Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Cyborgs:


                          






    
                A cyborg was a cybernetic organism, that is, a living organic sentient organism with mechanical prosthetics. Often covered insynthflesh/synthskin, these prosthetics served one or more of three purposes:
Life support, often due to injuries sustained. Examples of this were Darth Vader, General Grievous, and Lumiya.

Prosthetic replacements for parts that were lost, though they may not be required for life itself. An example of this was the prosthetic hand used by Luke Skywalker, as well the mechanical arm used by Anakin Skywalker.

To enhance one's abilities, as in the case of Lobot. General Grievous abilities were also significantly enhanced by his prosthetics, though his main reason for becoming a cyborg was that he had sustained massive injuries and would have died otherwise. However, his four arms, each with its own lightsaber, did improve his swordsmanship beyond his native abilities.
Cyborg also referred to creatures that were half-organic and half-droid. They were generally regarded as "soulless abominations". Cyberneticists were responsible for developing and creating cybernetic components.

Cyborgs with large-scale enhancements (over half of their body) were faced with outright fear and derision, often forcing them into hiding. On some back-water worlds anti-cyborg sentiment was so strong that attempts at burying deceased "borgs" were often met with outbreaks of violence.
Many beings, especially spacers, had a prejudice against droids which they extended to cyborgs; they referred to cyborgs as "borgs."


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