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It’s the opposite of Bot Farm! While that dome is all about mechs, perhaps
with some skinning, this one is all about organic substrates, perhaps with
some cybernetic components. This is one of the most important aspects of
living on Castlebourne, and really, anywhere in the modern galaxy. Life is
dangerous, and we’ve only made it more dangerous, because that’s how we like
it. Back in the day, when you died, that was it. As far as we knew, there was
nothing after that. Now that we’ve let go of our religious superstitions for
the most part, we’re pretty certain that there’s no afterlife. So why let
yourself die when there’s a better way? We’ve mastered consciousness
transference and uploading, and it has given us so many options. You can
backup your mind to a body that looks exactly like your own, but you don’t
have to. Or it can look the same, but sport different characteristics. It can
be stronger, faster, more resilient. You can fall asleep in seconds whenever
you’re ready, and wake up feeling perfectly rested after only an hour. The
possibilities truly are endless. You don’t even have to look human. You can
become a unicorn, or an alien from your favorite media franchise. You can copy
yourself, spread your mind into a hive of codependent insects. Be whatever you
want, do whatever you want. Just remember, that whatever substrate you
choose to move into next, it was built here. This place is really cool, but
that’s probably because I was born in the 1960s. That’s right, it’s not a
typo. I was barely young enough to reach the longevity escape velocity. Had I
been born a few years earlier, I may have eventually died. So I know how vital
it is to be able to get a second chance. A third. An umpteenth. And I think
it’s so amazing that we have so many options. I know a guy who’s married to a
sort of squid. She was human at one point, but now she identifies as a squid
who can walk on land. That was designed and implemented here. You can even
design your own, if you’re interested. You can make your new design private,
unlisted, or fully open to the public. Bear in mind that every single design
change has to be approved by the system, so don’t publish it until your ready.
The laws are different here than they are in the stellar neighborhood, but
they do have them. You can’t make a body that shoots deadly acid out of its
hands, even though, theoretically, a victim could just switch themselves to a
new body of their own. Come here, have fun with it. It’s available for all.
Just don’t take it for granted. My brother died when he was an old man, and I
never saw him again. You kids these days, you don’t know how good you have it.
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