Wed Feb 25, 2004 2:09 pm by THX1138
BR7916: exactly what i said in the TP forums. heres my quotes:
"i think of it like this: they are still robots, but at the same time, they are also clones.
when you build a robot, you get all the parts like the motors, sensors, wheels, bolts, and you put it all together and it works.
same thing with this: they are genetically engineered clones. they clone different body parts, like brains, muscles, etc..., and they assmble it all into the body, or skin, and make a sorta robot. and then they use the face of who it was originally based on (but modified), and give them memories, and there ya go, a replicant."
and later i posted another one saying:
"i said they were like robots. i was comparing them to robots. a cybord would be likw robocop, living tissue that is required for the mechanical parts to work properly. without the flesh, the mechanics wont work. that's a cyborg. replicants, i said, were assembled like robots: body organs being grown in labs, muscle tissue being super developed for strength, then they sort put them alltogether to make a replicant, using the lconed organs as the parts.
maybe bladezone forums can define it better."
that, in a nutshell, is a replicant. like BR716 said, yes, they are not clones, they are assembled, like in a giant factory. parts are engineered like the eyes (chews), and whatever else, and assemled into a template body, like a living model kit.