Dartz Wrote:Pondering on this.... would the real big 'mods like AC, Jet and Wave Convoy even count as biomods? Or would they count as different categories entirely?I suppose that would depend on whom you asked. Wave Convoy probably counts more as a "transference" from one body to another like someone uploading their mind to a computer, and not a biomod to the vast majority of Fenspace. AC might well be considered a biomod by almost everybody, albeit an incredibly extensive one, the most extensive on record, even if it ultimately resulted in a cyborg. Jet... is somewhere in the middle, and in some Cyber circles, a difference of opinion that occasionally results in fistfights.
Quote:Although, I really like the idea of the 'wave punishing hubris and carelessness . I want to see a big, burly boskonian drink deep of what he thinks is the elixir of life, dreaming of eternal youth. And wake up as a 4 year old. Forever.Do I know you? (jk)
There's a reason some people take great care with their Handwavium. They've seen the sort of "sense of humor" it appears to have, being a memetic substance. No one wants to be on the brunt end of one of those practical jokes. (In some of his poorer moments the first year or two after his biomod, Jeph Antilles admitted that he felt like he was the victim of a really bad prank on the part of someone.)
Quote:The concept of homeostasis does imply one other thing, however. What effect does it have on the recipients psyche?That is a very good question. Obviously it isn't nearly as bad as the occasional science fiction I've read where one had to regularly copy oneself to disk to copy oneself back later because of the omnipresent regeneration fields that kept everyone young and repaired injury, but had the nasty effect of also wiping out 100% of one's memory given time.
However, that one is never-changing would have an effect, as one's unbiomodded friends grow older and older, and even a sibling starts being mistaken for your parent. Again, look up above at the idea of Handwavium having a sense of humor...
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor