Chapter 6 - Implants.

In most work groups, shifts started and ended at the same time, timed to coincide with daytime cycles. And at times, studios worked double shifts, with the workgroup changing, resulting in a non-stop department.

There are individuals that through communication with reporters, knock out a different timesheet. So it turns out that, for example, studios in the second district work practically round the clock.

The fourth district has so far avoided this fate, due to rationing and staffing the workforce. And there are still few people in the field who want to work the night shift.

That's why near the end of the work cycle, when Vic, Kira, and Phil were closing their shifts. The general rumble of work also subsided. Many machines went into hibernation, giving way to silence occasionally interrupted by the ship's service signals.

The ultrasonic sonars in each corridor, for example, would emit a faint hum at intervals. Which provided additional information to the ship's scanning systems. People with access to this system can also activate this scanner to display information in real time.

On his way out of the work area, Phil separated from his colleagues and told them he was going to the bar. This bar is located in another residential complex, so after saying goodbye to his charges, he went on his way.

As they approached the residential area, the colleagues witnessed a most interesting situation. Two groups of athletic-looking girls and boys were figuring out who was better. Vic noticed the situation at once realized that a ritual action was going on here, which is commonly described as "Demotivation of the rival before the fight". Kira, noticing this ritual, immediately reclassified herself from a witness to a participant, and joined the same group. This situation is not a surprise, for there was a chance encounter between the potential champions of Sunday's basketball competition.

The type of sport a crew member will play is usually calculated by several factors and is a must for practice. Determining factors usually include information about the individual's physiological state, social activity, and personal preferences.

Crew exercise, maintains both the crew in an actual physical state, designed to react in contingencies, and a short period of adaptation upon arrival. And so to maintain the animal essence of man, for man is a species of ape that has developed a superstructure in the form of awareness.

The approaching final game, will conclude both the life cycle of these two teams and mark the beginning of the future allocation of the crew to other sporting destinations. After all, the maximum term of compulsory attendance in sports is equal to three annual cycles.

" In all likelihood, you'll only be able to walk since the zone will land you on the court. " Suggested the long-haired guy at the front of one of the groups.

"I don't think it could have increased the pressure force by orders of magnitude over the cycle." Kira, who had joined the opposing group earlier, contradicted him. "And don't tell that to the leader whose team finished third last year, this is a crucial cycle, and it could reflect stagnation on your charges. "

"Stagnation seems to affect everyone else since we made it to the finals. " The long-haired guy in question was Corey Raymond, who had come out of anabiosis before the start of the previous distribution. His wake-up line was one of the last by the first sleep-wake cycle. " And the previous year's champions could also, on points, automatically get first place. Except that . . . " he quipped.

Cory entered the expedition as an outstanding polymath. He was known on Earth as a person of interest in almost every line of work. And using the experience he gained to solve problems.

When Vic attended the vocational school, which is designed for children from twelve to fifteen years of age, Corey taught them a lesson or two as well. Who, by his own example, showed two things. The first was that any individual had his own vocation, a business where one would be good and also enjoy the fruits of one's efforts. And the second was that a great amount of knowledge in different fields of human activity could solve the problem faced by an individual in different non-standard ways.

Throughout these year-long cycles of flight, it was these personal qualities of Corey's that enabled him to hold high positions on both the SIZNOVA committee and the expedition board.

" And what's our answer to that! " Kira asked her team on the rise.

" There are no equals here for centuries, our strength will be high! " They proclaimed their standard mooring, against the enemy.

"Well... " Cory replied with a satisfied smile.

"As long as you're in our Bor, save you all the crap! " The opposing team responded in chorus.

The names and numbers of the opposing sports teams had never changed since the start of the sports distribution. And over centuries of cycles, the distribution of players to and from their previous team experiences has already happened many times. The speeches and attributes of the teams have also been created less provocative, so that the participants of the games and their fans would develop less aggression. So as not to lead to unforeseen consequences. And since a large number of the crew were already players of the teams in one way or another. Visual markers for team identification, became universal, as a simple allocation of teams to colors, for example, blue and red.

