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== Description ([[Specifications]]) == | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == | ||
Metempsychosis refers to advanced psychological [[technology]] enabling mind transfer. It's not a perfected [[science]] within [[Charted Space]]. | Metempsychosis refers to advanced psychological [[technology]] enabling mind transfer. It's not a perfected [[science]] within [[Charted Space]]. | ||
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=== Relict Regeneration & Organic Cloning === | === Relict Regeneration & Organic Cloning === | ||
[[Relict Regeneration]] is the process of transferring a preexisting mind into the body of a newly created [[clone]]. It's a cutting edge technology within [[Charted Space]], but some aspects of it has been in use among the ultra-wealthy and [[Imperial Noble]]s for generations. | [[Relict Regeneration]] is the process of transferring a preexisting mind into the body of a newly created [[clone]]. It's a cutting edge technology within [[Charted Space]], but some aspects of it has been in use among the ultra-wealthy and [[Imperial Noble]]s for generations. | ||
Revision as of 13:07, 18 January 2019
Metempsychosis, or mind transference, is the process by which a mind is transferred from one body, or vessel, to another.
- The most visible use of metempsychosis is the medical procedure Relict Regeneration, a kind of cloning technology.
Please see the following AAB articles for more information:
Description (Specifications)
Metempsychosis refers to advanced psychological technology enabling mind transfer. It's not a perfected science within Charted Space.
Relict Regeneration & Organic Cloning
Relict Regeneration is the process of transferring a preexisting mind into the body of a newly created clone. It's a cutting edge technology within Charted Space, but some aspects of it has been in use among the ultra-wealthy and Imperial Nobles for generations.
Contemporary Wafertech & Inorganic Memory Transference
No information yet available.
Infomorphs & Inorganic Memory Transference
No information yet available. Virus.
Psionic Memory Transference
No information yet available. Virus.
History & Background (Dossier)
Metempsychosis (Greek: μετεμψύχωσις) is a philosophical term in the Terran Greek language referring to transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death. The term "transmigration" is also used.
The term was re-appropriated many centuries later to indicate mind transference especially of sophont species like the Denaar.
Etymology: "Change in Soul" ...via late Latin from Greek [metempsukhōsis, from: meta- (expressing change)] + [en ‘in’] + [psukhē ‘soul’]. Claimed to have been first used in Late 16th century by Terran dating on Terra:
Denaar & Natural Metempsychosis
No information yet available.
Low Autonomous Infomorphs
No information yet available.
Early Wafertech & Skillsets
No information yet available.
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Marc Miller. Secret of the Ancients (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), TBD.
- Gregory P. Lee. Cirque (Greylock Publishing, 2014), TBD.
- Gareth Hanrahan. Secret of the Ancients (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), TBD.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science