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Ask Neia - 3 6/10

by iPoke The Absolute Worst

Posted 6 months ago

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Shadow-mane ~shadow-mane

Writer

6 months ago

Makes sense you have to fulfill on phase 3. After all all that hardware would have to me custom made.

iPoke ~ipoke

The Absolute Worst

6 months ago

Yup. Manufacturing bespoke gear itself is pretty trivial, but the gear itself is pretty damn expensive, as is the integration and recovery process.

HellaCoorinna ~hellacoorinna

Writer (sometimes)

6 months ago

So for awards, do these guys for for the more British/Commonwealth style or more the American 'fruit-salad' approach?

iPoke ~ipoke

The Absolute Worst

6 months ago

Haven't actually thought about that. Probably fruity, but maybe a different style of fruit.

six ~six

6 months ago

Get to phase 3 and then desert, got it.

Dr. Kesten ~steelhelix

Mad Scientist

6 months ago

Any military giving augmentations like that is going to include a locator functionality in them, most likely bio status indicators as well. Less about deserters and more for battlefield awareness... but it'd work for both.

six ~six

6 months ago

Dystopian, but understandable. Hopefully there's a way to get those turned off when someone gets out.

Dr. Kesten ~steelhelix

Mad Scientist

6 months ago

Agreed, but as I said it would be less about deserters and more about information a commander would need to know in a fight... what status the troops are, where they are located, how combat capable they are, etc.

six ~six

6 months ago

I mean that's completely understandable, the only reason it's dystopian is that they would also know everywhere you went and everything you were doing while off duty. They would very much know when the soldier was having sex, for instance, and it would probably even trip an alert due to the sudden change in heart rate, blood chemistry, etc. That would be an extreme invasion of privacy that's barely tolerable for active duty, and would be completely unacceptable for a civilian.

Dr. Kesten ~steelhelix

Mad Scientist

6 months ago

It would depend on how it's implemented. A system could be designed so it only transmitted your information when an external signal was transmitted to do so and would notify you that it was online, this would also make sense when running stealth missions so you wouldn't be constantly transmitting and giving away your position. That said, in the original discussion point of going deserter, the locator beacon could be turned on remotely via a broadband signal.

six ~six

6 months ago

That makes more sense.

Spiffydragon ~spiffydragon

Digital Artist

6 months ago

In a world fully onboard with neurotechnology and enhancement, I wouldn't be surprised if there is a subculture centered around modding, cracking, and doubly enhancing. Logic interconnects can be fooled / broken, firmware flashes can render hardware useless, and manually cutting out antennae can airgap the user. Having hardware be always online / phoning home to not brick or detonate would be bad for a long-term war.

I would be prodding everything I could get my hands on.

Dr. Kesten ~steelhelix

Mad Scientist

6 months ago

Agreed, but in the context of Six's comment, if you had those kind of abilities and skills in the first place then getting the equipment by way of desertion seems unlikely. It would be more likely to get the military grade implants from blackmarket suppliers or such and not have a personal and direct connection which can be traced.

six ~six

6 months ago

For the record my comment was a joke, and for precisely this reason; that would be an incredibly stupid thing to do.

Dr. Kesten ~steelhelix

Mad Scientist

6 months ago

Agreed.

Kain Primus ~kainsparda

Metal Gear Smilodon

6 months ago

I imagine if they cyberize your extremities and organs, there's a very clear clause that they have a killswitch for it if you so much as entertain a thought of skipping out after installation.

Dr. Kesten ~steelhelix

Mad Scientist

6 months ago

Entirely possible as well, though that doesn't seem like something iPoke's species would do unless it was as a means of preventing capture during extremely specific mission types.

six ~six

6 months ago

Any ability to remotely control the hardware, especially in a way that could disable the soldier, exposes an attack surface that would be very attractive for enemy cyberattacks.