Bioptics are high powered organic neural network style computers that are grown rather than built. Woven together into processing bundles that are analogous to a nervous system they can be conditioned to perform specific types of calculations and feature a readable/writable nucleic and amino acid based instructional programming language that genetic engineers code with. Much like stem cells, after reaching maturity, you can still subject a bioptic mesh to specific treatments to revert the fibers back into a more flexible juvenile state where they can be reconditioned for new purposes.
Anyone can salvage bioptics from mecha wreckage but what happens after you turn them in when buying things at mecha shops is a retraining technician then repurposes the "junk bioptics" for use in the new mecha, weapons and equipment you've purchased. Think of bioptics as "quasi-living" wires and electronic components. Bioptics fall under the category of biologically engineered "smart material".
Submitted by Mycobacter #712744
