Brandon replied to me: > I'm rewatching Farscape right now, which includes the leviathan bioships > (biomechanical, actually). Some additional considerations: > > * Leviathans can feel pain. > > * Leviathans can feel fear (only one leviathan was ever known to be > armed). > > * Leviathans can be poisoned (there are a handful of cargoes a leviathan > can't carry because of their effects on the ship shoul shipping containment > be broken).
Hello Brandon, according to Robots, biocomputers are neural-net or sentient, so while the capability of pain or fear is not mandatory, it fits right in. Of course, fear might be a powerful reason to be armed, and not the other way around. > Leviathans rely on small oval robots about the size of rhoombas (DRD, > Diagnostic Repair Drone) for repairs. A grown leviathan can carry hundreds. > > http://farscape.wikia.com/wiki/Diagnostic_Repair_Drone Those would be separate designs, not part of the mothership. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
