From:	The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject:	Hard Bodies
Date:	Wed, 23 Jun 1993 11:50:13 -0500

*****Include Techfile Edit ^12-16-51^
>>>>>[There's the file. As you can see, it includes some of the more
intersting aspects of the research, which I will summarize below.

Research Prime (of Oxaco) had also perfected the growth of calcified skin.
As you know, that's what makes Trolls so tough, but it's limited. It also
doesn't heal as fast. What they had done was found a way to splice that
into the clone materials, so they could conceivably grow humans, elves, and dwarves with
such skin. They were also boosting it, so that the skin would be
even tougher. I don't know science, so I couldn't tell you how.

They were also working on "control modules". As far as I can tell, this is
how they work. A rigger's VCR works by transmitting data to the brain and
accepting commands from the brain. These work similarly. They can be controlled
like drones but they are living. They really blur the line between life and]
machine. I would hate to fight one--all the flexibility and speed of human
form, but with the mindless perseverity and toughness of drones.]<<<<<
--Packard Belle <11:47:26/6-23-54>

>>>>>[Gosh, Belle, where do you get this stuff? Have you found that truck
we
missed, the one with the rings? We really need to find it. But how many black,
unmarked vans are their in Seattle? With all the trimmings, including gyro-
stabilized espresso bar?]<<<<<
--Mind Throtle <11:50:25/6-23-54>

>>>>>[I can think of one.]<<<<<
--Jaez <11:51:26/6-23-54>