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==Nishio== | ==Nishio== | ||
He | Psychological condition: | ||
He doesn't believe that there is a meaning of life and becomes pretty much a nihilist. His perspective on the future is that nothing special will ever happen. | |||
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Naturally his intelligence is a bit below average. To be more competitive on the job market he started to take neuro-enhancer two years ago. But that effort get eaten by his genetic risk factors. Increased rates in heart insufficiency and cancer result in much higher insurance fees and make finding new jobs troublesome. | |||
Nishio moved to Perm to escape a street gang just to find himself in another dog-eat-dog area. | |||
The Syndicate discovers him and gives him a job as human co-processor in one of their illegal RE shops. | |||
These employees are wired to a cheap AI that use and coordinate the brain capacities to do jobs that normally expensive neuromorphic chips require. The technology draws on the Deadly Brain research. | |||
The heavy neuronal load damages the brain. Of course this is kept secret. When the employees discover their decreasing fitness, it’s too late to exit. The shops shut them up with additional treatment. If that doesn’t work troublemakers are simply exposed at backyards after calling a Syndicate-related gang to the place. These occasions are sometimes used to promote a gang member. Striker contenders have a kill count of at least one. These rituals are recorded to have a reinsurance on these guys. | |||
When the employee’s neurons get damaged new ones can form. But the continuing work in the shops destroys most of them again. That forces intact neurons to take over. The employees keep functioning until they reach a critical number of neurons. The “co-processors” receive short treatment before and after work. The brain damage get crucial after about 15 months. | |||
Nishio has already worked for the RE shop over a year until he accidently finds out that he hasn’t much time left. | |||
The shop added Nishio’s bank account to their money laundering network. That was a conditions for getting the job. | |||
The local TCTF had a random check on his account and got suspicious. Soon the cops sniff a chance to take down the shop and to learn more about the Syndicate. Nishio is promised to receive medical treatment based on technology that is normally prohibited by the WCG. | |||
A few of the symptoms of the brain damage include problems to keep focused, loss of memories, inability to sleep. Because of the brain damage neuro-enhancer have an increased effect on these employees than on other people. Slow motion thinking is often a byeffect when the drugs aren’t applied anymore. The only positive effect human co-processors receive is the ability communicate with experimental brain interfaces more smoothly. But that help them barely in their daily life. | |||
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Despite the genetic risk factors on paper, Nishio has a strong i¬mmune system which allows him to withstand a Bioc infection somewhat longer. | |||
After the incidence in Green Village he gained a Daodan and a few adaptions. However the Bioc prevents a complete healing let alone becoming an Imago. | |||
<!-- He possess no longer a functional heart. Instead the Daodan coated the blood vessels with thin muscles. These pump now the blood through the body.--> | |||
Nishio realized that neuro-enhancer can boost Daodan development and metabolism rate but also increase drug resistance. | |||
During the battle at Green Village he takes an overdose and mows through the META troops. | |||