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I was going through the Bionics Sourcebook yesterday, and it got me to thinking: There's prices in there for all the organs BUT there's no for the veins, arteries, nerves or the connecting tubes that connect the organs to one another (I.E. the tubes that connect the liver and bladder to each other and to the intestines). What do you think said prices be to replace them as needed?

Signed,
Rathorc Lemenger,
President of Lemenger Biologics Unlimited.

Rathorc Lemenger wrote:I was going through the Bionics Sourcebook yesterday, and it got me to thinking: There's prices in there for all the organs BUT there's no for the veins, arteries, nerves or the connecting tubes that connect the organs to one another (I.E. the tubes that connect the liver and bladder to each other and to the intestines). What do you think said prices be to replace them as needed?

Signed,
Rathorc Lemenger,
President of Lemenger Biologics Unlimited.

I have always viewed the price of the organs as including the basic connections for the organs so synthetic veins and arteries as well as the leads necessary for the nervous system. Just seemed easier. Now if you are looking for prices in case a person is injured and needs artery and vein implants to replace shredded ones I view that as included in the cost of high end medical treatment,

I like to keep things like this simple for my own sanity.

always factored them in with operating costs- you roll 'em in with the gauze, gloves, ect...

i would assume that if the only thing that required replacing is some of the veins and arteries, the price would be a faction of a full organ, and would probably be acheived using cultured (aka 'cloned'[1]) tissues so wouldn't qualify as cybernetics.

[1] i prefer the term 'cultured' because i see the process as one where cell samples are taken from the person and used to grow a part for implantation, while the term 'cloning' suggests substantially more modification of the sample prior to its use and rather more elaborate and *complete* resulting product. honestly it makes for a fine line of distinction, but i think 'cultured' gets more into the feel of how it would work.. you are growing mass of tissues in a dish much like you would grow moss or fungus or bacteria. you are adding a seed sample of cells (most likely skin cells which have been altered via a simple process into stemcells) into a growth medium where they grow over an organic framework to produce the required parts.