Difference between revisions of "Bionic tongue"

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A bionic tongue acts as a replacement for a removed tongue. It has 100% part efficiency, perfectly replacing but not exceeding the capabilities of a natural tongue.

Acquisition[edit]

Bionic tongues can be crafted at a fabrication bench once the bionic replacements research project has been completed. Each requires 8 Plasteel, 2 Advanced components, 26,000 ticks (7.22 mins) of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter, and a crafting skill of 8.

Summary[edit]

Bionic tongues fully replace an organic tongue. Without a tongue, pawns have 0% Talking and are unable to:

Initiate or responds to relationship requests, become lovers, or propose marriage
Engage in conversations, good or bad.
- Will not be rebuff or be rebuffed by others
- Unable to trigger social fights by insulting others
- Unable to increase opinion of an existing romatic partner
Will not try and convert others to their ideoligion.
(to be checked): Unable to issue role commands

In addition, a pawn without a tongue is considered disfigured, giving −15 opinion from others. They will also have a −8 Missing tongue mood debuff until the tongue is replaced.

Installing a Bionic Jaw will also fix the missing tongue condition, as well as removing any previously installed bionic tongues upon installation. It is impossible to install a tongue on a colonist with a Bionic Jaw. This means that the Bionic Jaw is superior to a Bionic Tongue in every way.

Installation[edit]

Installing the part requires 2,500 ticks (41.67 secs) of work, 2x medicine of herbal quality or better, and a Medical skill of 5.

Removing the part requires 2,000 ticks (33.33 secs) of work, 1x medicine of herbal quality or better, and has no Medical skill requirements.

If the operation fails, the part will be destroyed.

Analysis[edit]

As a bionic tongue has the same stats as a regular tongue, installing one on a healthy pawn serves no physical purpose. If Ideology DLC is installed, the biosculpter pod can be used to restore the tongue at the cost of 2 instead. Otherwise, only the rare healer mech serums can fix it.

Replacing a missing tongue may not be necessary at all, however. While very important on any pawn that uses their talking stat (wardening, trading, taming), other pawns face a tradeoff. It removes all negative conversations, which can help with traits like Abrasive, but removes relationship penalties. Note that the healer mech serum can heal an missing tongue in place of other ailments.

Body modders and transhumanists will be happier when using any artificial body part. Among the core RimWorld artificial parts that don't have any downsides, bionic tongues require the fewest advanced components. This should be compared to dentures and cochlear implants, which only gives a penalty to jobs using the Social or Animals skills. With the Royalty DLC, Venom fangs , knee spikes , and elbow blades can provide a similar benefit without requiring advanced components and xenogerms are effectively free, even a purely cosmetic gene will satisfy them.

Version history[edit]

1.3.3101 - Added.

Artificial body parts

Arm/Hand: Archotech arm • Bionic arm • Power claw • Prosthetic arm • Wooden hand • Drill arm • Elbow blade • Field hand • Hand talon • Venom talon • Flesh tentacle • Flesh whip
Head: Archotech eye • Bionic eye • Bionic ear • Bionic jaw • Bionic tongue • Cochlear implant • Denture • Aesthetic nose
Head implants: Joywire • Painstopper • Circadian assistant • Circadian half-cycler • Gastro-analyzer • Learning assistant • Mindscrew • Neurocalculator • Psychic harmonizer • Psychic reader • Psychic sensitizer • Venom fangs • Control sublink (Standard, High) • Mechlink • Mech gestation processor • Remote repairer • Remote shielder • Repair probe
Spine: Bionic spine • Revenant vertebrae
Stomach: Bionic stomach • Nuclear stomach • Reprocessor stomach • Sterilizing stomach • Fleshmass stomach
Heart: Bionic heart • Prosthetic heart • Heart • Adrenal heart • Corrosive heart • Metalblood heart
Lung: Lung • Detoxifier lung • Fleshmass lung
Kidney: Kidney • Detoxifier kidney
Organs: Liver
Visceral implants: Death acidifier • Aesthetic shaper • Coagulator • Healing enhancer • Armorskin gland • Stoneskin gland • Toughskin gland • Immunoenhancer • Love enhancer • Ghoul plating • Ghoul barbs
Leg/Foot: Archotech leg • Bionic leg • Prosthetic leg • Peg leg • Wooden foot • Knee spike
Related: Psylink neuroformer • Xenogerm
Deprecated: Scyther blade • Psychic silencer

