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Karma Stabiliser
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Item
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Function
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Restores the damage done by karma portals
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The karma stabiliser is an item appearing in Submachine 10: The Exit.
Description[]
An empty stabiliser.
The karma stabiliser is a small metal canister with a large handle. It stores karma in a format that allows for karma portals to be rearranged, or "undone". When the stabiliser is empty or uncharged, a window on the front appears black. When it is charged, the window glows blue.
A stabiliser charger setup in a separate lab.
The charging station for a karma stabiliser is protected by a security clearance gate. The actual mechanism consists of a metal cage that surrounds a tank full of modified karma. The stabiliser can be placed on the hosed mount and filled with karma.
Function[]
The portal stabiliser is used to restore karma portals to a state where they can be used. Note that this does not completely undo the damage done by a placed karma portal; it only returns the immediate area to a state where it may be used again. If a karma portal was used too many times and rendered the surrounding area completely unstable (often characterized by several chunks of material floating about an empty point or a faint blue dot, the portal stabiliser can fix this.)
The stabiliser helps guide the player to spots that can be restored by shining bright blue whenever the player is near a spot. The player can then scan the spot for pieces of material that will also glow bright blue, signaling that they still contain enough karma to be restored.
History[]
After Murtaugh was rescued by and reconciled with Elizabeth, he returned to his karma studies facility to research ways to undo karma portal damage. He re-structured an entire portion of his lab to this research. The research included the setup of several test sites to explore the full properties on both a tangible and a microscopic scale.
Murtaugh finally developed the stabiliser, which was the first device that could successfully reverse the damage done by placing a raw portal. His excitement was only capped by the realization from Elizabeth that the subnet itself had already begun to rebuild itself during his studies.
