Poll: POLL: Sci-fi bodymodding. Bio or Mech?
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I'm going to... hm. Actually I... wait...
... shit, I can't decide. Alex Mercer or Legion? Gaah!
... shit, I can't decide. Alex Mercer or Legion? Gaah!
Mechanical, because squishy organic bits fall apart too fast.
And when you're dead I will be
Still Alive.
And when you're dead I will be
Still Alive.
Both, but with a strong preference for mechanical. Not only are biological mods fragile and susceptible to food, illness and age; worst of all you can never really trust that they won't try to re-write your DNA or make you hatch a litter of salamanders or something.
Besides, as others have said before it would be much easier to upgrade mechanical mods when next season's models come out.
Besides, as others have said before it would be much easier to upgrade mechanical mods when next season's models come out.
Bio mods seem kinda... unpredictable. At least with a machine, if it doesn't work, you broke it, or you've got a hardware conflict. If a biomod doesn't work, your body's either gonna reject it, or it's gonna reject you.
Chances are 90% of the escapists maintain their gaming hardware better than themselves (gross generalisation, sorry).
Full body cyberisation is pretty bloody drastic, with side effects such as cyberbrain sclerosis, but biological mods will have to contend with every permutation of incompatibility issues (emphasis on mutation).
With the general state of science at the moment, genetic research looks set to overtake cybernetic.
In my humble opinion.
Chances are 90% of the escapists maintain their gaming hardware better than themselves (gross generalisation, sorry).
Full body cyberisation is pretty bloody drastic, with side effects such as cyberbrain sclerosis, but biological mods will have to contend with every permutation of incompatibility issues (emphasis on mutation).
With the general state of science at the moment, genetic research looks set to overtake cybernetic.
In my humble opinion.
plus aren't the shields the part that is brought down also with EMPs?crudus said:Shields can fail though. To be truly immune is to not have transistors.Ithos said:hahahcrudus said:there's ways to shield stuff from that you know. but valid point.
thank you for the vote and feedback
Bio all the way! Even without plasmids!
Seriously, who wouldn't want to be able to breath underwater, regenerate instantly, eat sticks, rocks, and your enemy's weapons, and brave the cold vacuum of space?
mainly bio over mech because [a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CyberneticsEatYourSoul"]Cybernetics eat your soul[/a]
Seriously, who wouldn't want to be able to breath underwater, regenerate instantly, eat sticks, rocks, and your enemy's weapons, and brave the cold vacuum of space?
mainly bio over mech because [a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CyberneticsEatYourSoul"]Cybernetics eat your soul[/a]
well a mix and match is the best bet organic replacement parts and upgrades as much as i can but electronic parts for special abilities that even engineered flesh cant do
for me organic parts would feel more natural
and EMP's that are strong enough can also affect the electrics in organic tissue
for me organic parts would feel more natural
and EMP's that are strong enough can also affect the electrics in organic tissue
Bio organic all the way. yes the mech stuff is quicker and simpler but there's just a savage simpleness to it (( no offense.)) starting out with shaved heads and jutting wires single color eyes and coolant rods sticking out of your back or what not to even the best of a star trek esque style with clean flowing lines and wireless inter everything.
bio manipulation could be argued as an art form the act of growing these tissue and splicing genes why debate on the robotic eyes or the reinforced steel when you can have the eyes of a hawk, the speed of a panther the only limitation is your biomass.... and the chance that too much manipulation will turn you into a pyschoitc freak ( a.k.a bioshock with their gene manipulation too much = fragile minds.) or running he risk of eventually becoming all machine and losing your soul to the machine gods.
in short Bio good machine good... bio just prettier.
things to motivate my opinion
( Borg, Adepts Mechanius, Bioshock, bat man beyond ( the splicing episode)... yeah all fantasy but what did you expect?))
also note the machine and soul thing I was referencing that you would lose yourself as a human not the existental christian special organ magically hidden inside of you....... also no offense to christians
also also you got a computer in your brain? I got a pipboy on my wrist you can lift a building or hide a gatling gun in your arm? I can rip your wires out with my claws/talons/ what ever.... and in the future of bio I see real live tenticle rape filmed in Japan! Rejoice my brothers the future is upon US!
okay toning the crazy knob down to a six.
