| From: | Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Cyberware and Regeneration |
| Date: | Wed, 13 May 1998 08:53:21 +1000 |
>Actually, it could be done. You'd just have to keep slicing and dicing
>until the patient's regeneration failed.
Or use a weapon that the 'patient' is allergic to... such wounds don't
regenerate.
>Here's my take on the subject.
>
>Cyberware could theoretically be installed in a person/creature with
>regeneration. As I stated above the actual instalation is possible,
>difficult, but possible.
>
>Once it's installed I don't think that regeneration would reject the
>cyberware. Cyberware doesn't cause damage to it's owner. The
>regeneration power is only effective against damage caused to the
>person/creature.
>
>After installation the regeneration power would heal the damage
>caused by the surgery, but it shouldn't reject the cyberware.
Hmm... okay. Here's the scenario: My regenerating PC goes in and says "Hey,
mister doc, gimme a cyberarm!". The doc says okay, lops off the arm, puts
the cyber in, and pushes the PC off the table and out the door. On the other
side of the door, the regeneration power says "Hey, I don't have an arm
anymore", waits for the base damage (caused by the allergic substance) to
heal, then starts regrowing the arm. That's going to cause real problems for
the cyberarm that's already there.
Ditto datajack (there's a hole in your head, for Dog's sake!), ditto _all_
forms of cyber. Ditto bioware, even, as the regenerative cells would be far
more aggressive and would drive off the (non-regenerative) bioware.
As I stated in an earlier post, the only way you could _keep_ cyber in a
regenerating being would be to coat all the connections to the flesh in a
substance the 'patient' is allergic to. And that would cause severe and
constant pain to the 'patient'. And I'm yet to see someone dispute the
reasoning presented in that earlier post, except for Barbie who pointed out
that I'd overlooked cybermancy. (Of course, you're welcome to do so... :)
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.sig deleted to conserve electrons. robert.watkins@******.com
