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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
The act of multitasking is impossible for most sentient species in the galaxy and is generally only the domain of droids. Rather, most species are rapid task-switchers, by performing individual actions in rapid succession. For select individuals who are willing to take on the risks and follow through on the demands, FAE/I-08 MultiFocus Implant is designed to remedy this by enabling true multitasking.
In essence, the implant works by adding more connections and linkages between regions of the brain, thereby removing certain impediments in mental processing. From here, the brain’s biochemistry is essentially rewired, enabling multitasking.
While this a powerful, life-changing capability, the implant is not without its associated risks and demands. Apart from the risks of pyrexia, caloric deficiency, and vitamin deficiency, perhaps the most frightening downside is the greatly increased risk of cybernetic psychosis. This danger alone is enough to turn away most individuals who would otherwise seek to install the implant for casual use. As such, the implant is generally only used by elite soldiers and assassins, combat pilots, data specialists, surgeons, and other professionals in demanding fields. To mitigate this risk, users are generally advised to start out using the implant at lower settings (fewer tasks), before working their way to higher settings (more tasks). By doing so, the brain is progressively trained, until the user can use the implant at or near its maximum performance. In addition, advanced users will often turn off some or even all HyperFocus™ safeties, instead relying on willpower and mental strength alone.
Of particular note, unlike the AJ^6 cyborg construct, the implant is inconspicuous and does not manifest any external markers.
All in all, while the FAE/I-08 MultiFocus Implant is easy to produce, in practice, its usage is generally restricted to those with the most to gain and the most to lose.
- Intent: To create a multitasking implant.
- Image Source: N/A
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions:
- Neuromesh (OM)
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: First United Astral Engineering
- Affiliation:
- First United Astral Engineering
- Exclusive Writers and Buyers
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: FAE/I-08 MultiFocus Implant
- Modularity: Yes
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material:
- Light Transmission Neuromesh
- Various Chemicals and Medications - During Implantation
- Classification: Nervous System Augmentation
- Size: Average
- Weight: Average
- Resistances: N/A
- Power Systems
- Bio-Synthetic Biofeedback Regulator
- Primary Systems
- Neuromesh Nervous System Conversion
- Bio-Synthetic Nervous Regulation System
- Primary Information
- Replaces much of the nervous system with light transmission Neuromesh.
- Allows the subject to focus on multiple separate tasks at once. For instance, an implantee with the necessary motivation and discipline could very easily listen to more than ten distinct audio feeds at once, all covering different subject matters, while gleaming full information and understanding from all of them. In a different case, an implantee could write two papers on two different topics at once (writing each paper with one hand and one eye, respectively). Alternatively, if their mind is plugged into a computer system via neural link, they could simultaneously write more than ten papers each covering a different topic, with the actual writing done by thought.
- Enhances mental processing speeds.
- The bio-synthetic nervous regulation system can pare down or amplify the system as needed.
- Alternatively, the implant also allows the subject to commit all of their attention to a single task—thereby entering a HyperFocus™ state. This task is focused on above all else, allowing the subject to complete extremely complex, demanding tasks even in the face of multiple loud, painful, violent, or aggressively persistent distractions.
- Typically contains multiple safeties to prevent a subject from neglecting themselves (whether via starvation, deprivation, or a different condition) to death, ignoring a grievous injury, or ignoring a threat in the course of focusing on a task. However, these can be turned off at the user’s risk.
- Effectively allows the subject to enter a flow state at will.
- A HyperFocus™ state can also be distributed across multiple tasks—the number depending on the intensity and complexity of the tasks in question and the willpower of the subject. However, this is known to be especially demanding on their constitution and is generally only done by advanced users.
- Lethal Focus - The FAE/I-08 has multiple use cases for combat. A soldier dual-wielding blaster pistols could aim and fire both weapons at two separate targets at once. A pilot could navigate her speeder bike through a constantly shifting obstacle course, while simultaneously bullseyeing a fast-moving, unpredictable target. In virtually all cases, a combatant equipped with the implant is able to keep up with the demands of combat far better than one without.
- Feverish Frenzy - Overuse of the FAE/I-08 at its higher settings can cause exhaustion in a subject. There is also a risk of the subject going into pyrexia due to excess metabolic heat.
- Caloric Needs - Excessive, intensive use of the FAE/I-08 will inevitably increase caloric needs. Implantees may also need vitamin and nutrient supplements.
- Hyper Focus - While the HyperFocus state allows for extremely efficient task execution, it is also risky, especially if the subject turns off the inbuilt safeties. In such a case, a user lacking willpower could very easily be sucked into a task, at which point the only way to pull them out of it is to incapacitate them (ideally non-lethally).
The act of multitasking is impossible for most sentient species in the galaxy and is generally only the domain of droids. Rather, most species are rapid task-switchers, by performing individual actions in rapid succession. For select individuals who are willing to take on the risks and follow through on the demands, FAE/I-08 MultiFocus Implant is designed to remedy this by enabling true multitasking.
In essence, the implant works by adding more connections and linkages between regions of the brain, thereby removing certain impediments in mental processing. From here, the brain’s biochemistry is essentially rewired, enabling multitasking.
While this a powerful, life-changing capability, the implant is not without its associated risks and demands. Apart from the risks of pyrexia, caloric deficiency, and vitamin deficiency, perhaps the most frightening downside is the greatly increased risk of cybernetic psychosis. This danger alone is enough to turn away most individuals who would otherwise seek to install the implant for casual use. As such, the implant is generally only used by elite soldiers and assassins, combat pilots, data specialists, surgeons, and other professionals in demanding fields. To mitigate this risk, users are generally advised to start out using the implant at lower settings (fewer tasks), before working their way to higher settings (more tasks). By doing so, the brain is progressively trained, until the user can use the implant at or near its maximum performance. In addition, advanced users will often turn off some or even all HyperFocus™ safeties, instead relying on willpower and mental strength alone.
Of particular note, unlike the AJ^6 cyborg construct, the implant is inconspicuous and does not manifest any external markers.
All in all, while the FAE/I-08 MultiFocus Implant is easy to produce, in practice, its usage is generally restricted to those with the most to gain and the most to lose.
Out Of Character Info
Intent:
To create a multitasking implant.
Technical Information
Affiliation:
First United Astral Engineering
Model:
FAE/I-08 MultiFocus Implant
Modular:
Yes
Material:
Neuromesh
