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Hagen Pattern Narthecium[4]

The Narthecium is a Space Marine Apothecary's medical field kit, containing the necessary tools to treat wounded Marines and get them back into action as quickly as possible.[1]

Overview

Included in the standard kit are[1]:

  • Anti-venom.
  • Stim-packs.
  • Healing agents.
  • Sterile clay for sealing wounds.
    • Space Marine wounds never need sealing due to their Larraman's Organ, so why this is in the kit is unclear.
  • A Carnifex for euthanizing fatally injured Marines.
  • A carbon alloy Reductor[4]: a tool for extracting the Progenoid organs (gene-seed) from fallen Marines.

Other components may include a chainblade and an apothecarion drill for piercing armor. The Deep Bore version lowers the placement of the chainblade, and replace it with a saw-disc. The main focus of this version is the drill for piercing armor and retrieving gene-seed as quickly as possible. The Hagen pattern drill is larger and stronger, designed to be able to work on Terminator armor as well as standard Space Marine armor.[4]

The Knights Vestal of the Sisters of Silence also operate Narthecia.[5]

Chapter Variants

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