AliceTech: Useful Notes

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1. #1AT-00F

   Keys: AT-00F, flagship, popular, common, famous, inexpensive, cheap

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   The AT-00F "Charming Co-ed" model has been AliceTech’s flagship chassis since day one. The stock variant is of a blonde university-age woman, with large breasts and plump buttocks. Its popularity comes from its low price point, high quality, durable synthetic skin, customizability, and modularity (responsible for the characteristic cybernetic seams at each detachable joint). Users can tweak everything, as long as alternative parts such as the SCS (sold separately) are available. Said modularity and low cost means that AT-00F parts are often used as standalone cybernetics.

2. #2alicetech

   Keys: cybernetic, alicetech, cyberware, prosthetics, cybernetics, prostheses, prosthetic

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   AliceTech is the largest (but not only) manufacturer, developer, and maintainer of cybernetics in the world. Their speciality is in full-body prostheses - that is, the cybernetic replacement of every part of the body except the brain. AliceTech prides themselves on humanoid Cyborg models, their competitors tend to specialize into industrial, military, or specialist cybernetics.

   Before entering the cybernetics market, AliceTech was famous for their sexbots (their flagship AT-00F was originally designed as a sexbot before its utility as a cheap full-body prosthesis was realized). That legacy persists in that all AliceTech products are female by default (manufacturing exclusively female chassis more than halves manufacturing costs). It's impossible to read an AliceTech catalog and not notice this. If a customer wants a male variant, they are expected to perform the conversion using the SCS (sold separately).

3. #3Life Support

   Keys: LSSs, lsss, life support, Life Support, lss, LSS

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   Life Support Systems (LSS) come in two basic types: organ-type, and machine-type. An organ-type LSS looks like an obviously synthetic heart and lungs, with a fourth "organ" (called the metabolizer) that covers all other biological functions required for life. It fits neatly into the thoracic cavity. Organ-type LSSs are the standard for most humanoid applications, as they still breathe, have a pulse, and can digest food for nutrition (although a quirk of the design is that waste has to be expelled through the same passage, usually the mouth. This is done in the form of a small concentrated pellet about once per week). They are commonly used in medicine.

   Machine-type LSSs are small systems that can take on any shape, but often roughly the shape of a VCR. They can provide everything but nutrition. Machine-type LSSs can function with nothing but power, even in conditions as harsh as the vacuum of space.

4. #4Cyborg

   Keys: Cyborg, Cyborgs, cyborgs, cyborg

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   A legal Cyborg is anyone who has had their brain installed into a brain-case. The term is now synonymous with total or near-total cyberization. Cyborgs have to register themselves with the government, similar to obtaining a passport. In all other aspects, they are legally identical to humans. In case it matters, most Cyborgs still need to eat, breathe, and sleep.

   A person with extensive cybernetics, but no brain-case, is called a "Semicybe".

5. #5Brain-Case

   Keys: Brain-Case, Braincase, brain-case, braincase

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   The brain-case is a clear, hard plastic shell that holds a brain. It acts as the interface between the brain, LSS, and the rest of the body, cybernetic or otherwise. Brain-cases are interchangeable. A brain-case, in isolation, can keep the brain inside it alive for about twenty-four hours. Most brain-cases also contain a camera, microphone, and speaker for the benefit of the brain.

6. #6Storage

   Keys: storage, Storage

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   A Storage Case is a container designed for the storage of a brain-case outside of the body. They are usually cubes that when opened, contain a machine-type LSS and a cavity for the case. Most Storage Cases can keep a brain alive for weeks, until nutrition is required from an external source. Long-Term Storage Cases do exist, capable of maintaining life indefinitely. They are characterised by the presense of the nutrition rod (informally known as "the phallus"), which is inserted directly into the brain within the brain-case. In essence, the phallus brainfucks the brain-case as it provides nutrition. Nanomech reinforcement and eating modifications are necessary to place a brain-case into a long-term storage case.

7. #7Brain

   Keys: Brain, brain

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   Most Cyborgs don't modify their brain beyond installing it into a brain-case, but AliceTech offers enthusiasts additional services. These modifications include absorbing organic matter directly ("eating"), nanomech reinforcement, elasticity, self-lubrication when aroused, and the ability to manipulate its own shape like a muscle. Nanomech reinforcement and eating modifications are necessary to place a brain-case into a long-term storage case.

8. #8configuration

   Keys: brain, head, chest, mount, abdomen, configuration, type

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   There are three common mounting points for a brain-case in a full-body prosthesis: the cranium, the thoracic cavity, and the abdominal cavity. The most common arrangement is to place the brain-case in the cranium, an organ-type LSS in the thoracic cavity, and a redundant machine-type LSS in the abdominal cavity (which many Cyborgs remove to use the space for other enhancements, or even the utility of having internal storage space).

9. #9cranium-brain

   Keys: cranium-brain, head brain, head-brain, cranium brain

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   The cranium-brain configuration is the most common. In addition to being the traditional layout, minimising the distance between the brain-case and sensors improves reliability. The downside is that the head is vulnerable, being the only mounting point unable to hold a brain-case and LSS of any type simultaneously.

