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Biopunk Brainstorming
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Topic Started: Aug 5 2016, 04:48 PM (1,336 Views)
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Aug 5 2016, 04:48 PM
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Here is a thread for discussing the biopunk/apocalyptic genre setting that has come up in general discussion. If we get enough support for the idea and ideas that are liked, we could potentially turn this into a community cafe project, or (if people consent) one individual could take the ideas and develop them by themselves, posting the results in the cafe afterwards.
Below are the ideas I initially proposed; none are concrete.
Spoiler: click to toggle - The genetic cross-clades integration (GCI) was created by a well intentioned scientist as a method of better integrating potential beneficial aspects of organisms with one another, with the intention of them mixing for the purposes of agriculture and healthcare. The initial implications of this creation were initially suppressed in the media by the scientist's colleagues, so that only those with a keen scientific mind would pursue alternative paths with the methodology. Once the scientist discovered this, they personally ensured that the process was made public.
- GCI primarily works as a method of bridging the gaps between different clades and phyla, using a the common language of DNA to encourage healthy growth and development of foreign coding.
- The process was partially inspired by the phylum Rotifera, of which some individuals are able to directly take proteins from other organisms and implement them into their progeny, giving them aspects of the collected organisms that they would not initially possess.
- The act of making this information public resulted in a rise of DIY geneticists, creating specialised workstations and incubators for their creations. Whilst many countries had laws preventing certain actions taking place, it didn't prevent others, such as the splicing of invertebrates.
- Future laws made to prevent the increase in hybrids and the like we're later known as the God Laws, as it was believed by some that the lord would follow similar laws so as to prevent any one creation damaging the others (this rule seems to ignore humans).
- Wyrms are the result of people trying to create dragons, as the attempt to do so was an unusual but overall unsurprising circumstance of making this technology public. Most wyrms were made of lizards, snakes, and bats, but others were made of different organisms (especially in the east, where Lungs became a popular project), such as felines, mustelids, fish, and birds. In this new world, some wyrms still exist; most are small scavengers, others are less friendly. The larger the wyrm, the less likely it is to be able to obtain powered flight.
- Whilst many were repulsed by the idea of playing god, others jumped at the occasion, with one small fanatic group coming together to emulate the animalistic deities of the ancient Egyptian pantheon. Hiring wetwarers to create creatures for them, they hide behind animal masks and are believed to all have some aspect of one of the deities (for example, 'Isis' has feathers implanted and growing out of her back, shoulders, and arms). Some believe that behind the masks, their faces are less than human.
- Half human hybrids were considered, but were overall forbidden in the God Laws. This didn't stop some people creating them successfully towards the end of modern civilisation. The most successful of these by far were the ghouls, created by implanting primate (presumably human) genetic material into spotted hyenas. These creatures still follow the hyena hierarchy and in many ways still act like hyenas, but now are capable of tool use, learning new technologies, and teaching these skills to others. The ghouls come into conflict with humans over resources, and as of yet alliances and truces are very rare.
- The unfortunate side effect of genetically engineered 'gastroformes' was The Meat; a tumorous byproduct that grows quickly without aim or intent. Most Meat is harmless and very little of it is even alive for long, as they quickly burn up their nutrient reserves and then simply turn into chunks of unpalatable meat. Other Meat, meanwhile, is less than friendly.
- The harmless Gastroformes are hooked into a nutrient drip, where food and water are pumped directly into the organism. It becomes bloated over time, and either is 'killed' and eaten or allowed to asexually produce polyps, which can then be removed and grown separately. In the apocalypse, they haven't fared too well due to the lack of people available to keep them fed and healthy, as well as their lack of immunity to diseases due to the quarantined environment they lived in.
- The less pleasant Meat often appears as eldritch abominations, though few of them reach great sizes due to the low number of them that are capable of feeding themselves. These tentacled creatures vary in intelligence from pure instinct to about the intellect of an octopus. A popular hobby of a select few survivors is to collect small Meats and put them in jars of alcohol.
- Designer pets became a thing over time, though many of these have since died, due to their inability to survive without dependency on humans. They were primarily bred to be docile and small, with attempts to breed hunting or fighting breeds being swiftly exterminated.
- There were hopes that the surge in genetics technology would enable the resurrection of the dinosaurs, but this was not to be. The lack of DNA available still meant that they could not be brought back; however, other prehistoric organisms with DNA traces available were brought back for research, and neo-dinosaurs were made from techniques used in the domestic splice animal trade. The lives of the resurrected creatures were often short and sad, due to them being used more for research and dissections than being allowed to live with others of their own kind in the wild (this option was ruled out due to potential ecological repercussions).
- The public gained the right to purchase some organic cosmetics as a result of GCI, such as bioluminescent tattoos, scale/feather grafts etc. Some individuals were able to pay a lot of money to get illegal, more extreme implants, but these in general are looked down on as being unethical.
- Rumors of flesh golems prowling the open plains at dusk may have more than just a hint of truth to them. Whilst it is unknown if they are the result of Meat or some kind of hybridization, these brutes tear living creatures to pieces, integrating their tissues into the hulking mass of skinless flesh. The golems are a very susceptible to diseases and parasites, making them arguably more dangerous for what they carry than just their physical presence.
- Biological warfare is believed to have occurred in some regions, but it is unknown for certain how frequently the freak diseases are the result of experiments and how many times they are just an unfortunate result of organisms becoming more vulnerable to zoonosis. With parts going from one creature to another, zoonotic diseases are now the most dangerous, meaning domesticated animals must be constantly vaccinated. Getting vaccinations is in itself a dangerous process; the immediate vulnerability to disease following the injection can easily lead to critical conditions/death.
- Potential scenario: the apocalypse caused by the genetic warfare, plagues, and monsters has reduced the world to a borderline medieval state. Those who have skills in wetware are considered 'Wizards', and the creatures they don't make (such as the golems) are seen as either gods or things made by long gone sorcerers. This could potentially be Mad Max mixed with biopunk.
- Some wetwarers created mythological creatures through GCI. For example, griffons were made through DNA extracted from poached animals, cerberus were made through puppy mills, and small 'aquarium monsters' were made out of fish and amphibians. In general, wetwarers made the most extraordinary creatures when they had access to quickly available animals in large quantities- this resulted in an increase of animal smuggling, illegal animal breeding, and poaching.
- If this continued for a long period of time, it could become harder to discern what counts as a separate species and what didn't; as long as two mongrels are willing to reproduce, they could end up making fertile offspring, Alternatively, certain animal reproductive rates may decrease as species find it harder to find organisms that are willing to mate with them and are able to produce fertile offspring from the mating.
- The presence of a lot of biotechnology does not render modern technology void in this setting. Whilst much will be destroyed in the apocalypse, that which remains is still effective at ensuring human survival and monster destruction.
- The environment has had to deal with the evolutionary dead ends that wetwarers have flushed down toilets and released into the wild, which are either wastes of space or detrimental to the environment around them due to their lack of self sustainability.
- The environment after the apocalypse is one where survivors must be very careful to ensure personal hygiene is good. Face masks and gas masks are common, as is eye protection and the ownership of many pairs of gloves. Antiseptic is treated as a valuable resource, and any survivor without a first aid kit is as good as dead.
- Gremlins are now a thing. These small creatures are likely hybrids of rodents and mustelids, and they have an annoying habit of chewing electric cables and wiring. A gremlin infestation can be a nightmare to get rid of.
- The freedom of biotechnology and genetics had sparked a development of differing views on designer babies and cloning. Many of the results of this change woke up to the world after the apocalypse.
- Star nosed bats. No particular reason or origin, I just thought they'd be cool.
- Various pills and tablets are made through the usage of GCI to help resist diseases, as well as to provide temporary enhancements.
- Designer children were created in a second baby boom. Whilst smaller than the original, the babies made during this event were seen as a new generation being born into a world where the very essence of life was at mankind's fingertips. These babies were either born in test tubes or artificially inseminated, resulting in some of them not having belly buttons. These children have no specific physiological or mental advantages over normal humans, but could potentially be born with the knowledge that they were born with a specific appearance or purpose in mind. For example, some may be made to fit the parent's desires, whilst others may be born to look like specific individuals (e.g. Dead relatives, celebrities etc), which can have negative mental effects on the individuals.
- Bioluminescent tattoos look amazing in the dark, but look like a mixture of bruising and goosebumps when not active. These tattoos are activated by rubbing the area with a warm object (such as a hand), and must be annually implanted with fresh batches of bioluminescent bacteria in case some die due to poor care.
- Songbirds were merged together to produce birds that could create 'bands' for music in public areas. Whilst first controlled, they eventually escaped captivity and spread out, similar to the invasive parrot things in London. These birds now live in overgrown parts of urbanized areas, where their songs provide little comfort to survivors.
- Some wetwarers enjoy creating 'homunculi'; combinations of human and animal DNA that are dependent on outside nutrients, with their containers acting like a womb. These are kept by those with both resources and a lack of ethical issues on the matter, and with the new world treating them like wizards, the sense of superiority can lead to a decrease of issues in favour of showing off their power. The process tends to either require obtaining living sperm and ova, or the removal of a developing fetus from a human body.
- Mutation rates in humans have increased, causing polydactyly, tumorous growths, strange lumps, cleft lips etc. Designer children are less likely to get these, resulting in them being seen (mostly by themselves) as 'superior stock'.
- Whilst technology is slowly degrading and losing its uses, plantlife and fungi is thriving and taking over civilisation, whilst animals are reclaiming lost territory. This growth provides resources and nutrients for the creations of wetwarers. Greenhouses replace factories, labs replace mechanic stations. This doesn't mean that all technology is disregarded, as with the decline in electricity people will need to find new ways to create genetics processes.
- Food is relatively abundant in forested areas, due to the increased growth of GM food crops. The downside of this is increased competition from mutants, ghouls, animals, and genetically engineered creatures.
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Aug 10 2016, 01:46 PM
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I found this video that people may find interesting/inspiring: link I love that channel. Very informative.
Which continent are you focusing on specifically?
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Aug 10 2016, 01:56 PM
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I found this video that people may find interesting/inspiring: link
I love that channel. Very informative. Which continent are you focusing on specifically? I was mainly looking at it in terms of what our current genetic capabilities are, as well as the aspects in terms of designer babies and helping fight diseases. Given the time frame we have, most of the stuff we see is going to affect those born into the Bio Age, where designer babies will be a common occurrence. However, once the available resources and technology dwindles, we will see 'normal' babies being born. True, they might have the same immune defenses as their parents, but they won't be as tailored as their past generation could have been.
In general, I feel it would be a good idea for us to compile a sort of summary of our current potential in genetics and medical science, then use that as groundwork for determining how long it might take to create the world we need to destroy.
To address Glarn's ideas, I agree that new zoos would definitely be a thing, but I'm unsure about the invasive species idea. Given our current methods of eradicating things we don't like biologically, I'd imagine that scientists would be more likely to opt for a homegrown disease or parasite instead of a fighting species, due to how previous attempts at introducing species for that purpose have gone.
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Aug 11 2016, 08:40 AM
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So, if I'm reading this right...which it's very likely I'm not, In the beginning, the GCI use was rather tame, with stuff like 'strengthening' people and making them overall healthier, creation of more plentiful foodstuffs, and some designer organisms/features on the commercial market. Then everything went to hell, and that's when we start seeing the monstrous hybrids and mobile blobs of meat, right?
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At the present time, concepts within are inconsistent and ever shifting. Protectorates of the Proan Empire- The Sundered Realms - A fantasy realm where the world is divided into different sections. (Following names subject to change)
- The Gavell Kingdom
- The Everdark Forest
- The Lunar Tundra
- The Sand Sea
- The Asteroid Cloud
- The Rotting Shard
- The Orbital River
- The Outer Shadow
- Bottle Beasts - This Universes version of Pokemon.
Worlds Impacted by the Enlightened/Visceral War- The 'Verse Whale - The Homeworld of the two forces, a planet sized organism, and the unique life that has flourished on it.
- замороженный конец - An Ice Age world populated by tripodal organisms.
- [To Be Named] - A world of creatures with an arm for a head
- [To Be Named] - The Homeworld of a species where only the males are sapient.
- [To Be Named] - The home of a race of carnivorous, trap building beings.
- [To Be Named] - A planet of organisms that can link their minds, where two forms of intelligence have arisen.
Unaffiliated Universes- [To Be Named] - A parallel earth where the Synapsids took over after the Permian Extinction, among other resulting changes.
- نيو نيو امستردام - An abandoned Dyson Cylinder containing an Ecumenopolis now catering to our former pets and pests. (A concept developed entirely separate from DroidSyber's Arcology, I swear.)
- The Bleed - A vast universe where physics are more a suggestion than a rule.
Parakosmos Minor - Known Earth Pocket Universes, Natural or Artificial.- Island of Marsupials and Armadillos off the coast of South America
- A world inhabited by Woodpecker descendants (Again, not meant to be a clone of Serina, I in no way have that much detail ready for this.)
- Katiwala - Your typical Lost World...if i decide to go that route...
(And this is just the spec related stuff)
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Aug 11 2016, 09:30 AM
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So how long did it take for Humanzee's to come about?
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Aug 11 2016, 09:34 AM
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So, if I'm reading this right...which it's very likely I'm not, In the beginning, the GCI use was rather tame, with stuff like 'strengthening' people and making them overall healthier, creation of more plentiful foodstuffs, and some designer organisms/features on the commercial market. Then everything went to hell, and that's when we start seeing the monstrous hybrids and mobile blobs of meat, right? That was what I was originally going for. Given the ethical viewpoints on GM today, it would take subtlety and time for it to be integrated into society to the extent that it could lead to global chaos.
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So how long did it take for Humanzee's to come about? I can't imagine it having happened any time soon in this timeline- it depends how long it takes mankind to become accustomed to the idea of integrating human DNA into intentionally living, sentient organisms.
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Aug 11 2016, 09:42 AM
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I suppose, but seeing as people in the past have already tried it, I imagine someone would do it soon enough; all it would require would be a few nutjobs in a lab; not an approved, co-ordinated effort.
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It would have to be something extremely alien, pushing the limits of our imagination. But those are always my favorite kinds of life. ~~The Words of The Xenologist
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Ignorance is never insulting if you're willing to learn, we're all ignorant about most things. ~~The Words of Lamna
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Yeah, and even if you don't agree with creationists on that concept, that doesn't mean they can't be decent people. I have friends who are creationist (possibly even young earth) that I get along with fine in general life. I don't think they're right of course, but that doesn't make them intellectual degenerates. ~~The Words of forbidden3
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Ass-breathing fish-lizards? Sounds like a punk rock band
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Tyrannosaurus aquastronka
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Myo, if you don't stop reading the YouTube comments...
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Are you saying what I think you're saying?
Sheather bathes in cum?
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And last night I dreamed I was blowing up a Kindergarten with a grenade launcher for no particular reason...
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Oh, and of course more people get killed by selfies than by sharks. Of course.
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SHEEEEAAAAATTTTTTHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!
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The smell of rotting flesh really kills my appetite, surprising, but the visual appearance of corpses makes me hungry. Is that weird?
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I mean, let us say I'm a genderfluid blurflux demi-romantic woman who is sexually attracted to men, but only if they are Melanesian and have a voice like that of Nicholas Cage. Okay, so what?
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When I first saw that picture, I thought you were dissecting a condom.
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All hail Robo-Stalin.
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Seems like everything in this project is now dead.
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For April fool's, we had to make an orgasm that resembled a human foot.
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Even though he is our creator, that does not afford him the right to take our lives on a whim. But that is the thinking of a homs. He is a god. Such morals cannot apply to gods. So you think we should just shut up and die?! If that is the fate decided by a god. You are mistaken if you think we will simply accept such a fate and wait to die. We'll never stop fighting. Not till the end. To Zanza, the outcome is the same. Thus your logic is flawed.
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But Souls are delicious. They're like bacon - they taste good on anything. But if you eat them, you completely remove them from existence! They can't move on or... or be reincarnated! Huh. I never really gave it much thought. Besides, what do you mean by reincarnation anyway? You know, being reborn as someone or something else. Which means different body, different memories, different experiences, yes? So isn't being reborn as "something else" the same as being "removed from existence"? I... I... eating souls isn't right! That depends on your definition of "right". All living things survive by eating other living things. So what? You're a god. You should be above all that! Gods are above living things, which doesn't necessarily mean we care about them.
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Aug 11 2016, 11:35 AM
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- Aug 11 2016, 09:42 AM
I suppose, but seeing as people in the past have already tried it, I imagine someone would do it soon enough; all it would require would be a few nutjobs in a lab; not an approved, co-ordinated effort. That's a valid point. The main issue I imagine would be obtaining access to the DNA needed to create such a hybrid. If we were to place their creation around the time that poachers begin sending samples to black market biohackers, then that would make more sense.
One thing we need to decide on eventually is the full capacity and nature of what can and can't be done with the genetics technology we are working with at the height of its potential. I can try and make a list of this today, but if anyone else wants to have a go then go right on ahead.
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Aug 12 2016, 03:58 PM
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I didn't know I could change this
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Wyrm Hagfish-Lizard Wyrm with bat wings, it can and will produce copious amounts of mucous.The "scientists" responsible for creating such a creature (in a race to produce the most terrifying dragon that resembled that of ancient myth) combined lizards, bats, and hagfish in multiple attempts to produce the final creature, this is one of the released ... "failures".
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Spoiler: click to toggle OctoSharkTaSaurus: WELP. HELL-O-PHANTS IT IS. Kamineigh: I was six and I had started having fantasies about this old crone dying. Sometimes by my own hand. YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING HORRIBLY WRONG IF A SIX-YEAR OLD WANTS TO KILL YOU WITH THE SAME HANDS HE JUST USED TO MAKE A BLOCK TOWER. Parasky: No, he's right, they have a medical grade walrus at most hospitals for that sort of thing. Mr Mysterio, regarding yours truly: I'm learning things about you that I'm not sure I wanted to know. HangingThief: An otologist is only as good as his walrus Stealth_Rock: We have a discord for double penetration? Ichthyander: If your eyelids are massive enough to significantly affect the path of light in space, it is time to go sleep. Mr Mysterio: Glarn-Glarn, don't... don't fuck the cave baboons. Kamineigh: They lacked wings. Instead, they went around in modified pilot's gear and beat the shit out of people using maces. Parasky: No! We will not calm down! This is a serious argument over whether or not some long dead animal is in any way similar to a group of modern animals that they are descended from! THIS. IS. SEWIOUS. Lamna: Obvious typo, I'm never going to be popular in Belgium. Trex841: Interesting point. Valid counterpoint. Self-obsessed psychotic rant. Parasky: No ties. Begin genetically modifying crows until we have organisms that roughly resemble those in the competition, and then have them fight to the death to see who wins this competition. Alternatively, Cephalian and SabrWolf could fight to the death. But at the end of the day something will be fighting to the death for my amusement to determine the winner. Yellowdrakex: Is it alright to have an irrational fear of gliding snakes? They're snakes. FROM ABOVE. Kamineigh: See, you wouldn't be in this mess if you began a bloody revolution every time your leaders showed to unsatisfactory. Zihuatanejo: Somewhere in heaven, a very groggy, very confused angel has just woken up and is trying to figure out why a boisterous Australian man is poking it with a stick. Komodo: I'm sorry but in what alternative universe would thousands of zebras be sent back in time by some sort of illegal time travel group to change history and preparing them by making gigantic working animatronic allosaurs? Seriously, why? Parasky: Maybe y'all should move to America, where you can flex your freedom muscles. Sir Spookums: It's a game about children catching super powered monsters, stuffing them in tiny balls, and battling other strangers' monsters. What about that makes sense in regards to anything, mister Kam? Des Orages: Yi qi. Just when you think you've seen it all, nature screws us over once more. Kaminiegh: This is clearly an inaccurate statement. I'd never challenge the authority of an admin... Unless Paraksytron stubbed his toe and fell over. 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Aug 13 2016, 03:52 PM
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- Aug 13 2016, 03:48 PM
Wait, that was a failure?! I imagine the success had wings that are a bit more functional ... and maybe less mucous
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The wyrm is like a reptile and hagfish fused together! x3
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Aug 13 2016, 04:34 PM
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The wyrm is like a reptile and hagfish fused together! x3 That's because it is.
Genetic potential at height of technology:- Selectively modify genes in a developing organism, enabling the removal or insertion of disease immunity, modification of phenotypes, and implantation of foreign DNA
- GCI enables genetic material from other organisms to be integrated with higher chances of acceptance into other organisms (with greater success the earlier it's implanted- allowing organisms to take on the characteristics of other organisms
- Greater advancements in transplants and grafting of tissues and structures, enabling the creation of organisms with extra appendages, organs etc. This is the main cause of 'hybrids' akin to mythological ones.
- Artificial growth of organisms through specialised 'exowombs'; external controlled environments with nutrient drips available.
- Stem cell technology allows doctors to induce growth of natural tissues to replace wounded tissue, as well as to regrow small parts of people (fingers, bits of organs etc. The 'simpler' the structure, the more that can be grown).
- Greater social acceptance of physical modifications, and increased prejudiced towards those with physical irregularities (e.g. Dwarfism)
- 'Mods'; pills, injections, transfusions etc that result in temporary to permanent modifications to humans, such as causing changes in skin tone, immune systems, metabolism, disease suppression etc.
- Better modification of bacteria through plasmid control and foreign plasmid integration
- Potentially a cure for cancer? Definite cure for some other notable diseases, though this has given rise to other diseases emerging in their wake. This potentially leads to a form of politically controlled vaccination, in which certain groups are intentionally unvaccinated so that the vaccinated can live happy and disease free, and the diseases aren't given the chance to spread and adapt to combat the vaccinations.
- Better forms of nutrient supplements and health based foods, as well as commercial food products that are healthier/more nutritious. Cuisine foods could be non-GM, or enhanced with genetic enhancements (ever seen the thing where octopus tentacles move when sauce is added? There's a thing where someone made food move/pulsate in a similar manner- using chemicals in a sauce- which would be interesting).
- More diverse pet breeds. Designer pets in general.
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Aug 25 2016, 07:25 PM
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the trilogy of Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld had an alternate WWI scenario where apart from Steampunk/Dieselpunk machines there was a faction whom which Great Britain belonged which used genetically engineered creatures instead of machinery. the first book comes from the Leviathan, a "flying whaleship".
if that can serve for inspiration regarding weaponized animals
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Aug 25 2016, 07:31 PM
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Have you ever been bitch slapped for lack of listening? lack of doing what your told? cuz i'm not far from slapping you
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Unrelated to that, I have a new name suggestion for ghouls, gnolls, those are mythological humanoid hyenas, which I think fits pretty well.
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Aug 26 2016, 05:28 AM
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Unrelated to that, I have a new name suggestion for ghouls, gnolls, those are mythological humanoid hyenas, which I think fits pretty well. Gnolls aren't mythological; they are a creation of the D&D people, with the name originating from a variation of the word knoll. They were however the primary inspiration for the ghouls, so if people wanted to name them gnolls then I wouldn't blame them.
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