkid · 2 years

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FIRST TEAM: LAST CHANCERS

Pentex is up to something.

... and it’s something BIG.

This is a pitch & solicitation for a game, which I will run online for interested players. This text will serve as a living & public-facing reference-document, designed for use by my players, to be regularly updated over the course of our Chronicle.

Brought to you absolutely free to enjoy, to dick-around with, & to share – as always – by the fine folks of my Patreon.

Hugest of all possible special thanks to Daemon R. Allwardt, Matt Banach, Phil Brucato, Sye Cole, Nick Esposito, Dylan Hanny, Christopher Hazlett, Josh Heath, Derek Reeverts, Rich Rittenhouse, Amul Tevar, Joey Wallace, Joe Weinberg, and Owen Westcot.

And whatever kind of hot, nasty, oozing new extinction-level bug-fuckery Pentex has got brewing in the back offices, one thing is for damn sure: it ain’t good.

... which, incidentally, brings us to you & your new pack.

You’ve just been sworn-in to a most-sacred mission, and stride now to war for the literal continued existence of Gaia herself: your righteous vow commands you strike fast, move in shadow, conceal your strength, sow great confusion among your innumerable enemies, leave neither a single stone unturned nor a single witness standing, and -- above all -- puzzle-out precisely what the fuck these smug, devious, buttoned-down little corporate-psychopath shitheads are trying to pull for the foul “glory” of their grotesque master, the Wyrm.

And then to kill every mother-fucking last one of ‘em.

Or die trying.

Introduction

[Table of Contents, which you are reading right now]

Chronicle Themes

Suggested Media

Player Requirements

Character Requirements

[A Storyteller Solemnly Swears]

Setting Notes

Rules Notes

New Backgrounds

- Board-Certified Seal-of-Approval

- Infrequency

Celebrity Guest-Stars! ... or “Important NPCs of this Chronicle”

Because this is no ordinary black-ops monkeywrench operation, friend.

Whatever horrifying, nightmarish new “Special Project” the grinning bastards on the Board of Directors at Pentex are cooking-up, those schemes are bound in bane & balefire, sealed with silver & sorcery, wrapped skintight in unutterably-ancient-yet-somehow-still-shrieking White Howler flesh: a full-ass six-hundred-&-sixty-six levels above top-secret, locked-away so snug that even the most leet hackers, data-pirates, info-sec operators, and dumpster-diving ninja-assassins in service to Gaia haven’t been able to pry-loose more than the barest echoes of whispers from the churning belly of the great beast.

Not that we haven’t tried, obviously.

Problem is, Earth Mother’s chosen have very recently lost three full packs of our best & brightest cyber-warfare specialists: proud champions reppin’ the Random Interrupts, the Rat Finks, and the Corporate Wolves (alongside their Kin, their allies, their Fetishes, their Caerns, and their tech) ... all taken-out with extreme prejudice, military-grade ordinance, and unholy, blinding-fast surgical precision by rapid-response First Teams that -- if one were properly paranoid -- might lead one to suspect that Pentex has themselves an “inside man”.

Or two.

... or three.

Well, guess what?

Gaians can play at this game too, assholes.

Pentex likes to think that their treacherous, conniving, lily-white Ivy-League asses invented double-double secret-reverse counter-counterintelligence state-military-industrial espionage-operations?

Lol.

Your boy Cockroach, just as a ONE example, came-up hard on the mean streets of the Permian-Triassic Extinction Event, which aced-out 95% of the life on the planet, and was over two hundred million years old at the time of the Eocene epoch – a 22-million-year period of flaming radioactive planet-wide upheaval that included a particularly unpleasant winter (which just so happened to last somewhere in the range of 100,000 years) – a solid-ass thirty-five million years ago, back when the world, no bullshit, had mo’fucking rings around it.

It was metal as shit.

