What do you think augumented humans really are?

[RadioMars]

It mentions that the operation itself is disturbing. What do you think they do to people?

[Aldain]

Either basically Cyber Newtypes to an extreme or brain uploading.

Those are the only two options that would make sense.

[Sabaithal]

Probably fuse them with the Armored Core's core, knowing this series.

[RadioMars]

Yeah I imagine something bad. And I think we can safely assume that they are not brain uploads(the story kinda rules this out at some point). At first I thought that 621 is on an operation table after he got wrecked, but now I think it's the result of the augumentation process itself.

[Sofia]

There are multiple types of augmented humans in the series because the timeline jumps around quite a bit.

Some of them are just humans with large amounts of cybernetics, and even retain a completely human-looking appearance. The process even halts aging, and one augmented human was noted to still look in their 40s when they were actually 90+.

Other augmented humans though are said to be nothing more than brains in jars, especially when their body rejects the cybernetics.

So... depends, there's no one singular answer.

[ARKYmouse]

Augmented humans are yesterday's barbecue in a ziplock bag, hotwired to an AC pilot chair, and filled with mechanical, self-administering drug pseuo-organs to keep these ABC bubblegum looking beef sticks in a takeout bag alive. If the pilot lives, the pilot plug can easily get extracted and the grizzled hunk of central nervous systems can get ferried off in a gurney and loaded up on morphine until the next mission.

As for what they do to these AC pilots is anybody's guess. Mine is that they undergo some VERY excruciating mechanical and genetic procedures to make any of this possible. These pilots have either lived very long, physically grueling lives under the merciless direction of their handlers, or they're in peak condition, making them AC combat superstars in their own rights, worthy of their rank.

[ptp120122]

I imagine like Halo's spartans. Seems like some were bred for war, experimented on, and those with money or status gets the polished end product. It mentions those Vespus guys regularly get adjustments like tuning. So reaction time, things like predictive behavior, pattern recognition.

[Pizzaman]

I think Human+ in AC6 at least keeps a human appearance, judging from you wrapped in plastic in one of the trailers.

Most work probably goes into the brain, but I believe there's either physical augmentation or at least some operation done to make the vital organs more sturdy (or less vital).

When you're flung across the sea at great speed at the end of chapter 2, I don't think a normal human would've survived the G force.

[Doozy Bot dowmein]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs2piSWfofQ

[Sofia]

Originally posted by Pizzaman:

I think Human+ in AC6 at least keeps a human appearance, judging from you wrapped in plastic in one of the trailers.

Most work probably goes into the brain, but I believe there's either physical augmentation or at least some operation done to make the vital organs more sturdy (or less vital).

When you're flung across the sea at great speed at the end of chapter 2, I don't think a normal human would've survived the G force.

If it's like previous entries it's based on how rich you are.

A very, very rich Human+ can afford to keep a cybernetic human body.

Our character in AC6 is just an enslaved merc/soldier though. They don't have that luxury. Yet. We're told immediately that even a fried brain like us can buy their life back with enough money. It's just a matter of surviving long enough to earn that money.

[REhorror]

They are human fixed with a bunch of cybernetics.
My only question is: do they still go around like normal people or they are fixated on the PC.

All the plot and lore seems to indicate they just stay in the AC, reading messags and such.

[Sofia]

Originally posted by REhorror:

They are human fixed with a bunch of cybernetics.
My only question is: do they still go around like normal people or they are fixated on the PC.

All the plot and lore seems to indicate they just stay in the AC, reading messags and such.

If they're rich they can buy a cybernetic body that can go around. It can even look fully human and won't age.

Good luck living long enough as a pilot to get that rich though.

[RadioMars]

Originally posted by REhorror:

They are human fixed with a bunch of cybernetics.
My only question is: do they still go around like normal people or they are fixated on the PC.

All the plot and lore seems to indicate they just stay in the AC, reading messags and such.

I'm pretty sure they do get outside and can act relatively like normal people. When 621 gets captured it's implied that his mech is taken away, forcing him to find an old rusty ac to escape

[hakabata]

A frozen tuna can after a hot barbeque party. Need some good sauce on it.

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Depending on the game lore and implied lore throughout the series, it could be cyborg implants, enhancing drugs, eugenics/dna manipulation or a combination of these

[Pizzaman]

Originally posted by Sofia/Dri:

If they're rich they can buy a cybernetic body that can go around. It can even look fully human and won't age.

This explains Sulla for me.

He's supposed to be super old (according to his Arena profile, he was around when the Fires of Ibis happened half a century ago!), but sounds like he's in his 30s-40s.