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* '''Prosthetics''': From Apokalyptika’s rugged, steam-powered limbs to Kaos’s sleek biomechanical designs, cybernetic prosthetics restore and often surpass lost functions.
* '''Prosthetics''': From Apokalyptika’s rugged, steam-powered limbs to Kaos’s sleek biomechanical designs, cybernetic prosthetics restore and often surpass lost functions.
* '''Organ Replacements''': Cybernetic hearts, lungs, and livers enhance resilience in extreme environments, like Galaxa’s voids or Apokalyptika’s irradiated wastelands.
* '''Organ Replacements''': Cybernetic hearts, lungs, and livers enhance resilience in extreme environments, like Galaxa’s voids or [[Apokalyptika]]’s irradiated wastelands.


=== Enhancements ===
=== Enhancements ===
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* '''Combat Augments''':
* '''Combat Augments''':
** Apokalyptika’s scavenged arm-blades and energy shields.
** [[Apokalyptika]]’s scavenged arm-blades and energy shields.
** Galaxa’s precision targeting systems and plasma-integrated weaponry.
** [[Galaxa]]’s precision targeting systems and plasma-integrated weaponry.
* '''Utility Implants''':
* '''Utility Implants''':
** Kaos’s corporate-crafted neural links allow users to interface directly with AI-driven systems.
** [[Kaos]]’s corporate-crafted neural links allow users to interface directly with AI-driven systems.
** Omni-net interfaces in Galaxa enable real-time data streaming and control of starship systems.
** [[Omni-Net]] interfaces in Galaxa enable real-time data streaming and control of starship systems.
* '''Environmental Adaptations''':
* '''Environmental Adaptations''':
** Radiation shielding and respiratory filters for survival in Apokalyptika’s post-apocalyptic world.
** Radiation shielding and respiratory filters for survival in Apokalyptika’s post-apocalyptic world.
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Cyberware’s reception varies widely across the universes:
Cyberware’s reception varies widely across the universes:


* '''Apokalyptika''': Cyberware is both a lifeline and a curse, often hastily assembled from scraps and prone to failure.
* '''[[Apokalyptika]]''': Cyberware is both a lifeline and a curse, often hastily assembled from scraps and prone to failure.
* '''Kaos''': It symbolizes power, wealth, and corporate loyalty, with overmodding often leading to control by one’s employer.
* '''[[Kaos]]''': It symbolizes power, wealth, and corporate loyalty, with overmodding often leading to control by one’s employer.
* '''Galaxa''': Advanced and widely accepted, but purist factions like the Order of Light oppose its use as unnatural.
* '''[[Galaxa]]''': Advanced and widely accepted, but purist factions like the Order of Light oppose its use as unnatural.
== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==


* Cyber-psychosis, a condition caused by excessive or poorly integrated cyberware, is a universal risk.
* Cyber-psychosis, a condition caused by excessive or poorly integrated cyberware, is a universal risk.
* '''Serafian Cybernetics''': Known for their elegance, Serafians blend cyberware seamlessly into their physiology, such as self-mending armor and integrated repulse packs.
* '''[[Serafian]] Cybernetics''': Known for their elegance, [[Serafian|Serafians]] blend cyberware seamlessly into their physiology, such as self-mending armor and integrated repulse packs.
* '''Sluggo Chaos-Cybernetics''': In Galaxa, Sluggo engineers build whimsical but effective cyberware that mixes functionality with humor.
* '''[[Sluggo]] Chaos-Cybernetics''': In Galaxa, Sluggo engineers build whimsical but effective cyberware that mixes functionality with humor.
* Apokalyptika’s scavenger cultures develop innovative cyberware using salvaged parts, often resulting in unpredictable outcomes.
* [[Apokalyptika]]’s scavenger cultures develop innovative cyberware using salvaged parts, often resulting in unpredictable outcomes.