The APPLESEED project is a far-reaching, multi-generational, Master-Plan for the future of the Human race on Earth. Save for a purely defensive consideration, it does not concern itself with the orbital colonies, having it's hands far-too-full with the development and management of the Earth and it's teeming humanity. With World Wars III through V and the devastating One Year War, the Earthbound population of mankind has been severely reduced. Human Civilizations has suffered a major breakdown over much of the planet's surface. Rendering the technology level about equivalent to the Industrial Age of the late 19th and early 20th Century. Of course, there are some examples of extremely high-tech enclaves throughout the world. Mostly in Olympus, Poseidon ( an autonomous corporate holding ) and Japan.
The Bioroid population is almost entirely confined to Olympus and the Military, as they require bi-weekly longevity processing which while not expensive, is certainly technologically advanced beyond many countries' capability. Bioroids have exceedingly long life-spans. With genetically engineered biological systems that can easily be replaced and numerous optional implants and alterations available, it is quite possible for them to live for up to 300 years or more. Poseidon scientists are workin on a method to create a "cyberbrain" that would make it possible to download a consciousness into an artificial brain which would, with the advent of full conversion cyborgism and existent bioroid genetic technology, possibly bring effective near-immortality into human reach within a century.
Bioroids are largely identical to the Replicants of the movie Blade Runner. They can be very strong, very agile, extremely intelligent and flawlessly beautiful or any combination thereof. Their stats are generated from a point pool instead of randomly rolled and can start maxed in every category. Human, ESPer and Cyborg characters must roll d10's for their stats and build from there. A downside tobiroids is that they cannot have cybernetics or they forfeit their longevity. however, limbs blown off in explosions and organs perforated by machine-gun fire can easily be replaced by vat-grown parts with their genetic code. AND all biological implants and optional parts in the Cyberpunk 2020 rules are available to them as upgrades including things like gills and fangs, other wierd stuff and what-have-you. The advantage of the bioroid character is the longevity and great stats.
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