THS / BioTech: Organlegger efficiency

[NineDaysDead]

Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl

The main culprit is biofabrication. Cultured meat is probably going commercial in 2025 and cultured transplant organs are probably not far behind (probably 2030). If legitimate doctors can order a new heart for a patient for $20,000, then the only demand for organleggers will be criminals who cannot risk using legitimate doctors or emergency transplants. With the massive drop in demand comes a massive drop in prices.

Of course, that will not prevent organlegging in TL9, it just means that the primary demand will be for emergency transplants.

If you're going to implant a non-compatible organ, why not use an artificially grown non-compatible one? It won't have any diseases or a murder charge attached? And you can still have a custom one put in later.

[dcarson]

Originally Posted by NineDaysDead

If you're going to implant a non-compatible organ, why not use an artificially grown non-compatible one? It won't have any diseases or a murder charge attached? And you can still have a custom one put in later.

While not a clear cut as Type O blood I expect there are differences in how incompatible organs are so a hospital could have a couple of the common low rejection ones for emergencies.

[AlexanderHowl]

It depends on the cost of cultured organs. Perhaps hospitals will have a variety of emergency organs on hand, but the larger the number, the higher the overall cost. I think that a maximum of 10% of the production will be reserved for emergency transplant organ production, anything more would likely be inefficient, so there may be local shortages that organleggers would take advantage of.