Note that his ugly little ass survived -- thrived -- up to the release of Morbius on Blueray at Blockbuster (and beyond!) without the benefit of thumbs.

Cockroach don’t fuck around, is the point.

Sneaky & clever though he may be, however, he’s just a Totem of Wisdom ... meaning that even his most intricate, complex, wheels-within-wheels, man-behind-the-man nine-part-harmony Xanatos Gambit plots are nothing against the dizzying designs of Coyote, Cuckoo, and/or Fox.

SO, THIS JUST IN: Pentex has won the coin-toss & chosen to receive; according to this note I was just handed by my producer, they also wanna ... wat. omg lazers, does that say, “we trash the rulebook & play dirty lmfao”?

Well ... alright, alright, alright. So mote it motherfuckin’ be, motherfuckers.

We’re doing this shit olde-skool now: deep-cover, deniable ops. No records, no receipts, no witnesses. No paper-trail, no chain-of-command, no back-up, no plan B. No limit, no quarter, no exit-strategy; no brakes on the Apocalypse-train.

Underground, radio-silent, safeties-off; going full dark: inner circle only.

Your handler has pulled-in every favor, ringer, expendable, has-been, old dog, youngblood, wash-out, dirty dealer, troublemaker, loose cannon, burned asset, low bastard, basket-case, wandering drifter, retired killer, and rainy-day BREAK GLASS ONLY IN THE EVENT OF EMERGENCY secret hold-out weapon she’s been quietly collecting-up over the last three & half decades.

Calling all freaks, as they say. ‘Cuz that’s the name of the game.

If you or any member of your pack is caught or killed, the Garou Nation will disavow all knowledge of your existence.

Hope you enjoyed getting to watch your own funeral from the nosebleed seats, kid. Might wanna strap-in & kiss your sweet ass goodbye. Because it’s about to get bumpy ... and real, real ugly.

Welcome to your new job at Pentex.

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Chronicle Themes:

SMALL WORLD: y’know all those old borders & ancient rivalries? Like, say ... the ones dividing the Western Cordordiat of the Garou Nation from the Beast Courts of the Emerald Mother for, like, untold millennia? Well, thing is, they shatter into utter, insignificant meaninglessness before the sheer awful, global scale of Wyrm & Weaver locked in final battle.

BIG BUSINESS: the legions of Pentex are endless, outnumbering the champions of Gaia not by two, not ten, but by UNCOUNTABLE orders of magnitude; they can outspend us a thousand-to-one without even trying. ‘Course, the nice people over at Dynamic Technology International, the Mikoshi Conglomerate, Star-Mart, and Shinzui Industries are no slouches, either ... and they, interestingly enough, also want you dead!

PAST IS PROLOGUE: anyone who tells you the War of Rage was, quote, “a long-ass time ago” didn’t learn a goddamn thing: the unforgivable sins of our tragic, blood-streaked history shall not be forgotten ... or, I guess, we could just go ahead & round-off the next million years to yet another “particularly vivid, gore-drenched grind of ceaseless, ever-escalating, and infinitely-recursive fun-house-mirror horror-shows”.

FUTURE-SHOCK: ... but those internal memos outlining Pentex’s plans & operational schematics for the next century of their uncontested control over Earth? Yeah. Uh, they’re actually quite a bit worse: hyper-detailed, high-definition, vivid, full-color, glossy, and sickening in the extreme (with pie-charts!). We’re up against an all-star assemblage of clever & detail-oriented motherfuckers with an agenda-most-obscene... and, one financial quarter at a time, very increasingly with the means to make it happen.

Suggested Media:

6 Underground

Angel (Season 5)

Archer

The Boys

Bunraku

The Defenders

Inglourious Basterds

The IT Crowd

Mayhem

Shaolin Soccer

Sneakers

Player Requirements:

bi-weekly (every other week) availability for a 4-6 hour online game.

basic-to-intermediate experience with tabletop roleplaying games.

basic-to-intermediate experience with Werewolf: The Apocalypse and/or the greater olde-skool World of Darkness setting.

willingness to help every player at the table, as an active participant in shared-world storycraft, to create a fun, memorable, and above-all-mutually-satisfying tale: a high-octane, heartfelt, hilarious thrill-ride of action-packed international espionage in which super-powered warriors of Gaia rip monsters & finance-bro into festive intestine-confetti.

