Alright. Then I'll be leading with the idea of 'automotiles' arising alongside or before wheeled alternatives. So instead of a horse drawn carriage in (the equivalent of the Victorian Era) you'd have the carriage itself trotting along. I'd imagine leisure cars like these would rely on a 'floaty' suspension as the Tsuk keeps the cabin and its passengers level, but could escalate beyond bumpy at a gallop. The advantage this has over having a Tsuk (or living animal for that matter) pull a wagon along would be the ability to traverse stairs, turn in place, shuffle sideways etc. I think trots or motes' would be good shorthand for these.

Wheeled vehicles I think would have the appeal of more manual control over what's going on. Powered by Tsukumography rather than simply animated through it. Maybe even have hybrids that can park themselves with a special release.

For aircraft I'm thinking of actual wings. Even though this would require them to be so large they'd cover the craft like a tent when not in use. Additionally no fuel means no refuelings, so aircraft could soar near indefinitely; only landing for repairs. Given the pre-discussed scale of most everything attached to government or wealth this could mean more than just airborne aircraft carriers. Think mobile fortresses. Helicopters and the like are in their infancy, and I don't think breaking the sound barrier is tech feasible.

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[quote]Hell, maybe even make it a little cyberpunk, with augmented/cybernetic animals? *shrug*[/quote] Cybernetics are strictly out. One of the technologies that undershoots our own in that regard. It's not that they can't make a functioning prosthesis and attach it to you, it's that the limb would have a mind of its own. I am keenly interested in a few alternatives however:

◤ Helping hands - A backpack or harness style Tsuk marketed towards amputees, engineers and artisans; literally the solution to "I've only got two hands!". Costly due to the specialized training required and the difficulty associated with breeding and rearing suitable helper monkeys.

◤ Previously I mentioned that the orendic sciences are used heavily in construction and agriculture as a means of planned growth. I think that that could extend itself to animal eugenics. For now we'll just refer to it as Post-Breeding. As this would require preforming surgery on an infant human augmentation via this manner is unconscionable. Seen almost exclusively in dedicated work animals (scent hounds, weather birds, etc) post-breeding fills a niche where even purpose built Tsuks would be too clumbsy.

- As an addendum to the above, which I don't think I've yet mentioned: Tsukumographed creatures retain only a token array of senses. ((This may change later. Depending on if I think having everything have a face is silly or cool))

◤ I could see cross species organ transplants being a cyberware analog. I'm undecided. If it ends up being thrown into the pot it'd be less designer bioware and more a patchwork of animal parts. They'd need a lattice to keep your body from rejecting them, and as that's the physical (often fragile) component of a ritual damaging it leads to organ failure.