Sprayflesh is a level 5 item that costs 440 credits, which can serve as a medpatch (a 50 credit level 1 item), or - if you want to get use out of paying more credits for it - you can use it to treat Deadly Wounds. This takes 1 minute, and you have to pass a DC 25 Medicine check; if you succeed, the next time the target spends a resolve point after a 10 minute rest (to regain Stamina), it can instead gain the treat deadly wounds result, without using up its daily allotment of receiving treat deadly wounds.
So, to sum up: Spend 440 credits and 1 minute passing a DC 25 Medicine check; spend another 10 minutes and a Resolve point and give up Stamina regen to gain 1HP per target's level, +Sprayflesh user's Intelligence modifier if the Medicine check was 30 or more. Total healing varies from a minimum of 1 to a maximum of 29 (Int 28-29 Doctor working on an L20 patient), in practice.
Or, that same Sprayflesh wielder can hand the target a belt of 9 bottles of Mk 1 Healing Serum, which is item level 1 and costs 50 credits, plus maybe 1 credit for the belt, or 451 credits - virtually the same as the 440 cost of the Sprayflesh. The bottles will take 1 minute to chain-chug, and the drinker will recover 9-72 hit points now (average 40.5), without needing to pass a skillcheck of any sort.
So who the hell actually buys Sprayflesh, and why?
It does exist in a rather unfortunate niche, doesn't it. It does have some nominal use, but its price and level seem excessive for its value. Mechanically, I'm not sure I'd ever invest in it without some compelling reason for it, such as what Metaphysician has floated. Magical healing is simply too accessible by default, particularly if anyone at all in the party has even a single rank in Mysticism.
However, it is sprayflesh. Perhaps it can be more meaningfully repurposed for use in exotic graffiti.
No one likes sprayflesh, but when they end up on the null-magic planet, they're glad they bought some . . .
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Sprayflesh is a level 5 item that costs 440 credits, which can serve as a medpatch (a 50 credit level 1 item)...
So who the hell actually buys Sprayflesh, and why?
You answer your question in the first sentence. NPCs buy sprayflesh because they're NPCs and need treasure. When you get sprayflesh as treasure, you can sell it for 10% (44 Cr) and kick in another 6 Cr to buy a 50 Cr medpatch, OR you can simply keep the sprayflesh and use it like a medpatch and save 6 Cr!