Character Requirements

each player will create a new, unique character using the Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition Core Rulebook and Changing Breeds texts, building a PC of any Breed, Auspice, Tribe, and background the player desires, subject to the Infrequency Background (below).

characters may begin play with extra Renown, up to an amount required for the character to reach Rank 2.

characters may begin play with up to 50 Experience Points.

a character created for play in this Chronicle must be both willing & able to “go deep-cover” as a member of a Pentex First Team.

a character created for this Chronicle is, by default, legally dead ... and is counted among the honored (or, I guess, dishonored?) dead by the Garou Nation / Beast Courts, depending on which way the player wants to go with it: any PC who wishes to maintain Allies, Contacts, Kinfolk, or a Mentor within the greater worldwide society of Gaian-aligned Fera will need the Lying-Ass Liar Social Merit (detailed below).

As an aside, the spirit-world is -- on the other hand -- very much aware that the PCs are still alive & kicking: long story short, the PCs do not lose access to the cool benefits of their Rank or their Renown.

“So ... uh? How precisely are they ‘secretly faking their deaths,’ then? If the whole spirit-world knows they’re alive?”

Lol. You mean the same spirit-world that’s casually kept Gaia’s Breath (W20 Changing Breeds, pg. 116) and Veil of the Wani (W20 Changing Breeds, pg. 160) out of the hands of the Garou Nation for literally ever, possibly just for shits & giggles at this point? The shadow-universe of dreams uncoupled from thought, populated entirely by unreliable narrators & constructed entirely of unreliable narration? Where use of the term “veracity” in a sentence has a non-zero-chance of causing the actual floor to scream “IT’S PRONOUNCED VORACITY” at you & then try to eat you?

That spirit-world?

Yeah, the PCs & their secrets will be fine.

Note that neither players nor characters will be forced to do evil or icky crap to “prove their loyalty to Pentex or the Wyrm”: while the characters may have to work hard & be clever to preserve their dirty secrets, I’m very not interested in running a game where the players are forced to do evil in ANY capacity

In fact ...

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A STORYTELLER SOLEMNLY SWEARS

I, Clinton J. Boomer, do hereby promise & avow to never present my players with a “If you’re so evil, eat this kitten” scene or conflict within the context of this, our Chronicle.

Sincerely. Do not worry that it’ll happen. It won’t.

... that said, players are allowed to incorporate such moments into their own backstories & preludes (with Storyteller approval), if they so desire:

For Example: Kyle is playing a cunning Garou who has infiltrated Pentex in the guise of a Ferectoi; he & I decide, together, that -- during his character’s prelude -- he was given a sadistic “loyalty test” by a superior: handed a pistol & told to execute a captured Kinfolk wolf. Through incredible, awesome cleverness on Kyle’s part, his PC was able to prove his loyalty to Pentex beyond a shadow of a doubt ... while also keeping the wolf from being harmed!

Similarly -- and mostly only because it’s literally the focus of the Chronicle -- players will very often be presented with observably evil assignments by their superiors, which they (as a pack) will have to be clever & creative about completing ... or not completing, as they decide.

Por Ejemplo: The PCs are assigned by Pentex to rendezvous with a First Team operating out of Dakar and to thereafter provide material assistance with the unit’s mission:

infiltrate a local cell of the Ahadi (via exploitation of a Kerasi who doesn’t “ping” as Wyrm-tainted)

locate the cell’s hidden Caern

exterminate all members of the Ahadi, including Kinfolk

claim the Caern for the Wyrm

generate evidence pinning the attack on a well-known Silver Fang

The PCs decide, instead, to kill all the members of the First Team & pin the whole fiasco on a “particularly rascally Nuwisha”.

