Here's a question for you. Some time in the future, you're handed the
op****tunity to choose one character, or perhaps an amalgam of a couple
of characters, from some fictional source and build him or her. (we'll
leave aside the morality of doing this -- assume if you like that
you're someone with your fiction tastes but a big blind spot in that
specific area).
You have Almost Sufficiently Advanced Tech available: you can
construct human genetics to produce a given appearance (height,
weight, color of hair and eyes, etc.), you can splice in traits of
other species or make new ones. You CANNOT violate the laws of
physics, but you have advanced nanotech available to PUSH the laws of
physics, and some Near Unobtainium (ring-carbon composite) which is
super strong and tough; you also have room-temperature
superconductors. If you like, you can put them in a controlled,
VR-capable environment (including sensory inputs) which will simulate
their "native location" and allow you to at least partially make up
for not controlling the laws of time and space.
Restrictions: The character must be from some SF/F type source that
was popular during its release (or is well-known from some general
source -- Hercules, for instance). So, for instance, my character
Verne Domingo wouldn't be eligible, but Honor Harrington is.
So who do you choose?
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Sea Wasp
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