Surviving Death

Isn't death irreversible? Not anymore. Five hundred years ago, a pierced intestine was a mortal wound. In today's age of nanomachines and field fabrication, a pierced intestine can be treated with a medical satchel and rest. The same transformation is now underway for wounds we think of as life-ending. TSF Frontiersmen rely on body imaging and human fabrication technologies in the battle against the kharaa. Now that technology can also help pioneer colonists survive the new world. Imagine going to a biobed to treat your pierced intestine. Nanomachines clean the wound, and a biobed fabricator restores the missing tissue. One molecule's as good as another. It's the pattern of atoms and molecules in your body which defines your identity. As long as that pattern can be healed, YOU can be healed. What if we could store the pattern of your body in a safe place, and use it as a guide to heal you from serious injury? A missing limb? A crushed torso? Even an insult to the brain? Thanks to phase imaging, we can treat these wounds even after your biological body has ceased to function—or been completely annihilated. In fact — if we define 'death' as 'a life-ending injury that can't be treated' — then death no longer exists. There are only degrees of recoverable injury. A body produced by a biobed human fabricator is often known as a PRINT. All prints which share a common set of memories are referred to as a FORK. For further questions, see FAQ: Death And Recovery.