Jackie Taylor said:
Ye-e-s, that's one explanation for locating the limiter in the boondocks of brain activity.
Like the drunk looking for his gold watch under the street lamp, because that's where the light is best.
But can you really see the Feds being concerned about ease of repair?
They weren't much worried about ease of repair for Star One.
I suddenly imagine Gan's cranium being wired like a Christmas tree and the limiter a malfunctioning star on top.
Or a read-out counting down 998...997...
Speculating here, but the limiter being self-contained means: no tricky wires (or whatever the 23rd century equivalent is) to route, less trauma to the skull, less time, less trouble . . .and less probability that someone makes an attempt to isolate/disable the limiter by cutting wires. The Lib sickbay was pretty sophisticated, they wouldn't have needed "that hack, Kayn" at all, if it were all that easy to repair.
LIMITERS are easy to repair, it's BRAINS that are difficult.
-(Y)