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| Description | At first glance, these appear to be a collection of legitimate cyberware schematics. The details seem wildly unethical, which isn't necessarily surprising by corporate standards. But the patient notes are written in more of a narrative style than the real thing probably would and they also probably wouldn't credit an "author." |
| Type | Offhand |
| Use | See notes |
| Effects | +2 Etheric Power +2 Etheric Defense |
Notes
When using this item you get the message:
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The patient was retrieved after an accident with high-speed construction equipment, resulting in complete destruction of the skin and muscle of one arm.
A full cybernetic replacement is indicated in these circumstances, but the patient's mother requested as much of the arm be saved as possible. By installing minimal cybernetic actuators, we were able to restore movement the skeletal remains of the limb.
Upon awakening from anathesia, the patient used his new limb to crush his mother's larynx.
The operation is considered a success.
(And, if you have all the necessary components in your inventory and do not yet know the Skeletal Cyberarm recipe):
…Actually, this diagram isn't quite there, but you bet you could…
You've learned a new device recipe: Skeletal Cyberarm - Articulate two Artificial Bones with two Cybernetic Interfaces (2 Energy)
Patient Silvers has made her requests across many clinics: to have the beauty of Patient Xi. Due to repeated misunderstandings, Patient Silvers has received dozens of unnecessary cosmetic procedures.
Rather than continuing these errors, we have extracted the facial skin and muscles of Patient Xi, rebuilding them on top of Patient Silvers' skull. Patient Silvers has stated her extreme pleasure with the results.
The sealing layer around Patient Xi's skull promises to be a breakthrough in cybernetics, but she lodged several complaints related to its appearance. Patient Xi's complaints stopped a short time after her release. She was shot by her husband while attempting to enter her home, preventing full study of her recovery.
The operation is considered a success.
(And, if you if you have all the necessary components in your inventory and do not yet know the Exposed Skull recipe):
…Actually, this diagram isn't quite there, but you bet you could…
You've learned a new device recipe: Exposed Skull - Seal together two Artifical Bones (2 Energy)
Following an industrial chemical spill, several dozen workers were submerged to the waist and brought to the hospital with varying degrees of tissue damage.
For those patients whose legs were totally dissolved, we applied cybernetic limbs. However, limited funds from the plant owner required more creative means for the others.
From the mixed assemblage of remaining bones, sufficient limbs could be reproduced to serve the remaining patients.
Rebuilding the tissue from the bone up proved prohibitively costly, but a modified cybernetic interface restored motor function in a fraction of the time. We suspect the patients will be able to resume work by the end of the week.
The operation is considered a success.
(And, if you if you have all the necessary components in your inventory and do not yet know the Skeletal Cyberleg recipe):
…Actually, this diagram isn't quite there, but you bet you could…
You've learned a new device recipe: Skeletal Cyberleg - Wire a Cybernetic Interface through two Artificial Bones (2 Energy)
Crystals have long been held to be lenses for the pineal gland, so it is natural that unscientific patients would request cybernetic implants bringing them in closer contact.
We generally turn down these requests, but the novel crystals provided by this patient piqued our head researcher's curiosity. The implantation proved challenging as the crystal chemically fused with flesh touched by it. After a protective layer was added, the operation was a success.
The patient claims they can now see the "great barrier" and its guardians, along with words in an unknown language. Linguistic analysis has shown the "words" to be jumbles of faux-ancient letters, following a complex but artificial grammar. However, the patient seems very satisfied with the implant.
The operation is considered a success.
(And, if you if you have all the necessary components in your inventory and do not yet know the Crystal Focus Skull recipe):
…Actually, this diagram isn't quite there, but you bet you could…
You've learned a new device recipe: Crystal Focus Skull - Attach two Artificial Hound Crystals and two natural Hound Crystals to an Exposed Skull (2 Energy)
Although the long-term cardiac effects of Arzac are well-known, the dosage required makes it rare to see in a clinical setting. Replacement with a basic cybernetic heart is known to alleviate this side-effect. However, the patient finds this to also reduce the effectiveness of the drug.
Cloned replacements only lasted months, requiring more drastic intervention. Attempts have been made with donor tissue, but only sufficiently young cardiac tissue has shown better results.
As the patient's body mass is substantially larger than the donors', at least four donors are required for each operation. With this new approach, the patient only needs replacement tissue approximately every three years.
The operation is considered a success.
The donor's request is very particular. Although the genetic sequence of the reptile is complete, there is little hope of directly splicing it with humans.
Instead, the scales will be grown on a biological scaffolding before being transplanted on the patients, using cybernetic techniques to isolate the scales from the patients' immune system.
The gross morphological changes will have to be handled through seperate cybernetic enhancements. Replacing the limbs, reworking musculature, and even adding a tail are well-understood procedures. The new digestive tract proves to be the most challenging, as there has been no other cause to make such changes.
We believe this combination of techniques will meet the donor's needs. His new alligators will be ready for delivery as soon as the anesthesia wears off.
The operation is considered a success.
Flying under wing power is one of the most common requests in cybernetic research and, sadly, one we cannot achieve at market prices.
However, samples from a new type of bat found in Metroplex have brought us hope. The wings' leather is incredibly resilient for an organic material and the musculature is quite robust.
Culturing the cells has proven uneffective, so we began the first trial of directly replacing the arms. Owing to the wings' size, we began the experiment with 25kg patients.
Their developing systems proved exceptionally capable of integrating the wings. The hematophagic side effects are easily managed.
The operation is considered a success.
Although her OmniTech's ArtSkin allows for display of a range of colors and patterns, the patient has requested greater artistic freedom.
Through 360 degree optics, flexible skeletal structure, and microtexture expression on the skin, she can now become any art she desires.
Follow-up exams were unable to locate the patient. Many records related to the operation have been deleted and the doctor who authorized the deletion found in his home, identifiable only with genetic sampling.
The operation is considered a success.
Information-gathering implants were all the rage leading up to the Orbital Wars. However, they largely fell out of favor following widespread adaptation of the credit.
This particular patient requires secure storage of their own biological information for later retrieval in the case of untimely death, a sort of biological black box. We have designed a simple system of biomonitoring and storage to accomplish the feat.
Following preliminary tests on other patients, we've found that the stored biological information records a strange vibration in the bone. Amplified to audible volume, the patient's voice can be heard cursing those who have trapped them and begging for release from torment. We've found this audio data can be used to verify authenticity and detect tampering.
The operation is considered a success.
(And, if you if you have all the necessary components in your inventory and do not yet know the Recording Bone Leg recipe):
…Actually, this diagram isn't quite there, but you bet you could…
You've learned a new device recipe: Recording Bone Leg - Fit a Biomonitoring Circuit and two Formatted Memory Cores into a Skeletal Cyberleg (2 Energy)
Using cyberarms as computer input devices is a well-studied practice. However, this patient seems to believe that the world is a computer simulation.
It is the head researcher's opinion that the patient will accept any outcome so long as we follow his directions. The samples he brought, claiming they were "digital ectoplasm," were also quite unique. As such, we went ahead with the patient's plans.
After the operation, the patient happily began drawing patterns with his new hand, staring at the air as though strange shapes were being conjured in it.
It was not only him. Some of the research staff claimed that they could see them as well, shapes moving in the darkness like ghosts.
The operation is considered a success.
(And, if you if you have all the necessary components in your inventory and do not yet know the Gesturing Bone Arm recipe):
…Actually, this diagram isn't quite there, but you bet you could…
You've learned a new device recipe: Gesturing Bone Arm - Wire a Skeletal Cyberarm with a Twitch Controller and a Neural Bridge (2 Energy)
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