NationStates Jolt Archive

Military officials in TGB have announced plans that they are developing a new biological agent, to add another weapon in our arsenal. The formula, S-L-X, is a biological agent that will cause intestinal cramping, and will also cause the human body to expel more water than normal. Some scientists assigned to the project have given it a less suble name, SuperLax.

S-L-X is being designed to be less lethal (although it can kill if someone is already dehydrated), causing an army to expend precious resources in treating and rehabilitating its sick soldiers. It is also being designed to be resistant to normal treatment methods (like Immodium, Pepto, etc). A delivery method has not been worked out yet, but will be developed along-side S-L-X.

This is all very fascinating of course, but I'm afraid we just can't see the benefit of your new biological agent. It's just not marketable, if you can understand what we mean. The world's terrorist agencies are currently overwhelmed with choice in terms of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and most of the governments either mass-produce or abstain. It's a question of supply and demand, I doubt you're ever going to see much of an end profit.

Now if you were to expend your R&D budget to find biological agents capable of removing grass stains from fragile fabrics without leaving a discolouration and ensuring that the material stays whiter-than-white then I think you could have a marketable product.