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====== Altjiran Enhancement Packages ====== | ====== Altjiran Enhancement Packages ====== | ||
Standardized in AR 863, [[Altjira Biomedical]] was commissioned to produce low-impact physical enhancements for the [[Astral Vanguard]]. With the impending threat of sterility from overly invasive or radical physical and genetic modification to the body, the primary concerns of this series of baseline enhancements were to improve the basic functionality of the being without leaving too strong of a genetic footprint. Worries that it might result in a race of superhuman beings who would usurp sections of society were secondary, but addressed. All of the enhancements were designed to be recessive and would fall away within no less than two generations, | Standardized in AR 863, [[Altjira Biomedical]] was commissioned to produce low-impact physical enhancements for the [[Astral Vanguard]]. With the impending threat of sterility from overly invasive or radical physical and genetic modification to the body, the primary concerns of this series of baseline enhancements were to improve the basic functionality of the being without leaving too strong of a genetic footprint. Worries that it might result in a race of superhuman beings who would usurp sections of society were secondary, but addressed. All of the enhancements were designed to be recessive and would fall away within no less than two generations, | ||
- | It is for this reason that bioenhancement [[Iromakuanhe:Culture# | + | It is for this reason that bioenhancement [[faction:iromakuanhe: |
In addition, these treatments may be reversed through long-term genetic therapy or faster through an intensive combination of gene therapy and [[prajna | In addition, these treatments may be reversed through long-term genetic therapy or faster through an intensive combination of gene therapy and [[prajna | ||
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=== Somatic Enhancements === | === Somatic Enhancements === | ||
- | As with Pattern 1 | + | Pilots receive the basic physical package, |
* Improved resistance to G-forces. | * Improved resistance to G-forces. | ||
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=== Mental Enhancements === | === Mental Enhancements === | ||
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+ | Due to the nature of modern VANDR-based warfare, most pilots endure a series of rigorous nervous alterations, | ||
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+ | In some cases, often the product of several years of successive modification, | ||
* Greatly improved mental acuity. | * Greatly improved mental acuity. | ||
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==== Pattern 3: Infantry Enhancements ==== | ==== Pattern 3: Infantry Enhancements ==== | ||
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=== Somatic Enhancements === | === Somatic Enhancements === | ||
- | Trauma-resistant skin and musculature. | + | The somatic enhancements given to the Vanguard' |
- | Improved skeletal and muscle density. | + | |
- | Improved tolerance to heat, cold and oxygen deprivation. | + | |
- | Improved senses. | + | * Improved skeletal and muscle density. |
+ | * Improved tolerance to heat, cold and oxygen deprivation. | ||
+ | * Improved senses. | ||
=== Mental Enhancements === | === Mental Enhancements === | ||
- | Enhanced reflexes. | + | The infantry package does not imply the same gross alterations to cognition as pilots receive, instead focusing on augmenting reflexes and physical coordination. Individuals that have received the infantry package will generally display dexterity that is borderline superhuman, but generally only slightly greater than the peak experienced by baselines. |
- | Improved physical coordination. | + | |
- | Enhanced sensory processing. (Light) | + | |
+ | * Improved physical coordination. | ||
+ | * Enhanced sensory processing. (Light) | ||