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**Species data**
Humans
Homeworld (Origin)	Sol (System)
Age of spaceflight	1319 ESY
Physical characteristics	1.9m (tall) Limbs: 4
Life span	125-150 ESY
Habitat	Oxygen-Nitrogen
Number scheme	Radix 10

Humans

Subspecies

Homo Sapiens Sapiens (Faction with highest population percentage: Purists)
Homo Sapiens Superioris (Faction with highest population percentage: Shapers)
Homo Sapiens Cyberis (Faction with highest population percentage: Mechanists)
Homo Sapiens Pluralis (Faction with highest population percentage: Andolians)
Homo Sapiens Suprahomo (defunct)
Homo Sapiens Cosmonatalis (Faction with highest population percentage: Spaceborn)

Physical characteristics

Homo Sapiens Sapiens

Although small changes have occurred over the millenia, a great percentage of the human population remains without intentional genetic or physical modification, and thus remain not too far removed from the humans of more ancient history. Whether through simple lack of resources, lack of desire, or rejection of change, Homo Sapiens Sapiens, unmodified except for the genetic drifts incurred over centuries of colonization, remains the most populous of the human subspecies.

Homo Sapiens Superioris

Many eugenics programs have been launched in human history, but none have been so successful. The path of self-affected evolution via active genetic redesign has lead to a strain of humanity stronger, more durable, more resistant to disease and injury, of higher average intelligence, enjoying longer life-spans, and possessing keener senses.

Assuming that the universally ink-black UV resistant skin and complete lack of any hair other than the signature blue-white eye-brows is not disconcerting, any Superioris is almost certain to be considered physically beautiful, but it takes some experience to discern one Superioris from another. However, these benefits come at the cost of much higher sustanence requirements, and a tremendous narrowing of diversity.

Homo Sapiens Cyberis

Having replaced many of their body parts with mechanical equivalents, or having forgone any pretense of human form, these cyborgs cover a diverse and vibrant set of body types. Those with total body replacement can usually pass anything short of close inspection if they're willing to deal with maintenance of a synthetic flesh exterior. If the goal is, as is often the case, to adapt the body to the demands of work or habitat, anything from mining attachments to full strength-enhancing endoskeletons could be an integral part of the form. Locomotion seen to date ranges from bipedal to poly-pedal, tracked, wheeled, or even sets of thrusters. However, no matter how modified they may be, at the least, portions of their brains and nervous systems remain.

While communities of such modified humans exist on the worlds of many factions, the Mechanist faction is the only full fledged meme-group centered upon the post-flesh goals of Homo Sapiens Cyberis.

Homo Sapiens Pluralis

While various communities have arisen that rely upon linked existences, none save the Andolians have sufficiently differentiated themselves en masse from the rest of humanity to be a discernable grouping. Implanted at birth with hardware that allows data-net access and an array of near constantly transmitting sensors, a permanently linked existence has rendered this strain of humanity notably different in culture and mentality from all other strains.

While every Pluralis retains its individuality, each is awash in a similarly accessible sea of information. Culling from the group of those not capable of entering into such an existence, combined with a willingness to engage in limited crafting of offspring has also lead to small but noticeable genetic drift over the past 800 years. Implantation is universal, and the use of synthetic or mechanicaly enhanced body modifications is not uncommon, but the desire for total body replacement present in the Cyberis strain is absent.

The linked existence and general culture proclivities of the Andolians have brought them to near unity on their religious doctrine. While an Andolian would refer to his/herself as a devout skeptic existing in the absence of proof of the metaphysical, many others find it simpler to call them Atheists.

While not overly concerned with improving the physical form, health related genetic traits deemed undesireable have been recorded, and then excised from the gene pool. When isolated for long periods of time from any data-net, Pluralis individuals often experience pronounced withdrawl symptoms, earning them the nickname "Link-Junkies".

Homo Sapiens Suprahomo (Lightbearers)

(Defunct Meme-group)

One of the earlier factions to aggressively expand outward in the FTL era were the Lightbearers, a meme-group built around the development of a supra-human race. Believing the human form to be the sacred forefront of evolution in the entire galaxy, they sought to claim the place of their distilled and purified strain at the throne of all sentients. From a planet discovered on a joint mission with the Shapers the Lightbearers cultivated some of the early Dgn, further twisting their development along their own designs until they settled upon what ar now the Shmrn.

