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Cyborg/Androids in the Black Sun universe: a thread I will be adding to throughout the day
I think sail started at a good place with some information about where they come from and how they slot into society so I’ll start there too
Both cyborgs and androids are established parts of society and will hold legal rights as people most places, but actual treatment varies
Both cyborgs and androids are established parts of society and will hold legal rights as people most places, but actual treatment varies
Cyborgs are definetely treated better, because the common knowledge is that most cyborgs are just human(oids) with cybernetics; that’s what the word means here, for this purpose
Androids are either fully robots from day 1 OR cyborgs that have retained only nominal biological function/status and are above a certain % robot
Androids tend to have a higher standard of regulation as to what they can/can’t have installed in public, because there’s just a wider range of (dangerous) mods for androids in general
This is the exact reason Dabe has been kept classified as a cyborg
This is the exact reason Dabe has been kept classified as a cyborg
If Dabe were (rightfully) classified as an android hed be either stripped of most of his combat functions or of his rights as a citizen and become weapon. His papers are forged but in case the govt decides to inspect him he does TECHNICALLY meet the requirements of being a cyborg
he has biological systems and organs that are nesiscary to his functioning, except Riggs took a looser definition of “functioning” then its intended to skirt the law. Dabe doesn’t need his organs, but he does perform better with them
Technically, Dabes an android (formerly human) that someone stuck miscellaneous organs into. he’d be classified as a weapon of mass destruction and dismantled because of his insane combat specs, weapons, etc
Riggs worked hard on this toy and he does not want it taken away
Riggs worked hard on this toy and he does not want it taken away
Onwards: androids, cyborgs and their origins (who builds them, where does the tech come from)
There’s a dozen or so large companies that produce these kinds of machines. Typically, they will specialize in one of the other, and each kind of have their niche. the big corps aren’t really stepping on eachother much anymore, they all have their lucrative cornered market
The oldest, best established by far are Trinity, the leader in combat centric augs and solider androids and GTek, the leader in medically nesiscary/domestic cybernetic augs. Riggs owns them both and even built Trinity from the ground up
Cals and Xenon both work for GTek and their work is 99% above board. Cals does repairs and installations on more advanced cases, and Xenon works in R&D where they do not have to talk to anyone
And when I say cals does work on “advanced cases” I do mean most of her job is trying to keep Dabe in working order. his body is a high functioning nightmare of mismatched parts spanning a century and he’s constantly on the brink of destroying it because he’s a fucking idiot
I won’t get into why dabes body is a Frankenstein nightmare because that is its own thread. But it’s time for a compilation of my favorite Dabe mods and features
Dabe has:
-a HUD, with facial recognition, weather updates, alerts, messaging (when connected to his phone), zoom, distance tracking, photo recording. The purpose is tracking targets, sorting people into hostile/civilian quickly to reduce collateral. It doesn’t work right
-a HUD, with facial recognition, weather updates, alerts, messaging (when connected to his phone), zoom, distance tracking, photo recording. The purpose is tracking targets, sorting people into hostile/civilian quickly to reduce collateral. It doesn’t work right
-internet and Bluetooth connectivity. He will air drop you all sorts of weird things at weird times
-gun arm, sans gun; he took the gun out and filled it with knives. But the knives jammed the opening mechanism so now his arm is just filled with knives
-gun arm, sans gun; he took the gun out and filled it with knives. But the knives jammed the opening mechanism so now his arm is just filled with knives
-resistance to most toxic and radioactive environments, by virtue of being a machine
-water proof to a depth of like, 200ft. He cannot swim, he can only sink
-water proof to a depth of like, 200ft. He cannot swim, he can only sink
