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| Androgynes | ====== Androgyne recoms ====== |
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| A Genderless Form of Recom | Androgyne recoms as those born physically asexual. |
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| An unusual class of furry recom can be found sometimes: genderless beings known as androgynes. Here is a bit of history and other information about them: | Before the [[history_introduction#the_apocalypse war|Apocalypse War]], when creating recom workers was big business in some parts of the world, the idea of making androgynes was hit upon. These are genderless like worker bees. Because they have no reproductive system, they have about 10% to 15% more energy for the rest of their metabolism. This also served as a form of patent protection or copy-protection: you don't have to worry about people taking the recoms you spent billions to develop and simply breeding them. |
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| Before the [[history_introduction#the_apocalypse war|Apocalypse War]], when creating furry workers was big business in some parts of the world, the androgynes were invented. These are genderless furry workers -- sort of like worker bees. Because they have no reproductive system, they have about 10% to 15% more energy for the rest of their metabolism. This also served as a form of patent protection or copy-protection: you don't have to worry about people taking the recoms you spent billions to develop and simply breeding them. | |
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| Androgynes were fairly common before the war and immediately afterwards. The reason why they are rarely seen today is not hard to figure out. | Androgynes were fairly common before the war and immediately afterwards. The reason why they are rarely seen today is not hard to figure out. |
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| However, they didn't all simply die out. Once the patent lawyers back on Earth had been nuked out of existence, androgynes could be cloned and their offspring could be genetically tweaked to come out as normal male or female (or herm!) furries. Thus, it's possible that a fair number of today's recoms have androgyne ancestors. And it is also possible, once in a while, for a small mutation to re-activate those androgyne genes, or for a couple of androgyne-descended furs to mate and accidentally produce androgyne offspring. When an androgyne is conceived, the condition can be detected by genetic tests, and it can be corrected and given a gender at the early embryonic stage. The further cell division progresses, the harder it is to change, so that a fur born as an androgyne is pretty much stuck that way. | However, they didn't all simply die out. Once the patent lawyers back on Earth had been nuked out of existence, androgynes could be cloned and their offspring could be genetically tweaked to come out as normal males or females (or hermaphrodites). Thus, it's possible that a fair number of today's recoms have androgyne ancestors. And it is also possible, once in a while, for a small mutation to re-activate those androgyne genes, or for a couple of androgyne-descended furs to mate and accidentally produce androgyne offspring. When an androgyne is conceived, the condition can be detected by genetic tests, and it can be corrected and given a gender at the early embryonic stage. The further cell division progresses, the harder it is to change, so that a recom born as an androgyne is pretty much stuck that way. |
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| Although androgynes lack sex organs and cannot have children in the normal way, it is not impossible for them to produce offspring. They can be cloned, and the clone implanted in a host mother. Also, androgyne cells can be converted medically into haploid cells and used to fertilize a female cell, so androgynes can effectively become fathers. The same procedure can be used to produce an egg cell, allowing the androgyne to become -- genetically speaking -- a mother. | Although androgynes lack sex organs and cannot have children in the normal way, it is not impossible for them to produce offspring. They can be cloned, and the clone implanted in a host mother. Also, androgyne cells can be converted medically into haploid cells and used to fertilize a female cell, so androgynes can effectively become fathers. The same procedure can be used to produce an egg cell, allowing the androgyne to become -- genetically speaking -- a mother. |
