In another thread I raised the topic of using simple cosmetic surgery to conceal a morph's true type, or to eliminate the "uncanny valley" flaw. (Say getting a head of hair grafted onto a remade, like I would...) One of the designers said I may have found a glitch in the system as a notable flaw like uncanny valley (Maybe we should rename it "Michael Jackson face syndrome" so people know what we're taliing about more clearly.) with simple, cheap cosmetic surgery which, in EP's time and tech level, might be something you but a "DIY" kit for at Xmart or something like that. Well, I wasn't looking to poke holes in EP and for the record I like it and don't want to bust on it just to bust on it, but I did consider that in EPs time plastic surgery is going to be in all likelihood a trivial matter, which makes you wonder about "morph masking" to conceal that futura morph. OK, so we can mostly accept that fairly major effect plastic surgery is likely to be a very simple and inexpensive matter in a world of nanotech and microbots, where you might even have your own private surgical AL unit with all the tools needed to do a real number on your appearance. (Hey, it's a world where putting in a mind recorder is a routine procedure...) So what are the effects of plastic surgery in EP and how to be handle it in game terms? Like I said, one use I'd have would be to get a nice thick black rug put on my remade morph. Frak that baldie look! I was also wondering if morphs have distinct looks would someone be willing and able to use plstic surgery to conceal the fact they have, say, a fury morph? So you could have a fury bodyguard that's done uo to look like a pleasure pod, which could be a real big surprise to anyone attacking the guy it's protecting. Conversely you might have a stock morph but have it made up to look like a fury on the theory it's likely to discourage people from messing with you. Also, on this topic, I wonder if a person's ID would list his actual morph type, and would this be required to be public information or would privacy laws allow a person to not reveal his morph type just like people aren't required to carry signs saying, for example "I'm a diabetic!" today? (Of course there are cases where you might want tomeone to know your morph type, like, say, doctors.) Just some food for thought here, guls. Chow down.