Augmentation

most gren are augmented, long ago there were several civil wars and uprisings over the issue, however those have been forgotten by all but the most studious of historians. Today, getting an augment is similiar to getting an ear piercing and is perhaps more common. All augments interface with the host's nervous system.

commercial Gren Augmentation
Due to the gren's curiosity with other species, generally attempts to impart the abilities of those species onto gren. This results in the Gren being augmented to have multiple hands, stronger bodies, wings or a tail. Augments that interact with the brain are more of an ordeal, and mostly impractical for most people. Augments are also used for medical purposes.

Military Gren Augmentation
Military augmentation tends to be smaller, more efficient and less superfluous than commercial augmentation. It is most often used replace the epidermis of soldiers in various areas to allow neural interface with various Vehicles. It is also used to increase the physical capabilities of soldiers. Additionally rifters must undergo special Augmentation that allows them to pilot the rift suits properly and piloting them without the augmentation is much harder, though theoretically possible.

The Xnet Integrator
The Xnet integrator is an augment that allows the user almost instant access to Xnet, with a simple thought. This allows the user access to the most recent news, as if the user had read them. However, all knowledge that the user accepts into the Brain is marked as being foreign by the brain. There does not seem to be any way around this.

Military purpose
The military sometimes uses a specialized version of this augment on its soldiers. The augment is modified so that all of the soldiers consciousness is combined into one, this makes the squad much more effective. Experiments with subjects prove that all subjects must be of relatively high moral standing as anything they may have done in the past is shared amongst the collective. When used in this manner, the augment is referred to as the Legion Augment. Over time the users of this augment become accustomed to the presence of the unified consciousness and become uncomfortable being outside it

another specialized version of this augment is also used by the military as an interrogation method. instead of threatening an informant, the military will sometimes simply augment him, this allows the military to probe through his thoughts and gather information. this process can sometimes be very damaging to the Psyche of the victim of such a process and thus is only used in extreme cases.