I agree about that , but the point is there has been no precedent in the show to think any host would succumb to the human prognosis for a spinal cord injury . What is the point of developing such a technology that something put up to a lot of abuse would not be easily repairable ? The designersengineers wouldn ' t develop nerve and other soft tissue damage unless it was for a medicaltherapy analogue for studying . Not amusement park bodies with the need for quick turnover . That is why it ' s weird it ' s C 6 and not just in your neckbackwherever . I wonder why they were so specific other than just sounding semismart by naming a body part . I would be really surprised if it ' s say a very small charge that detonates that vertebrae and not a giant explosion , rendering them immobile . I mean . that would be so unbelievable since the hosts are getting shot up daily with no lasting musculo ' skeletal ' effects . I think they are simply programmed to die when shot , instead of being killed by hitting a vital organ . And there is the blood draining shown by the MiB . But even if it ' s programming that the explosion causes why be so specific with the vertebra ? Oh well we will find out soon ! Can ' t mention an explosion in a show with out a bang at some point !