Bio-Engineering vs Cloning

[Mamatried]

We have to an extent rules for cloneing and even bioware and cybernetics, however I have not seen any maximum threshold on how much of each you can have. only what it costs, points is cumulative and difficulty increase gives higher chances for mishap.

All this is fine, however I wonder as we heard about the "new" death troopers being "enhanced" but not being clones or assuming they do not have cyberware I am thinking bio engineering.

the medical scoursebook in the librabry (for reup) gives bio engineering option, but again no max point threshold.

I am picturing a NPC/PC based on the concept of agent 47, an artifically born bio enginnered by mixing the "best" dna from so and so.

so basically going through the book I have found the options needed to either consertaively and reasobale to full blown rancor with the options, but again I am wondering about the maximum point thresholds.

Also how would this be implemetented in a game wolrd, lets say the death troopers and such.

[Whill]

[Mamatried]

Yes!!!!

Genetic Engineering, and not bioengineering, though I do wonder how would this impact the game.

Reading in the book and why I landed on bio engineering, was basically it seemed to include the aspects of genetic engineering, but yes I see the difference.

My main conscern is how much of these "enhancements" are the cap, I mean I can roll vs a cumulative difficulty (the cumulative points) and rolling good you can go ver ver far in being a "christmas three" so I am thining there should be some max threshold.

as to cybernetics, I would say other than the double chance to ger DSPs, I would argue that wth the descriptions which are more than just fluff, then we should think the body has a limit to what it can take, same is referred to in the bio engineering and DNA referances, is so and so much strain and it can actually break the DNA and more, but I never found a maximum.


On that note though the Genetic Engineering could this be something to allow in game without breaking everthing, I can see without too much balance issues a character can be "designed" like Agent 47 (for those knowing the franchise)

[garhkal]

I've never seen anything, but i could see the more cyberware you have, the HARDER it is to do anything with the force.. possibly even to where using force points are hard...
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[CRMcNeill]

Bioengineering might, for one, explain why the Imperial Royal Guards have 5D Dexterity when the Human maximum is 4D.

A long time ago, I was part of a discussion about a potential game playing as Royal Guards, in a sort of Secret Service type campaign, with the goal of foiling various assassination plots against Emperor Palpatine. The game itself never got off the ground, but there were some interesting ideas that grew out of it; one of these was the idea that the red-robed guards were just the visible portion of the Guard, and that there were other, less obvious units working in concert with them. One was a plainclothes division wearing armor that could be worn under normal clothing, with a fan-metal helmet (think Stargate movie retractable helmets) that could instantly close over the wearer's head if needed; the other was an elite rapid-reaction force like a SWAT team, hiding somewhere out of sight, but able to respond within a moment's notice if there was a need for overpowering force.

Seeing as how Deathtroopers specialize in "stealth, espionage and lethality", as well as protective detail for high-level VIPs, combined with the known fact that Royal Guards would commonly be rotated into the field to keep their fighting skills honed, it wouldn't be much of a stretch to make the Deathtroopers the "field" division of the Royal Guard. Which would then allow both types to just use the Royal Guard stats, with bioengineering as the explanation for why their Dex score is so far outside the human norm.

But I digress...
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[Whill]