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 The name of the "Marionette" project (see [[Simulated Life Doll#The SLD project|ABOVE]]) is rather eerie, considering it has to do with cyborgs. Puppet-like connotations (with humans "pulling the strings") are comfortable for androids (notably, [[Shinatama]]'s name refers to a clockwork puppet from Edo-era Japan), but if the string-pulling is applied to a human host, the concept is not very different from [[Deadly Brain]]s (mentioned [[Quotes/Consoles#Deadly_Brain|HERE]]) or [[Flatline Zombie]]s (mentioned [[Quotes/Consoles#Flatline_Zombies|HERE]]).
+===Marionettes, Inc===
+There are some similarities with [[wikipedia:Ray_Bradbury|Ray Bradbury]]'s short story "Marionettes, Inc".
+* Like SLDs, the Marionettes - androids - are able to eat and perspire.
+* They can also behave and think like their owners (otherwise they wouldn't be much of a use as doppelgängers) but they do have a free will which can lead to their cover getting busted.
+* The construction and programming time of Marionettes (two months) and SLDs (three months and 14 days) are relative equally short.
+* Marionettes can't be shut off; it's not stated whether SLDs can be shut of or not, but it's more likely to be not possible because their entire hardware is supposed to resemble human physiology.
+* Marionettes and SLDs are both subject of controversial discussions within the government, ergo being restricted technologies.
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