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+{{infobox main|
 | name = Bionic tongue
 | image = Health item bionic.png|Bionic tongue
 | type = Medical Items
 | type2 = Body Parts
+| tech level = Spacer
 | description = An artificial tongue replacement. Made of synthetic smooth-fibers and connected through a neurogel interface, it can match the performance of a natural tongue in speaking, eating, and tasting.
-| class = Spacer
 | production facility 1 = Fabrication bench
-| research = Bionic Replacements
+| research = Bionic replacements
 | skill 1 = Crafting
 | skill 1 level = 8
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 | tradeTags = TechHediff, Bionic
 | techHediffsTags = Advanced
-| thingSetMakerTags = RewardStandardMidFreq
+| body part = Tongue
-|
 }}
 A '''bionic tongue''' acts as a replacement for a removed tongue. It has 100% part efficiency, perfectly replacing but not exceeding the capabilities of a natural tongue.
-==Acquisition==
+== Acquisition ==
-They can be crafted at a [[fabrication bench]] for 8 {{icon|plasteel}} [[plasteel]] and 2 {{icon|advcomponent}} [[advanced component]]s and are sometimes offered for sale by exotic traders and at Outlander bases. They require a crafting skill of 8.
+{{Stub|section=1|reason=Who can they be bought from and are they ever offered as quest rewards?}}
+{{Acquisition}}
+<!-- Copied from other Bionics, but idk if they are actually available from these avenues. When someone does check each element, the format should be similar to this, though obviously with only the relevant sections retained and/or added.
+They can also be [[Trade|bought]] from exotic traders, [[Empire]] traders, and at [[Outlander]] [[faction base]]s. They are also sometimes offered as a [[quest]] reward.
+-->
 == Summary ==
-{{stub|section=1}}
+{{Rewrite|section=1|reason=Format standard}}
-Installing requires {{ticks|2500}} of work, and a [[Skills#Medical|Medical skill]] of 5.
+Bionic tongues fully replace an organic tongue. Without a tongue, pawns have 0% [[Talking]] and are unable to:
+* Initiate or responds to relationship requests, become lovers, or propose marriage
+* Engage in conversations, good or bad.
+** Will not be rebuff or be rebuffed by others
+** Unable to trigger social fights by insulting others
+** Unable to increase [[opinion]] of an existing romatic partner
+* Will not try and convert others to their [[ideoligion]]{{IdeologyIcon}}.
+* (to be checked): Unable to issue role commands {{IdeologyIcon}}
+In addition, a pawn without a tongue is considered [[disfigured]], giving {{--|15}} [[opinion]] from others. They will also have a {{--|8}} ''Missing tongue'' [[mood]] debuff until the tongue is replaced.
+Installing a Bionic Jaw will also fix the missing tongue condition, as well as removing any previously installed bionic tongues upon installation. It is impossible to install a tongue on a colonist with a Bionic Jaw. This means that the Bionic Jaw is superior to a Bionic Tongue in every way.
+=== Installation ===
+Installing the part requires {{Ticks|2500}} of work, 2x medicine of [[Herbal medicine|herbal]] quality or better, and a [[Skills#Medical|Medical skill]] of 5.
+Removing the part requires {{ticks|2000}} of work, 1x medicine of [[Herbal medicine|herbal]] quality or better, and has no [[Skills#Medical|Medical skill]] requirements.
+If the operation fails, the part will be destroyed.
 == Analysis ==
-?
+As a bionic tongue has the same stats as a regular tongue, installing one on a healthy pawn serves no physical purpose. If [[Ideology DLC]] is installed, the [[biosculpter pod]] {{IdeologyIcon}} can be used to restore the tongue at the cost of {{icon small|glitterworld medicine}} 2 instead. Otherwise, only the rare [[healer mech serum]]s can fix it.
+Replacing a missing tongue may not be necessary at all, however.  While very important on any pawn that uses their [[talking]] stat (wardening, trading, taming), other pawns face a tradeoff. It removes all negative conversations, which can help with [[trait]]s like Abrasive, but removes relationship penalties. Note that the [[healer mech serum]] can heal an  missing tongue in place of other ailments.
-Body modders like it, and its cheap to make. If [[Ideology DLC]] is installed, the [[biosculpter pod]] {{IdeologyIcon}} can be used to fix the tongue instead. Otherwise, only rare [[healer mech serum]]s can fix it. How likely are removed tongues that you didn't cause and how important is it to replace them on non-social pawns though?
+Body modders and transhumanists {{IdeologyIcon}} will be happier when using any artificial body part. Among the {{hover title|RimWorld base content without DLC|core RimWorld}} artificial parts that don't have any downsides, bionic tongues require the fewest [[advanced component]]s. This should be compared to [[denture]]s and [[cochlear implant]]s, which only gives a penalty to jobs using the Social or Animals skills. With the [[Royalty DLC]], [[Venom fangs]] {{RoyaltyIcon}}, [[knee spike]]s {{RoyaltyIcon}}, and [[elbow blade]]s {{RoyaltyIcon}} can provide a similar benefit without requiring advanced components and [[xenogerm]]s{{BiotechIcon}} are effectively free, even a purely cosmetic gene will satisfy them.
 == Version history ==
-* [[Version/1.3.3101|1.3.101]] - Added.
+* [[Version/1.3.3101|1.3.3101]] - Added.
 {{nav|body parts|wide}}
+[[Category:Medical Item]] [[Category:Body Part]] [[Category:Artificial Body Part]]
-[[Category: Medical Item]]
-[[Category: Body Part]]