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Geonet: Battle for the Megacity [Cyberpunk Inspired RP]

I’m currently at work right now and don’t have access to my laptop where my notes are. I’m open to most options as of now. To answer the question about cybernetic ethics, the major problem with using cybernetics in this universe is anything dealing with the nervous system. Since all cybernetics need to be connected to the brain in order to work, the brain has to be capable of handling the new implants and have the proper “power output” to control them. Too many cybernetics and the brain would struggle to handle all the new electrical impulses.

@LuckyBlackCat@Havoccultist@SunaCritter

@TheNoCoKid

Couldn't that be handled either by utilizing a brain computer interface (or at least partially offloaded), or by altering a person's neural structure? Granted, the latter if possible is probably highly illegal, black boxed, and likely a thing only the AI controlling Geonet knows how to do. That and it would render anyone undergoing the procedure completely unrecognizable to who they were before, if they even still think or function like anything remotely human.

Geonet: Battle for the Megacity [Cyberpunk Inspired RP]

I have an idea for a kid that used to be experimented on by the Heirs but at some point managed to escape (Maybe someone saved him? Could be Black Maria.) The result is that he has plates and pins all over his back and maybe a quirky cybernetic. He would owe a lot to his benefactor that saved him, either by duty or in the case of Black Maria, perhaps a debt or indentured servitude. I like the idea that he needs a serum or access to certain resources for maintenance because of his condition, tying him in deeper with potentially bad people.

I want his heart to be with the Sk8te kids though, where he has a strong personal conviction around freedom and helping his downtrodden buddies. Despite his intimacy issues and trauma from his past, he ultimately wants the best for his friends even if he has to fall apart to do it.

Does anyone have any ideas for a flavorful Cybernetic for this kind of character?

@SunaCritter

Without seeing a list of what cybernetics are actually allowed, and knowing what kind of cybernetics actually exist in the setting as a sort of baseline, I at least cannot make a suggestion in that regard.

Geonet: Battle for the Megacity [Cyberpunk Inspired RP]

I should also clarify that by actual effect I mean in regards to the person's mental state and not just a social faux paux where others view overly augmented individuals as having given up large chunks of what made them human, but said individuals are still (mostly) the same to what they once were mentally and personality wise.

Geonet: Battle for the Megacity [Cyberpunk Inspired RP]

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So… I explained it very poorly here, but one of the “rules” in this universe is that there are “tiers” to cybernetics. The more vital an organ you’re replacing, the more of your ‘humanity’ you’re trading away. Most ModDocs view this code as a Hippocratic Oath of sorts where they will try and encourage less drastic mods, but there are some who just don’t really care and will do whatever so long as you pay.

@TheNoCoKid

But does this have an actual psychological effect? Or is that relegated to brain augments if there are any?

Geonet: Battle for the Megacity [Cyberpunk Inspired RP]

@TheNoCoKid

I know this will probably be covered in the actual OOC thread, but can extensive modification lead to altered perception of people or objects? Like cyberpsychosis in Cyberpunk or basically all of Cruelty Squad? Albeit without the complete insanity necessarily. At least not so much that a character can't still operate in the world or story.

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