Can they get away with it? Let’s find out!

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Setting Notes

This is a Werewolf: The Apocalypse Chronicle -- not a more-general World of Darkness Chronicle, nor a “crossover” Chronicle -- which means that a couple of very important things about the setting need to be addressed & clarified pretty much right away.

Among them:

The grand history & cosmology of the universe, as understood by the Garou, is -- essentially -- correct.

Now, sure ... there are a few fiddly little fine-grained details about the true secret history of reality (like, say, the Insect War mentioned in Ananasi: Changing Breed Book 7, on pages 25-26) known only to non-Garou Fera; these are also true, even if the Garou -- who are only about a million years old, after all -- don’t know about ‘em.

All other supernatural entities, on the other hand, are -- at best -- ignorant about the true shape & meaning of the universe; at worst, they’re tools of Wyrm, of Weaver, or of both: dangerously deluded and/or outright liars.

More specifically: leeches within the context of this Werewolf Chronicle lack things like a “generation,” a “clan,” a “Humanity score,” or even “Disciplines”; they do have what might be referred-to as bloodlines -- the foul undead that, in ancient days, forced the Silent Striders from their homeland in Egypt are said to have been spawned from the cursed, night-black veins of Sutekh, for example -- but anything you think you know about vampires that isn’t on pages 453-455 of the W20 Core Rulebook is pure conjecture (and also probably bullshit).

The same goes double for wizards, ghosts, fair folk, and monster-hunters.

If you really, really wanna be an expert on all the various horrible & mysterious creatures that go bump-in-the-night, be sure to buy up some dots in the Occult Knowledge (and also the Secrets Background).

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Rules Notes

So.

Remember how I said, above, that any supernatural entity who isn’t one of the Fera is, and I quote: “at best, ignorant about the true shape & meaning of the universe; at worst, they’re tools of Wyrm, of Weaver, or of both: dangerously deluded and/or outright liars”?

Okay, so that’s all true: the Traditions & the Technocracy are both wrong, as is -- to a lesser degree -- any Nephandus who think he’s a servitor of anything but Malfeas: any “Infernal” entity encountered within the context of this Chronicle is, in all probability, just a member of the Maeljin Incarna randomly cosplaying-as-Satan for cheap shits & giggles.

Furthermore, any supernatural entity (who isn’t one of the Fera) is also at least slightly down-powered & sidelined: this is a W20 Chronicle, which means that the Technocratic Union is small-scale, underfunded, hopelessly corrupted from within, and mostly made up of Extraordinary Citizens.

The odds of a HIT Mark out-of-nowhere gunning-down the Perfect Metis at the last possible second to avert the Apocalypse, in other words, are approximately zero-point-zero-zero-null-&-fuckkin’-not-gonna-happen.

... that said, tho, the Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary books are really excellently written, and -- as such -- the M20 texts will serve as this Chronicle’s default “canon reference-documents” in such instances as a W20 book is silent on a particular rules-issue:

you want to play a Martial Artist? M20 pg. 424-426 has got you covered!

your character wants to shoot the gas tank? M20 pg. 459 it is!

you want a weird Merit or Flaw that’s not in the Corebook? Yo, check out the M20 Book of Secrets, friend-o.

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New Backgrounds:

Board-Certified Seal-of-Approval

The massive, multiheaded hydra of Pentex trusts no one.

... and that’s not, like, hyperbole, by the way: the PCs, over the course of this Chronicle, will be taking orders from people who all goddamn HATE each other (see below), the majority of whom are actively trying to get one another killed.

It’s a squirming pit of monsters, my friend.