bio manipulation could be argued as an art form the act of growing these tissue and splicing genes why debate on the robotic eyes or the reinforced steel when you can have the eyes of a hawk, the speed of a panther the only limitation is your biomass.... and the chance that too much manipulation will turn you into a pyschoitc freak ( a.k.a bioshock with their gene manipulation too much = fragile minds.) or running he risk of eventually becoming all machine and losing your soul to the machine gods.
in short Bio good machine good... bio just prettier.
things to motivate my opinion
( Borg, Adepts Mechanius, Bioshock, bat man beyond ( the splicing episode)... yeah all fantasy but what did you expect?))
also note the machine and soul thing I was referencing that you would lose yourself as a human not the existental christian special organ magically hidden inside of you....... also no offense to christians
also also you got a computer in your brain? I got a pipboy on my wrist you can lift a building or hide a gatling gun in your arm? I can rip your wires out with my claws/talons/ what ever.... and in the future of bio I see real live tenticle rape filmed in Japan! Rejoice my brothers the future is upon US!
okay toning the crazy knob down to a six.
I've had this discussion countless time, and being in a Science Fiction research lab I've read both the pro's and con's of Mech and Bio augmentation. My feeling is that right now Mech augmentation is the leading "in thing" to do but bio is slowly catching up. I've seen and read some amazing real-life experiments done with BioEngineering and Biomedical Engineering that would blow your mind.
I will admit though I'm a little biased because 1) I'm getting a biomedical engineering minor and 2) I have this weird power/influence over electronics that royally screws them up and I'm afraid that if I did the Mech choice I would either break it or short it out at bad times.
(Example would be a cyber-brain, like in Ghost in the Shell, that the data corrupted just because I got near it / had it in my body.)
P.s. If anyone wants to read some good Science Ficiton book about biopunk (Biological Augmentation) I suggest getting Ribofunk by Paul Di Fillipo. By far my favorite scifi book and one of the reason I decided to get a BioMedical Engineering Minor.
I will admit though I'm a little biased because 1) I'm getting a biomedical engineering minor and 2) I have this weird power/influence over electronics that royally screws them up and I'm afraid that if I did the Mech choice I would either break it or short it out at bad times.
(Example would be a cyber-brain, like in Ghost in the Shell, that the data corrupted just because I got near it / had it in my body.)
P.s. If anyone wants to read some good Science Ficiton book about biopunk (Biological Augmentation) I suggest getting Ribofunk by Paul Di Fillipo. By far my favorite scifi book and one of the reason I decided to get a BioMedical Engineering Minor.
your body could produce a sweet necter that could attact them and then bees are at your command with the simple toss of a slimy ball of goo...... also thicker skin so the bee stings wouldn't hurt.... and nerve removal..... and a few other anti-toxins yatta yatta.TheCake66 said:Yeah but what about the bees?salinv said:Hey I could argue that if you had biological augmentations that allowed for an abnormal amount of electrical buildup (hey, electricity already naturally exists in our bodies, just say... bump it up to 11), you could have a nasty Electro Bolt plasmid like ability. =DIthos said:NO PLASMIDS! (changes to BODY, not laws of physics
OT (sort of, if above isn't): I would probably go with biological augmentations to enhance naturally abilities with mechanical alterations to boost them further. Both. IMHO, I don't find augmentation to be immoral in the least. We have used tools for the entirety of our species to improve out lives, and what difference do "augmentations" make to that? I say improve our lives as much as is physically, psychologically, and financially feasible, or possible.
May I add something else (and I wouldn't be surprised to be beaten on this suggestion), but what about Nano-augmentations ala Deus Ex? All the power (and more) of Mech without the robotic... messiness.
I apologize right now for the over use of ellipsis (...) and parentheses ().
Personally the ability for both would probably corrupt people. However I don't care about that so i would go for a more mech in limbs, eyes, (nervous system possibly)Bio enhancements to basic frame work primarily intellect.
If I can have a tail, and a pair of doggy ears, then I'm down... And just add a second vote because I know another person who would want a kitteh tail and kitteh ears to match XD, and maybe even give me some added punch to my vocal cords, howling for the win!
If we are talking just changes to our actual bodies, then i prefer bio. Though it depends on the mod, if mech offers better stuff, i'll go with that, but i prefer bio because it implies a certain natural element, which would mean less maintanance, less chance of damage that won't auto repair(read heal) and less tech needed to maintain. However, When i say bio, i do not preclude the possibilty of "reprograming" the body to do things like graft iron or even advanced organically based composites onto the skeleton. that's my 2 cents.