Cyberon (drug)

Cyberon was a "praxis-range nootropic". It had many psychoactive properties and constituted a hive mind controlling all organic beings into whose veins it came to flow in large quantities. As such, it could be considered "the species' true form", with the humanoid cyborgs merely puppets or drones.

In small doses, however, the Cyberon drug could have beneficial health effects on humans as well as inducing a desirable "high", without inducing full conversion.

History
Tom Mordley attempted to introduce the Cyberon substance as a medical drug through PKD in the 20th century, (PROSE: Cyberon) having acquired it from a Cyberon who had crashed down on Earth. (PROSE: The Last Dose) When asked by Lauren Anderson if Cyberon was an acetylcholine booster or a cholinesterase inhibitor, Tom instead claimed that it was a silicon-based protein. He discovered that, when injected in humans, Cyberon enhanced their strength, even allowing Denise to walk again after becoming paralysed in an injury.

According to Tom, it created artificial cells to replace lost ones. If used in Alzheimer's patients, Tom thought it could weed out the plaques and tangles formed by the disease and, in CJD patients, it would restructure the spongiform areas. (PROSE: Cyberon)

In 2008 PROBE detected an activation of Cyberon in Philadelphia and Patricia Haggard hopped on a plane to stop others from reaching it first. She traced the Cyberon to Brittany Mordley, Tom's niece. Patsy managed to talk Brittany down so she could get a hold over the Cyberon in her system. (PROSE: Silver-Tongued Liars)

In the far future, after the near-extinction of the Cyberons, the substance became highly sought-after. One wealthy C.E.O. obtained a deactivated Cyberon at great cost and drained it alive of Cyberon fluid as part of a private "Creature Feature" party, so that he and his guests could micro-dose on the substance. Unexpectedly, this resulted in the Cyberon itself regaining emotions and individuality and no longer being constrained by the Cyberons' weakness to gold, allowing it to free itself. (PROSE: The Blue Scream of Death)