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===Marionettes, Inc=== | ===Marionettes, Inc=== | ||
There are some similarities with [[ | There are some similarities with [[wp:Ray_Bradbury|Ray Bradbury]]'s short story "Marionettes, Inc." | ||
* Like SLDs, the Marionettes | * 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 | * They can also behave and think like their owners (otherwise they wouldn't be much use as doppelgängers) but they do have free will which conflicts with what people expect from androids. | ||
* The construction and programming time of Marionettes (two months) and SLDs (three months and 14 days) are | * The construction and programming time of Marionettes (two months) and SLDs (three months and 14 days) are both relatively short. | ||
* Marionettes can't be shut off; it's not stated whether SLDs can be shut | * Marionettes can't be shut off; it's not stated whether SLDs can be shut off, but it's more likely not possible because their entire hardware is supposed to resemble human physiology. | ||
* Marionettes and SLDs are both | * Marionettes and SLDs are both subjects of controversy within the government, thus restricted technologies. | ||
===Boomers=== | |||
Similarities can also be found with the Boomer technology in [[Bubblegum Crisis|Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040]], such as being based on the brain engrams of a human (more details in the article). | |||
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