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| - Bionics (also known as bionical creativity engineering) is the application of biological methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology.
- In cybernetics, bionics was the application of biological methods and systems in the engineering of technology. In 2063, during the Borg invasion in Montana, Lily Sloane described the Borg as "bionic zombies." (Star Trek: First Contact)
- Bionics are artificial replacements for compromised body parts. As developed by Anthony and Will Anthros, they are not just substitutes but enhancements that allow for improved physical response. They are comprised of two major elements: the item being replaced and molecular machines in the patient's bloodstream, called anthrocites. ("Second Chances")
- Augmetic implants are ubiquitous throughout the Imperium. From the prosthetic limbs of Imperial Guard veterans, to the life-extending sanguinary actuators of ancient savants, to the multi-jointed mechadendrites of the Adeptus Mechanicus, one is hard pressed to find a resident of a civilised world who does not sport some form of bionic implant. Within the upper classes of Imperial society, where money is freely spent in service to status and fashion, the scions of nobility strut like peacocks displaying a plumage of coiling wire and ribbed augmetic tubing. But for some, bionic modification is more than a mark of status, age, or devotion to the Omnissiah. For some, it is an obsession. For these few, known as Augmenticists, there is no greater goal than physical and aesthetic perfection. It i
- Bionics is a science that combines "biology" and "electronics". A surgery is performed to allow the biology of the recipient's body to control electronic implants or prostheses. Once completed, a Bionic person has enhanced abilities. The Bionics Program; also called Bionic Sciences or Project Cyborg was overseen by Rudy Wells in conjunction with Oscar Goldman. The Bionics Program, apart from overseeing the rebuilding of bionic agents provided follow up care and maintenance to the bionic systems of their agents also acted as a research and development program for various projects. It is unclear what role the Bionics Program played in the latter part of the 1990's apart from providing necessary care and maintenance, because no mention is ever made of ongoing research and development efforts
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| - Bionics is a science that combines "biology" and "electronics". A surgery is performed to allow the biology of the recipient's body to control electronic implants or prostheses. Once completed, a Bionic person has enhanced abilities. The Bionics Program; also called Bionic Sciences or Project Cyborg was overseen by Rudy Wells in conjunction with Oscar Goldman. The Bionics Program, apart from overseeing the rebuilding of bionic agents provided follow up care and maintenance to the bionic systems of their agents also acted as a research and development program for various projects. It is unclear what role the Bionics Program played in the latter part of the 1990's apart from providing necessary care and maintenance, because no mention is ever made of ongoing research and development efforts into the next generation of bionics or new bionic agents.
- Bionics (also known as bionical creativity engineering) is the application of biological methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology.
- Bionics are artificial replacements for compromised body parts. As developed by Anthony and Will Anthros, they are not just substitutes but enhancements that allow for improved physical response. They are comprised of two major elements: the item being replaced and molecular machines in the patient's bloodstream, called anthrocites. ("Second Chances") Jae suggests that bionics have "muscle memory", which allows for default usage patterns to be programmed into them. These patterns enable a patient to instinctively use them, without formal training. ("Paradise Lost") It is also something both Jae and Sarah Corvus see as a weakness of bionics, in that they produce predictable responses. One of Jae's primary goals in combat training with Jaime is to get her to beyond the default programming and find a way to make her bionics respond to her will. This sentiment is mirrored by Sarah's contention that The Berkut Group are deliberately hiding knowledge of the full power of bionics from Jaime.("Sisterhood") Bionics appear to be the exclusive intellectual property of The Berkut Group. However, as evidenced by Sarah Corvus' post-Berkut bionic modifications, the Group is unable to completely control access to bionic technology. Because Anthony Anthros was serving a sentence for treason for selling bionic technology to "the highest bidder", it is implied that bionics are known to the US Government and a state secret.
- In cybernetics, bionics was the application of biological methods and systems in the engineering of technology. In 2063, during the Borg invasion in Montana, Lily Sloane described the Borg as "bionic zombies." (Star Trek: First Contact)
- Augmetic implants are ubiquitous throughout the Imperium. From the prosthetic limbs of Imperial Guard veterans, to the life-extending sanguinary actuators of ancient savants, to the multi-jointed mechadendrites of the Adeptus Mechanicus, one is hard pressed to find a resident of a civilised world who does not sport some form of bionic implant. Within the upper classes of Imperial society, where money is freely spent in service to status and fashion, the scions of nobility strut like peacocks displaying a plumage of coiling wire and ribbed augmetic tubing. But for some, bionic modification is more than a mark of status, age, or devotion to the Omnissiah. For some, it is an obsession. For these few, known as Augmenticists, there is no greater goal than physical and aesthetic perfection. It is through repeated bionic surgery that Augmenticists believe such a goal can be attained. There are as many reasons for becoming an Augmenticist as there are Augmenticists themselves. An ageing servant, driven by fervent devotion, replaces his failing organs one by one lest he die leaving some task incomplete. A warrior of exceptional skill nevertheless becomes frustrated with the limits of the human body, undertaking repeated muscle grafts and the implantation of ever-more lethal weapons in a quest to become death incarnate. The foppish merchant prince, a slave to youth and beauty, puts himself under the surgeon’s knife time and again until he has attained statuesque allure and an inhuman tolerance to even the most exotic intoxicants. It is not long before such burgeoning Augmenticists pass the point of no return, reasoning in their various ways that they are better off as beings of mechanical perfection than creatures of crude and ugly flesh. As they pursue their physical ideal, many Augmenticists declare their contempt for the flesh proudly, displaying each new implant with gleeful abandon, every graft moving them one more step above the ruck and run of humanity. Others hide their increasingly artificial bodies behind knowing smiles and tailored robes, content in the knowledge of their own physical superiority. However, an Augmenticist’s obsession rarely ends in the realm of the physical. What is the mind, they reason, but another organ to be improved upon or replaced? The Cult Mechanicus looks upon Augmenticists with the same cold logic with which it evaluates all things. Most Tech-priests applaud the burgeoning Augmenticist for recognising the limitations of the flesh and for taking steps towards the “true flesh” of the Machine God. Unfortunately, as an Augmenticist is implanted with increasingly complex devices for ever-more-selfish reasons, the Adeptus Mechanicus comes to regard him as a fetishistic dabbler, an abuser of both his body and the sacred technology that infuses it. It takes an Augmenticist of exceptional comportment and devotion to maintain the respect of the Cult Mechanicus. For their part, Augmenticists tend to view Tech-priests as hidebound dogmatists weighted down with ugly cybernetics. Despite their differing opinions, many alliances have been struck between individual Augmenticists and the servants of the Machine God. Augmenticist Rogue Traders have been known to escort Exploratory contingents deep into wilderness space in the hopes of being the first to benefit from whatever bionic technology may be rediscovered. In their quest for the rarest and most potent implants, Augmenticists all too often come into contact with Heretek factions and fabricators of proscribed technology. Augmenticists who report such groups quickly earn the respect and gratitude of the Adeptus Mechanicus, often becoming regular informants for both the Machine Cult and the Inquisition. As Augmenticists evolve, they find themselves becoming more familiar with the ways of machines and less comfortable amongst beings of flesh and blood. They spend the majority of their time in private, tuning up their implants and polishing exposed metal, emerging only to seek out new cybernetic technology and engage in social activities that best allow them to display their unreal forms. Some Augmenticists come to view those without bionics with disdain, replacing servants and crew with Servitors and augmented savants. To the true Augmenticist, such isolation is a small price to pay for physical perfection and the immortality of steel.
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