A techno-religious movement predominantly among bionts that grew out of
Jainism. The Jainist Cellular Augments believe that every living
subunit of one's being is a life to be respected and cherished. They
use nanites to stabilize and supplement all their constituent cells,
immortalizing the cells (even bacteria living within them), organs,
systems, and in the case of hive minds organisms that compose their
being. Even gametes are held in an immortal state. They are also
strictly pacifists and abiotophages. They seek to avoid harm to any
living entity, floating on gentle jets of air generated by utility fogs
to avoid crushing life underfoot. They eat only chemically produced
nutrients.
There are two main divisions in the Jainist Cellular
Augments, the
Copy-clad
and the
Spirit-clad.
The Copy-clad employ backups as insurance against accidents. The
Spirit-clad eschew backups, instead trusting in spiritual reincarnation
in the event of death. The Jainist Cellular Augments, due to their
belief in scrupulous
protection of their constituent parts, do not
usually engage in transcension, and augmentation is in the form of
additions to the body rather than replacements. The
Jainist Cellular Augments are found predominantly in the
Sophic
League,
the
Negentropist
Alliance (who respect their
anti-entropic ways), and
some parts of the
Utopia
Sphere.
