Biogel Core Soul Injector (World Guide, Technical) (Patreon)

Biogel Core Soul Injector

In order to facilitate the adding of souls into the gestalt of a biogel reactor core, two separate systems have been developed. One directly inserts the subject into the physical mass of the core. The other applies activated biogel to the subject, converting her to the same, and processing the result prior to injecting it into the core. Both of these systems are referred to as soul injectors.

The direct insertion soul injector is the preferred system for ground based biogel reactor systems. With this system, the subject to be injected is restrained in a dropping frame integrated into the reactor head, in the middle of the control and data acquisition probes. Encompassed in a null gravity field, the subject is lowered physically into the gelatinous core mass. Her body is subsumed into the mass as it descends, and she remains alive and conscious throughout the process. Only once her body is completely subsumed does her still conscious soul begin to join the gestalt, and add its power to the core.

The indirect insertion soul injector is preferred for use aboard mobile platforms such as starships. In this system, the subject is held in a frame, while the activated biogel from the ship's network is allowed to make direct contact with her body. This causes the subject to be converted directly into more activated biogel, which is then pulled back into the network. The subject's soul is then filtered out and massaged into a dissociated state before being injected into the reactor core to join the gestalt. This process ensures instant union with the gestalt, therefore minimizing any potential disruption caused by the presence of an un-synchronized mind within the core.

Soul injection is an effectively irreversible process. In the event that a soul finds its way out of the core, all of its thoughts and memories are the same as all other souls within the core. Therefore, an errant core soul cannot be distinguished from any of the others, at least from the standpoint of technology. The dominant soul of all biogel, Omega, is capable of telling one soul from another, and of restoring it to more or less its prior self as a resynthesized being. Even so, the resynthesized individuals can never actually be parted from Omega, and are as completely subject to that soul's will as they were within their core.

Most Gelitech facilities with biogel reactor cores accept volunteers to join with their respective gestalts. Special reactor core tours are offered on occasion and include usually live soul injector demonstrations. Audience participation is always encouraged.