Artificial, very strong, muscle-like machines. | |
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A sophont who chooses to incorporate Ultimate Muscles into eir body may significantly change in appearance |
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Supersophonts have ultrahard bones to support their Ultimate Muscles; these bones usually consist of specialised diamondoid material, or solid UM boron/carbon/nitrogen compounds of comparable strength. The bones must be very large in cross-sectional area compared to the Ultimate Muscles, since the Muscles are so strong they can easily exert forces that will break the bones, either directly or indirectly |
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Hyperborgs are relatively slow compared to specialised running clades with non-humanoid bodyplans. |