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<td valign="top" background="images/design/surround_title_s.gif"><span class="sectionlink"><a href="frontiersmen.html">Frontiersmen
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Data</a></span><span class="sectiontext">: <font color="#FF6600">Nanotech</font></span></td>
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<p><img src="images/images/10_data.gif" width="13" height="10">
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The cornerstone of scientific advancement and
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technology in the last century has been nanotech:
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the use of molecular machines to manipulate the
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very atoms of matter. This technology has allowed
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humanity to construct objects that are lighter,
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stronger, and more perfectly assembled than ever
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before – one molecule at a time. It also means
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that if we have the "blueprints" of
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any device, we can construct it perfectly, over
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and over. </p>
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<p>There are two types of nanotech (also called
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"nanites") currently in use – replicating,
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and fixed. Fixed nanotech are molecular machines
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that perform one function only, running off an
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internal energy supply, and expiring when their
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work is done. An example would be the medical
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nanos in medkits. They enter the body, locate
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damage, and repair it. Once their energy is used
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up, they "die", entering the bloodstream
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to be filtered out naturally. Each medkit can
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only repair so much damage (and good thing –
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medical nanites with no energy limit might continue
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to "repair" even after the damage was
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fixed). Replicating nanotech, on the other hand,
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draw energy from their environment (usually a
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single type of matter) and some even have the
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ability to reproduce, creating new versions of
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themselves that can in turn replicate, ad infinitum.
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An example would be the biotech patrolling every
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Frontiersman's body, looking for foreign biotech
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or nanotech attack. These machines convert iron
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in the blood into the minimal charge needed to
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continue functioning. Replicating nanotech is
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extremely dangerous and nearly non-existent today.
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The dangers of a machine that never stops, or
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can reproduce itself into infinity, are too great.
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Early mistakes destroyed entire planets, and created
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"hot zones" that will be off limits
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for many generations. The destructive potential
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of this technology dwarfs anything man has encountered
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or imagined.</p>
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<p>For this reason, there are strict limits on the
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use of nanotech in civilian or industrial applications.
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These limits are relaxed slightly on ships, where
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accidents can be contained, or in military situations,
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where it seems any advantage will be exploited
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sooner or later, no matter the risk.</p>
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<p>Most ships or bases have carefully contained
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stores of "raw" nano-sludge, a mineral
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rich slop that can serve as the base material
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for any desired object. Nanotech assemblers are
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designed to accept this sludge, and this sludge
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only, as their fuel, and the building blocks for
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nano-construction. This helps limit the dangers
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of nanotech, and also allows the Trans-Govs to
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police its use (by controlling the nano-sludge
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supply). There are few greater crimes than the
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unsanctioned development or use of nanotech.</p>
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<p>Stores of nano-sludge on ships or bases
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are called Resource Nodes. They are only
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accessed under supervised conditions, requiring
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the oversight of a ship's captain. Frontiersmen
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can tap them using <a href="structures_restower.html">Resource
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Towers</a>. See <a href="items_main.html">Resources
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and Equipment</a> for more information.
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