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Meatware 116

TheJagged

on Feb. 15, 2023

big boy need big meal


So i figure, every superhero needs a weakness, every technological advantage has a downside. In this setting, energy cost it the greatest drawback of gen-gi designs & mods.

That's something a lot of fiction never ever addresses, where in the hell do these super mutants get their calories from? The amount of ATP you'd need to make bodies like that function must be off the chart. Even hard scifi books often omit this aspect.

I read up on how many calories RL crocodiles, horses and lions burn, as well as how many bodybuilders need to stay bulked. A bulking bodybuilder eats on average 5000 kcal a day. A horse burns 20.000, and must eat around 1% of its body weight. A croc or lion (both hyper carnivores, meaning they eat primarily meat) need around 8-9000. I figure 6000 kcal base need would be realistic for a big bulky boy like D. (remember that his muscles constantly regenerate, and he did have to heal those injuries he had at the junkyard). So double to triple that if he exercises, cause if you run like a horse you gotta eat like a horse.

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