Editing Stims

[[Image:Stims.jpg|thumb|right|[[Louanne Katraine]]'s stim bottle {{TRS|Final Cut}}.]]
'''Stims''', short for "stimulants," are a type of drug used to temporarily increase alertness and attentiveness. Nothing yet is known of their chemical composition, or if the term refers to one substance or a class of several.

''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'s'' pilots are forced to use them to stay alert following four continuous days on Condition One and Two [[Action Stations|alert status]] after their [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage|initial escape from Ragnar]]. During this time, when [[Lee Adama]], [[Kara Thrace]], [[Sharon Valerii]] and [[Alex Quartararo]] are flying CAP, Quartararo describes his reaction to stims as having "[[Ant|ants]] crawling behind his [[frakking]] eyeballs." Earlier, Thrace objects to their use, believing that their use dulls her flying skills, and initially refuses to take hers until ordered by Lee Adama {{TRS|33}}.

Overuse or overdosing on stims can cause irrational, violent, and psychotic behavior. [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot [[Louanne Katraine]] severely damages [[Viper 591|her Viper]] and injures herself when her stim use severely impairs her cognition {{TRS|Final Cut}}. Later, when the use of stims is suggested during a [[Passage (star cluster)|particularly grueling mission]], Katraine argues strongly against their use, stating it would tax the starving pilots' system too greatly. Stim use for the mission is then left up to individual discretion {{TRS|The Passage}}.

Stims are a likely component of a Colonial [[medkit]].

==Notes==
*In real life, stimulants, or  [[w:Amphetamine|amphetamines]], are used by combat pilots to maintain alertness.

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