Editing Containment Foam (section)

==Removal==
Foam degrades over time eventually. This can be expedited with a specialized solvent.<ref>A counteragent for the containment foam will be applied as you descend, so that you are free before you reach the bottom. - [[Interlude 6]]</ref><ref>[[Parasite 10.5]]</ref>

The solvent is kept in specialized trucks to prevent it from being stolen while being used to free people.<ref name="R77">Solvents aren't included with the tanks - only specialized trucks & Dragon suits have them. If they were freely available or part of the standard sprayer setup they'd be too easy to co-opt or steal.<br><br>If you have a foam sprayer you bring it to the field, with all the hassles that involves (burden, tank is a critical weak point that takes you out of the fight if damaged) you use it, and if you tag someone/get caught in your own foam, it's then a long wait for the truck with all requisite protections to come rolling along & spray what's needed to free you. - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/6bp7i0/weve_got_worm_podcast_readthrough_episode_10/dhpmcrs/?utm_content=permalink&utm_medium=user&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=frontpage comment on Reddit]</ref> Anyone who needs to be freed must wait for it to be mixed<ref>I'm not allowed to walk away until they're in custody, so if I let you foam them, I'm going to have to wait another half an hour to an hour for the solvent to get mixed and brought to them, five or ten minutes for it to work. - [[Parasite 10.2]]</ref> and/or for the trucks to arrive. [[Dragon]] is the only individual allowed to make personal use of it.<ref name="R77">Solvents aren't included with the tanks - only specialized trucks & Dragon suits have them. If they were freely available or part of the standard sprayer setup they'd be too easy to co-opt or steal.<br><br>If you have a foam sprayer you bring it to the field, with all the hassles that involves (burden, tank is a critical weak point that takes you out of the fight if damaged) you use it, and if you tag someone/get caught in your own foam, it's then a long wait for the truck with all requisite protections to come rolling along & spray what's needed to free you. - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/6bp7i0/weve_got_worm_podcast_readthrough_episode_10/dhpmcrs/?utm_content=permalink&utm_medium=user&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=frontpage comment on Reddit]</ref>

[[Teacher]] successfully stole the formula for a containment-foam solvent from Dragon.<ref>A mist erupted around the pad.  The foam that bound it in place broke down.<br>[...]<br>You don't shoot tinker devices.  At best you bury them in containment foam, and I used my access to Dragon to find the formula for a counteragent. - [[Teneral e.5]]</ref>