Talk:Terraformer/@comment-26073511-20150807215834/@comment-101.175.29.27-20150826063317

I'd like to add that your comment about "augmentation" is more applicable when considered with the tranfuser, but since we know little about it (as of Build 21956), beyond it's basic capabilities through using the debuf command, that commenting about whether or not it's intended to augment human dna is academic at this point (we do know it can augment human dna as per its current functions ingame, but future backstory might indicate it was not designed for this purpose).

1) The transfuser could be experimental technology, in which case terraforming (as a more "tried and true" method) is the preferred option to prepare a planet for human habitation.

2) (Less likely IMO) the transfuser could be exactly as you suggest and designed to augment humans with characteristics of native creatures to inhabit a planet "naturally" (in which your use of the term is somewhat ambiguous. I assume you mean without modifying the natural environment, but it can also imply "without the use of any technology" such as oxygen tanks, etc). Even in this eventuality, this still doesn't exclude terraforming equipment in Subnautica as in such a case it would simply be considered obsolete or outdated tech (onboard as a 'backup' option for the Aurora).

However I still see 2 as less feasible since the introduction implicitly states the Aurora is on a terraforming mission. "Terraforming" essentially meaning "to change or transform the planet into one that is capable of supporting human life".