When later a Lightbearer exploratory group discovered the Klk'k homeworld they prepared to subjugate, and "correct" this species, whose somewhat anthropomorphic construction they viewed as a mockery of the divine human form. Fortunately for the Klk'k, the Andolians discovered them only some weeks after the first Lightbearer pacification vessel had arrived at the planet. The Andolians were outraged at the Lightbearers' actions against civilized sapients, and threw themselves against the Lightbearers in the first full-fledged human interstellar war.

The Andolian's greater manufacturing base outperformed the Lightbearer's economy. As the Lightbearer military-industrial complex collapsed, a secret was revealed that not even the Lightbearer allies had known about, namely, the existence of the Spaceborn a genetically engineered slave race of humans, designed to live their lives in zero gravity so as to prevent Lightbearer from having to deal with such a menial task as laboring in vacuum.

It is this revelation that is believed to bear primary responsibility for the lack of action taken by any other faction when the Andolians proceeded to eliminate not only the industrial capacity of the Lightbearer, but also the Lightbearers themselves.

Those that did not manage to escape to Shaper or Highborn space, or were not fortunate enough to be killed in the assaults on their worlds, had the dubious honor of being turned over to the Klk'k, the Spaceborn, and the Shmrn. The ensuing combination of sterilization and incarceration served to eliminate the Lightbearer meme from the realm of dominant thought.

Homo Sapiens Cosmonatalis

Crafted as a slave race by the now defunct Light-Bearer faction, the Spaceborn, as they are commonly referred to, remain frail and over-specialized, incapable of surviving in planetary environments. Instead, as they were designed to, they spend their entire lives in micro-gravity. The Spaceborn have a unique cardiovascular system superbly tuned to life outside of a gravity well.

Their bone structure, however, is a less cheery affair, and the Spaceborn, though not suffering the degenerative effects of planetborn entities in prolonged micro-gravity, never had much durability in the first place and are weaker and more easily injured. They are almost universally tall, lanky, and flexible, and all are possessed of a rather pallid complexion tending towards a slight reddishness. Spaceborn frequently begin developing severe medical problems between the age of 60-80 Earth years, giving them a somewhat shorter life expectancy than that of the other subspecies.

Almost all Spaceborn live in habitats situated in Andolian Protectorate space, having relocated from Light-Bearer space after liberation from that faction.

Habitat

Originating on the third world of the Sol system, all variants of humanity, even Homo Sapiens Cyberis, are most comfortable in Oxygen-Nitrogen atmospheres, and temperatures not overly distant from 294 Kelvin.

Culture

Listed below are links to noteworthy human Meme-groups, organizations, and governments:

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Religion

Among the most mixed and varied in the known galaxy running the gamut from atheists to zealots. Refer to the individual groups for more information.

