As an overall feeling while reading the fluff my impression is that all non-magical and non-virtualkinetic creatures can be cloned ie Bandit: yes Dragon: no
I thought more in directions like Naga-Cyborg (as PC maybe) but a Dragon-Clone would be a killer plot!
.o0(Or Dragon-Brain-Cyborgs)
The idea of cloned Dragons is not far, because it is new technology and the dragons were even on the edge of extinction. And IMHO they have another kind of ethics with a more practical way of thinking. The trust issue of the Dragon Kind is a good start to say dragon clones exist. For two reasons:
1. Whom can a dragon more trust than another dragon or himself?
2. Yes the magic abilities of the Dragon Kind are great, but the technological advancements the young human race did invented in the last cycle, was unexpected efficient and in many ways a new way of thinking and probably it can take the Dragon Kind to new solutions of old problems... It is no secret that many dragons are interested in the new technology, because of that, and other reasons.
The Cyborgs as PCs sidebar implies that the CCU mod costs 250,000 new yen, I don't think the drones come with the cloned brain when you look at the prices of the drones if your cloning your brain it may have some of the same traits as your character
It doesn't answer my question. My question is how much do a CCU
with trained brain costs. That the costs is 250K for the CCU without brain and additional costs for the Cyborg-Drone is clear, but the fluff (background) said that Cyborgs can be bought on the free market, as new form of servant drone. But that lack of price information makes it impossible to really buy a cyborg servant in the Game. They simple don't tell us how much the brain is worth!
There are 3 types of Cyborg brains, with different qualities or ability limits, but non of them came with a price-tag.
as far as cloned brains go, blank brains may not cost more in time and yen then a cloned organ as you only need to replicate gray mater and nerve tissue so it is less complicated to grow then a limb as for what kind of brain you can get... more then likely only metahuman brains are supported by the current tech
Yes but how much? And more important how much for a trained brain. The training is in opinion the trick or time and effort consuming part.
after the CCU mod the brain has a massive .1 essence left so mod away (cyborg cyberzombie anyone?)
My question here is does a cloned brain can be genetical designed like VatGrowing animals do? (Without extra Essence costs!)
Cranial Containment Unit (CCU)
Transplanting an adult brain into a CCU requires removing any pre-existing implants (with the possible exception of cultured bioware, at the gamemaster’s discretion).
First of all the description is about an adult brain only (no child brain nor cloned brain), and it tells us cultured bioware can be integrated without extra Essence costs (if the GM allows it).
Why only cultured bioware and nothing about genetics? What has cultured bioware, that genetics hasn't? Genetics are usually more Essence friendly and easier to integrate and can be a heritage.
And if that is only the description of 1 of the 3 brain types, what is about the rest?
Basically I ask for the rules of cloned and child cyborg brains including a price-tags. Because at least cloned brains are on the selling market.
The field of genecrafted babies has seen quantum leaps in recent years but it remains expensive, comparable to anti-aging treatments in the '50s; All geneware available to an adult can be achieved by nano-assisted genetic engineering after in vitro fertilization.
So in essence warform metahumans may exist they just aren't named as such it would be bad press
The Point of that question is, can I use the war form rules on a NPC or PC metahuman super soldier? The other idea behind it, was the question of bio-drones in metahuman form. As wet-suit for sapient critters. i.e. a Naga who wants to do a research on metahuman society. I do not know how the metahuman cloning law is in the Naga Kingdom, but since metahumanity clone snakes, too... and Naga have like dragons another ethic understanding as metahumans do.