Socketed would make life a lot easier, also could let them change with mood a bit (between angel wings and demonic bat-wings for example ... I'm assuming that feather or hair colour changes would be fairly trivial even with pemenently emplaced ones).
Enough augamentations make them a lot more pratical, even at the normal size for your clasic angel look (wingspan about twice the person's height) they should slow-fall fairly well, even in 1 G, and of course it would give them extra options in low or zero-g enviroments with air (Arena in general for example).
One thing to not forget is that for wings to work, they need to have a lot of power, and they don't just have to flap ... soembody with that mod and it properly rigged up to have the king of strenght it would need has a couple of very nasty close-combat striking weapons there.
Even a large bird can break bones with it's wings if it's trying ... at human size, if they could manage the balance, they could break people, and have a supprising reach with them. Also augamented jumps would be useful for some combat situations. No much good for a 'modern' (read: guns) fight, but for some Arena situations, could be just the thing.
Re: I Want An AIS
Enough augamentations make them a lot more pratical, even at the normal size for your clasic angel look (wingspan about twice the person's height) they should slow-fall fairly well, even in 1 G, and of course it would give them extra options in low or zero-g enviroments with air (Arena in general for example).
One thing to not forget is that for wings to work, they need to have a lot of power, and they don't just have to flap ... soembody with that mod and it properly rigged up to have the king of strenght it would need has a couple of very nasty close-combat striking weapons there.
Even a large bird can break bones with it's wings if it's trying ... at human size, if they could manage the balance, they could break people, and have a supprising reach with them. Also augamented jumps would be useful for some combat situations. No much good for a 'modern' (read: guns) fight, but for some Arena situations, could be just the thing.
-- Brett