Lower-quality prosthetics

Started by Covered in Weasels, March 09, 2015, 11:50:00 AM

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Covered in Weasels

When colonists lose a limb, the only options for replacement are expensive cybernetic body parts or dirt-cheap peg legs. In the case of anything besides legs, you basically have to live with the loss until you have the several thousand silver required for a cybernetic. These expensive upgrades aren't necessary for many colonists -- Meredith the 80-year-old gardener doesn't need RoboCop vision, she just needs some simple visual sensors to replace her cataract-afflicted eyes. I remeber seeing basic prosthetics occasionally, but for some reason these are more rare than cybernetic parts.

I propose altering the rarity of these items so regular prosthetic limbs/organs are more common than cybernetics. Prosthetics would function just like a healthy biological version of the part they replaced, possibly while being less resistant to damage as a balancing factor. Cybernetics would continue to be more effective and resilient than a biological limb/organ, but we would have more options to rehabilitate colonists with missing limbs.

BetaSpectre

PEG LEGS!!!
HOOK ARMS!
Uh? Glass Eyes?
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