TheShepard256
Well-Known Member
I think using a sperm bank (or viable non-Steele sperm in general) is not a good idea, both in-universe and out-of-universe:I do like the idea of the sperm converter, though i also am still for the sperm bank thing just because you could pick different races to load into the strap on each time to diversify your progeny even more. or if the sperm bank let you see other traits of the different donors. Then again your thing would make it easier to implement as it requires less writing due to not making the sperm bank
- In-universe, the children would technically not be Steele's kids since it's not their DNA being used, and Steele isn't the one carrying them; as such, they may not be eligible for the nursery's care. The more pressing issue, however, is that there are also some scenes where the kids are explicitly compared to Steele in appearance (Ellie and Briha), and others where Steele being the father/sire plays an important role in interactions with the mother (Zheniya, Quinn (if Steele is definitely the father/sire) and generic zil female). The Rats Raiders also have a loss scene where they harvest Steele's cum on the premise that CEO cum will sell for a lot of money. In all of these cases, Steele using genetic material that's not theirs would create significant plot holes.
- Out-of-universe, whenever Steele impregnates someone, the code always assumes (correctly) that Steele is passing on their original genes; if that assumption was incorrect, then the code would have to be re-written to support that. Additionally, this code is written on a case-by-case basis, so literally every single character Steele can impregnate would have to be updated to reflect this. I don't think the payoff is enough to be worth that.
There's already a generic pregnancy system in place; I know it supports laquine and ausar pregnancies, and that it's hooked up to Miscreant Manor. I think you could hook it up to what you're planning, though to avoid selfcest babies it would have to be different sperm to that which Steele uses to impregnate others. DrunkZombie could tell you more; he's the pregnancy coding expert.If it can edit it to be your own, why not simply randomize it based on known genomes? It would require the same technology and knowhow, at least in-universe. The real question is just: how much effort would it be to implement? I'm perfectly fine going without the impregnation part, I could care less about that, but it would make it similar to something in CoC's gym if it could work. I'm not sure how to go about expanding the choices if that becomes an option, though, and it might throw off some of the dialogue if the father is...a dildo?


