<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/74/Vixhead.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Victrix Starshine, Vix to her friends, Medic and Mercenary<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Ship Bay<br/><strong>With:</strong>Helena, Jennifer and Jinny (but everyone else via commlink)<br/><br/>Vix nods at Helena's suggestion, listening but looking unsure.  "The drugs are for atherosclerosis," she said.  "Back in the day, when..."  She then stopped herself, a bit of blush taking her features.  Hadn't she just had this discussion with herself.  "Sorry.  That's when the arteries get clogged up.  Anyway, it used to be a huge problem for spaceflight, back before they had good artificial gravity and all, but it's really more commonly associated with what people eat now than whether or not you spend most of your time in space.  To the contrary, just nutrients are more common for spacefarers and actual grown food for planetfolk.  Age and all can be a factor as well, but..."<br/><br/>A gentle shrug shook her shoulders.  "I guess it's possible that they eat lots of red meat and we have older pirates, but even if so, I wouldn't expect them to bother with more than one box in an actual medical bay.  Then again, that's presuming a degree of intelligence on their part..."<br/><br/>She considered for a bit, but ultimately decided she was uncertain.  "Whichever you think it best to check first," she said.<br/><br/>Jennifer's compliment made Vix smile.  "Well, I just change out everything in my medkit for a fresh batch for a new mission," she said.  "Some things degrade more quickly than others, but I just feel better knowing everything is new and fresh when it's time to go.  I can always spend time organizing in the medical bay when there's less of a crisis."