Stimpak

A stimpak (occasionally referred to as a Stimpack, Stim pack or simply Stims ) is a type of hand held healing medication.

Background
A wonder of pre-War science, stimpaks are typically syringes filled with a mixture of healing agents and stimulants, allowing the user to boost their own body's natural regenerative functions. In most cases, it leads to an almost instantaneous regeneration of wounds. The syringe is equipped with a gauge for quickly identifying the state of the contents and can be used either in an intravenous or intramuscular fashion. Although now commonly used for healing bullet holes and stab wounds, stimpaks were employed professionally through Auto-Docs (in conjunction with Med-X and other painkillers) for postoperative care and recovery. John Cassidy expresses gratitude that millions were produced before the Great War. 

Stimpak


A stimpak is an autoinjector loaded with a variety of healing medications and stimulants. By injecting the stimpak, one drastically increases one's own recuperative functions and gains lost hit points almost instantly.

Super stimpak


The advanced version of the stimpak boasts stronger healing drugs, delivered both via the syringe and a tributary ampule, both connected to a leather strap allowing to securely affix the contraption to the injection area. The analogue gauge displaying information is on top of the ampule. The powerful nature of the drugs used means that the delayed shock deals a minor amount of damage to the user after some time. 

Auto-inject (super) stimpak


The auto-inject (super) stimpak is a modified stimpak which monitors vital signs, allowing for timely emergency treatment. It is used automatically from the player character's inventory when their hit points drop below 50% (25% auto-inject super stimpak) of current maximum level.

Stimpak diffuser


The stimpak diffuser releases a healing gas into the air which heals both the player character and their nearby teammates.

Curie's healthpak


Curie's medicine is a potent concoction developed by her using a genetically bred strain of mutfruit, strain 17. Mutfruit naturally produces a unique sugar compound that stimulates platelet production in the body and rapidly closes wounds, utilizing this sugar compound from strain 17 allowed her to improve the restorative properties of stimpaks. The only downside to this is that wild mutfruits are largely unviable due to becoming irradiated and creating toxins; diluting the sugar compound and dulling the efficiency. The only way to full utilize the sugar compound is to cultivate strain 17 in a fully sterile lab environment to ensure purity.

Expired stimpak


A stimpak that has not been stored in proper conditions and is thus not as effective centuries after it was manufactured.

Ultra stimpak


The ultra stimpak is an advanced version of super stimpak and a highly powerful healing chem, providing immediate healing of major wounds and boosting the body's regenerative functions over time. Due to the very powerful nature of the chemicals used, ultra stimpaks will cause damage after a period of time.

The ultra stimpak is made up of two regular stimpaks, with one stimpak connected to a wrist belt for immediate injection, and one connected to a breathing mask, allowing for the healing drug to be administrated as gas.

Health dispenser


Health dispensers are stationary health stations found in the Anchorage Reclamation simulation. Although immobile, they are reusable and more powerful than regular stimpaks, as they restore health to full no matter how low it is.

Behind the scenes
The term "stimpack" appears in other games, such as StarCraft and Doom.