ADAM Bootlegging

* See also ADAM and ADAM_Addled
* See also ADAM_Technology
* See also Little Sister Fortress
* See also Gatherers_and_Protectors
* See also Booze_And_Drugs
* See also ADAM_Medical_Uses << early reason to 'Bootleg'
* See also Existing_Businesses
pix picture of one o the green slime bathtubs we saw
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Knockoffs Fake(d)/Copied Plasmids :
Most likely the gimmicky tricks of the early simple things ( ie- Finger Lighter ? ), and stole the thunder and profits from Fontaine. It would making it harder for him to advance ( that required R&D costs ALOT ), or grow his company in those early very difficult days. This would be when developments hadn't got very far - When the Plasmid effects were simpler ( easier to copy/reverse engineer ), and there wasn't yet the understandings/advancements needed for more complex Plasmids ( which would be far harder to copy ).
Counterfeiting - clever copying of the 'Plasmid' genetic components ( versus the 'Canvas' ADAM, which was a generic medium ).
Fakes and Low-Quality Product - Caveat Emptor - ( Let the buyer beware ) Doc Hollcroft's Cure-All allegedly containing ADAM, but of limited effect..
Meanwhile Medical type ADAM products, utilized the patient's own existing biological mechanisms ( Simpler - Its activating things the body already does ), would see alot of use and advancements and competition ( ie- Ryan Industries entered the market ). 
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Sirens Alley's "Illegal" Plasmid Production Operation (Atlas's ???):
Atlas was doing such operations to power up his 'army', but why (for this one) so far away from his positions in BS1, and he probably had better resources than shown to do it.
It is also in BS2, 7+ years after Fontaine/Atlas was dead, so very possibly the 'Lab' had nothing to do  with Fontaine/Atlas -- certainly at that later time.  Given the ways those Accu-Vox things were strewn about, one found there could have 'walked' from anywhere in Rapture by then ( maybe Splicers traded them around as a form of entertainment ... ).   So the location was 'leftover', and only restarted when the new batch of Little Sisters came.   The vats of slime ( and those we've seen elsewhere ) may have been making EVE ?
Potentially, someone was tapping into the Little Sisters, who were still operating ( probably something to do with that Orphanage nearby ... ) to get their ADAM ( and Sofia Lamb would have wanted to maintain a monopoly on ADAM for herself, probably murder anyone she found collecting it ).  
It really wasn't explained how many others legit and 'illegal' (bootleggers) were also in the ADAM business even before Fontaine's/Atlas's 'death'.  How could it be illegal in Rapture, if Fontaine could 'legally' sell that poison ??   Counterfeiters of 'legal' brands, Fake or substandard(poisonous) ADAM products ??   There are limits to "Let the Buyer Beware" with an outraged group of 'customers' taking potentially violent action, from which the swindlers might try to maintain a covert operation.
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Art Deco Plasmid Container (Tonics too) :
I wonder what the Rapture Redemption Value (RRV) would be for that fancy container ???
Maybe we should be seeing them used as decorations on tables - vases, light fixtures, etc ...
Used by Splicers/Player in the MMORPG as a Decoy ( filled with some of that common Bio-luminescent red syrup ).
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HMMMM, That's an interesting product idea : Glowing Food Products.... ( but without the badness of products like 'Radium Water' marketed back in 1920s/1930's as a 'health' tonic ).
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"ITS ALL LIKE THE WILD WEST HERE" - W B Hickock :
ADAM 'Bootleggers' would exist. They would run their own 'Stable' Of Little Sisters to produce that precious ADAM. Ex-Employees of Fontaine Futuristics would likely be amongst these 'Bootleggers'. But then Ex Ryan Industries Employees and various other Companies who dealt with ADAM could have the 'know-how' to at least obtain Raw ADAM.
Getting Corpses to increase that Output would be quite logical. Having the 'Gathering' done ON THE STREET wasn't quite too smart. ( Having their own Little Sister Symbionts ... )
'Hacking' Big Daddies to do certain work for them ( Splicers are drawn to Little Sisters like flies to ... So they are the obvious hazard to an ADAM Operation. )
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Makes You Go Blind ... :
Bad Stuff during Prohibition (USA 1920-1933) where 'Bootleggers' ( and more reputable sources ) might have 'adulterated' Booze ( 'wood'/Methyl Alcohol is toxic, and a product of badly made 'Still' alcohol ) they are selling. One of the first symptoms was you couldn't see any more. Methyl Alcohol poisoning drinking badly made booze was often fatal.
Bad Plasmids and 'adulterated' ADAM could do worse. Desperation of ADAM-Addicted Splicers makes them take risks.
Faulty/Low-Quality ADAM products, Counterfeits, Scams/Swindles, and all manner of other Unsafe things would be possible.
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Caveat Emptor :
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Adulturated Bootlegged ADAM Products ?? :
Desperate (addicted) customers might not care about 'quality' ...
Shortcuts ( cutting/stretching/diluting the product ) increases profits
Medical ADAM products are generally simpler than Plasmids/Tonics (genetic mods)
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ACTUALLY Unless there is another crime involved, Making and Selling Plasmid Products independently would NOT be illegal ( Criminal Fontaine might try to put such competition out of business to try to build a monopoly ).
Rapture 'Bootleggers' may have criminal tendencies ( Stealing ADAM, Grabbing Slughosts, Breaking into the ADAM Vending Machines, etc ... )
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The term "Bootleging" comes from the Prohibition Era : ad hoc sellers of illegal booze - selling a swig - often with the bottle/flask hidden in their boot. 
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