Dr. Thuy is one of the more distinct cybernetics clinicians working in Titan's B-District. Where Starlight, Ironworks and Phobos present themselves like varying degrees of workshops or garages, Dr. Thuy's Willowbranch Cybernetics Center presents itself as a healthcare facility, mirroring the atmosphere of Titan General Hospital itself. Venusians' inherent regenerative properties means they generally don't have much use for cybernetics, but Dr. Thuy took up the profession to help share that sense of stability with other species traversing the tribulations of space. "Whatever your vision of wholeness is, we'll help restore you to it". The Willowbranch Clinic accepts opt-in appointments and has contracts with a few interplanetary corporations to outfit field agents with discrete tools, but their primary goal is working with patients from Titan General Hospital.
Dr. Thuy offers Natural style cybernetics.
- [+] Natural cybernetics offer synthetic tactile sensation and an organic appearance.
- [+] Stabilization gyros allow for easy control over precise and dexterous movements.
- [=] Lightweight design is minimally invasive and has a very flat learning curve.
- [-] Gadgetry is extremely limited, supporting little more than small computers.
The Willowbranch Clinic approach to cybernetics stems from a Venusian understanding of healing- hailing from a planet famous for sizzling acid rain, booming lightning storms and searing lava flows, wholeness of the body is not seen as an additive or subtractive state, but rather an oscillation that returns to its level balance in time. For many patients of the Natural style of cybernetics, a big part of that level balance includes a sense of touch and warmth, so Natural prosthetics prioritize lightweight materials, soft dermal coatings with delicate thermal meshes and synthetic tactile sensation transmitters. They're meant to feel like they belong where they are, regardless of how they came to be there, and barring a few panel seams they very much look the part. This commitment to offering wholeness comes at the cost of having minimal capacity for electronic features- ocular and cochlear prosthetics are limited to record and playback functions, arm units can support lightweight personal computers and a small holoscreen projector, organs work in the background and transmit natural discomfort signals to alert a patient to problems, legs have dynamic stabilizers to assist in balance and allow resumption of a natural gait without any relearning, and so on. The wholeness features a Natural cybernetic prioritizes doesn't leave much room for hoverboards or grappling hooks, but for many patients being able to hold and feel a warm cup of tea is a more welcome utility. Dr. Thuy goes to great lengths to ensure these patients are well-served.
Thanks in no small part to their clinical aesthetic and their professionalism, Dr. Thuy and the Willowbranch Clinic partner with a number of corporate clients to provide company cybernetics to qualifying field agents. Agents, like anyone else, are generally permitted to seek their own cybernetics wherever they wish, but if you'd like work done on the company dime most partnered corporations prefer the discrete look and minimal inclusion of toys that a Natural cybernetic offers. One of the clinic's larger clients, Delta Astronautical Solutions, did make a feature request- they wanted to know if the gyro stabilizers used in Natural style leg cybernetics could be applied to arms as well; all forms of cybernetic are capable of being extremely precise with their movement, but a stabilizer-assisted Natural arm could achieve this precision more consistently in stressful environments, and this is a valuable asset for a Delta agent to have. They paid well for the inconvenience, Willowbranch delivered and now they offer micro-precision stabilization as a standard feature in all their cybernetic limbs. Dr. Thuy figures, it can't hurt a civilian patient's path to wholeness, and it didn't make sense to lock behind a paywall. Everyone benefits!
One of Dr. Thuy's regular patients is a Delta field agent from Terra named Kamal. Kamal actually had his work done at a different clinic back home, but his work has brought him to Titan Garden; the Willowbranch Clinic has accepted him as a new patient and obtained his medical records from Terra. Cybernetics clinics working in the same style can often take care of patients using technology within their wheelhouse, and for starfaring travelers it's good to check in advance for clinics who service your hardware for your long-term maintenance and check-up needs. Since Kamal's work has him staying on Titan for a while, he and Dr. Thuy have become well-acquainted. Agents like Kamal tend to put a lot more wear and tear on their cybernetics than civilian patients, so they'll often need their dermal layers repaired or their rotors tuned up. Dr. Thuy doesn't usually ask questions of Delta field agents, it's better not to know some things.
As an agent working a debt recovery job for Delta, Kamal keeps a lot of visual and audio records in his cybernetic head computer. His model head plate has a small data port behind the ear for him to save backup copies of this data, but he mostly uses it to review an investigation for details he overlooked. The gyro stabilizers in his right arm allow him to pick very fine mechanical locks and aim a flashcaster with a remarkable degree of precision., which are two things he'll generally do to follow a trail of evidence and protect himself from androids who'd prefer not to have their hardware repossessed. He's got a conversation with Fish, a Quasar agent who'd also investigated the wreck of the Reef Shark, tucked away in his audiovisual hard drive records. Kamal uses the holoscreen projector on the personal computer in his cybernetic forearm to type up and sort out his personal notes. He knows his HAL-3 unit is somewhere on Titan, his cybernetics helping him gather and compile evidence before he can make his move. Dr. Thuy jokes that he must be on some adventure for all the maintenance she has to do for his hardware. That maybe he's looking at his problems all wrong, and that the answer might be right in front of him. Kamal prefers not to discuss his business, but appreciates the doctor's jovial bedside manner.
The Willowbranch Clinic isn't too far from Magnus's Ironworks. Somewhere on Titan a HAL-3 android likes to accompany her Mercurian friend to her own checkups at the Clockwork cybernetics shop, enjoying the spectacle of their interaction. You'd take the same train line to get to both clinics. Dr. Thuy hasn't yet booked Kamal for an appointment on the same day as Magnus's patient. Kamal's investigation continues.