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All that could have been avoided by having a drop pod launched to the surface containing a mechanical avatar. The crew member just sits down in a chair to remotely control the avatar using an FTL link for instant control. Of course the avatar has a hologram projector so it looks exactly like the crew member. But that would be too safe and not dramatic enough.
That would make for an interesting story concept. It'd be cool to see the avatar, after exposure to various people occupying their body, begin to form it's own consciousness with shared traits.
This is almost the plot of a doctor who episode
Ohh man! You're right!
I completely forgot about that episode.
Right, the goo people. I knew the idea had to come from somewhere.
I don't know why, but I feel like I've seen/read something similar to what you proposed... maybe because of 'The Island' to a degree?
I agree though, it would be a fascinating story for sure.
Was a central aspect of the story in Xenoblade Chronicles X.
Isn't this Dollhouse?
Not quite. The avatar being used is a blank slate, whereas in Dollhouse they added personalities over the existing minds. What you've suggested is more akin to what the hirogen did on Voyager.
That's kinda how a piece of technology in Dark Matter works! Not the new show, the one that came out in 2015.
Something went really wrong with computers after humans for warp. That's why you can break any evil one by acting crazy or telling it to calculate pi. Also why Data doesn't just wifi.