Silly question - PSI drug

[Pere Ubu]

This isn't earth-shattering rules debate or anything, but -

I used to have a copy of the original LBBs (now long gone, unfortunately ) and, therein along with the Xboat route generation table (which I miss!) was a name for the PSI-enhancer drug. Which has gone out of my memory since then, and has not been re-published in any of the CT reprints I've seen. Can anyone tell me what it was?

 

[KenHR]

Thangomonganol.

 

[Whipsnade]

Pere Ubu,

Ken beat me to it. There's another drug mentioned in CT also; tarsuline. It's part of the plot in the Tarsus boxed set.


Regards,
Bill

 

[Pere Ubu]

Thangomonganol.

Really? Wow, I HAD forgot all about it. (It's been some 20 years since I've seen the books, mind you...) Thanks for cheking that.

Huh. The first edition was indeed different, wasn't it? I don't even think it mentioned the Imperium. (My first TU was something called "The Terran Confederation", and I don't even think I used subsectors, just an full hex sheet for the map.)

 

[Maccat]

Is that for Psi-Booster, Psi-Double, or Psi-Special?

 

[KenHR]

Booster: derived from thongamonganite

Double: more potent derivative of thonamonganite

Special: pure thongamonganol

 

[boomslang]

There's another drug mentioned in CT also; tarsuline. It's part of the plot in the Tarsus boxed set.

Tarsuline sounds like a brand name.

"Tarsuline™ by SuSAG. Expand your mind!

"Tarsuline™ is available only by prescription to authorized NI personnel. Consult your physician before taking Tarsuline™ if you smoke, are pregnant, or may become pregnant. Tarsuline™ is not intended for the treatment of any disease. Discontinue use and seek immediate medical attention if you experience any of the following symptoms while on Tarsuline™: headaches, nausea, astral projection, time travel, spontaneous Jump, psychotic episodes, fugue states, vision quests, spirit possession, dry mouth, insomnia, priapism lasting more than four hours, channelling, unnatural cravings or compulsions, Zhodani sympathies, memory loss, itching, or diarrhea. Tarsuline™ is for internal use only as directed. Alcohol may intensify effects. May be habit-forming."

 

[Supplement Four]

Ken beat me to it. There's another drug mentioned in CT also; tarsuline. It's part of the plot in the Tarsus boxed set.

Don't forget Bandage. It was in JTAS (long before it made it to T4).

Oh, and there is another drug mentioned in one of the GDW adventures--set on a water world. Nomads of the World Ocean? The one where they're hunting the whales for their glands and making the drug out of it.

 

[Whipsnade]

Tarsuline sounds like a brand name.

Boomslang,

It is a brand name. As you correctly point out, it's a SUSAG product.


Regards,
Bill

 

[Icosahedron]

To clear up any discrepancy, it's definitely Thong, not Thang. I have the book open in front of me.