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SynthWorks pays for the condition and recovery potential of the machine brought in. A complete hand, sound frame and usable local hardware can justify a much higher offer than broken parts. The examiner checks those claims against the actual body. Lancers are paid in metal for the recovery, while conversion introduces another set of costs and uncertainties.
A corporation may sponsor recovery and conversion because it wants to offer work to the resulting synth. The payment covers that process, not ownership of an independent individual. The synth can refuse the job, so the sponsor can lose money on the attempt to establish a working relationship.
For the Lancers, the settlement concerns the object they recovered and delivered. Damage, missing components and the work still required affect the offer. No standard bounty applies to every body. A good return reflects more than the material's weight: it includes the possibility that restoration will provide capabilities the city cannot easily manufacture again.
