Squish-bot Questions about Stage Two or Three: ((13/Jun/2012))
What can you do with a squish-bot? (Almost) anything you could do with an unconscious normal human body which has not been biomodded.
Can you biomod a squish-bot? Yes, as long as the mod is principally physical, as opposed to mental, behavioural or 'spiritual'; even those might be allowed if someone was 'living' in the squish-bot.
Do wavium abilities and quirks carry over into a squish-bot? Yes, but only if they are principally mental, behavioural or 'spiritual' (i.e. not those rooted in the physical structure of the body); this only applies while that particular person is 'living' in the squish-bot, and they go away when they leave (they take them with them), even if the body had been made a perfect duplicate of their handwavium-created or biomodded one.
Where is the handwavium? There is a very small amount of highly specialised locked-purpose handwavium, tied-up in the bones, and particularly the skull; there is none anywhere else in the body; this self-destructs if the squish-bot reverts to a doll or otherwise dies.
Can you use a squish-bot as a blood donor? Yes, as long as you don't take enough blood to kill them - they follow the same distribution of blood types as the general population, unless they've been carefully made to resemble a particular person, when they'll have that persons blood type (unless the blood type is something weird as a result of a biomod).
Can you use a squish-bot as an organ donor? Yes, as long as you don't kill them by harvesting the organ - taking one of paired organs works best; organ tissue types follow the same distribution as the general population, unless they've been carefully made to resemble a particular person, when they'll have that persons type (unless the tissue type is something weird as a result of a biomod).
Does anything strange happen if you keep a squish-bot alive for a long time? Yes, though even total life support in an ICU wont extend their basic seven day life span; if you somehow extracted all the handwavium tied-up in the bones then you'd have a normal human body that you could keep alive indefinitely (biomodding has this extraction effect, getting one pregnant doesn't) - if someone 'lived' in a squish-bot at least 98% of the time for at least seven months then this destroys the handwavium, leaving only a normal human body.
Can you use a squish-bot for biomodding research? Yes, but seeing as the squish-bot hasn't any personal intentions (unless someone's 'living' in there) the range of biomods tends to be rather limited, and mostly related to healing any injuries - be careful as some biomodded squish-bots suddenly wake-up with full personalities (and souls?) and typically take a very dim view of being involved in medical experimentation (though one Mad supposed acquired an Igor this way).
Are there any problems with using squish-bots? There aren't any obvious ethical problems, as there is 'noone there' - but you might be wise to look out for the lynch mobs.
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind
What can you do with a squish-bot? (Almost) anything you could do with an unconscious normal human body which has not been biomodded.
Can you biomod a squish-bot? Yes, as long as the mod is principally physical, as opposed to mental, behavioural or 'spiritual'; even those might be allowed if someone was 'living' in the squish-bot.
Do wavium abilities and quirks carry over into a squish-bot? Yes, but only if they are principally mental, behavioural or 'spiritual' (i.e. not those rooted in the physical structure of the body); this only applies while that particular person is 'living' in the squish-bot, and they go away when they leave (they take them with them), even if the body had been made a perfect duplicate of their handwavium-created or biomodded one.
Where is the handwavium? There is a very small amount of highly specialised locked-purpose handwavium, tied-up in the bones, and particularly the skull; there is none anywhere else in the body; this self-destructs if the squish-bot reverts to a doll or otherwise dies.
Can you use a squish-bot as a blood donor? Yes, as long as you don't take enough blood to kill them - they follow the same distribution of blood types as the general population, unless they've been carefully made to resemble a particular person, when they'll have that persons blood type (unless the blood type is something weird as a result of a biomod).
Can you use a squish-bot as an organ donor? Yes, as long as you don't kill them by harvesting the organ - taking one of paired organs works best; organ tissue types follow the same distribution as the general population, unless they've been carefully made to resemble a particular person, when they'll have that persons type (unless the tissue type is something weird as a result of a biomod).
Does anything strange happen if you keep a squish-bot alive for a long time? Yes, though even total life support in an ICU wont extend their basic seven day life span; if you somehow extracted all the handwavium tied-up in the bones then you'd have a normal human body that you could keep alive indefinitely (biomodding has this extraction effect, getting one pregnant doesn't) - if someone 'lived' in a squish-bot at least 98% of the time for at least seven months then this destroys the handwavium, leaving only a normal human body.
Can you use a squish-bot for biomodding research? Yes, but seeing as the squish-bot hasn't any personal intentions (unless someone's 'living' in there) the range of biomods tends to be rather limited, and mostly related to healing any injuries - be careful as some biomodded squish-bots suddenly wake-up with full personalities (and souls?) and typically take a very dim view of being involved in medical experimentation (though one Mad supposed acquired an Igor this way).
Are there any problems with using squish-bots? There aren't any obvious ethical problems, as there is 'noone there' - but you might be wise to look out for the lynch mobs.
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind