Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: allow DE to craft a endo-skeleton shell for BE's to craft into an ARMORED pet!!!!
Astronaut_jones wrote:
Don't think this is going to happen but it does raise an interesting question. Is there room for another profession along the lines of BE but dealing with cybernetic enhancements. Now I don't want this to turn into another AO, but we do have precedent in the movies for the existance of such a profession. Luke's arm, Darth Vader, Lando's assistant(sorry forgot his name) and the entire Techno-Union are four examples off the top of my head.
I think this idea is really cool! Imagine a permanent (but weak) buff of sorts in the form of bionic implants. They could be manufactured exclusively by droid engineers since DEs produce such complex mechanical parts anyway. These bionic parts can also be surgically grafted into creatures.
Notice the word surgical. Only surgeons or droids would be able to graft these mechanical enhancements into beings and creatures. Just like the surgical droid which did Luke's arm.
The catch would be that these permanent buffs incur damage through use or fighting. They should behave exactly like weapons, incurring damage with every use. (like Luke's hand getting shot at) If they are badly damaged, your "buff" is reduced. If they are damaged beyond repair, you lose the buff completely. Only a droid with a repair module built in can repair the part. Or to balance it off even further, only hospitals equiped with the right tools can heal the implants at a cost.
This sounds like a really cool idea that would allow for cross profession cooperation, and it is consistant with the Star Wars movies and stories.
Great Idea!
No, the creation of implants won't be handed to Bio engineers but Droid Engineers. Here is why:
1) Bio engineers deal with genetics. They make creatures and clothing components. They do not make complex mechanical components.
2) Only Droid engineers can make complex mechanic parts (such as arms, legs or torso) which behave like people (Protocol, Surgical, LE Repair all have humanoid characteristics, they have arms and such)
3) Anakin Skywalker was a droid engineer. He may have possibly created his own Darth Vadarsuit to sustain himself and overcomethe weaknesses of his battered body(we shall see once Ep 3 starts showing!).
It is true that grafting will be handled by surgeons or surgical droids. Of course droid engineers can't graft ontp living tissue! But they are definately qualified enough to build the cybernetic parts. Possibly only surgeons with some novice droid engineer skills cangraft implants. (surgeons need to have some understanding of droid engineering in order to properly place implants into a person). Well, I don't mind a surgeon grafting parts, as long as he buys them from ME!! 