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Message no. 1
From: Simon Fuller sfuller@******.com.au
Subject: FAB nanites
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 13:15:58 +1100
-----Original Message-----
From: Tzeentch <tzeentch666@*********.net>
To: shadowrn@*********.com <shadowrn@*********.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: FAB nanites



>Interesting concept. I'm still interested in the idea of FAB keyboards and
>the like so that astral mages and the like could interact with objects. It
>would even make a really interesting security system in a mage-only
>facility. What's that? Can't see where the elevator buttons are? Too bad
>chummer.
>
>Ken
>---------------------------


What about lightweight FABsuits? Mageboy goes astral, slips on the suit, and
for all intents has a physical form that can fly and move extremely quickly.
Also, in a gunfight, the worst thing that could happen to the mage is their
fat bacteria channels get ruptured and their suit falls off.
Message no. 2
From: Tzeentch tzeentch666@*********.net
Subject: FAB nanites
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:30:26 -0800
From: <HHackerH@***.com>
> > Plus how do you propose to keep the bacteria alive encased in a nanite?
> > Wouldn't doing so essentially "hide" the bacterias astral signature
inside
> > the "casing" of the nanite. IE You can't visibly target someones aura
> inside
> > a vehicle, why would the astral bacteria extend outside of its carrier?
>
> It would all be a matter of design and perspective Ken. You would be
> creating, in effect, a carrier. For instance, I believe we called the
> "Faberands" last fall, or at least I did. You take a
"carcerand", place a
> nanite on the one side of it to act as a 'gatekeeper' for the carcerand,
it
> will control and regulate the interior contents ... which in this case
could
> be any one of the varieties of FAB.

It still requires nutrients in order to function. Not to mention you would
probably have to gengineer the bacteria for a long lifespan.

One idea is to have a specialized nanite hive. We'll call them "tugboats".
The subject has gene therapy to modify either their natural intestional
bacteria or have regular "infections" of FAB bacteria. The tugboat nanites
then seek out these bacteria through various chemical tags and then move
them around the body.

Obviously this would still open up the serious questions or aura
interactions for dual natured beings. It could be quite possible that
injecting dual natured lifeforms is impossible - their auras will repel each
other. Somehow activating dual natured auras inside another body might
result in the objects separating...very messily. The effects could be
similar to the nitrogen narcosis as the bacteria work themselves "away" from
the aura.

In fact, for consistency I'd go so far to say that generally encasing two
auras in this manner is not possible. They could be "on top" of each other
but not intersecting. Might be interesting as a bioweapon though. Have some
new FAB variety only activate its active properties upon exposure to some
hormone in the human body. Poor joe shmoe breathes this stuff in, it
activates. The gibs fly.

> Geesh, just remembering this stuff makes me think of new nightmares to
make
> above and beyond what was discussed last fall.
>
> > A better idea would be gengineering your intestional bacteria to have
> > FAB-style mana dampening properties. Ah the wonders of gene therapy eh?
>
> Yes, you could do that and augment the concept of 'Faberands' that we had
in
> fact, completely removing the need/necessity for occasional replenishment
> injections.
>
> AE, you still paying attention to this one???

Interesting concept. I'm still interested in the idea of FAB keyboards and
the like so that astral mages and the like could interact with objects. It
would even make a really interesting security system in a mage-only
facility. What's that? Can't see where the elevator buttons are? Too bad
chummer.

Ken
---------------------------
There's a war out there, old friend, a world war. And it's not about who's
got the most bullets, it's about who controls the information. What we see
and hear, how we work, what we think, it's all about the information!
Cosmo, 'Sneakers'
Message no. 3
From: Sommers sommers@*****.umich.edu
Subject: FAB nanites
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 22:10:06 -0500
At 09:15 PM 2/11/00, Simon Fuller wrote:

^^^^^^^^^

Could you please check your mailer and its date settings? I sort by date
and yours are always out of whack.

Thanks.

Sommers
Aerospace engineers build weapon systems. Civil engineers build targets.

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