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Biotech
Modern biotechnology could not exist without nanotechnology, which aids in stem-cell regeneration, genetic augmentations, cloning, or even the creation of fully engineered artificial human beings, called Replicants. In many cases? You're probably better off with cyber augmentation by a ripperdoc as a cheaper option upfront. Though with all the possibilities biotech has to offer in this age, if you have the credits to spend, then it may be the way to go, especially if you're looking to turn some heads.
In many cases, the rich and the wealthy may get a bit of both cyber and biosculpting work done. As amazing as dermal-replacement products such as FeelSof may be to imitate the softest touch of an infants' skin, nothing beats true dermal-sculpting. The art of body sculpting or Splicing includes skin tints and patterns, hair and eye color changes, Elvin-sculpted ears, fangs, breast enlargement and reduction, and overall general bodywork. You can have bone and muscle removed to become shorter, or have grafts added to grow taller. Your excess fat can be suctioned away, and collagen implants can smooth wrinkles, add weight, and change contours.
Splicing is overall incredibly expensive, time-consuming, and usually a hobby among only the very rich and very bored. Prices are based on individual enhancements and, in most cases, a once in a lifetime affordable expense.
Business Mega-Corporations are the infrastructure provider on this side of the asteroid belt between Earth and Venus, who benefits by taking a percentage of the business revenue off the top of the facilities provided. Therefore, Megacorps seldom operate businesses directly, and instead outsource or lease buildings and facilities, from nightclubs to hotels, clinics, and security services in a colony.
Entrepreneurs and job applicants can connect to the publicNET to find a wide variety of business opportunities: Direct employment opportunities and lease deals with managing Corpo-owned facilities autonomously. Similarly, these jobs and business opportunities can often found in any city or colony, published in holo panels by the doors of different establishments.
Since not all the business going on within cities are strictly legal, those looking for the more underground and less regulated business world might do good in listening to street rumors and irregular shadowNET advertisements.
Cybertech In the 25th Century, the distinction between Humans and Cyborgs have blurred. The average denizen lives with a standard-issue neural interface. This interface cradles the brain in a webbing of nano-optronic wiring, enabling communication with machines near the speed of light.
Cocoon Corp's InterLink System is the most popular OS in 2490 to run as a visual data-management system for all things cyberware and bioware via chipset or wireless connection. Anything from heart-rate monitoring for organics, power-levels for synthetics, trajectory distance and ammo count for smart-linked weaponry, or even personal skill development indexing, InterLink manages it all for you. Due to cybersecurity concerns in the shadowNET community, it is not uncommon for a black-hat to flash and distribute "jail-broken" versions of InterLink to keep users anonymized from Corporate tracking.
Cyberware in itself is as common to come by as sustenance. Fashionable dermal plating, comm-slotted implants, or Daydream interfaces can be self-installed and easy to purchase from any automated street vendor. Cyber-limbs and eyes can be just as easy fitting, too, but may require a trip to a Ripper Doc clinic. Cyber-lungs, dermal-fitting, spinal replacement, cyber brain, or even full-body cyberization? You'll probably be better off at a well-established Corpo-backed facility unless you want faulty breathing or end up flatlined from an incompatible cyber brain installation.
Like any form of electronics, maintenance for cyberware augmenting comes with a hefty price, both figuratively and literally. Are you looking to slot out every module your interface can handle? Well, be prepared for the possibility of Cyberpsychosis to develop. Think schizophrenia, but more digital. Visual HUD glitches, mood swings, hallucinations, depression, and an overall dissociative state from humanity are all of the significant side effects of some individuals who can't handle all the augmenting being stuff into their body. The best course of action to prevent Cyberpsychosis? Keep any unnecessary augmenting to manageable levels to avoid addiction and mental illness developing. Otherwise, you'll be best off with a cyber-neurologist in DayDream sessions to treat it.