| Gedrin |
11-19-2015 11:31 PM |
Re: Total Cyborg, Life Support System, and how GURPS deal whith it
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Originally Posted by Flyndaran
(Post 1955271)
Our output varies from 90% basal when sleeping up to a kilowatt for explosive jumps. Overall it averages/equates to a continual 100 Watts.
2000 Calories times 4184 Joules is close to 8.3 megajoules. But turn that into continual power and you get close to 96 Watts.
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So, we need some sort of power and mechanics capable of outputting a kilowatt, providing we want base human performance. If we're confined (for values of confined) to TL8 to TL10, there are a lot of options for putting that much power in a human sized form. Fuel cells and turbines are just two of the options explicitly mentioned in UT for powering portable devices at TL9. TL10 can convert food to electricity. A TL9 fission generator suitable for a military unit fits in a truck bed, so it's not unreasonable to expect a TL10 generator for a cyborg. For all I know the cyborg subscribes to beamed power from orbit and gets his internet through the transmission.
With all the available biotech options, there's a good variety of choices for supporting the organic brain too. |