| Graft Alien Bio-Matter Between Animals (• • • Life) Technocracy: Progenitors 41 |
| This effect allows the transferal of body parts between animals -- for
example, adding a frog tongue to a cat. The grafted section
functions normally, but the animal must still learn how to use its new
appendage. (The aforementioned cat would have an awful time licking
its fur in the beginning, and might have to adapt its bathing routine to
the new tongue.) Most FACADE Engineers alter fairly young animals,
thus allowing them to mature using their new parts and become quite adept
with them by the time they reach adulthood. It is also common practice either to use the Mind Sphere to enhance the creature's intelligence, or to have a Genegineer enhance its potential intelligence by selective gene exchange and manipulation. Example: the otherwise normal cat who has adapted to the use of the tongue might enjoy catching mice from 15 feet away, while a more intelligent cat might try to grab the gun away from a person assaulting his master (for a can of tuna fish later, of course). All these effects are temporary unless the Sphere of Prime is used in conjunction with the effect (this restriction also applies to the effects below). |