Quote:[b][b][b]HRogge[/b][/b] wrote:[/b]Actually, that is not exactly true, because there are entire fictional races -specially Stark Trek ones- represented, so, while Vulcan John may not be the exact biomod that Vulcan Harry, both are recognizably vulcans. As there is 'wave involved, there will be the ocasional glitch, but the most well known biomods have been reproduced.
And of course there are no real "standard biomods"... every biomod (or sometimes every set) is unique and there is no guarantee someone will be able to reproduce them exactly as before.
Except for the results of the Catgirling Machine and similar machines.
I would divide the biomod types into four groups -taking the end result, not the procedure; both accidental and on purpose biomods count here. The Catgirling machine biomods are oustide of the system; they and simlir machines would be a fifth group, and no doubt the subject of much study.
-Unique: The person changes into something new, due to envioremental factors, possible hidden desires to simply the usual wave weirdness. It may have a strange risk of spontaneous genderchange, but that is probably a baseless rumor.
-Archetype: Probably the most common. The person changes into something out of fiction or a well known meme. This includes biomods into anime characters, fantasy/sci fi races, the original (pre-machine) catgirls, bunnygirls and the rest of the anthros, superheros, etc.
-Technofusion. The person is fused with a piece of machinery. Wave Convoy is the most extreme example, but probably most of the first generation Cyborgs are actually this type of biomod.
-Ritual: This is the type of biomod that can be, mostly, reproduced. This is usually one of the archetype biomods, that other fen then try to reproduce. Except the origianly biomod, this is usually done on purpose, not accidentally. This includes all the new Fenspace races: The Stark Trek aliens, Moria's dwarves, the Senshi gender change, Marduk's vampires, etc. While each person is slightly different, they (usually) end up the race they wanted to -though the more complicated the change (not, strangely, the ritual), the wider the differences. Every Klingon looks much like any other klingon, while none of the fifty or so vampires in Marduk have the same set of vampiric abilities.