Yes to the first, no to the second; you can very well implant a cyberbrain into a biomorph, and it is even listed in the implant section for just such a purpose. However, you cannot implant a biological brain into a synthmorph, because a synthmorph simply doesn't have the necessary parts to keep it alive (circulatory system, digestive tract... just to name a couple). It would probably not be worth it to do so, either (you would start to lose all the advantages of being a synthmorph, for what amounts to little or nothing).

Rasumichin wrote:

IMHO it should be possible with ease, but it would lead to the morph switching to pod category, as pods encompass all partly biological morphs with cyberbrains.

No, pods are a specific breed of biomorph which is manufactured... that is it's organic parts are grown independently and it is assembled, rather than going from infant to adult as normal biomorphs are made. They are factory-assembled meat bodies. This is a slightly different scenario.

HappyDaze wrote:

Would the biomorph with cyberbrain still gain the usual bonuses to COG, INT, SAV, and WIL that it would have gained from the biomorph's bio-brain? There's nothing to suggest otherwise, but some of those bonuses should have come from improvements in the wetware that is going to be scooped out and replaced with the cyberbrain. If you can just build a cyberbrain with those improvements, then why not take it out and reinstall it in another morph (like taking a Remade cyberbrain and putting it into a Synth)? Also, shouldn't it be easy enough with EP tech to create the necessary life support module for an organic brain? Shadowrun allows for this with the cyborg (jarhead) rules, and its tech level is much lower. As for why - the increased protection from brainhacking and increased ease of use with synthmorph bodies by Psi characters are about the only things I can think of as positives.

Good question. I'd find that a tough one to answer off the bat, but as of right now I'd say there's no reason to punish your players for such a modification. I might say that the cyberbrain has to be custom-made for the body in which it will be inserted (synched to its synaptic speed, tailored to its structure), which renders it immediately incompatible with other bodies (Thus making it impossible to use a remade cyberbrain in a synth morph, as you used for an example). As for the last part, we may very well see such technology in a future release. Remember that this is just the first of many books for this game. That said, I still see a few problems in such a jarhead system (Shadowrun cyborgs do require maintenance and such to keep functioning). To that end, such a system would probably not be totally immune to brainhacking like a biomorph, because you might still need a puppet sock to connect the biological brain to the synth body (and that puppet sock can still be hacked). The only real advantage I can see would be the usage of psi.