EX-B

== Overview ==
'Enhancement agent X - Variant B', more commonly referred to as 'EX-B', is a cocktail of drugs developed as an improvement over crude, traditional Rumbledrugs. Rumbledrugs were drug cocktails containing coagulants, stimulants, and other performance enhancers, used by Insurrectionists to fight UNSC SPARTANs before the Human-Covenant War.
EX-B was developed for Project Renegade, a Sovereign R&D project aiming to produce cheaper super soldiers that didn't require risky, permanent augmentations. After the Chief Scientist on the project, Dr. Vertasky, discovered Regenerative Protein D, EX-B was developed for use on Sovereign Renegades, in order to provide strength, reflexes, and focus that rivalled that of SPARTANs.
== Components ==
The cocktail is a combination similar to traditional Rumbledrugs, but with several major differences - firstly, the cocktail contains RP-D, never seen before in such drugs. Second, thanks to the inclusion of RP-D, several more damaging compounds (that would otherwise be ignored due to their habit of causing swift physiological deterioration) are able to be included without such a high risk to the subject. Finally, to maintain the mental stability of the users - not previously considered due to the heavily shortened lifespans of Rumbledrug users - several additional compounds such as beta-blockers are included.
The end result is a cocktail consisting of the following:
* ~30% RP-D to prevent self-inflicted physiological damage
* ~20% blood boosters (eg rhEPO) to increase the oxygen carrying capacity of blood
* ~20% combat stimulants to reduce fatigue and increase alertness
* ~10% synthetic adrenaline to boost strength and dull pain
* ~20% miscellaneous drugs (such as the previously mentioned beta-blockers)