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human [2011/05/31 04:13] hagalazhuman [2011/08/23 05:34] (current) – [Surviving Populations] hagalaz
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 ====== A Brief Note. . . ====== ====== 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 [[belters]].//+//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]]. // //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]]. //
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 Firstly, there are still a rare handful of survivors from Earth.  Before the war, scientists on earth developed an [[life extension|anagathic treatment]] called UAG-7 which halted the aging process and gave the subject effectively unlimited life span.  Only the elites received this treatment, and most of them perished in the war, but a few escaped, and at least one human survivor is known to still be around.  There may be one or two others, but, if so, they are keeping a low profile. Firstly, there are still a rare handful of survivors from Earth.  Before the war, scientists on earth developed an [[life extension|anagathic treatment]] called UAG-7 which halted the aging process and gave the subject effectively unlimited life span.  Only the elites received this treatment, and most of them perished in the war, but a few escaped, and at least one human survivor is known to still be around.  There may be one or two others, but, if so, they are keeping a low profile.
  
-Secondly, there have been some deliberate attempts to recreate the human form.  Although humans are typically looked upon with shame and distrust by recoms, there have also been some cults which revered humans for their advanced knowledge and for their creation of recoms.  These cults have attempted to use genetic engineering to produce their own human offspring.+Secondly, there have been some deliberate attempts to recreate the human form.  Although humans are typically looked upon with shame and distrust by recoms (with the exception of belters, who simply pity them for being born with two malformed limbs with club-like feet instead of graceful hands), there have also been some cults which revered humans for their advanced knowledge and for their creation of recoms.  These cults have attempted to use genetic engineering to produce their own human offspring.
  
 Thirdly, there are the flatlanders.  As some belters have migrated to high-gravity colony worlds (and even Luna and Mars seem like high gravity to a belter), some have chosen to have their children modified so they come out with a pair of legs and feet instead of the usual belter's lower pair of arms and hands.  Although not technically pure humans, they generally look human and retain most of the same human-like traits as other belters.  They are still uncommon enough in recom space to prompt perked-up ears and questions, and they are known colloquially as "flatlanders". Thirdly, there are the flatlanders.  As some belters have migrated to high-gravity colony worlds (and even Luna and Mars seem like high gravity to a belter), some have chosen to have their children modified so they come out with a pair of legs and feet instead of the usual belter's lower pair of arms and hands.  Although not technically pure humans, they generally look human and retain most of the same human-like traits as other belters.  They are still uncommon enough in recom space to prompt perked-up ears and questions, and they are known colloquially as "flatlanders".
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