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Worldbuilding Prompt How Are Cybernetic Implants Powered in Star Army?

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I saw this question recently on Reddit and thought that it's a great question for the minds of Star Army. In our shared universe of SARP, how are people with cybernetic implants like Hoshi Sanda (robot arm) providing them with enough power to do their thing? Most types of generators would have a major heat issue...so they have to change batteries every few hours?
 
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That is a good question, and here's what GPT had to say

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this also makes sense to me, as someone who plays Cyborgs.
 
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We do already have things like wireless charging fields with stuff like CFS recharging NSBz, maybe something like that could exist but on a lower power scale? So every time you walk near one or sit down your cybernetics get topped up. Could have one on your bed that just fully recharges them wirelessly while you sleep

Ironically this tech sort of exists irl but it's very limited
 
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I would agree that it depends. There are a few levels of intensity a plasma weapon has very different power requirements than a computer in your head. Overall, I feel that we have very compact energy generation and storage. What that means is that I suspect most of it is done with batteries that rarely need charging (at least years between charges) and it's done relatively quickly. For low power applications, it is possible they use the body to generate energy. For example, some pacemakers are powered by heartbeats. For high energy things such as say a plasma rifle in your arm, you probably need to 'reload' at some point after use.

Overall I think that running out of power in your implant is rarely a source of conflict. That said, there are characters such as Maradia and situations where running out of energy has been a source of conflict. So it's not something that never happens.
 
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Advancer Enterprises relies on cellular respiration (powered the same way natural cells are, making and using ATP). So they have the drawback of making people hungrier as they need to eat more and their bodies needing to process added organic waste products. Have thought about making artificial mitochondria to address that better, which then got me thinking about artificial cyanobacteria. But that is not within the scope of the question.

If an implant is subjected to stress, it could possible be powered via material using the piezoelectric effect or maybe just the difference between the body temp and the outside atmosphere if it is an external implant.
 
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