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Old 08-04-2011, 12:32 AM   #9
Flyndaran
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Default Re: Reinventing Barsoom: 2 — Parahumans and legacy genetic engineering

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Originally Posted by Brett View Post
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Possibly, but I'm always suspicious of Swiss Army knives. As the Space Shuttle and the F-35 show, multi-function equipment usually turns out to be less economical than a set of specialised tools. Unless you capital is underemployed and usually idle, that is.
But isn't that the theory for why baseline humans would out-compete gene modded in a post apocalyptic setting? I could have sworn you agreed with that. Multi-function items are useful in some situations.
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