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yall augs and i were talking about untwo and if it would happen in the new tol content and they said “shane asking un ‘you found the one, right?’ and un look at two and saying ‘yeah’” and now i can’t stop crying go tell them something to alleviate my pain

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Augs shouldn’t feel cold. Long post.

Some time ago @remember-panchaea posed the question about whether Adam's arms shouldn't feel cold. And taking his words:

 ‘These are machinery and electronic components that NEVER are turned off. So therefore they do not have a "cool" state just a moderate "safe" temp zone. This is not to say they'd be belching steam and burn you, just you know, warm’.

And I think it's a very interesting point that I had never thought about. Before that little conversation I even caught myself thinking that Adam's arms would feel cold to the touch.

I've been thinking about it and I'd like to share my conclusions with you. Of course, feel free to add more information or to point out those things that could be incorrect :)

I think the "cold augs" trope exists because everyone has assumed (myself included) that the outside of the aug will be completely metal. Now I'm more inclined to think that it'll be a combination of metal and some kind of plastic (resistant, but light). If the aug will be completely metallic it would be too heavy to be functional.

If we look at the concept art of Adam's arms we can see are areas with different texture.

A close-up:

Areas where the very nature of the limb is subject to great torsion. For example, the elbow. Zooming the images we can see that the metal has "wrinkles" when it’s flexed.

This twisting/"wrinkling" would be impossible to create if his augs were completely metallic.

Before venturing to name materials, as always, we need a bit of prior context:

I've named a material that needs to endure a considerable amount of torsion (be flexible), but at the same time it must resist deformation (be rigid). But what does it really mean to be flexible/rigid?

Flexible: the ability of a material to deform elastically and return to its original shape when the applied stress is removed.

Rigid: is the extent to which an object resists deformation in response to an applied force.

This presents a paradox, because both are completely opposite properties. A material can "deform elastically and return to its original shape" or " resist deformation".

My solution? Add two materials to get that texture. One of them rigid (to support the structure) and another flexible (to cover the problematic area). 

  There is no need for the whole aug to be covered in plastic, only the area that need flexibility: The elbow area, the straps anchored to his pectoral, the straps holding his trapeze and some areas in his hand.

That said, there are materials that can be flexible or rigid depending on their thickness. For example, high density polyethylene (HDPE) could be a perfect material to protect all internal circuits. It can be flexible in thin sheets, but is stiffer in thick layers. (Not too many layers, though: Some rigid materials don't have much hardness and don't require much force to be drilled).

It looks like a bad Paint drawing, but that's how a black High Density Polyethylene thick sheet looks like.

When Adam gets involved in a shooting doesn't seem to suffer too many consequences. (His augs doesn't appear to have bullet holes). I'd say that HDPE will be covered in Kevlar.

Kevlar is a thin layer of plastic that looks like a cloth and is almost impossible to penetrate with bullets. The police/SWAT/army/... bulletproof suits are coated in this material.

Perhaps Adam's coat has ceramic plates and is covered in kevlar for extra-bulletproof protection. (That's the only way I can explain how his augs are never damaged despite being involved in so many gunfights).

As for the metal areas: I don't think his augs' biochips are very different from the chips we all know. Like any electronic component, I think its wiring would be protected with a hollow (and light) metallic shell. As well as other areas of the aug that could be more delicate.

Aluminum was the first name that came to my mind: a resistant, light and cheap metal. But I think that would be a material too "ugh" for Sarif.

I lean more for Titanium, its weight is 40% lighter than steel and has a resistance to elasticity of up to 1345 MPa. (Beta alloys are used to create some aeroplane elements). Useful when Adam decides to punch the wall.

The golden parts of his augs are probably covered with gold plates, maybe even some of its internal circuits. (Put some gold into the wiring is very extra, but it would give a very exclusive and refined touch that matches Sarif Industries aesthetics).

I don't think his arms felt hot either. After all, an aug is like a fancy prosthesis.

Metal is an excellent conductor of heat. Since the circuits/metal plates that support the aug into the limb are metallic and they are in constant contact with the flesh... That's probably more than enough for Adam's augs not to feel extra cold, they may even feel at a temperature similar to that of his body: warm.

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Adam aug headcanon

Strap in kids cause this is gonna be a long one.

Specifically, I'll be talking about his sense of touch.

Alright, so the premise of augmentations, fundamentally, is to have a portion of your body replaced by tech that's superior to what mother nature gave you. Makes sense, right? Otherwise they'd be no motivation to chop off a perfectly functioning limb. Well, that and if you're not augmented in the golden age of augs (pre hr to hr) it's REALLY hard to find a good job.

Adam's augmentations are top of the line, cutting edge bleeding into experimental (esp in MD, but I'd argue they're still not something you could obtain with mere purchase power unless you're a billionaire or special ops in HR).

With the above being said:

FANDOM, STOP WRITING ADAM JENSEN AS IF HE CAN'T FEEL ANYTHING WITH HIS AUGS!!!

It doesn't make ANY sense for Sarif to create augs that are weapons and also don't allow you to function in daily life. Even Namir canonically has a variety of attachments he can swap out on his... Underchassis, and he's sporting Tai Yong Medical. Quality of life is a huge driver for what brand someone would go for - you're not gonna buy a limb that's not going to do the job of a regular arm and then some. Sarif prides his brand in being the best designed.

I'd argue Adam's probably just as sensitive as he would've been with his normal limbs. He might even have some strange sensor packages that allow him to feel things that humans normally can't. This, I could see as disorienting since the human mind is only capable of processing certain types and amounts of input. He might even be able to turn his touch sensors off. THIS would be extremely disorienting, and probably the easiest way to incapacitate him, if he's not conciously choosing to turn off said sensors.

Being able to grip objects also depends on touch, and while Adam is shown to have issues controlling pressure (the cracked whiskey glass) we only ever see this lack of control displayed in his HR apartment, where he spent most of his recovery. In MD, anything that might be broken is most likely a result of emotions leading to lack of control rather than a defect in the augmentations design.

Most likely, any discomfort is borne of phantom limb syndrome. Maybe his phantom limbs not synching up with what he's seeing in terms of what and how he's moving. Given that his DNA allows him to bond very strongly with his neural/bio chip though, I don't think it would bother him after he got a certain point through his recovery.

His augs probably feel cool to the touch, but I imagine that he could probably change the temperature not just for comfort, but also to evade thermal imaging. A thermal camera isn't going to think a hot spot the shadow of a torso is a human right away.

His palms look to be the most skin like in texture, so I assume there's a high tech silicone with embedded sensors to replicate touch and grip as well.

Tldr I love seeing people write Adam as struggling with recovery but Sarif is better than to not put a sense of touch into those augs, come on guys.

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