Centipede Device

"I'm reading alien metal, gamma radiation, the serum-- Every known source of super-powers thrown in a blender."

- Jemma Simmons

The Centipede Device is an item created by an unnamed agency, to enhance the physical attributes of an individual to a super-human level.

Specifications
While the Centipede serum may give a person superhuman abilities, it also causes them to slowly lose their minds and eventually burst in anger due to its use of a volatile and unstable substance known as Extremis.

Other components include a variation the of the Super Soldier Serum, technology from the Chitauri for injection, and Gamma Radiation.

Upgrades
Recent developments to the serum include adding the fire-resistant blood platelets harvested from a man with natural pyro-kinetic abilities, Chan Ho Yin, codenamed "Scorch" by one of Centipede's operatives. The platelets seem to have stabilized the explosive element of the Extremis process.

The centipede process has undergone various upgrades. Originally, the centipede device was attached to the user's forearm. The Centipede Group has recently "created" soldiers with centipede devices that run along both forearms, the shoulders, and back. These upgraded soldiers require even more upkeep.

Drawbacks
Use of Centipede is not without drawbacks. Under normal circumstances, the user must consume four times the normal amount of food to compensate for the user's accelerated metabolism. If excessive strength is used, then up to ten times the normal amount of food may need to be consumed, followed by extreme fatigue.

The Centipede device, once installed onto a user, cannot be removed without killing the user.