Omar

The Omar are a group of cyborgs in Invisible War, who are notorious for the point to which they take their augmentation. They have reached a collective consciousness by switching their frontal lobes with a wireless cortical interface. In game they are manly traders who deal in black market goods(most notable, black market augmentations). The author Bruce Sterling in a short story called Cicada Queen, introduces the idea of cyborgs, called "Lobsters", who modifiy themselfs with a Powered Exoskeletons, The Russian word for lobster is Омар (pronounced as "omar"), the name of the Omar refrenceses the Lobsters of Cicada Queen.

History
The Omar came from a group of Russian scientists who turned to radical biomodification in an attempt to survive the Russian famine following the Collapse.

Omar