Do we know, however (not being aware of any spoilers), that the Synth can be replicated? Or that it can be transfered? Or repaied? What if the personality of the Synth is unique? What if any damage to the program can become permanent - like a stroke victim, or someone with a mental illness? If it can be repaired/transfered/rebuit - great! But, then, couldn't you argue the same for humans in Fallout? We know that human minds can be uploaded into simulations like Tranquility Lane, and we have the brains in Old World Blues - surely we can upload a human mind into an android body. So...if we do that, is killing the human body murder anymore? The mind still survives after all - using the same logic behind "re-uploading" the Synth. What makes a human any more "special" than a Synth at that point? Humans are actually much easier to make, and their production time is fairly regular (if a bit slow). Plus, the humans seem to enjoy the production process...or, at least, its initial stages.