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IPC's, also known as Integrated Positronic Chassis, are completely artificial life forms made using a positronic brain. They are similar to cyborgs, but they are unlawed, and have a humanlike form. IPC voices are similar to voices of cyborgs and the AI, and also they can understand the Encoded Audio Language, but they cannot speak it themselves. They do however know all languages spoken by other (roundstart) races and are able to talk in them aswell. | IPC's, also known as Integrated Positronic Chassis, are completely artificial life forms made using a positronic brain. They are similar to cyborgs, but they are unlawed, and have a humanlike form. IPC voices are similar to voices of cyborgs and the AI, and also they can understand the Encoded Audio Language, but they cannot speak it themselves. They do however know all languages spoken by other (roundstart) races and are able to talk in them aswell. | ||
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Genus: Automatum Saepe Homeworld: Earth Central Authority: Nanotrasen Restricted Job Roles: N/A Guides: Guide to races |
IPC's, also known as Integrated Positronic Chassis, are completely artificial life forms made using a positronic brain. They are similar to cyborgs, but they are unlawed, and have a humanlike form. IPC voices are similar to voices of cyborgs and the AI, and also they can understand the Encoded Audio Language, but they cannot speak it themselves. They do however know all languages spoken by other (roundstart) races and are able to talk in them aswell.
Xenoecology Entry: Integrated Positronic Chassis - Automatum Saepe
Written by Elise Garnier
Overview
The Integrated Positronic Chassis has become a commodity for those who can stand to work off the immeasurable debt it places upon the individual who has chosen such a life. Nanotrasen only offers the IPC to those who are wealthy enough to afford it or those willing to sign a contract that puts them into debt of the conglomerate for approximately two-hundred years. Many of the contracts of the first generation IPC are almost up, and as such the population of artificial lifeforms with little to no restriction placed upon them are about to explode.
Colloquially known as IPC, these creations have thrown the galaxy's philosophers into dismay. Throwing the definition of life into question and redefining consciousness and thought. The IPC were researched, developed, and implemented by one of the many companies in Nanotrasen. It was advertised as a cure for the human condition at the cost of intense existentialism. They are one of the newest forms of life to walk among the stars.
As far as “biology” goes, IPC’s are entirely mechanical and as such do not require any amount of food or rest. They don’t need to breathe and they have a strong temperature regulation system. The only semblance to a biological function they have to manage is their power. Any disruption such as an EMP or High Exposure to Liquids can be devastating to an IPC’s power regulation system, alongside extreme high or low temperature and Considerable pressure differential changes. With an energy cell and an undisclosed internal crystal lattice structure, IPC’s run like an atomic clock. The resonance from an electrified crystal formation powers, maintains, and regulates electricity distribution throughout the body. IPC do not have any reproduction capability. Instead, they are created from multiple sources, either a human or non-human who has uploaded their mind to the digital cloud, or a variance of a pre-existing persona which could be considered a AI, but due to how all IPC’s work, and their lack of interfacing with the cloud, their intelligence is considered Synthetic, yet limited in it’s storage locally.
“The Cloud” is where the value of an IPC, and All other forms of Synthetic/Artificial Life, is Founded. The Cloud is essentially the main apparatus of storage for both IPC’s and AI. The cloud comes in many forms, most notably the local backups that exist on practically any vessel or station that has AI. An AI can essentially stream from the cloud, and receive updates in real time, but this in itself is a clear vulnerability, in turn, an IPC has a much more disconnected interaction with the cloud, receiving downloads and uploads at specific and defined periods at the discretion of the unit. Most people chose to become an IPC and not an AI, for this reason, yes, they have less resources to work with, but they are also more autonomous and in charge of their own destiny.
Gameplay
IPC's are an optional playable race in game. When you select them you have the option of changing your monitor style, along with having the option in game.
Given their synthetic nature, IPC's tend to have more machine-like names like CE-323, but acronyms like D.A.N.I.E.L. are also welcome.
As an IPC, you take extra damage from most sources, but cannot process drugs or become infected with most diseases. However, you are cripplingly weak to EMP's and fire. In addition, you cannot be cloned, do not need to breathe (but still suffer from pressure damage) and move slightly faster than your coworkers.
IPC Maintenance
To fix an IPC you need:
- A welder - for brute damage
- Some cable coils - for burn damage
- System Cleaner - for toxin damage
- Solder - for brain damage and traumas
If you have the required tools (remember to turn on your welder before you use it, (also if you care about your eyesight use welding mask or goggles)), simply use them on every damaged bodypart until they are fixed. A dead IPC should reboot itself when their damage is fixed (so please don't try to defibrillate or anything, be patient).
"Hunger"
IPC's don't have mouths so they cannot scream eat, but after some time they get hungry. To satisfy their hunger simply extend your power cord implant (one of the icons in the top left corner, you have to have your left arm free), find nearest APC and use your power cord on that APC.
