Why would the Ressurectinator cause phantom pain in the people it brings back?

The Ressurectinator is a handy machine than can bring back people from death. Unlike the virgin Lord of Light, the chad Ressurectinator does that without human sacrifice and/or permanent scars. You only need the person's brainscan. Everyone has one, it's constantly updated and nothing can destroy it.

There is one weakness to the machine, however. The person, it brings back, would feel the pain they felt when dying, WITHOUT the dopamine/adrenaline that coursed through their body. This is weird, since the machine brings back demi-humans and dragons as well, both of whom have much stronger senses, and thus, a stronger sense of pain. It doesn't helps that most of them sustain horrible injuries before dying (broken wings, throat sliced up to the chin, 3rd degree burns).

The machine is owned by the good guys and isn't designed to make a profit. Logically, phantom pain would be used as a deterrent, so the good guys finish the war with declaring bankruptcy. However, dying IS painful and HORRIFYING. The effects of the Ressurectinator are guaranteed to increase the number of soldiers with PTSD, which is even worse than respawn abuse.

So, why would the machine do this?

Anything I didn't touch upon about the machine or the good guys (religion, morality, evil professor) cannot be used in the answer.

posted about 5 years ago

Mephistopheles‭

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