10. #10thorax-brain

    Keys: thorax-brain, thorax brain, chest brain, chest-brain

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    The thorax-brain configuration is prefered by Cyborgs that use highly modular bodies. Keeping the brain-case and an organic-type LSS all enclosed in the ribcage offers maximal protection, and can effectively be treated as a single interchangeable part. The downside is that the space limitations require either an expensive compact organic-type LSS, or a machine-type LSS with another means of supplying nutrition (usually via the "eating" modification of the brain).

11. #11abdomen-brain

    Keys: abdomen brain, abdomen-brain

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    The abdomen-brain configuration is the least common, but has a cult following amongst fetishists. The abdominal cavity is the largest (even with a brain-case mounted, it's still mostly empty), and the proximity to the genital region maximizes sensitivity in sexual contexts. However, the large distance between the brain-case and the head sensors occasionally has complications, which manifests as the occasional short period of clumsiness.

    Fetishists often mount the brain-case directly onto the genital unit for maximum stimulation. When relevant, this is mutually incompatible with a cybernetic womb.

12. #12Cyborg registration laws

    Keys: cyberware, cybernetics, Cyborg

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    The main purpose of the Cyborg registration laws are to prevent Cyborgs from abusing their ability to radically change their appearence on short notice for malicious intent. They exist after a scandal involving an old man who became a Cyborg to use a little girl body for pedophilic purposes. As a rule of thumb, if a modification would alter your appearance enough that a photo-ID would fail to ID you, you'll need to register another Cyborg body. Cyborgs may register as many bodies as they like. Common examples are maintaining a civilian and industrial body, or maintaining bodies of both sex. The registration is similar to applying for a passport. A Cyborg who is unwilling to do this may consider becoming an Appliance.

13. #13appliance

    Keys: appliance

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    An Appliance is a Cyborg who has renounced their human responsibilities in exchange for also renouncing their human rights. An Appliance must be owned, and Appliances can't legally own anything (including assets, debts, and liabilities). The owner has to have an Appliance license, similar to a deed for a car. Usually, when someone chooses to become an appliance, they sell their ownership to someone they trust. The owner can modify the Appliance as they see fit, as they would a toaster, personal computer, or factory equipment. The Appliance license exists because killing an Appliance is still murder. If the trust between Appliance and owner is broken, it is very difficult (but not impossible) for the Appliance to regain their legal humanity. There are laws against abusive Appliance owners, but they are difficult to enforce.

14. #14reproduction

    Keys: sperm, egg, pregnancy, pregnant, birth, reproduction

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    Cyborgs (and naturally, anyone with prosthetic/synthetic genitals) are sterile - cybernetic ovaries and testicles are impossible. However, a DNA sample from each parent is sufficient to construct a synthetic fertilized egg, which can then be implanted into a womb (cybernetic or otherwise). The result is a normal human baby. A Cyborg with a cybernetic womb can experience pregnancy and give birth in this manner. Notably, if the same person provides both samples, the process can effectively create a clone of the parent. For legal purposes, the father is the contributor to the synthetic sperm, and the mother the contributor to the synthetic egg. It is possible for two people of the same biological sex to reproduce in this manner.

15. #15cybermedicine

    Keys: surgery, cybermedicine, operation, heal, medicine, medical, healthy, healing, health, cybersurgery

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    AliceTech cybernetics have influenced modern medicine significantly. With the advent of full-body prostheses, standard cybermedicine doctrine is "cut and paste": cut out anything biological that doesn't work properly or is no longer necessary, and paste in a cybernetic replacement.

    Organ-type LSSs have had the biggest influence, since they can replace the entire cardiovascular, digestive, endocrine, lymphatic, and urinary systems (collectively called the critical systems) simultaneously. Individual replacement of organs with cybernetic equivalents is no longer done. Standard procedure in the event of an illness affecting any part of the critical systems is their complete removal, and replacement with a thoracic organ-type LSS. The abdominal cavity is left empty after the operation, which takes most patients some time to get used to.

16. #16SCS

    Keys: customisation, SCS, modify, personalisation, personalization, personalise, mod, customization, personalize, customise, customize, custom

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    The AliceTech Standard Customisation Suite (SCS) is effectively a toolbox and collection of spare parts that allows users to customize aesthetics like hair, faceplates, skin colour, breast size, butt size, age, gender, sex, and brain-case mount of their cybernetics and full-body prostheses. The SCS is sold separately from any other cybernetics, as most customers will only ever need one. The SCS is not capable of performance enhancement (such as strength, dexterity, constitution, intelligence, wisdom, or charisma enhancement).

17. #17Co-ed Crisis

    Keys: controversy, problems, history, historic, problem, crises, crisis, controversies

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    Early adopters of full-body cyberization discovered the AT-00F sexbot could be used as the cheapest full-body prosthetic option on the market: "why buy a custom chassis when you could just… become the Co-ed?" Cue the Co-ed Crisis: streets flooded with AT-00F clones, couples accidentally gifting each other the same cybernetic chassis, people staring at their own doppelgängers walking down the street. The crisis ended when AliceTech pivoted into cybernetics, improved the AT-00F to be used as a dedicated prosthetic, and released the SCS.

18. #18Cyberization

    Keys: go back, undo, Cyberization, replacement, revert, cyberisation, restore, cyberize, replace

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    Cyberization (the process of replacing biological matter with cybernetics) is permanent. Although cybernetic components can be customised, they cannot be replaced with biological ones. Removed biological material is incinerated as biowaste.

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