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On Cyberorgans, Synthorgans, and Surgery
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(02-07-2023, 10:59 AM)RelentlessGarbage Wrote: Basically, what I’m asking is: how relevant are the non-limb cyberorgans and synthorgans for roboticists and doctors? Do they see much regular use? And how often (in your experience) do people require emergency organ replacements?

In my experience cyber organs see plenty of use but 99% of it is self surgery and often at round start. As a doctor its much easier to try and heal failing organs than to have to do a transplant in an emergency.
In the particular case of classic, if you show up at medbay with dead organs I'll try to save you but you will probably end up dead, but maybe not for the reason you think. Its because to perform surgery I might have to first chase a couple of monkeys from the OR that the geneticists let out, then realise all the surgical tools have been misplaced or stolen and by the time I go to the fabricator to get new ones and remember the correct tool order for the surgery you need, you are likely dead from organ failure, or in such bad state that the surgery itself will kill you.

Synthorgans and limbs on the other hand you never ever see, aside from the ones you get from the green thumb traits. And for very obvious and simple reasons. Synthorgans provide no benefits over normal organs aside from slightly increased health and are more difficult to procure than the readily fabricator available cyberorgans. Synthlimbs have the very convenient trait of being attachables without surgery, but how often do your limbs blow up ? Nobody wants to ask botany for limbs, wait for them to grow, then have to go to medbay for amputation, when they can just walk into robotics at roundstart and ask for cyber limbs.

(02-07-2023, 03:30 PM)Frolicsome Flufficorn Wrote: But the Main issue from my perspective is that its for some reason heavily shamed upon by people to get these organ replacements. Like I see someone go to get their organs replaced and 7/10 Ill see someone basically call the person getting them either a power gamer or accusing them of only wanting them since they are a antagonist. Both of which heavily reduce the want to receive them from people. Idk, I think that this is just my view on the matter but I think the perception of people who get cyber organs is heavily tainted by people assuming they are getting them to power game.

I tend to be that guy in medbay who calls out eager surgery enthusiasts. But not because of the power gaming aspect of it. Its because 99% of the time its some non medical crew rushing in medbay hacking every door and vendor to perform self surgery as fast as possible and doing their damn best to not interact at all with any doctor.
And I know why they do it this way. Because when you know what you are doing is just simpler and faster than to ask a doctor, if there is any around who may or may not know what they are doing.

All in all, I'm not a big fan of self surgery, beyond simple shrapnel removal.
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RE: On Cyberorgans, Synthorgans, and Surgery - by Decarcassor - 02-07-2023, 10:58 PM

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