Edhorn

One side-effect of stress is heightened levels of cortisol which can weaken the immune system and will suppress the inflammatory response to infection. I'm sure there could be other things which factor into this but this is the reason for it I learned in HS biology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortisol#Immune_response

I'm guessing people don't know who Berkut is, they think this is still a generalization of the entire police.

Another question, how much combined time have the team spent browsing Atomic Rockets?

Alright, you guys have earned your hard SF license :P

Do you also keep tabs on the Rocketpunk Manifesto or the Tough SF blog by Matter Beam? (u/Matterbeam on reddit) Tough SF is almost an addendum to Atomic Rockets, and is featured there, covering stealth in space and doing an entire case study for a warship. Rocketpunk Manifesto I haven't checked out myself but I've seen it recommended on the same level as Atomic Rockets.