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+====== A Brief Note. . . ======
+//This article is intended to provide a background for players granted permission to play human characters, or for playing other characters 'in the know' who interact with humans, such as [[belter]]s.//
+//While other humans exist, this fact is not generally known to any non-human characters, nor are any of these humans playable characters at this time. If you wish to play a true human character, please contact a staff member to ask whether an opening is available and whether your character concept will work. In the meantime, feel free to create a belter, [[human#surviving_populations|flatlander]], or other human-like [[recom]]. //
+//- Hagalaz//
 ====== History ======
 Humans are the creators -- but also the ancestors -- of [[recom]]s.  Despite their animal traits, most recoms contain 98 to 99 percent of human-origin DNA in their genome.
-In Furscape's setting, humans have become quite rare.  The vast majority died in the [[Apocalypse War]] and its aftermath.  Among the space colonies, surviving humans were viewed with mistrust -- not only were they blamed for the war and for enslaving recoms, but they were also feared as possible vectors of bio-warfare agents.
+In Furscape's setting, humans have become quite rare.  The vast majority died in the [[history_introduction#the_apocalypse war|Apocalypse War]] and its aftermath.  Among the space colonies, surviving humans were viewed with mistrust -- not only were they blamed for the war and for enslaving recoms, but they were also feared as possible vectors of bio-warfare agents.
-As a result of this pressure, many of the surviving humans fled to the asteroid belt where they were assimilated into [[belter]] society, and their offspring in most cases were genetically modified to become belters.  A few remained among the "furry" recoms of Luna and Mars, but underwent a similar process of producing furry recom offspring.
+As a result of this pressure, many of the surviving humans fled to the [[humans_in_the_belt|asteroid belt]] where they were assimilated into [[belter]] society, and their offspring in most cases were genetically modified to become belters.  A few remained among the "furry" recoms of [[Luna]] and [[Mars]], but underwent a similar process of producing furry recom offspring.
 Among the general population, it is widely believed that humans are now "extinct".  However, this is not strictly true.
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 Human hearing is not sensitive to the higher frequencies that many furry recoms can pick up.  However, humans are exceptionally good at identifying the direction sounds are coming from in three-dimensional space.
-Humans are also known for their unusually high resistance to electrical charge.  An electrical jolt that would kill a large animal or recom may only stun a human.  Amazingly, there are accounts of humans being struck by lightning and surviving.  Electric hand stunners or tasers that are calibrated to disable recoms may only antagonize humans.  Likewise, stunners designed to disable humans can be potentially lethal when applied to recoms.