Triti (トリーティ toriti) is the third strain of GUILT encountered in Under the Knife and Second Opinion. Triti is also known as the "Contagious Nightmare."
Triti creates a series of triangular membranes on an organ that petrifies the organ. Each edge of a membrane is held in place by a thorn. When a membrane is excised, Triti will attempt to extend its membrane to cover more of the organ. Triti was based on a failed cancer treatment by Caduceus Europe which somehow came into the grasp of Delphi.
Survivors of Triti can contact Post-Triti.
Treatment[]
Each corner of the triangular membranes of Triti is held in place by a thorn membrane. These thorns must be pulled directly upward with the forceps, then placed on the tray to remove it. Triti thorns will regenerate after a set period of time, which is related to the amount of Triti membranes are currently covering the organ. Triti thorns may dissolve into a mist that must be drained. If the mist is allowed to move freely, it will create new membranes that will multiply along with the other remaining pieces. If the mist escapes the area of operation, it causes an instant operation failure, or further infects patients.
Triti membranes multiply under two conditions. The first example occurs if the player removes a membrane, and if there are two adjacent thorns and a free side where a membrane can appear from. Figure 1 demonstrates this method of multiplication, where a membrane appeared on a free side with 2 adjacent thorns on it. No membranes appeared anywhere else because either there is no space for a membrane to appear, or the adjacent thorns are not linked by the edge of a membrane.
The only other time Triti can extend its membranes is when a membrane has no other membranes on any of its sides and has at least one thorn on a corner. If this occurs, it will instantly create three membranes, one for each section adjacent to the lone membrane. In Figure 2, after removing the Triti membrane as seen in the left half of the image, there is one lone membrane with a thorn on its vertex. As such, three membranes will be created around the first one, as shown in the right half of the image.
Over the process of the operation, the patient's vitals will decrease according to the number of membranes still on the organ. From time to time, one of the membranes will take on a different coloration, and its presence will cause the patient's vitals to drop faster until it is extracted.
In Under the Knife, dropping a membrane while extracting it will also cause it to reattach at its new position and grow thorns, and thus multiply in this way as well. It must also be cut out with a scalpel before it can be removed with the forceps.
Operations[]
Under the Knife[]
- Note: * refers to patients who are only operated on if the gas escapes the operating field of the previous patient. Only one of these patient needs to be saved to complete the level.
Episode | Patient | Organ(s) |
3-10: Pandora's Box | Reuben | Pancreas |
5-3: Shifting GUILT | Hugh Vogler | Pancreas |
Shane Carter* | Pancreas | |
6-4: Third Sin | Unnamed girl (Third Sinner) | Stomach |
X-3: Triti | Unnamed man | Pancreas |
Second Opinion[]
- Note: * refers to patients who are only operated on if the gas escapes the operating field of the previous patient. Only one of these patient needs to be saved to complete the level.
Episode | Patient | Organ(s) |
3-10: Pandora's Box | Reuben | Pancreas |
5-3: Shifting GUILT | Hugh Vogler | Pancreas |
Shane Carter* | Pancreas | |
George Wylie* | Pancreas | |
6-7: Fallen Heroes | Alex Yang | Pancreas |
X-3: Triti | Unnamed man | Pancreas |
Attacks[]
Triti deals damage every few seconds based on how many membranes are currently covering the organs. As previously noted, it has no actual attacks unlike Kyriaki, but it will continue to harm the host until it is cured.
Attack | Information |
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Thorn Dissolution | Triti creates a mist that will spread to other areas in order to create more sections of the membrane. When the mist is escaping the affected area you are treating, you will fail the operation. |
Blue Membrane | One section of Triti will turn blue. This section will deal damage separately from the intermittent pulse of damage from the other pieces, and the damage it will deal is more severe. |
Tips[]
- Triti is easily divided into blocks of two to three membranes. If you can figure out which thorns to remove to prevent it from spreading at all, you can treat it block by block, stopping between each to wait for the thorns to regenerate so that you're not interrupted during extraction. This method consistently ensures a perfect operation.
- The Slow Time Healing Touch is able to allow the player to remove all the Triti thorns and membranes before Triti has the chance to react. Note that doing this will give a severe penalty to the rank, especially in Second Opinion where the "No Healing Touch" special bonus is worth 1000 points.
- The "brute force" approach to extraction involves treating the Triti membranes row by row, pulling out just enough thorns to prevent Triti from undoing your effort. While Triti will cover over half the screen at first, it will eventually run out of space to multiply as it cannot extend past the organ's boundaries. However, you will lose out on the "membrane multiplied less than X times" bonus this way.
Trivia[]
- Japanese versions of Trauma Center have mixed up Triti with Tetarti, resulting in them having the other's name in that version.
- Triti is the only GUILT that can be treated in less than 20 seconds, thanks to the Healing Touch.
- Whenever Triti multiplies, a "scream" is heard. Supposedly this sound is caused by the organ being petrified.
- Triti is based off diffuse systemic scleroderma, which is a form scleroderma that causes the hardening of skin often associated with CREST syndrome. DSS not only hardens the skin, but also one or more of any internal organ from the heart, the lungs, the esophagus or the kidneys. There is no cure or treatment for scleroderma, complications and organ failure must be treated when they happen and it becomes fatal within five to fifteen years.
- In Second Opinion's X-3, the prologue before Triti's operation no longer references the 1995 Aum Shinri Kyo cult sarin attack, which was done in Under The Knife. Possibly due to the reference being too controversial to be used again, as it was an attack that actually happened.
v • d • e | Diseases and Conditions | |||
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Common Conditions | Aneurysm • Appendicitis • Burn • Cardiac Arrest • Cholelithiasis • Foreign Object • Hemorrhage • Inflammation • Laceration • Tumor | |||
GUILT | Kyriaki • Deftera • Triti • Tetarti (Diverticulum) • Pempti • Paraskevi • Savato • Bliss | |||
Stigma | Cheir • Soma • Ops • Onyx • Brachion • Cardia | |||
Post-GUILT Syndrome | Post-Kyriaki • Post-Triti • Post-Pempti • Post-Savato | |||
Neo-GUILT | Nous • Bythos • Sige • Aletheia | |||
Other | Rosalia Virus (Twisted Rosalia) • Costigar Disease • Vaimahse Fever |