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[Autoclave]

 Why does she have that ear piece? Any ideas? Does she have a problem with hearing or what?

[LuxDragon]

It's probably a futuristic earring.

As for why, much like her tats:

Why the f**k not?

[samurai crusade]

I believe it's her wetwear... also known as a bio-amp.
It's easy to access and upgrade and it's unique to her as a Cerberus project.

[Severyx]

I do believe it is mentioned in the codex that biotic amplifiers come in two major forms: An implant and an earpiece. Jack's is the latter.

[Razorsedge820]

 I always thought it was a futuristic MP3 player that Jack would turn on full blast every time Miranda would drone her about the Normandy's rules and regulations .

[Tasha vas Nar Rayya]

It's a biotic amplifier. You had them in the first game, it's just with Jack's you actually see it. Shep doesn't get one if biotic, and Asari don't need them.

Then again, I dunno why Miranda and Kaidan didn't have visible bio-amps...

[Captain Crash]

Amps can be in the ear or the base of the skull. At base the skull it easy as it never has to be shown.

The ear suits Jack though doesnt it. Plus I guess they wanted to mix it up a bit since every biotic so far has it "covered" by their hair. Since Jack doesn't have any they could get imaginative

[Clonedzero]

i think its a future blu-tooth made to look like a fancy earing. i dont think its anything special though

[TomY90]

I am certain it is a hearing aid (it looks exactly the same as my school teacher from my previous college who became deaf in one ear due to a car crash)

but I would have thought by then they would have had a more nicer design or even learnt to repair hearing (considering they can bring people back from the dead now)

possibly she became deaf in one ear after exploding something like the space station she blew up or something

Modifié par TomY90, 24 mai 2011 - 06:18 .

[LuxDragon]

Captain Crash wrote...

Amps can be in the ear or the base of the skull. At base the skull it easy as it never has to be shown.

The ear suits Jack though doesnt it. Plus I guess they wanted to mix it up a bit since every biotic so far has it "covered" by their hair. Since Jack doesn't have any they could get imaginative

I haven't read anything that says it could be in the ear, at all. Plus, one hard hit and her amp is messed up. No more biotic abilities until it's repaired. Sound completely inconvienent.

[Epantiras]

Could be an universal translator. In the ME books, one of the characters wears it as a necklace.

From the Wiki:

Modern portable computers allow anyone with a few hundred credits of
equipment to enjoy seamless real-time translation of alien languages,
courtesy of handheld PDAs, computers in clothing or jewelry, or
sub-dermal implants.

[Captain Crash]

LuxDragon wrote...

I haven't read anything that says it could be in the ear, at all. Plus, one hard hit and her amp is messed up. No more biotic abilities until it's repaired. Sound completely inconvienent.

Ok this is bugging me becuase I swear im not imagining reading that it can be attached to the ear. Even though the wiki doesnt mention it.

Anyway had a search and found out where I read it.  Its in the Mass Effect game manual on page 18.  (ME1 not ME2)


"Biotics can strengthen their power in specific disciplines by using amps (amplifiers). These specially designed devices often come in the form of small electronic attachments that are worn on a Biotic's ear or the back of their head."


So im not insane it does say it somewhere.     Im sure I seen it mentioned in game somewhere too. 


But it that is sort of contradictory to what we know about amps where its stated that its installed as part of surgery in the brain?   

[Sarcastic Tasha]

I always thought it was a hearing aid. Easy way to find out would be for Shep to cover it with her hand to see if there's a feedback whistle, trouble is Jack would probably get angry.

[Manic Sheep]

Captain Crash wrote...
"Biotics can strengthen their power in specific disciplines by using amps (amplifiers). These specially designed devices often come in the form of small electronic attachments that are worn on a Biotic's ear or the back of their head."


So im not insane it does say it somewhere. Im sure I seen it mentioned in game somewhere too.


But it that is sort of contradictory to what we know about amps where its stated that its installed as part of surgery in the brain?

Implants are installed via surgery but amps are worn and can be changed out. In ME1 Kaidan has L3 implants and throughout the game you can give him various different amps like the Solaris Amp or Savant.

[Epantiras]

Captain Crash wrote...

Ok this is bugging me becuase I swear im not imagining reading that it can be attached to the ear. Even though the wiki doesnt mention it.

Anyway had a search and found out where I read it.  Its in the Mass Effect game manual on page 18.  (ME1 not ME2)


"Biotics can strengthen their power in specific disciplines by using amps (amplifiers). These specially designed devices often come in the form of small electronic attachments that are worn on a Biotic's ear or the back of their head."


So im not insane it does say it somewhere.     Im sure I seen it mentioned in game somewhere too. 


But it that is sort of contradictory to what we know about amps where its stated that its installed as part of surgery in the brain?   

True! Just checked, the manual does really say that!

Anyway, amps being implanted in the brain could just be a retcon, or maybe technology evolved while Shepard was KO (just think about the evolution from ME1 ammo system to the ME2 one).

[Senior Cinco]

Hmmmm...Connection?

[arne1234]

It's probably a hearing aid, Jack has a pretty bad case of CBS (crazy **** syndrome) and probably stood to close to a explosive she detonated herself

[Senior Cinco]

It's just a piece of jewelry. The pic shown above, has the Arishok wearing two that are formed to the ear. They even have the same small jewels.This is just another creation of BW. I can't see Jack, undergoing tests and experiments from team after team of Cerb scientists, without having an implant. Even if it was an amp, don't you think they would have removed it, while she was in cryo, at the prison.

[Eshaye]

The L implants and the amplifiers are NOT the same thing.
Jack's ear piece doesn't have jewels it has lights that turn on and off.

I'd buy that it's an earing aid though with the wonder glue that is medigel I don't they would need something like that in this future. 

Modifié par Eshaye, 08 juin 2011 - 05:17 .

[GuardianAngel470]

Large explosions do bad things to one's hearing.