[gurps] Brainships in GURPs 3ed

[Troy Guffey]

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Classified TS/BBR wrote:

> Since Shellpeople exist in a world where Brain-transplant/Full-body
> Cyborgs apparently don't, I'd probably define the "shell" istelf as
> an Automed (VE68) plus Neural Interface as a minimum. to do it
> properly you'd want to design a minimalist vehicle around it
> (Wheels, Robot arms, Auditory & Visual Sensors) & call the entire
> thing the "shell" (IIRC the use of the Neural interface should let
> you rule
> that the space occupied by the Automed is the Crew Quarters, Life
> Support (ESU functions), & Crew "position"), with commlinks both
> for communication & linking into whatever the larger vehicle or
> installation the Shellperson is in charge of. 


If you're going for full authenticity, the Helva-era shells don't
have even minimal sensors on the shell, just the life-support and a
"socket" neural interface.  After a certain incident in "The Ship Who
Sings" they get a minimal auditory and visual sensor on the shell.  
But not even the latest stories have wheels or arms on the shell
itself.  That's a *major* plot point.  They also do not have "remote"
neural links, just hard-wire on the shell.  Tia uses the *ship's*
remote links to run her android body.

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