| From: | Alfredo B Alves dghost@****.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Otaku questions |
| Date: | Tue, 7 Sep 1999 01:48:21 -0700 |
> In a message dated 9/6/1999 11:22:55 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
> angelkiller404@**********.com writes:
> > OK, here's another question: How would cyber affect a
still-growing
> > body? I mean, I don't see much problem with bio--that stuff grows
> > right along with you--but cyber? I don't think an otaku would take
in
> > an encephalon, not when it's made to conform to his skull when he's
> > about 10-13 years old. Or am I just speculating here?
> Its' actually healthy speculation. However, if the 'ware is implanted
in the
> later years of a child's life (say the middle teens), there is little
> potential for problems. The exact reason for this I cannot say, but I
would
> call a good "gut instinct".
The skull grows differently than the rest of the body ... it starts out
proportionally larger and to the best of my knowledge grows relatively
slower. I'm not certain if the skull stops growing sooner than the rest
of the body. However, there is always the risk of a latter growth spurt
or even an HGH (Juman Growth Hormone) screw up and you wind up with
someone who never actually stops growing. This actually is to much of a
problem from cranial ware like a datajack since the skull would grow
along the ridges rather than throughout the plates. Additionally, the
brain is allowed freedom of motion within the skull and the datatjack
must accomodate for that with a floating connection (otherwise, people'd
have their brains shredded left and right). Most likely, this will
manifest as a connection resting on the brain with wires running to the
`jack imbedded in the skull.
The problem posed by implanting cyber in growing bodies is primarily in
bodyware, not headware. Even then, you have to keep in mind that bone
growth occurs at the ends not throughout.
> As for what the cyberware does for attributes which in then may affect
the
> Otaku...we've used the rule that although a piece of ware may augment
the
> attribute of the Otaku, the "Living Persona" needs to be
"updated".
In this
> case, it won't function at the higher rating until some "Programming
Time" is
> done to augment the rating. Similar to when an Otaku must do the time
to
> repair damage to their Living Persona attributes in this case.
>
> -K
??? K, did you just go off on a tangent or am I completely missing the
connection between this and the above? :)
--
D. Ghost (peekaboo!)
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
-Groucho Marx
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