Quote:Well, no, even that much really wouldn't be practical - see, the main difference these have from your typical sci-fi nanites is speed... Namely, they're a lot slower-working. About the fastest thing I can see these nanites doing is bonding together two like surfaces, and even that would take a couple of seconds. A UTN drive towards the Silverseed concept would do things like add cyberpunk-esque subdermal armor, myomer strength enhancements, and other things of that nature - weaving them in and around the existing cells over a period of weeks or months. A full execution would add protective armor fibers wrapped around pretty much every cell in the body, especially as far as replacing all that goo the neurons of your brain are floating in with something better designed.
The nanites are only the medium for the Silver series, the real work is done by force fields and gravity manipulation with a side order of subspace pockets - all areas that Earth lags in, if I read things rightly. Puuling off the base-level pseudo-Venom maybe, but not beyond... then again, that's quite enough for, say, intelligence operatives or ship-board security, whee you don't want to go using weapons that threaten to damage the ships systems let alone being powerful enough to threaten the pressure hull. Doubling as a short-duration EVA suit is only a bonus, at that point (mainly limited by maneouvering difficulties and heat dissipation, I'd expect, unless a rebreather pack was not included as part of the standard fittings... and *I'd* ferdamnsure include one for any space-based personnel. With more environment controls and a manouvering pack, a self-sealing nanite suit makes good sense for EVA duty, espescially one that can also form tentacles or weave its own safety lines as needed.)
But even that much is a long way off. Saying that the UTN's nanotech is relatively advanced is essentially only saying that it exists at all... Pretty much all it's good for yet is growing specific small parts in about a week or so.
None of their assembler types are capable of surviving out of a controlled cleanroom environment.
Ja, -n
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