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Ship Mind, Shipmind
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The ai (or in some cases an uploaded biont or postbiont) that controls a ship. Shipminds require special training, programming, and customization. Often the Mind that runs the drive is the most expensive component in any ship, more so than the drive and its components.Sophonts > Modosophonts > Sophont Ships
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- Ship Mind, Transplanting - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Transferring a ship mind from one ship to another. Just as with advanced drives and other components, minds are typically designed to be fairly interchangeable, and may be moved from ship to ship, especially if e is agreeable and feels comfortable in the new vessel. Care must be taken however, because while the majority of transplants (especially of more adaptable ship minds) go well, there have been instances where a transplanted ship mind has had a mental breakdown (anything from mild somatic disjunction to full-blown catatonia).
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Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Initially published on 31 December 2001.
Initially published on 31 December 2001.
