DESIGN HELP: Sentient Implants

jhite · 02-15-2012, 11:07 PM

Hello, everyone!

I'm fleshing out a cyberpunk setting, and need some help figuring out an aspect of it.

I'm envisioning a kind of cybernetic implant which incorporates sentient extraterrestrial organic material. I want the implants' thoughts to be able to "bleed" into the user/host's thoughts, and to potentially threaten to overpower them (given enough time, numerous implants, or similar).

My direct inspiration is Carnage: Family Feud, a Spider-Man/Iron Man crossover story in which the Carnage symbiote is incorporated into rip-off Stark tech and begins turning on its users/hosts. (I highly recommend the comic)

So, I turn to you, dear forum. How would you make this work? How would you make a sentient implant? More importantly, how would you handle a PC acquiring one, since I want them to have the option of experiencing the horror first-hand.

02-15-2012, 11:07 PM	#1
jhite Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Massachusetts	DESIGN HELP: Sentient Implants Hello, everyone! I'm fleshing out a cyberpunk setting, and need some help figuring out an aspect of it. I'm envisioning a kind of cybernetic implant which incorporates sentient extraterrestrial organic material. I want the implants' thoughts to be able to "bleed" into the user/host's thoughts, and to potentially threaten to overpower them (given enough time, numerous implants, or similar). My direct inspiration is Carnage: Family Feud, a Spider-Man/Iron Man crossover story in which the Carnage symbiote is incorporated into rip-off Stark tech and begins turning on its users/hosts. (I highly recommend the comic) So, I turn to you, dear forum. How would you make this work? How would you make a sentient implant? More importantly, how would you handle a PC acquiring one, since I want them to have the option of experiencing the horror first-hand.