Nowhere to Run
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a 'muscle memory' implant to better master techniques in a short period of time
- Image Source: Multifunctional Implant (via John Hopkins Medicine), edits by me via Stable Diffusion
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source:
Neuropriming
Automaticity
How Does "Muscle Memory" Work?
- Manufacturer: Darkwire Market
- Affiliation: Any Character, Darkwire
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: Low-Repetition Retention & Automaticity Codex
- Modularity: No
- Production: Limited
- Material: Micro-circuitry, Droid components, Silicone, Plasticene, Polymer, Copper
- Classification: Spinal Cord Implant
- Size: Very Small
- Weight: Very Light
- Relies upon the body’s natural electrical signals to function
- Shortens required learning time to retain muscle memory for complex motor-skill tasks (e.g. 1-3 repetitions are enough to learn a song on a musical instrument).
- Increased speed during tasks utilizing muscle memory, allowing a methodical action to become a quick one.
- Provides fine-tuning to proprioception, increasing awareness of body orientation and its spatial positioning.
- Implantation requires manipulation of the spinal cord at the base of the skull.
- The more unpredictable the circumstances, the riskier the use of the implant. Side-effects may include: Shock, Disorientation, Muscular Soreness, Increased Blood Pressure, and Anxiety.
The Lo-RRAC Implant is a brand new augmentation flooding the streets of Denon, and taking the Black Market Cybernetics industry by storm. Implanted at the base of the skull between the C1 & C2 Vertebrae, this device acts as an intermediary between the motor cortex & the spinal column, and provides end-users with a remarkably novel solution to a problem every being faces: mastering a given skill without the required practice time to gain it.
Every being has faced this kind of situation whether it is taking on a higher-level job, winning a contest, impressing a date, and so on. If only there was a way to master a brand new skill overnight.
The Lo-RRAC is such a device. In truth, it is an off-brand, barely better than cobbled together, hacky solution, though one with a repeatable, reliable formula. By extracting the CNS motivator from a AJ-17 cyborg construct and reconfiguring its firmware with a widely-available aftermarket upgrade, it can be slotted it into a compatible spinal column adapter to complete the Lo-RRAC device. There, it monitors the signals from the brain's motor cortext to the body and limbs, storing the signals involved in repeated, complex techniques more efficiently than the brain. Later, when the technique is performed again, the implant will activate as a sort of artificial muscle memory, reminding the body what it needs to do to execute the technique.
Lo-RRAC implantees will find it much easier to perform techniques they have only tried out once or thrice. Even techniques learned at a slower pace will be easier to put in practice at speed, though it's recommended to incrementally speed up and perform the technique at increasingly faster speeds for the highest effectiveness (no need to call it practice, we won't). Finally, the implantee will find they are much more aware of their limbs and body positioning, a crucial aspect of any performance or hand-eye coordination tasks.
The Lo-RRAC performs best in predictable situations. It activates not unlike muscle memory, or a typist's auto-completion, and the effect can sometimes be jarring (even if pleasantly so). Using the implant in chaotic, highly-reactive environments can cause the Lo-RRAC's activation to induce a mild state of shock for the implantee, however. This can be reduced through better acclimation, such as using the device more often to get used to the sensation. At worst case, the implantee can find themselves in something similar to a panic attack. Minor glitches may cause the implant to misfire and perform a wrong technique at times, however a ripperdoc can usually correct this (while reminding the implantee that custom solutions like this aren't always free of glitches).
"Practice makes perfect, Lo-RRAC makes perfection instant.” —An excerpt from a Denon Ripperdoc’s Catalogue
