: Just putting a brain into a machine may seem easier at first glance, but it
: might be the opposite. A human brain would require, at the minimum, a
: constant supply of oxygen, water and nutrition, with equivalent waste
: product removal, and probably some form of hormone supply/regulation. Even
: if we assume Pfhor nervous systems are more amenable to circuit
: integration than human ones, the biological requirements aren't likely to
: radically differ. The brain-in-a-box must include organs or mechanisms to
: meet its needs, increasing its cost and complexity over just using
: inorganic circuits. I suppose they could theoretically have brains in base
: stations acting remotely, but in that case it would be far cheaper to just
: use the aforementioned console jockeys.
The s'pht are pretty much brains with exosuits, and they're not born with the mechanical parts, so there is precedence for it not only being feasible, but a "natural" part of a planet's ecosystem (I mean in the s'pht mythos the jrro and pthia brought the s'pht and terraformed the landscape... but what are the f'licta? They're the s'pht equivalent of apes so there was a common ancestor that branched without the cybernetic requirements.)
