Berserker

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Challenge #03582-I293: Unlikable When Angry

Going aboard station, they took a deep breath and reported to security. They asked to see medical because they had a problem. A bad temper. They were normally very kind, but when they lost their temper, they had a very hard time stopping if they started to swing, and last time, they hurt someone very badly. They were looking for help, because they were afraid, if they got mad enough, it would happen again. -- Anon Guest

"Anger. Inhibitors," repeated Medik Fleam, trying to ascertain if this incoming Human was more insane than their reported need indicated. They raised a brow-ridge. "You want biochemical intervention for anger."

The otherwise quiet and unassuming Human was soft-spoken and meek. Ze wrung hir hands as ze spoke. "When I get angry, it's... always over the top. I destroy things. People. And I just... don't... stop. Not until I run out of power. I'm not even me when it happens. There's... no memory or will behind it, I just... tear everything to pieces. It's not right. I've endangered my crew. I've endangered my ship. It needs to stop."

Oh. Oh. They'd heard about this. "Sudden onset of blinding fury. Lost time... You are a berserker, Human Niek. The good news is that the B'Nari have a cerebral chip for that."

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Challenge #02480-F290: Considering Invasion?

In the past, Nordic Human warriors in the midst of battle would enter into a “berserker state” where many of the brain limiters would turn off and force the body into using 100% of it strength to pummel the enemy into submission or death. Of course, this severely injure the body afterward, since the limiters were there to keep the muscles from ripping themselves apart and disrupting the organs, or from erupting. Also due to the adrenaline rush and rush of endorphins,

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Challenge #01458-C363: Protective Instinct

Left to my own devices, I am not very aggressive. But if you give me a small helpless person to defend I will conquer small European nations in their name. -- RecklessPrudence

There are certain things one should never, ever do in Galactic Society. You do not comment negatively about any other cogniscent's appearance. You do not engage a gravity drive in hyperspace. And you do not, under any circumstances, threaten a human's charge if that guarded body is a small, fragile

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