"My Little Pony" biomod

[Ace Dreamer]

Like Mal, I dislike the idea of a full shift 'mod from human to pony. Where's all the extra mass going to come from? The concept of people with identifiable equine traits is acceptable, although they need a group name. (There's a subculture out there that has a decidedly different meaning for the term "pony girl," and thanks to The-Internet-Is-For-YouKnowWhat that meaning isn't exactly obscure any more. So we aren't using that term in Fenspace, okay?)

As for extra mass, ponies mass 200-400kg, and the average American male is only about 97kg (say CDC), heaviest man in history is 634kg.  Seeing as muscle is only about 1.18x denser than fat you wont do it that way...  Hollow ponies faking up their mass with a gravitic effect?  Dehydrated ponies, just add water? [grin]
How about "Shetland Girls" or landgirls for short?  Eww.  I hadn't connected that fetish with 'ponygirl' in Fenspace.  I did see a "pony girl race track" in Second Life, and I avoided the area when I found out what that was.

Pegasi... I've never been fond of the idea of unassisted flight in Fenspace. (Before anyone points her out: Safety has a micro-miniature gravity drive installed. That's tech-based assisted flight.) Ornamental wings would be okay, I guess.

Would it be possible for handwavium to make a biological structure that functioned as a speed drive?  Say by waving an implanted speed drive (or holding one very close to you when you're biomodded and hoping - no, I don't believe that'd work).  Might that be a Season 2 sophistication?

Unicorns... Sure, why not? The pointy bit on the forehead is going to
cause problems with space helmets, though. On the flip side, even a
single example of proven magical ability (as opposed to handwavium
"faking it") would be enough to get Noah to unseal the grimoires in the
unredacted Whole Fenspace Catalog and provide them to various
educational bodies.

I'm sure there could be a version of the "Wright Suit" that fitted unicorns. [grin]
I think ponies would be far more likely to use a force field space protection, maybe driven by a harness they wore, what might have enough smarts to climb on them and buckle-up when asked.
I'd find it quite funny if it was ponies who introduced magic into Fenspace...
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