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United states department of fabricant Management - Field Manual
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United states department of fabricant Management - Field Manual
Contents
Introduction...................................................1
Actions and Combat.............................13
NPCS....................................................................33
Character Creation..........................53
Missions..........................................................65
The Investigation Campaign........89
Prime Suspects.......................................95
Appendix I.....................................................123
Play Aids......................................................132
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Trends
The Economist
August 27th 2032
The Fabricant Future
There are many arguments over
the word fabricant, including its
origin and its root. Fabricated
being was originally coined by the
engineers who created the first
ever fabricated nerve stem – a
simple autonomic brain stem
which could respond to a set
number of criteria. They used it
to describe the outcome – a
fabricated
neural
modeled
response network.
When, early in 2027, the first
ever level two fabricants were
installed at factories, the name
was bastardized into "Fabri-
can’ ". This helped to describe
t
the many teething issues that
plagued
the
early
implementation
of
those
models, brought about by errors
and
poor
programming.
However, by 2032 as the
Hutchinson Fabricant Company
bought the Google Software
arm, Google Programming Inc,
the quantum leap in behavioral
programming caused them to
rapidly became known by the
bosses as "Fabri-cans". When
the US Postal Service moved to
a 90% fabricant workforce,
many of the jokes about "fabri-
can’ts" had turned extremely
sour for those who had been
supplanted in their work.
What is a Fabricant?
A fabricant is a bio-mechanical
construction, integrating both
mechanical
and
chemical
components into a humanoid
structure. Its complex brain, even
for level 2 Fabricants, is a
powerful computer with a
multicore solid state drive at its
center. This is fed information by
various sensors, including the
integrated plastic micro-fibers
embedded in its external facing.
The fabricant then responds to
these external stimulus depending
upon its programming.
Fabricants do not "think" in any
conventional sense. There is little
to no evidence that at this point
even the strictly theoretical level
seven fabricants could understand
things on a strictly abstract level.
Fundamentally, like all modern
consumer electronics, they are
based on four state quantum
binary programming.
Unlike the considerably more
complex human brain, a fabricant
will always respond to a stimulus
in a pre-programmed way, which
makes them ideal for repetitive
tasks which require absolutely
precision in their execution. It is a
sad fact that the first profession
which became a majority fabricant
workforce was bespoke watch
making and repairs. While there
has yet to be a fabricant which can
replicate the innately human
characteristics of imagination,
creativity and inspiration, these
machines are able to perform at
higher level of efficiency, tasks for
which
average
human
characteristics would be a
hindrance.
Neither do fabricants "feel".
Despite what the fabricants within
sex shops may tell their clients, a
fabricant does not have the spare
mental capacity beyond its
programming with which to
create or understand emotional
responses. Those that smile, laugh
or
demonstrate
emotional
reactions are pre-programmed to
recognize the alteration of
someone’s features, tracked with
the visual sensors, and respond
accordingly.
One
of
the
bestselling models of pleasure
fabricant, Playboy’s "Your Real
Bunny" model also has additional
sensors in its synthskin to detect
other changes such as body
warmth, smell and pheromone
levels. This allows the fabricant to
tailor
its
pre-programmed
responses
to
the
correct
programming threshold in all
situations. However, this is a pre-
rendered response, much like an
suffer of autistic spectrum
disorder can be taught what
reactions look like and how to
respond.
The fabricant labor pool is
growing, and we are seeing more
and more employers move
towards fabricated workforces for
their principal labors. If this is to
continue, The Economist firmly
believes that the effects of this
must be understood both
societally and economically. If
these machines are going to
replace paid workers, then care
must be taken by the governments
of the day to ensure that these
people
are
provided
for.
Otherwise, in the great tradition
of rick-burnings, saboteurs and
loom-smashers, we will find
ourselves trapped in a cycle of
unemployment,
poverty
and
violence. The state would be very
unwise not to anticipate such an
outcome.

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