[odd] IAmA Panzer Kunstler, AMA

[Cobalt Greywalker]

We've never had anyone like that with us. But..... I know there're machines out there that incorporate biological parts in them already. But those were built from the ground up, or waved to be that way. Terminator skin is the most obvious thing I can think of straight off the bat; that's actually in use.

You'd have to ask someone at Vesta or one of the Doc's about the technological side of what it'd actually involve and what'd be possible going beyond surface detail. At a guess it'd be harder to do than going in the other direction but I expect someone to weigh in and correct me on that. I'm really not up on the theoretical end of things, especially the biotechnology side.

It's not that easy to add on, which is the reason most the have it were purpose built. Still, it can be done. The main problem for mass use is personalisation. Medical cloning is one thing, we don't have the knowledge to change the appearance of organs to spec. However, it is possible to grow some generic parts. Skin is probably the easiest, given that the form that it is mounted on helps. Things like hair are simple, but things like eyes are hard (It has been done once or twice, but there were high levels of wave involved). After that, well expect heavy amounts of wave to be used.