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About this mod
Male V only (vanilla body). Adds eight items that replace V's head and neck with a cybernetic skull. These are Archive XL's so they can be taken off and swapped easily. Install using Vortex or extract into main game folder. Archive and XL files go in mod folder and YAML goes in r6 > tweaks.
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CYBERNETIC SKULL AND CORTEX
KNOWN ISSUESMake sure the Cyber Skull is equipped in the Equipment Ex wardrobe for it to appear properly. All facial cyberware, facial hair, and facial tattoos will still show with the skull equipped so they must be removed. May clip with high collared clothing items.
ACQUISITION
Use item codes (in comments) or purchase from Yevgeniy's 2nd Hand virtual atelier
LORE
Cybernetic enhancement that encases the brain in a full steel and carbotanium alloy shell replacing the skull and face. Also replaces the cervical vertebrae with a cybernetic neck that offers increased protection to the spinal nerve. Besides the obvious physical protection provided it also upgrades the visual, auditory, somatosensory, and olfactory systems. The cyber skull is the pinnacle of chrome enhancements that will improve ones combat survivability and effectiveness more than any other singular piece of cyberware.
LORE CONT.
However all of this comes at a terrible price...the users humanity. Many rippers refuse to install this cyberware because of the immediate deterioration of the recipients psyche. The onset of cyberpsychosis symptoms can be immediate because the chrome is physically fused with the spinal nerve and cerebral cortex. While chroming motor or secretory nerves may take years to manifest cyberpsychosis symptoms the chroming of the brain is far more damaging to the psyche. The physical shock to the limbic system often causes drastic emotional and behavior swings and delusional thinking.
The few who make it through the physical toll of the initial install then have to endure the mental anguish that steadily builds the longer the Cyber Skull is chipped. With no human face you can no longer smile at another parson, kiss a lover, or eat your favorite meal. Every human you interact with will look into your metallic face and see nothing but a mannequin. With no ability to relate to the humans around you and relying on IV drips for sustenance you begin to lose the things that make us human.
Due to these factors the only gonks usually crazy enough to chip the Cybernetic Skull are corpo special forces operatives and Maelstrom devotees. Operatives who are seen as dispensable or already on the brink of cyberpsychosis are selected by corps for Cyber Skull installs. They are then sent to one of the many shadowy proxy wars fought over dwindling resources in the pillaged 3rd world. Under the added trauma that combat puts on the psyche these unlucky operators find their humanity slipping away with each mission. Those who survive are often too insane to continue their service and end up as another dangerous cyberpsycho stalking the neon soaked alleys of Night City.
Conversely for the Maelstrom gang the Cybernetic Skull is seen as a badge of honor. They view it as a symbol of their complete rejection of the flesh. They relish in their lack of human emotional connection, viewing facial expressions as weaknesses to be shed along with their skin and muscle. For Maelstrom walking the edge of insanity is not a burden but a thrill. Of all the dangers in Night City the worst is a Maelstrom in full cyberpsychosis. A normal cyberpsycho will kill you but Maelstrom prefer to play with their prey before they end it...
Thanks to:
Tariqy for all his help, endless patience, and being a homie
Aanderz
Mana
Fronky
Mx__Orcboi
Ashfold
The peeps in the modding discord and the Black Wall
All the people who download and appreciate my mods