Tannot Root

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A root harvested by the Sykarans (among other races). Tannot Roots are typically introduced to Peacekeeper-controlled worlds, and the roots themselves are processed as an integral component of Chakan Oil, used to fuel PK weapons. The PKs usually force indigenous populations to grow the root, and once the root is harvested, the fields where it was grown are left unusable.

When ingested, the root causes the person eating it to exhibit strange, blissful behavior and renders the person extreme susceptibility to commands. Knowing this, the Peacekeepers set up loudspeakers in the Sykaran settlement that continuously subjected the farmers to labor propaganda in addition to keeping the farmers on task and on schedule. However, if ingested by Hynerians it will make their bodily fluids explosive making even sweating and relieving oneself potentially deadly.

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