Bioroid
Bioroids are fully artificial creations, with all the attendant benefits and disadvantages. Their strength and durability are second to none, and bioroids also don’t sleep, eat, or breathe, allowing them to go places and undertake tasks normal humans and even clones cannot. On the other hand, bioroids are not viewed as people, but rather property. Likewise, bioroids find it difficult to become accepted in some places, their artificial appearance conjuring fear or hatred in certain groups.
All bioroids follow directives, such as not to harm humans and not to allow humans to be harmed through their inaction, that are hardwired into them during their creation. Rumors persist, however, of bioroids that have somehow broken their programming or evolved beyond it. If you play a bioroid, you need to decide whether they are still beholden to their directives. It could be that some incident caused them to become more aware of their sentience and now they rationalize their actions in an almost human way. Alternatively, a bioroid can be factory fresh and need to navigate the tricky moral world of obeying their owner’s commands while also following their hardwired directives.
WHY PLAY A BIOROID?
Being a machine has many advantages, from strength and endurance to being able to survive in space and underwater. Bioroids are stronger than most other archetypes and cannot die in the same way a human or a clone does. The downside is that they are beholden to their programming, and while they are able to learn on their own, they filter their experiences from the perspective of a created being.
In New Angeles, bioroids are a commodity, and that’s how your character will be viewed by the general population. Many people see bioroids as “things,” or sometimes “things that stole my job.” Thus, many people see little difference between mistreating or damaging a bioroid and damaging a hopper. This viewpoint isn’t universal, but it is widespread. What’s more, a bioroid doesn't have any of the rights people take for granted. An emancipated bioroid either pretends to belong to an owner, or lives in the undercity where they can stay out of the public eye.
If you like the idea of playing a robot struggling to understand their place in the world, a powerful companion and ally, or a liberator fighting against the injustice they see in society, a bioroid is the right choice for you.
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