"Ah, I see. What would the price difference be from a normal human synthflesh body? And is it possible to put in additional modifications, like tougher skin, or skin that blends in to its surrounding, that sort of thing?"
>That all depends on what you want. Larger bodies mean more flesh mean more expensive, and if they don't have a pre-made genome to use to grow the thing and have to create one custom, that's even more.
As per additional things, sure, but they would be separate systems, not part of the flesh. "Gurgle. Blub gurgle."
Examine skin.
((Oh god my skin isn't growing back, isn't it.))
Your skin looks like it's regrowing, though very slowly. It also looks a bit...odd. Very gray and very hard.
I figured something like that would happen, but there must be some material the monoatomic wire doesn't cut, right? Otherwise how could it be manufactured and assembled?
It's pretty hard to handle even non-vibrating, but once it starts to vibrate then you really have problems. You need to have it held between two hard points.
((Well, the whole proceedure WAS a test. This might be how you are going to look like if the therapy is a success though, so it's hard to tell if it went wrong or right. You'll have to wait for the doc.))
"Right, so basically: Keep my heart, a bit of my lungs and my brain safe and I'll be more or less fine, give or take an inch or two around the heart for safety, and make sure to eat well while healing. Great. That's definately better than where I was before."
Bishop nodded and looked around, not seeing the asshole that tried to freak him out anywhere. He shrugged and left, heading to grab some new clothes and then heading to the mess hall.
"Huh. Guess he's still in therapy. Let me know the doc's results when he gets them, would you Steve? I'd like to know how well the new therapy went."
Get and wear new clothes then head to the mess hall and get a large and varied meal, making sure not to mash it all together when it's being served, cause that's gross.
You get a new set of clothing from the barracks before heading off to the mess hall and getting a heaping plate of food. You start shoveling it into your mouth and notice with a smile that you can feel your flesh knitting together a bit faster thanks to the added material from the food. It itches a bit.
(( I think the skin is going to grow back, though it will probably take some time which can't be affected by an effort of will alone - I believe that is what piecewise meant. Also, good news, it looks like they have some kind of storage for our body parts so that if you voluntarily give them up for an upgrade of sorts, they are still there in case you don't like your new body.
Or yes, maybe those are someone else's.
@piecewise Are we allowed to keep the 'free' equipment after we've purchased an upgrade replacing it? Such as could Milno keep his Mk I suit even though he bought a Mk III, or can Jim still have that robotic body (which is a whole lot of a problem to re-calibrate for a new user, after all, as he'd been told) after he switches it for a brand-new synth-flesh one? ))
You can as long as you don't sell it or anything.
Brother Lars sighed. Perhaps he should try another, more realistic, simulation?
Load up Hunter or Poacher or whatever that other one was called.
Hunter or Prey?
((Wow, love is in the air at Bay12.))
Lukas resets the simulation so he can use his bullseye-mode and particle cannon again. He then spawns an idle tank a few hundred meters away from him, digs in and charges his particle cannon again.
Do the above
The chest one or the sniper rifle? I'll just tell you the effects of both:
Sniper: Nice molten hole about 3 feet wide straight through it.
Chest cannon: Tank disappears.
Finish reading the last book, go to the AM and return it, then see if she doesn't have any other book on the subject.
[Bonus: Samurai: +1 to all combat rolls related to fighting with a katana.]
What subject exactly? Sword fighting? Strategy? Esoteric eastern philosophies?
((Okay, this is the last day I'll be online before being offline for (I expect) about three weeks.))
While Lukas was resetting his VR, an error message popped up. Error! Genocide.dll not found! Lukas ended the simulation. "Huh? What is this shit? I better ask the doctor for an update of my software." Lukas exits the VR and heads to the infirmary to find the doctor. This is probably gonna take a while (hint, hint!).
((Okay, this is the last day I'll be online before being offline for (I expect) about three weeks.))
While Lukas was resetting his VR, an error message popped up. Error! Genocide.dll not found! Lukas ended the simulation. "Huh? What is this shit? I better ask the doctor for an update of my software." Lukas exits the VR and heads to the infirmary to find the doctor. This is probably gonna take a while (hint, hint!).
After telling him about your problems that doctor opens a panel in your chest and proceeds to jam several wires into you before connecting you up to a hand held computer. He hits a button on the computer and a progress bar pops up.
UPDATING MURDERBOT(TM) SOFTWARE
.0001% complete.
Oh.