 Dermal sheathing., What does it look like exactly? |
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 Aug 5 2007, 04:11 AM
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Running Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,479 Joined: 6-May 05 From: Idaho Member No.: 7,377  |
I have a memory/idea from previous editions that Dermal Sheathing looks kinda like the X-manColossus's skin......but beyond that I am lost.... Reading the description in Augmentation it says it is a coating that is weaved into the users skin. This makes me think it is pretty much like orthoskin, not to obvious. But then it talks about modifying the texture like Dermal Plates.... Anybody have a good way of describing it? |
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Aug 5 2007, 05:19 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 831 Joined: 5-September 05 From: LAX, UCAS Member No.: 7,687 |
That was the way it was pictured back in Cybertechnology, which was presumably covered by synthskin normally. I would assume the implantation methods have changed since '56 given the description in Augmentation.
As for describing it, basically it can be as obvious or subtle as the owner wants IMO. |
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Aug 5 2007, 08:59 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,556 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 98 |
I always imagined it as being a lot like normal skin, except with a texture issue. Ever seen someone with an old healed full-thickness burn, or something similar? You don't notice anything unless you're at conversational distances, and then you start to notice that the texture is off, or they aren't growing hair there, or something along those lines.
Waxy and smooth, is one way to think of it. Rough like sandpaper, and with lines kind of like a rough statue would be another. Depends on the style you want. |
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Aug 5 2007, 08:52 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...don't forget, you can also get Dermal Sheathing with Ruthenium Polymers, so you can wear the SK logo proudly on your chest, literally.
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Aug 6 2007, 04:19 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 251 Joined: 29-April 02 Member No.: 2,659 |
I think that was for people who want to be the Major. |
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Aug 6 2007, 04:40 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 95 Joined: 23-June 07 From: Akron, OH Member No.: 11,993 |
I also think that no matter the level, it should still cover the whole body. The different levels just provide better protection and more unnatural texture, as well as allowing for the chameleon option.
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Aug 6 2007, 05:01 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Banned Posts: 3,732 Joined: 1-September 05 From: Prague, Czech Republic Member No.: 7,665 |
I think that's unlikely, as the first color-changing dermal sheathe was in Cybertechnology (copyright 1995). Since that was being written in the United States while Kôkaku kidôtai was being made in Nippon, I think it highly likely that it was a completely independent invention with neither seeding the other. -Frank |
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Aug 6 2007, 06:06 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
While color-changing dermal sheaths and cyberlimbs were available in Cybertechnology, the ability to strip naked and be invisible wasn't available until Man and Machine.
Cybertechnology's dermal sheathing; notice the lack of nipples. |
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Aug 6 2007, 06:31 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
ah, nipples. the bane of all humanity...
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