jpmschweitzerandClaude Opus 4.6
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All 36 commodity stubs fleshed out with lore context, production chain descriptions, and economic intelligence briefing voice. Key treatments: fusion_fuel (D-187 8:1 ratio), services (location-bound mechanics), brands distinguished from commodities per D-185. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Implant Hardware
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Implant Hardware |
| Tier | final |
| Elasticity | elastic |
| Base Price (Tractus) | 400 |
| Bulk Class | precision |
| Unit | units |
| Production Ubiquity | concentrated |
| Demand Model | market |
| Commission Certified | Yes |
| Compact Contested | Yes |
| Shadow Viable | Yes |
| Panic Threshold (weeks) | 0 |
| Description | Neural interfaces, lattice components. THE Compact political flashpoint. D-037 adjacent. |
Implant hardware covers neural interface assemblies, lattice tier upgrade components, peripheral neural modules, and the physical substrate of the Commission's certified lattice ecosystem. Production requires 0.5 units of electronics, 0.3t of chemicals, and 0.4 units of lattice substrate — the highest electronics input of any final good in the catalog, reflecting the processing density required for neural-grade signal fidelity. Commission certification is not optional; it is the difference between a certified medical device and contraband.
The Compact's contestation of Commission authority over implant hardware is the sharpest political friction point in the commodity catalog. Compact member systems interpret Commission certification requirements as jurisdictional overreach that gives the Assembly a structural mechanism to control their citizens' neural autonomy through the hardware supply chain. Certification fees are Tractus-denominated and non-negotiable. Every certified implant purchased in a Mark-primary system pays cross-currency conversion on top of the certification fee — a structural tax on neural identity that the Compact has consistently refused to normalize.
The shadow market for uncertified implants is the canonical contraband stream of the Reach. Unlicensed lattice components are not conceptually different from certified ones; they simply lack the Commission audit trail that would tie the hardware to a registered citizen identity. Shadow-viable implants trade in deep-discount channels, primarily in Compact territory and frontier systems where Commission enforcement presence is intermittent. The demand comes from: citizens priced out of certified hardware, individuals seeking capabilities beyond licensed tiers, and operators who want neural infrastructure that is not on the Commission's registry. All three groups exist in every corridor at varying intensity.