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sensiblecrow ([personal profile] sensiblecrow) wrote in [community profile] sw_meta_prompts2018-12-18 11:22 pm

bacta the basics

We all know that bacta is the go-to healing tool in the Star Wars universe, but even science that's basically magic must have some limits.

What can't bacta fix?

Potential sub-questions:
- How do people deal with conditions that can't be treated by bacta?
- Are there people who can't use bacta at all?
- How has bacta affected medical research and treatment progress?
- Why might someone refuse bacta treatment?

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[personal profile] eatingcroutons 2018-12-20 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
There have been several characters in the EU with allergies to bacta - Ton Phanan comes to mind. He had a bunch of cybernetic body parts because he was unable to be treated by typical methods. I think there was also at least one character who died because they were stuck in a bacta tank by people who didn't realise they had an allergy?

On the sociopolitical side of things, there was a lot of interesting stuff around bacta as a limited resource in The Bacta War, but it's been ages since I read the X-Wing books so I only remember the broad strokes...