The teams didn't stop there, and continued their confrontation. Looking at this Vick realized that he did not belong here, and the desire to finish the evening's business quickly took over. So he called out to Kira, said goodbye, and went to his room.

In the residential area, right in front of the apartment sector, where the apartments were located, Vic stopped at the grocery store. In it you could both order groceries, both allocated at the rate per person, and buy anything above the norm, with credits earned from your activities.

You could also earn credits by doing overtime, or win at bets, which were legalized by the ship's managers. Regarding betting, to ensure the safety of the credits earned, and to prevent the spread of the ludomania, any person had the right to spend only a certain value, from their funds, which was equal to one-fifteenth of the capital stock. There was also a limit on the number of created bets for a certain period of time equal to one bet for three months. As a result, people who were keen on such means of earning or entertainment were very careful and scrupulous about making bets.

As a result of the existence of such a system, there were individuals who created a kind of circle of interest. The bows of which were engaged in searching for people and trying to make bets with them on this or that game, match or event.

Earlier in human civilization such individuals were called bookmakers or wasters. Only in view of the prohibition of usury and bookmaking in the bosom of civilization about a hundred years before the "Red Sunset", the present representatives of this activity were very restricted, and did not go too far in their work, compared to their predecessors.

One day Vic was interested in the professional scope of these "Stavschikov". And having addressed to the archives, he found out that the ban was mainly caused by the inability of the main mass of the population to calculate the risks with the available opportunities.

As a result, a ban was organized, with a note about the possible resurrection of this direction in case the possibility of restricting the person to make bets, if the bettor does not have enough money, which does not affect his monthly budget. The possibility of restricting the player who makes a large number of bets, with no sign of winning. As well as the restriction of games to people with a possible addiction to gambling.

On the ship, that amount of statistical information is quite enough to implement all those measures to protect the individual from gambling influence. So the system to create bets was organized, with only one addition. It was not the gambler who went to the "Betting Man", he himself was looking for an opponent. And with the recreational facilities available on the ship, it was not easy for them to find a player.

Vic, on the other hand, in the grocery store, met his acquaintance Neela, which at the moment had not a bad reputation in the "Stavschikov" organization.

"Hey, how's life young. " Neela greeted him.

She looked about thirty, thirty-five years old. She was an acquaintance of Aoi, so Vic was well acquainted with her. As far as he knew Neela had been immersed in anabiosis three times, and at the start of the expedition she was awake, doing experiments on farm crops under travel conditions. As a result, the accomplishments of her and her colleagues, helped the crew immensely in adapting and gaining confidence in the future.

When Vic was little, Nila would often stay with him if Aoi stayed late at work. She was still using an anthrobot then, since she was in hibernation. That's when she told him about the betting, and the betting on the ship. When he asked her then why she was in the Betting Ships, she said she wouldn't mind participating in the revival of a branch of the lottery that wouldn't give anyone a hard time.

" Hey, from work, too?" Greeted back and asked Vic.

" Yeah. So, thinking about who to bet on this weekend? "

"Haven't even thought about it yet, or not betting at all. "

"Well, our team's got their ears on the ground right now as the last game of the season. Summing up this sports cycle. "

"That's true, but where am I going to get the credit, there's a 50% chance of failure. "

"And then there's the same chance of winning, which will allow you to buy something you need. "

"So you don't need anything, and the credit goes down the drain. "

" Eh, the hell with you." She said. "Have a good night, because I'm in a hurry. "

"Good luck." After hugging Neela goodbye, Vic went home.

Once in his apartment, Vic began to put away the groceries he had bought, and cooked dinner. After the meal, it was time for him to have a revelation.

"Hello again, my name is still Vic and this is entry number 00003.

I don't know why I keep voicing these zeros myself, but okay.

Today I would like to talk about one such entertaining thing, which for the other members of the expedition, as well as for me in general, are commonplace. Namely about the implant.

In the body of each citizen of our little civilization, since birth, implanted are many devices, it is a lot compared to the people that you can see in the works of art.2

Implants are subdivided into several types these are:

Rescue implants - the first development of symbiotic type implants, to keep the user alive, in emergency situations.

I completely forgot that our implants are of symbiotic type, that is, they take energy for their work mainly from the organism in which they are installed, as well as through microwave radiation. Otherwise we would walk around like extension cords only the other way around, charging these implants.

