Post by neil on May 31, 2021 10:57:23 GMT
Enhanced gut microbiome
A perennial problem for people living in the wilderness is getting a diet sufficiently rich in micronutrients. A lot of food, especially preserved food, is low in vitamins and this can cause problems such as scurvy. This biomod inoculates the recipient's large intestine with genengineered micro-organisms that greatly offset this problem. Some organisms synthesise vitamins (such as vitamin C and vitamin B) from food in the gut. Some capture minerals and react them into more bioavailable forms.
In places with modern healthcare available. this biomod is generally administered to young infants. Most people from Earth, some hybrids, and people born in colonial or incorporate communities will have this biodmod in childhood.
Cost: 200cs
Recovery time: Zero
Brand names: Paltrowlax, Nalorodine
Hindgut fermentation
In some situations, even macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins) can be hard to come by, such as in long expeditions. Rough plant matter (such as leaves) is often readly availble, but undigestible for people without extensive preparation. This biomod triples the size of the large intestine and innoculates it with bacteria to ferment (break down) cellulose and similar plant matter, making it digestible. This is the same process carried out in the now-extinct horses of Earth. The effect is to allow a person to live on a diet of leaves and shoots. However, it can take many hours to eat enough low-quality food for survival (they "eat like a horse", up to 12 hours per day, if only very low-grade food is available).
Recipients of this biomod have large abdomens to accommodate the increased large intestine. When the biomod is active, they produce more flatulence than usual (but less than various comedy shows would suggest).
This biomod incorporates the enhanced gut microbiome.
Cost: 5000cs
Recovery time: 2 weeks
Brand names: Forager, NeverStarve
A perennial problem for people living in the wilderness is getting a diet sufficiently rich in micronutrients. A lot of food, especially preserved food, is low in vitamins and this can cause problems such as scurvy. This biomod inoculates the recipient's large intestine with genengineered micro-organisms that greatly offset this problem. Some organisms synthesise vitamins (such as vitamin C and vitamin B) from food in the gut. Some capture minerals and react them into more bioavailable forms.
In places with modern healthcare available. this biomod is generally administered to young infants. Most people from Earth, some hybrids, and people born in colonial or incorporate communities will have this biodmod in childhood.
Cost: 200cs
Recovery time: Zero
Brand names: Paltrowlax, Nalorodine
Hindgut fermentation
In some situations, even macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins) can be hard to come by, such as in long expeditions. Rough plant matter (such as leaves) is often readly availble, but undigestible for people without extensive preparation. This biomod triples the size of the large intestine and innoculates it with bacteria to ferment (break down) cellulose and similar plant matter, making it digestible. This is the same process carried out in the now-extinct horses of Earth. The effect is to allow a person to live on a diet of leaves and shoots. However, it can take many hours to eat enough low-quality food for survival (they "eat like a horse", up to 12 hours per day, if only very low-grade food is available).
Recipients of this biomod have large abdomens to accommodate the increased large intestine. When the biomod is active, they produce more flatulence than usual (but less than various comedy shows would suggest).
This biomod incorporates the enhanced gut microbiome.
Cost: 5000cs
Recovery time: 2 weeks
Brand names: Forager, NeverStarve