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Line 2: Information: the lifeblood of modern (and likely, future) civilization. It can be stored in analog form, in digital form, or in organic form, on an organic or even biological matrix. When the latter is used, it's frequently depicted as persons smuggling information in a biomolecular format (amino acids, for example, seem to be a common matrix for this type of information storage). Related to (real world theories of) organic and biomolecular computing. It's an emergent technology in [[Real Life]], but it's been played straight in [[Speculative Fiction]] at least since the early nineties, and probably before that. It's present in [[Cyberpunk]] and [[~~Bio Punk~~Biopunk]], but also pops up in other subgenres of [[Speculative Fiction]] like [[Space Opera]], usually for the purpose of espionage, or as a message from an ancient race of [[Precursors]] to descendants. It's a given when dealing with [[Organic Technology]], and [[Wetware CPU~~\|Wetware CPUs~~]]s. A retroviral encoding vector is another significant variation. This does not cover the opposite, where information about a biological organism is recorded by digital computers or otherwise non-organic devices. [[Everything Sensor\|That's a separate trope.]] Also does not cover inorganic storage system implants, for example in ''[[Johnny Mnemonic]].'' A silicon memory chip in the brain is not an example of this trope; but a port implant that allows Memory Uploading from computer to brain or brain to brain ''would'' count: it all depends on the storage medium. See also [[Genetic Memory]], for which this is sometimes given as a [[Hand Wave]]. A staple of [[Cyberpunk]] and [[~~Bio Punk~~Biopunk]], but as mentioned, common in other genres such as [[Space Opera]]. Compare: Line 28: == [[Live Action Television]] == * ''[[Lexx]]'': Assistant Deputy Back-Up Courier Stanley Tweedle had vital data about the Divine Order's superweapon, the Lexx, encoded in amino acids stored in a false tooth. * ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise\|Star Trek Enterprise]]'': In the pilot episode, the Klingon courier Klaang carried [[Artistic License: Biology\|information injected directly into his DNA]], concerning the Suliban's attempts to destabilize the Empire. * ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'': Klingons are NOT dumb. A Klingon scientist temporarily posted on the ''Enterprise-D'' modified a hyposyringe with an optical chip reader, and would use that to transform digital information from the ship's computers into amino acid sequences. Then he would inject someone without their knowledge, and the information would be carried in their bodies in their bloodstream as inert proteins, which could be extracted at any time by another spy. ''Damn, son!'' ** It seems that by the 24th century, the Klingons have actually learned a few things. This is slightly more plausible than the ''Enterprise'' example.