You & your pack are gonna be the one group of people that every member of the Board of Directors trusts to have their back ... and then you will betray the shit out that trust, for great justice, in the sacred name of Gaia.

zero dots (default): an outsider to the dark inner-workings of Pentex, you are – at best – a cog in the machine that it would be mildly inconvenient to Pentex to murder outright; this level of clearance covers everyone from a minimum-wage overnight counter-clerk at your local EndRun 24-hour gas-&-food convenience mart to an average lab-tech who works at Magadon, watches RED Network, and eats at O’Tolley’s three times a week.

1 dot: you’re a bottom-ranking peon who is (nonetheless) initiated into the foul, dark inner workings of Pentex: a First Team private, an associate executive, or a white-level scientist with Special Projects Division. You are cleared to know that “fomori” and “lupines” exist; you are also expected to die (or go to prison) at the whim of a superior.

2 dots: you’re a low-ranking, expendable cog: second-in-command of a First Team, a junior executive, or a green-level scientist with SPD.

3 dots: you’re a middle-ranking, slightly-more-expensive & slightly-less-expendable cog: leader of your own First Team, a supervising executive, or a blue-level scientist with SPD.

4 dots: you’re a high-ranking power-player: a chess-master directing the actions of multiple First Teams, a managing executive at a powerful (and lucrative) Pentex subsidiary, or a yellow-level scientist with SPD.

5 dots: you’re just one step down from the Board of Directors: overseeing multiple elite First Teams, an executive with your own subsidiary, or a red-level scientist with SPD.

6 dots: you’re at the level of the Chief Executive Officer of Global Pentex Security: not technically a member of the Board of Directors, sure ... but you’re on the short-list for membership (and you answer only to them)

7 dots: you’re at the level of a Subdivision Director -- someone like Kiro Yamazaki, Francesco, or Mr. Pochard -- and are a full-fledged member of the Board of Directors

8 dots: you’re at the level of a Division Director -- someone like Adrian Newberry, Chase Lamont, or Harold Zettler -- and are a ranking goddamn member of the Pentex Board

9 dots: you’re at, no shit, the level of actual motherfucking Peter Culliford, Executive Vice President of Pentex

10 dots: you are -- dear, sweet, hot, buttery Jesus -- at the real & actual level of Benjamin Rushing, Executive Director of Pentex

The difficulty of any Investigation, Streetwise, or similar check made to dig-up dirt or secrets on a character who possesses this Background is increased by +1 for each dot in this Background the target possesses over-and-above the investigator.

For Example: The PCs decide that they want to find out the actual, specific address of Adrian Newberry’s vacation home in Nantucket so that they can give him a shotgun enema I mean no, it’s so that they can have, like, flowers & candies delivered. For, uh ... Mother’s Day.

Anyway: since the Director of Operations has 8 dots in this Background and the highest score any PC has in this Background is 3, rolls to get any useful information are at a minimum of +5 difficulty.

This special Background may not be bought above 1 dot at character creation.

This special Background cannot be pooled, and PCs are expected to have different levels in this Background: the acting field-commander of a First Team will have higher “clearance” than her newest recruit, after all.

That said, the total level of trust placed in the PCs (as a team) will always be equal to the lowest Board-Certified Seal-of-Approval rating possessed by any member of the First Team.

This special Background can be used in-place-of & in the same-way-as any one of the following Backgrounds from M20 (pg. 303-328) at any given time: Backup, Influence, Requisitions, Resources, or Secret Weapons.

... of course, actually using your Board-Certified Seal-of-Approval to do shit like crush stories in the media, borrow sports cars & jets, or order a black-ops, attack helicopter extraction from a bad first date is the ABSOLUTE NUMBER ONE way to make your rating in the Background drop like a fucking stone.

Other than, like, fucking up a mission real bad, obvi.

Also, just to be as absolutely clear as possible: the literal, very specific goal of the Chronicle is to get your pack’s Board-Certified Seal-of-Approval rating as high as you can, so that -- just for example -- you can be placed in charge of security during an event where, if anything goes wrong, the entire Board of Directors will die in a horrible series of hilarious toilet-explosions.