So let's go on um . . .

Functional - basically the name is all sorts of prosthetics, or modifiers.

Sensory - allowing us to expand our body's input device capabilities.

And Communication - designed to participate in life in society, and to facilitate contact with technology.

I will begin to elaborate.

Am Rescue implants work in different ways. For example, each inhabitant of the ship has special restraints at the joints of the limbs of the torso and the head, called an "Electro-Field Barrier".

"Electric Field Barrier."

Due to the fact that we are on a ship powered primarily by fuel, having a certain amount of energy material on it. That's quite a wrap. Then there is also energy involved in its operation, namely electricity, which in contact, with any subject, can lead to an electric shock.

This barrier cuts off the parts of the body that are under shock, closing off access to vital organs like the heart or brain. Unless the shock is to the head or torso itself. So the energy potential only goes through the area of the shock. But if our careless tester picked up a live wire, and his hand does not let go of the cable when exposed to the cramp. Then the barrier accumulates the incoming energy and sends back the potential.

For the barrier itself is not a panacea, and may eventually lose its functionality from exposure to energy. And so at least a miniature pop can happen, during the potential conflict, which in most cases will lead to disconnection of the cable from the individual. That way, the crew member remains unharmed. And it is a matter of time, not life, to grow the missing parts or a whole limb.

"Stone Skin Wrap»

The "Stone Skin Film" is one of the lifesaving implants. It is a network placed under the skin of the arms, torso and legs. And the threads that make up this network are filled with a special reagent. When there is a danger, a blow to the body, the individual has a fraction of a second to activate this system.

The reagent in the network is injected into the skin, and in fractions of a second it is calcified. The chemical reaction will last from one to three minutes, during which the skin subjected to calcification will acquire great strength, ensuring the safety of the body.

But as usual, you have to pay for everything. After five minutes from the beginning of the process, the calcified surface will begin to separate from the body. I'm not talking about the level of pain that a person who threw himself a lifeline in this way would use.

I'm not personally familiar with people who have activated this net. But about ten years ago, I think I heard a news story about several people in one work zone who used the tape in an accident. I'll look it up now. ...there were three victims. And they had to build up their skin for three more monthly cycles. Yeah, that's right.

"Last Gasp."

The "Last Breath" system is also an emergency measure. Well, here it's all just a complex of implants that start working when the body enters space without basic protection systems. As a result of accidents or accidents.

By detecting the abnormal state of the environment surrounding the individual, a sharp loss of air available for breathing, a sharp loss of temperature of the environment and the individual himself, as well as a sharp drop in pressure activate this system.

As a consequence, the system cuts off all openings in the body, and begins to intensively circulate fluids in the body to adapt to the pressure, and to counteract the loss of heat. As a consequence, the time to save the individual increases by a percentage of two thousand percent.

"Forced Gravity."

Under the skin there are still metal rods that lead their base from the human bone, and under the skin are attached to plates. Which, when activated, receive the power of magnetism, and because of the number of these plates and the almost ubiquitous use of metal in the hull of the ship. Giving full confidence to stay in place even if the hull is depressurized.

So next you can familiarize yourself with the void I'm talking about functional implants. Here it will be scarcer, for such implants are, after all, prosthetic arms and legs, mostly manufactured by techno-electrical technology. But there are also prostheses of biotechnological nature, only existing in the experimental field for the time being.

Sensory implants are more interesting, and their variety is much greater. Most of their diversity is due to the number of available modifications.

"Eye of God."

Most of the modifications have "Eye of God" implants. And from the name you can guess that the main functionality of these implants is sensory fixation of the environment.

In terms of functionality, the basics include the ability to perceive the environment, with a huge variety of types of visual spectrum.

Types of these implants are divided into eyeballs, special lenses that are implanted surgically in the eyeball of the individual, the usual lens, and external devices can also provide the same functions.

"Eternal Understanding

The Eternal Insight sound implant, is the most basic of the universal types of implants. Because having an initial sensory basis, on hearing enhancement, it allows the user to protect their ear membranes in emergency situations, and to block out harsh loud sounds. "