Difference between revisions of "Bionic jaw"

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A bionic jaw is an artificial body part that acts as a replacement for a pawn's natural jaw, increasing the Talking and Eating capacities.

Acquisition

Bionic jaws can be crafted at a fabrication bench once the bionic replacements research project has been completed. Each requires 10 Plasteel, 3 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.

They can also be found in ancient shrines, offered as a quest reward, or bought from exotic traders, Empire traders, and at Outlander faction bases.^[Verify]

Summary

A Bionic jaw replaces an organic jaw and has a part efficiency of 125%, improving both Talking and Eating by +25%. This increases the Eating speed by +23.75%.

The following stats are also affected: Trade Price Improvement, Social Impact, Negotiation Ability, Conversion Power, Train Animal Chance, Tame Animal Chance. Note however that, as of the time of writing, no stat is improved by a Talking capacity above 100%. However, a bonus will provide a buffer against stat and capacity penalties from other sources.

It also removes the Disfigured condition from pawns missing a jaw or a tongue. Installing a Bionic Jaw will replace any previously installed Bionic Tongues, and 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 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

A bionic jaws combines well with a joywire for dedicated wardens. It cancels the penalty to talking and eating from lowered consciousness. This combination can help take advantage of Moral Guides from secondary ideoligions without having to worry about their mood. However, bionic jaws will not nullify the effect of the joywire on manipulation and moving, greatly penalizing most other types of work and combat effectiveness.

The only other type of work requiring good talking is animal handling. However, the relevant stats, Tame Animal Chance and Train Animal Chance both allow for a maximum 20% defect to talking, making the bionic jaw unnecessary.

For any other pawn, there is very little benefit from having a bionic jaw over a natural jaw.

For pawns with a missing jaw, then the bionic jaw must be compared to a denture. A denture is virtually free, except for the medicine used to install it. Both replacements will remove the disfigured social penalty.

For the purpose of wealth management, a pawn with a denture will have a wealth value around 30% lower compared to the same pawn with a natural jaw. With a bionic jaw, the same pawn will have a value increased by 785 silvers. A denture is therefore a much better choice for the purpose of wealth management.

The increase to eating will allow a pawn to eat and to consume several types of food by about 23.75%. However, since a pawn spends only a tiny amount of time eating everyday, the benefit of this is negligible.

Version history

1.5.4062 - 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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 The following [[stats]] are also affected: {{#ask: [[Talking Importance::+]]|sort = Name}}. Note however that, {{Hover title|Version/1.5.4104|as of the time of writing}}, no stat is improved by a Talking capacity above 100%. However, a bonus will provide a buffer against stat and capacity penalties from other sources.
-It also removes the [[Disfigured]] condition from pawns missing a jaw.
+It also removes the [[Disfigured]] condition from pawns missing a jaw or a tongue. Installing a Bionic Jaw will replace any previously installed [[Bionic Tongue|Bionic Tongues]], and 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.
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