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News Merits & Flaws

Lying-Ass Liar (5 pt. Social Merit)

You have established (or have had established for you) a full alternate identity – complete with documentation – that passes with ease, drawing no suspicion, as a member of another community of supernatural entities. This very well might be the Western Concordiat of the Garou Nation or the Beast Courts of the Emerald Mother ... or it could be another organization altogether (like an international society of leeches, wizards, or even demon-hunters).

Regardless of who -- precisely -- you’ve infiltrated, you command the respect & trust of your “peers” within this organization, alongside a healthy measure of faith in your abilities from more-powerful members of the group.

To clarify, this is some next-level bullshit: a secret identity on top of all the secret identities you already have.

For example: you are Batman, currently operating in Gotham’s underworld as Matches Malone, after faking Batman’s death ... but you can also use the cash & connections associated with Bruce Wayne, if you want.

If you’re a Hakken (who everyone knows is dead) pretending to be a Ferectoi (while serving on your First Team), use of this Merit might mean that you’re also known to be a Child of Gaia Kinfolk: a disguise that involves slapping on some patchouli & a tie-dyed t-shirt, donning hemp sandles, and saying “whoa” a lot.

Or you might be known as the “blood-doll” or “familiar” of a powerful leech.

Or you & your Storyteller might decide that you’re an employee of a corporation like Shinzui International, or an agent of an organization like Strike Force Zero.

And yes, this is totally the sort of thing that a clever Ragabash, Corax, or Nuwisha could set up once the Chronicle has started, if given the time & materials to do so ... but this Merit is useful because it doesn’t involve any rolls (and thus it presents absolutely no risk of failure).

Note that this shit is also not bulletproof: if you’re ever “outed” as a member of a Pentex First Team (or, far worse, as your known-to-be-dead self), the reactions of those who know you only as the-identity-granted-by-this-Merit will be:

disbelief

followed by confusion

followed very rapidly by outright hostility toward your accuser

followed immediately thereafter by you being restrained, detained, and very thoroughly investigated -- just in case! -- by the paranoid people you’ve infiltrated

which may very well wind-up with you dead, and/or with your cover blown (and then also very dead)

You’ll need to work with your Storyteller to determine what specific supernatural group or community – such as the Garou Nation, the Beast Courts, a cabal of wizards (such as the Five Metal Dragons or the Akashayana), or even a night-lit masquerade of leeches – you’ve successfully infiltrated, and in what capacity: while it’s pretty unlikely that you’re able to pass for a high-ranking undead blood-wizard, for example, you might very reasonably adopt the disguise of “a highly trusted servant to an eccentric, paranoid, and agoraphobic elder vampire”.

You’ll also work with your Storyteller to decide whether Pentex knows about your secret identity or not: they’d love to have an asset that can infiltrate a werewolf moot while disguised as a Kinfolk, obviously ... but, y’know, maybe you don’t feel like showing your hand & revealing all your little tricks just yet.

Note that your alternate identity can use your Backgrounds – like Resources (W20 pg. 138) – but that you can also purchase Backgrounds separately: your fake identity might have points in Allies (W20 pg. 135) or Contacts (W20 pg. 136), for example, totally separate from those possessed by any other identities.

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Celebrity Guest-Stars!

... or “Important NPCs of this Chronicle”

Any NPC listed below, alongside any information presented herein about the NPC in question, is automatically known -- with no roll, check, or expenditure-of-resources required -- to ALL player-characters.

In other words: you - as a player - don’t have to memorize any of this crap, because your character has it memorized for you (and you can look it up, right here, any time you want).

Some characters, of course, will have extra information: you’ll want to talk with me (your friendly, helpful Storyteller!) about the very, very special dark & secret shit that only you know.

Your Handler (and her packmates, Sept of the Epic Quest):