Anon is always slow, it's one of the worst in that regard, though it is usually reliable at least.
It does make me wonder who will be the first one in the game to figure it out. The elf-bot thing was always a bad idea, and really creepy. I kind of think Android will be the one to see it, if nothing else, I am curious to see her reaction to them.
Personally, I think you have shown your talents as a storywriter/worldbuilder, as a lot of things you have written is open to the reader's interpretation of events/explanations, the interweaving storyline etc. You see this with a lot of the great literature and movies, the fact that you have a dedicated community discussing/argueing the finer points of what you have written just shows how much talent you have.
It's worse than that. They're not going to kill the elves; Elf Bots require elf blood as a component, so the elves won't be killed, they'll be harvested. They'll go from being an enslaved people, to a fuel source.
Yeah, but you don't need one billion elves to fuel the bots. And they have cloning technology. Keep a few thousand or even millions alive to be safe, and once you are able to synthesize their blood, be done with them. That's also plenty of time to realize how dumb using blood is and replace it with oil.
No? How many pints of blood does it take to run a single Elf Bot, and how quickly does that Elf Bot burn through that blood (a human can donate about 1/2 a pint per month)? Once the blood is extracted from an elf, is it a simple matter of injecting it into an Elf Bot, or does the blood need to be processed or refined in some way? How many Elf Bots will it take to replace the entire elf work force, and how much blood will those hundreds of millions of Bots need per month?
They're not using elf blood out of stupidity; the game implied there's something about elf blood that is required in order for the Bots to function, and that there is no viable substitute that they know of. Whatever that "something" is cannot be replaced with oil, or they'd have been doing so already; I highly doubt their first thought when creating a robot was "how about filling it with elf blood, just to see what happens?"
Doubtful; if it were cheaper to clone than to breed, then Syl'ananr would already be cloning elves rather than breeding them the old-fashioned way. Since they're not doing that, it's safe to conclude that cloning isn't an economically viable option.
Do you know how blood is made in a human being? Bone marrow and kidneys (specifically a hormone called erythropoietin). And you can't just fill an Elf Bot with some bones, slap a kidney in the chassis, and expect them to produce blood cells; without a functioning central nervous system, cardiopulmonary system, and digestive system, they won't do anything. Basically, they'd need to be connected to a living thing in order to function properly (i.e an elf, in this case).
Hey, you know, not everyone wants free range food, that they have to hunt themselves. Sometimes it is nice to get something prepackaged!
Hmm...reminds of something...oh yeah.
I might be misremembering, but I think WoD series games / books had "vintages" for blood along with quality levels. I'd imagine a vampire could go to an "exclusive club" and order anywhere from "Random Hobo" to "Virgin Russian Mafia Princess" off their drink menu. Might be the same thing for elves. High-elf Elf-bots probably run better than the Dark-elf versions but need more maintenance.Hey, you know, not everyone wants free range food, that they have to hunt themselves. Sometimes it is nice to get something prepackaged!
...What?!?! You never heard of factory farming?!? V^^^^V
Sorry to nitpick... but...
To be honest if people wanted factory farming, wouldn't they just go to McDonald's? XDHey, you know, not everyone wants free range food, that they have to hunt themselves. Sometimes it is nice to get something prepackaged!
...What?!?! You never heard of factory farming?!? V^^^^V
Yeah, I know, she's rare, but I doubt she's the only one, and not everyone has a Ferrari or Maserati either, I'd imagine it would be like that. If Daddy Warbucks wanted some, I'm sure he could get them for his premium Elf-bots.
That is true, one group had to be exclusive, or they would throw it up. No hobos or rats for them!
I am really curious to find out, on both of those points. Would the different races of elf make a difference? Are some more 'powerful' than others?
McDonald's sells blood now?!?!?!?!?!
Snobby Ventrue asshats...Clan Tremere forever!
