Maybe not a -new feature- idea, but a plot idea should cortex bombs and removable SICs be part of the game.
Joe scientist (or corpie or mafioso or ...) get's a cortex bomb implanted.
Joe scientist 6 months later decides he wants out. �He can't leave or someone pushes a button and he's working on his next clone which is being met at Gentek by security forces of corpZ ...
Meanwhile, in the depths of Red...
BadAssPunkX is pissed off at BadAssPunkY
X get's some friends together and wants to have Y's SIC yanked and then turn him into WJF.
X finds out about Joe scientist and arranges to take Joe's SIC -and- bomb, and give Joe Y's SIC.
Joe goes home on Monday night and has his stuff ripped out, get's Y's implant then disappears.
X and friends get Y and drag his ass to a ripper ...
Y get's Joe's SIC and bomb and come Tuesday, when corpZ can't find Joe ...
X's problem and Joe's problem, are solved ...
Heh, �s t y l e ...