User blog comment:Le Rottweiler/How do these 2 powerups function?/@comment-1496755-20151206145242

Here I come to save the day :)

When I first played Quake, I imagined that the Quad Damage is wedged into your weapon, using its sharper lower end, at which point its power is infused into the weapon itself. In the case of Stroggos, the explanation was some kind of unstable tachyon field (I don't really understand this stuff, but I like the word "tachyon" :P ).

The more interesting question is how does the 100 Health work? Does the box contain an adrenaline overdose or something?!?