If you turn out to be one of those people who cant regrow a part of the body say a finger can you cut off the hand and regrow the hand to have a full hand second if you turn out to be one of those people who cant benefit from artifical regrowth can you use Advanced Genetic Engineering to fix it ?
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Where does it say that some people can;t get regenerated/Cloned?
If they can't then I suggest that there are likely to be three possible reasons:-
i) At certain Tech levels, the cloning uses a "base" gene and adjusts it based on differences between it an the victim. This is a way to reduce the overall complexity. Sophonts who are a "long" way from the base may not be do-able this way. So genetically distinct populations or aliens are not regenable. Solution - this should be a tech limit, so find somewhere higher tech
ii) Some alien races may not be regenable at particular tech levels (ie if you are a human on a virushi world, you probably won;t get regened)
iii) certain "tags" may be placed on gene sequences that can;t be reproduced - You may wish to say that Psi people can;t be regened.
If they can't then I suggest that there are likely to be three possible reasons:-
i) At certain Tech levels, the cloning uses a "base" gene and adjusts it based on differences between it an the victim. This is a way to reduce the overall complexity. Sophonts who are a "long" way from the base may not be do-able this way. So genetically distinct populations or aliens are not regenable. Solution - this should be a tech limit, so find somewhere higher tech
ii) Some alien races may not be regenable at particular tech levels (ie if you are a human on a virushi world, you probably won;t get regened)
iii) certain "tags" may be placed on gene sequences that can;t be reproduced - You may wish to say that Psi people can;t be regened.
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The tech chart doesn't mention "difficult cases" but they are certainly part of SF. "Everyone's favorite" female naval captain (Honor Harrington) is one that comes to mind. She can't take regen treatments, and gradually accumulates metal bits throughout her career as a result. Captain Kirk is another minor example, being apparantly allergic to chemical treatments to correct vision.
For Traveller purposes, it's a color thing. Why does your character have a cybernetic replacement arm instead of regrowing it? Either time, resources, or a personal medical impediment, that's why. The Traveller universe doesn't do "because it's cool" even if *players* might...
For Traveller purposes, it's a color thing. Why does your character have a cybernetic replacement arm instead of regrowing it? Either time, resources, or a personal medical impediment, that's why. The Traveller universe doesn't do "because it's cool" even if *players* might...
Just had a cunning plan.
I'd include the "copy count" limit on cloning - ie cloned parts are the same "age" as they would have been otherwise. This limit appears to affect RL cloning so it's inclusion isn;t beyond the realms of possibility. (That's why Dolly was always a sickly sheep)
So you can;t cut off your finger - clone it up to be a whole body (at age 18) then brain transplant over to it.
This would work (visually) however the "copy errors" would mean that you still have all the side effects of being your actual age.
Skin elasticity, calcium transport problems etc would all be based on the "actual" age rather than apparent age.
So medical cloning for replacement parts works fine - but no huge armies of clones!
I'd include the "copy count" limit on cloning - ie cloned parts are the same "age" as they would have been otherwise. This limit appears to affect RL cloning so it's inclusion isn;t beyond the realms of possibility. (That's why Dolly was always a sickly sheep)
So you can;t cut off your finger - clone it up to be a whole body (at age 18) then brain transplant over to it.
This would work (visually) however the "copy errors" would mean that you still have all the side effects of being your actual age.
Skin elasticity, calcium transport problems etc would all be based on the "actual" age rather than apparent age.
So medical cloning for replacement parts works fine - but no huge armies of clones!
I agree about the added colour of having "some" spacers with prosthesis. I have them IMTU.
With low berths, it is easy to freeze people so that their repair can wait till somewhere fully equiped, so low berths make cloned parts much more accessible.
I prefer prosthesis - I don't think I will be including low berths IMTU.
I still don't know where MTU is going to be regarding prosthesis.
Re: Honor Harrington, I would give an "effective XP" cost to cyber systems. She takes a couple of years to get used to her new face so that means she is spending her time re-learning things like walking, speaking, smiling etc. If PC's have to give up something (in munchkin terms) so that they can have bionic sight, it will at least make them pause. Alternatively make them buy it using a "feat" - until it is paid for, it is still sub-human (still coming to grips with it)
re: Honor Harrington's regen problems. It is used as a plot device. If you want some of the people IYTU to be "regen poor" then wave a wand (and do some handwaving - I liked the "base" gene sequence in my first post - but whatever works for you is good enough). Based on the hand waving, it will have other limits as well.
For example, if your hand waving is that some people have a very strong "body image" and their brains reject cloned parts as "foreign" even when there is no detectable difference, then tech won;t change that. However you may give these people a low level of inate psionic awareness as compensation.
