Dammit, Rob, you just had to slip that particular bunny into my head... :p
Unwieldly or not, the inclusion of Chi makes for some excellent moral drama - the girl is a biomimetic android, meaning that she looks and feels like the real
thing, along with all the, er... anatomical details. Everyone would wig out at her existence because while her true purpose is not known, she seems
disturbingly close to being a sexaroid, which is an act of cruelty given her degree of sapience. Who the hell made her and for what purpose? Good material for
a long-term subplot.
Additionally, I think that Persocons can fit into this universe. We have Whispereds and Armslaves (some with their own AIs, ie: Arbelast), so why not
'dumb' yet sophisticated AIs in the form of Androids? For the most part, I think the ones we see the most would be the pint-size models like Sumomo.
Life-size models like Chi would be playthings and tools of the wealthy.
I have other ideas in mind as well, but I'll leave them as a surprise. This is all great stuff for the ongoing adventures. (^_^)
Unwieldly or not, the inclusion of Chi makes for some excellent moral drama - the girl is a biomimetic android, meaning that she looks and feels like the real
thing, along with all the, er... anatomical details. Everyone would wig out at her existence because while her true purpose is not known, she seems
disturbingly close to being a sexaroid, which is an act of cruelty given her degree of sapience. Who the hell made her and for what purpose? Good material for
a long-term subplot.
Additionally, I think that Persocons can fit into this universe. We have Whispereds and Armslaves (some with their own AIs, ie: Arbelast), so why not
'dumb' yet sophisticated AIs in the form of Androids? For the most part, I think the ones we see the most would be the pint-size models like Sumomo.
Life-size models like Chi would be playthings and tools of the wealthy.
I have other ideas in mind as well, but I'll leave them as a surprise. This is all great stuff for the ongoing adventures. (^_^)