Mechanical augmentation



""In an effort to secure freedom and liberty for those under their protection, many UNATCO agents have chosen to sacrifice social acceptance for mission performance by surgically replacing limbs and organs with mechanically or electronically enhanced equivalents.""

- MedDirectorate

Mechanical-augmentation involves the use of machines and robotics in order to improve or replace certain human body parts. It was the first method of augmentation invented by humanity. With this, humans shattered barriers previously thought to be impenetrable (e.g. extremely advanced technology, super-human abilities etc). It's the ancestor of the nano-augmentation.

History
Mechanical-augmentation were starting to become widespread in the early 2020's and became popular sometime before 2027. It allows augmented beings to accomplish tasks that would be difficult or impossible for non-augmented people to complete. Mechanical-augmentation allows it's users to see in the dark and through walls, remotely take over technology such as computers or other augmented body parts, and increase the strength and speed of limbs so that they perform at a super-human standard.

Despite it's many benefits, mechanical-augmentation is very controversial and frowned upon by some. The Mechanically Augmented suffer from extreme physical and mental pain and scarring. Many people feel that augmentations will usurp the social order, as the augmented can accomplish more than regular people, eliminating the need for natural skill or talent. Nano-augmentation is a more advanced form of augmentation that uses nanites instead of machinery to improve the human body with very little pain or scarring, rendering old augmentations obsolete and creating an inferiority complex between "mech-augs" and "nano-augs".

Although popular in 2027, it has become socially frowned upon and by 2052 has become extremely rare. In 2052, the "mech-augs" are second-class citizens, looked down upon even by the non-augmented poor. They have their own airport security systems and have to register with government authorities. They're also not allowed in certain locations and have separate facilities, ostensibly tailored to their unique needs but really as a way of controlling them. There's no way a mechanically augmented human can pass for normal for very long.

By 2072, mechanical-augmentation is no longer practiced, due to the popularization of nano-augmentation. No mechanically-augmented people are seen in Deus Ex: Invisible War, as most of them have died in the decades since mechanical-augmentation's heyday (and the Collapse). The Knights Templar, radical anti-augmentation activists in 2072, never mention mechanical-augmentation, confirming that it is no longer practiced.

Deus Ex

 * Anna Navarre - UNATCO and Majestic-12 Agent
 * Gunther Hermann - UNATCO and Majestic-12 Agent
 * Guy - Bodyguard of Renault, a drug dealer in Paris
 * JoJo Fine - Pimp, drug dealer and NSF officer
 * Jordan Shea - Ex-UNATCO/Bartender of the Underworld Tavern
 * Louis - Doorman of the club La Porte de l'Enfer
 * Rock - Drug dealer at Brooklyn Bridge Station
 * Sam Carter - UNATCO's Quartermaster
 * Two security guards of the club La Porte de l'Enfer

Deus Ex: Invisible War

 * No one, mechanical-augmentation are completely overwhelmed and nobody practical an operation, to the detriment of the nano-augmentation.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

 * Adam Jensen - Security Consultant for Sarif Industries
 * Barrett - Professional Bell Tower Mercenary, apparently possessing arm, torso, and left leg augmentations.
 * David Sarif - Founder of Sarif Industries, and pioneer of the mechanical augmentation industry. He himself has a prosthetic right arm.
 * Fedorova - Official role not yet known. Possibly an Antagonist. Possesses an invisibility augmentation.
 * Tong Se Hong - Owner of the Hive nightclub in Heng Sha. Possesses an entirely prosthetic left arm.
 * Many others, as mechanical-augmentation is the only commercial form of Augmentation in 2027.