Cyborgs and Their Relationships
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Introduction
An alternative future. Humans have not invented stable artificial intelligence or consciousness uploading (their software is stuck in the 2000s), but they have made great strides in modifying and augmenting the body. So instead of robots, they have cyborgs.
Cyborgs are made from people, it’s a completely voluntary process. They give up some of their humanity and versatility in exchange for a longer life, a stronger body, and many new abilities and sensations not available to unmodified humans. Cyborgs believe it is absolutely worth it.
Among the typical modifications that almost all cyborgs choose is a synthetic reinforced skin (with full sense of touch), so cyborgs do not need or wear shoes or clothes. Also, almost all of them remove the reproductive system almost completely, but leave the parts involved in sexual arousal and pleasure. Most cyborgs also have augmentations that give them several other, radically different sensations of pleasure that unmodified humans cannot even imagine.
Their civilization is at the stage of galactic expansion. FTL speeds are physically impossible, so they build and send huge sublight ships. During the flight, the main crew sleeps in hibernation, and the ship is run by several cyborgs on duty.
And so the first story begins...