/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

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Ichorite definitely can contain more conventional “combat drugs” that elevates short-term combat prowess at the cost of long-term health and sanity although I imagine it mostly being used by less regulated units and individuals like bloodthirsty Moleym mercenaries. I imagine the strongest (not necessarily the best) fighters from /vnug/ being basically hooked to their mecha that pumps them full of drugs. They would basically be a force of nature in battle but at the same time most of them would also be too unstable for most duties even in a military. They would basically be shock troops on steroid (literally?) that can punch a hole and wreck havoc against anyone you point them at, but you won’t want them to be near anything you don’t want to destroy. Their on-board AI probably helps control them more but in a way it just trades unstable pilots for potentially unstable AI especially if you suspect they might be plotting something. I think a common space /vnug/ urban legend would be pilots that are basically consumed by their drugs and/or AI that they become some kinda wandering host in space who simply fight anyone in sight
As for psychology I think space /vnug/ people probably lean heavily towards some form of group mentality since every step of their development, from the first Belyms being made to establish colonies in distant worlds, the first generations of Belyms on Despina being raised by an AI designed more for colony administration than raising children, to the hostile environment of Despina encouraging people to cooperate for survival, and the mind-based interplanetary communication and machine control method derived from crystalline vitubium. I feel that more than physical isolation, social isolation like being disconnected from the network or get stranded without AI to keep them company would drive Belyms insane much quicker. That might be why Belyms who have to work alone aside from their AI (like mecha pilots and maybe some sorta outpost maintenance) often grow very attached to their AI as they’ve become their main source of social interaction