Is the Juicer drug injection harness M.D.C.?

[Nekira Sudacne]

I belive that they are minor MDC constructs, like 5 or so if I remember correctly. . .

[Adam of the Old Kingdom]

Why is it external?
humans already come prefitted with a chemical distribution system.

[Adam of the Old Kingdom]

why have tubes when the body comes presupplied with all you need to distribute the drugs. Tubes and a pump.

some Diabeties patients have a small subdermal tube (and other stuff) that can allow refilling of a meatering device by simply using a needle through the skin.

How long do bionic hearts last, today? the jucer stuff only needs to last 6 years. And they havd MDC materials, 6 years is easy, plus they have nanites to repair stuff.
I do not see it as a problem, infact it would be yet another device for resale to body chop shops, just like bionic arms and legs.

[Capt. Meschievitz]

yep,
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[Nekira Sudacne]

I belive that they are minor MDC constructs, like 5 or so if I remember correctly. . .

That sounds reasonable. Is it in one of the books somewhere?

I think it was in Juicer Uprising somewhere. . . if not I'd say they were. come on people, this is a class desinged SOLELY for combat. think they're going to put tubes and stuff in them that can break if they TRIP?!?!?! I don't think so. I remember seeing they had about 5 MDC somewhere and that's what i use.

[Svartalf]

why have tubes when the body comes presupplied with all you need to distribute the drugs. Tubes and a pump.

some Diabeties patients have a small subdermal tube (and other stuff) that can allow refilling of a meatering device by simply using a needle through the skin.

How long do bionic hearts last, today? the jucer stuff only needs to last 6 years. And they havd MDC materials, 6 years is easy, plus they have nanites to repair stuff.
I do not see it as a problem, infact it would be yet another device for resale to body chop shops, just like bionic arms and legs.

yep... we're equipped, but an external system makes sure the stuff arrives where it must without having to flood the whole blood flow... remember, a juicer is already taking all he can, so having to up the doses because you have to take into account the fact that natural blood flow might take the molecules to the wrong place just might spell OD.

as for artificial hearts... well, even if it is made of MDC material, the *moving parts* are prone to wear & so on. and remember that in Rifts, nano technology is common and advanced in the 3 galaxies, but largely lost (if it was formerly known at all) on earth. but you're right... I do bet that cyber snatchers *do* cut their victim up for internal parts when they've got the time for it.

[Adam of the Old Kingdom]

why have tubes when the body comes presupplied with all you need to distribute the drugs. Tubes and a pump.

some Diabeties patients have a small subdermal tube (and other stuff) that can allow refilling of a meatering device by simply using a needle through the skin.

How long do bionic hearts last, today? the jucer stuff only needs to last 6 years. And they havd MDC materials, 6 years is easy, plus they have nanites to repair stuff.
I do not see it as a problem, infact it would be yet another device for resale to body chop shops, just like bionic arms and legs.

yep... we're equipped, but an external system makes sure the stuff arrives where it must without having to flood the whole blood flow... remember, a juicer is already taking all he can, so having to up the doses because you have to take into account the fact that natural blood flow might take the molecules to the wrong place just might spell OD.

as for artificial hearts... well, even if it is made of MDC material, the *moving parts* are prone to wear & so on. and remember that in Rifts, nano technology is common and advanced in the 3 galaxies, but largely lost (if it was formerly known at all) on earth. but you're right... I do bet that cyber snatchers *do* cut their victim up for internal parts when they've got the time for it.

Even if the Drugs are injected at the wrist, thats down streem from the muscles and it is still the same circulatory system anyway so it still gets to the same places.
to avail OD the blood would need to be "deloaded" before it got to the heart.

The juicer doen not always run at full tilt, but at a rather accelerated rate even by very active human standards, it's when the Biocomp detects changes to the juicers awarness, through monitored feedback, that the body is flooded with a full does of the "good stuff".
OD is minimised because the body is consuming the chemicals and will continue to do so for a minute or 2 after the biocomp decides it's time to throttle back.

Anayway, my point was, if the monitoring and administering computers are in the Chest cavity and the drugs are input direct to the heart (or just beofe it) so it is pumped direct to the body, why have a relatively vulnerable external device and delivery system?

[Rimmer]

Don't know about the rest of you, but personally I have always played it that the drug harness is MDC, usually about five, and that cutting the cords has no immediate effect as the drugs can easily be destributed throughout the body via the other tubes or through the bodies natural system, I assume the tubes are used to distribute the drugs to the needed areas fast instaed of waiting for the natural circulatory system to get there, and to provide a short cut back to the main unit in the chest for the little nano robot thingys.

[Display-Name-Alpha]

the BIO-COMP/Drug Harnass has never really been defined other than it costs different depending on the juicer variant you want. IE what drugs your after. And drugs need to be resupplied after a couple of years. Other than that the systems has never under gone a diagnostic in a book persay. But most all juicers are SDC... if your gonna shoot the drug harnass... your more than likely to kill the juicer too, your 2d6 laser pistol doing 6 damage to a 5mdc piece of equipment leaves 1mdc going through to the body... thats going to hurt bad... and especially around the neck area... by by juicer.

If your going to start targeting a drug harnass id apply severe minuses to your hit it... as it is but like an inch in width around the neck... even in melee combat... thats gonna be hard to hit.

[gelidus]

A: they do say how much MDC the old QA form.

B: Also on the old QA form it says if you aged the juicer to 100 years old the bio comp would keep him alive for a bit aka not an instant kill.