Wasn't quite sure where this counted as a power vs a character injury/disability because honestly it's both my girl do be goin thru it so I'm popping it here to be safe! I am so sorry in advance to whichever mod has to learn information about 13 Sentinels.
Ryoko is a giant mech pilot whose brain is fitted/enhanced with nanomachines that, in canon, have various vaguely defined functions but whose primary purpose are to allow her to interface directly with computers and data & essentially download it into her brain to allow her to learn at a rapidly enhanced pace. These nanomachines are also what allow her to pilot her Sentinel, her giant robot (which she obviously won't have here, lol)
However, the nanomachine network in her brain is also currently infected with a virus called DD-426 that causes these nanomachines to detach from her brain. This causes degenerative brain damage that primarily affects her ability to recall and retain memories, her emotional regulation and impulse control, risk assessment — canon itself is vague as to how far this goes but based on her canon symptoms, I assume & play her with the idea that she is suffering frontal lobe damage. She also suffers from chronic pain and fatigue and the endpoint of this degeneration is total loss of memory with personality left intact.
THAT WAS A VERY LONG WINDED EXPLANATION leading up to me just wanting to ask: how would this be handled in game? My preference with Ryoko is not to entirely remove DD-426 as an issue for her to manage but to give her resources in game to temporarily stall or slow its progression so I can pursue that as personal development at my own speed, but I also don't necessarily know how this works or doesn't work with setting lore so I wanted to check in with you guys to see how that would roll!
CW in this question for some non-graphic discussion of brain damage
Ryoko is a giant mech pilot whose brain is fitted/enhanced with nanomachines that, in canon, have various vaguely defined functions but whose primary purpose are to allow her to interface directly with computers and data & essentially download it into her brain to allow her to learn at a rapidly enhanced pace. These nanomachines are also what allow her to pilot her Sentinel, her giant robot (which she obviously won't have here, lol)
However, the nanomachine network in her brain is also currently infected with a virus called DD-426 that causes these nanomachines to detach from her brain. This causes degenerative brain damage that primarily affects her ability to recall and retain memories, her emotional regulation and impulse control, risk assessment — canon itself is vague as to how far this goes but based on her canon symptoms, I assume & play her with the idea that she is suffering frontal lobe damage. She also suffers from chronic pain and fatigue and the endpoint of this degeneration is total loss of memory with personality left intact.
THAT WAS A VERY LONG WINDED EXPLANATION leading up to me just wanting to ask: how would this be handled in game? My preference with Ryoko is not to entirely remove DD-426 as an issue for her to manage but to give her resources in game to temporarily stall or slow its progression so I can pursue that as personal development at my own speed, but I also don't necessarily know how this works or doesn't work with setting lore so I wanted to check in with you guys to see how that would roll!