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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
→Creation of a Space Marine
'''Phase 2 - Ossmodula''' - A small, tubular and complex organ, The ossmodula secretes hormones that both affect the ossification of the skeleton and encourage the forming bone growths to absorb ceramic-based chemicals that are laced into the Marine's diet.<sup>2</sup> This heavily alters the way the Space Marine's bones grow and develop. Two years after this implant is first put in the subject's long bones will have increased in size (along with most other bones) and the rib cage will have been fused into a solid mass of bulletproof, interlocking plates.
'''Phase 3 - Biscopea''' - This small, circular organ is inserted into the chest cavityand releases hormones that vastly increase muscle growth throughout the marine's body. Like It also serves to form the ossmodula, it is primarily hormonal in nature and serves to stimulate muscle growthbasis for many of the later implants.
:Phases 1-3 can be introduced at the same time, ideally between 10 and 14 years of age.<sup>2</sup>
