Cloning. This process is very rare, performed at only the most advanced hospitals and private clinics.

When a character is to be cloned, tissue samples are taken of various parts of the character's body. These genetic samples are normally stored in a Body-gene Box, which is part stasis field, part freeze field.

A 20-cm cube made of federanium, the body-gene box can store the character’s genetic material indefinitely. As longas the box remains closed, the sample remains fresh. Typically, the body-gene box is kept in a bank vault-like storage center.

Once a character is declared dead, hisg enetic sample can be removed from the box and a clone can be created of the character. As might be expected there are numerous hitches involved with this item and the entire procedure.

These may be held for any length of time. From these samples, a new body may be grown when requested. Growing a clone takes 500 days and costs 1,000,000 Credits.

Physically, the clone will be identical in appearance to character from which the tissue samples were taken, save for scars and other uninherited physical traits. The clone will have average scores in Strength, Stamina, Reaction Speed, and Dexterity. It will have no Intuition, Logic, Personality, Leadership, or Special Abilities.

A clone may be supplied with these abilities through an experiential matrix (giving the clone the scores recorded in the Matrix, see below). If a matrix is fed into a clone different from the person from whom the matrix was taken, the Strength, Dexterity, Reaction Speed, Personality, and Leadership scores are reduced by 20 points. No score may be reduced below a level of six in this case. Clones and cloning are illegal on some worlds. [1]

Experiential Matrix Analysis.Living characters may undergo an experiential matrix analysis. This process will record all memories and experiences of the character up to the time of the analysis into a special computer storage.

The process is mainly used to transfer memories to a clone, and may only be done at an advanced hospital. This process is dangerous as it involves severe strain on the character; there is a 20% chance that the following abilities will be permanently reduced whenever ananalys is is made: Stamina, Logic, Intuition, Reaction Speed, Personality, and Leadership.

One check is made for each ability. If an ability is to be reduced, the character will lose 10-50 points in thatability. All abilities (except Stamina) may not be lowered to less than six points. If the Stamina ability is reduced to zero or below, the character is permanently dead.

The referee should record the reduced Ability Scores of the character analyzed and keep this information for later use. Reduced abilities may only be increased by use of experience points. The analysis takes one week and costs 50,000 Credits. [1]

The cloning process requires a Body-gene Box, Weight: 20 kilograms, Cost: 5,000 Credits.

Sample Taken: Cost: 5,000 Credits

Storage Per Year. Cost: 10,000 Credits

Clone Grown. Weight: 5 kilograms,Cost: 20,000 Credits.

Cost: Besides the high cost of the body-gene box (see the Equipment Tables) there is also the cost of having the sample prepared and taken (5000 Cr), the cost of storage (10,000 Cr per year), and the cost of having the clone made (75,000 Cr).

Once a clone is grown the sample is destroyed.

Another sample cannot be taken for at least three months.

Legalities: Society has a great fear of clones running wild. No character with a felony criminal record can have a sample taken, maintain a sample in a b-g box, or have a clone grown. Proof of a character's death must be positively established before a clone can be grown. This either requires witnesses, a medical certificate of death, or the identifiable remains of the character.

If it is discovered that a clone exists while the original still lives, a general order to shoot on sight is immediately given. Unfortunately this usually results in both the clone and the original being destroyed.

A character can only be brought back through cloning if he has died an unusually early accidental death. Most of the Frontier believes that if allowed a free hand, the clone merchants would overpopulate the systems in a matter of decades. Therefore, by law, no one maybe cloned who has died of old age or a natural death. Interpretation of this are left to the referee's discretion. (Of course, there are always rumors of the "filthy rich" who can buy their own clone banks and almost become immortal, but that is for NPC consideration only).

Dangers: If a close discovers that his original is still alive, he becomes obsessed with a desire to kill the original character and never stops trying until one or the other is dead. The next step, usually, is that the cloned character then becomes suicidal after realizing that he has killed himself.

Campaign Considerations: When acharacter has a sample taken, the referee must record all of the character's abilities, skills, and so forth. This record is then the basis for the clone, if and when it is grown. Any new abilities or skills developed after the sample is taken are not recorded, unless the character has another sample taken later (whereupon the original sample is destroyed).

Legalities: Society has a great fear of clones running wild. No character with a felony criminal record can have a sample taken, maintain a sample in a b-g box, or have a clone grown. 

All Frontier societies have a great fear of clones running wild but they have no problems with all the robots or Yazarians using sapes as robot replacements? How do they deal with the Eorna experimental races?

Dralasite planets might have endless debates over the ethical nature of clones or whether the cost is practical. Human planets might swing one way or the other. Vrusk societies might take a dim view or maybe they want to keep alive a corporate genius. Likewise, maybe the Yazarian Family of One -- which seems to allow the destruction of native planet habitats by supporting terraforming -- might be open to clones.

I can understand that most wouldn't want criminals being cloned... unless you are in charge of the criminal planet of the Outer Reach.

Proof of acharacter's death must be positively established before a clone can be grown. This either requires witnesses, a medical certificate of death, or the identifiable remains of the character.

I guess that depends upon whether you are on Grand Quivera or the Outer Reach. Unethical planets may allow cloning whether the donor is dead or not.

If it is discovered that a clone exists while the original still lives, a general order to shoot on sight is immediately given. Unfortunately this usually results in both the clone and the original being destroyed.

OK, this is a big sci fi trope here. A shoot on sight order? What about the bleeding heart humans? Would all the planets of the Frontier be in favor of this? Star Law doesn't have a problem with such a law?

...Another sample cannot be taken for at least three months...

Three months between genetic samples? Well, it could be an invasive procedure.

A character can only be brought back through cloning if he has died an unusually early accidental death. Most of the Frontier believes that if allowed a free hand, the clone merchants would overpopulate the systems in a matter of decades. Therefore, by law, no one maybe cloned who has died of old age or a natural death. Interpretation of this are left to the referee's discretion. (Of course, there are always rumors ofthe "filthy rich" who can buy their own clone banks and almost become immortal, but that is for NPC consideration only).

This seems to be a pretty logical section, sci fi tropes aside. The "by law" restrictions would depend upon the planet, but I suppose the UPF Council of Worlds might have made a Frontier-wide law.

Dangers: If a close discovers that his original is still alive, he becomes obsessed with a desire to kill the original character and never stops trying until one or the other is dead. The next step, usually, is that the cloned character then becomes suicidal after realizing that he has killed himself.

Another big sci fi trope, but it does bring about the question of just how mentally stable clones are? Maybe the clone should have a Logic roll to prevent being obsessed.

Instead of just a "desire to kill the original character," maybe you need some sort of graduated reaction table with modifiers based on race? This would be akin to the character reaction table when a Vrusk NPC interacts with a human, for example.