Number scheme

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 =Humans=
 ==Subspecies==
-* Homo Sapiens Sapiens
+*Homo Sapiens Sapiens (Faction with highest population percentage: [[Faction:Purist|Purists]])
-* Homo Sapiens Superioris (Primary faction: [[Faction:Shaper|Shapers]])
+*Homo Sapiens Superioris (Faction with highest population percentage: [[Faction:Shaper|Shapers]])
-* Homo Sapiens Cyberis (Primary faction: [[Faction:Mechanist|Mechanists]])
+*Homo Sapiens Cyberis (Faction with highest population percentage: [[Faction:Mechanist|Mechanists]])
-* Homo Sapiens Pluralis (Primary faction: [[Faction:Andolian|Andolians]])
+*Homo Sapiens Pluralis (Faction with highest population percentage: [[Faction:Andolian|Andolians]])
-* Homo Sapiens Cosmonatalis (Other faction: [[Faction:Spaceborn|Spaceborn]])
+*Homo Sapiens Suprahomo (defunct)
+*Homo Sapiens Cosmonatalis (Faction with highest population percentage: [[Faction:Spaceborn|Spaceborn]])
 ==Physical characteristics==
 ===Homo Sapiens Sapiens===
-Although small changes have occurred over the millenia, a great percentage of the human population remains without intentional genetic or physical modification, and thus remain not too far removed from the humans of more ancient history.  Whether through simple lack of resources, lack of desire, or rejection of change, '''Homo Sapiens Sapiens''', unmodified except for the genetic drifts incurred over centuries of colonization, remains the most populous of the human subspecies.
+:Although small changes have occurred over the millenia, a great percentage of the human population remains without intentional genetic or physical modification, and thus remain not too far removed from the humans of more ancient history.  Whether through simple lack of resources, lack of desire, or rejection of change, '''Homo Sapiens Sapiens''', unmodified except for the genetic drifts incurred over centuries of colonization, remains the most populous of the human subspecies.
 ===Homo Sapiens Superioris===
-Many [[Terminology:Eugenics|eugenics]] programs have been launched in human history, but none have been so successful as the '''Shapers'''.  The path of self-affected evolution via active genetic redesign has lead to a strain of humanity stronger, more durable, more resistant to disease and injury, of higher average intelligence, enjoying longer life-spans, and possessing keener senses.
+:Many [[Terminology:Eugenics|eugenics]] programs have been launched in human history, but none have been so successful.  The path of self-affected evolution via active genetic redesign has lead to a strain of humanity stronger, more durable, more resistant to disease and injury, of higher average intelligence, enjoying longer life-spans, and possessing keener senses.
-Assuming that the universally ink-black UV resistant skin and complete lack of any hair other than the signature blue-white eye-brows is not disconcerting, any Superioris is almost certain to be considered physically beautiful, but it takes some experience to discern one Superioris from another.  However, these benefits come at the cost of much higher sustanence requirements, and a tremendous narrowing of diversity.
+:Assuming that the universally ink-black UV resistant skin and complete lack of any hair other than the signature blue-white eye-brows is not disconcerting, any Superioris is almost certain to be considered physically beautiful, but it takes some experience to discern one Superioris from another.  However, these benefits come at the cost of much higher sustanence requirements, and a tremendous narrowing of diversity.
 ===Homo Sapiens Cyberis===
-Having replaced many of their body parts with mechanical equivalents, or having forgone any pretense of human form, these [[Terminology:Cyborg|cyborgs]] cover a diverse and vibrant set of body types. This unique culture and society of Homo Sapiens has come to be known as the [[Faction:Mechanist|'''Mechanist''']].
+:Having replaced many of their body parts with mechanical equivalents, or having forgone any pretense of human form, these [[Terminology:Cyborg|cyborgs]] cover a diverse and vibrant set of body types. Those with total body replacement can usually pass anything short of close inspection if they're willing to deal with maintenance of a synthetic flesh exterior. If the goal is, as is often the case, to adapt the body to the demands of work or habitat, anything from mining attachments to full strength-enhancing endoskeletons could be an integral part of the form. Locomotion seen to date ranges from bipedal to poly-pedal, tracked, wheeled, or even sets of thrusters. However, no matter how modified they may be, at the least, portions of their brains and nervous systems remain.
-Even those with total body replacement can usually pass anything short of close inspection if they're willing to deal with maintenance of a synthetic flesh exterior. If the goal is, as is often the case, to adapt the body to the demands of work or habitat, anything from mining attachments to full strength-enhancing endoskeletons could be an integral part of the form. Locomotion seen to date ranges from bipedal to poly-pedal, tracked, wheeled, or even sets of thrusters. However, no matter how modified they may be, at the least, portions of their brains and nervous systems remain. Motto: '''Perish human flesh, free the human mind'''.
+:While communities of such modified humans exist on the worlds of many factions, the [[Faction:Mechanist|Mechanist]] faction is the only full fledged meme-group centered upon the post-flesh goals of Homo Sapiens Cyberis.
 ===Homo Sapiens Pluralis===
-Implanted at birth with hardware that allows data-net access and an array of near constantly transmitting sensors, a permanently linked existence has rendered this strain of humanity notably different in culture and mentality from all other strains and have come to refer to themselves as '''Andolians'''.
+:While various communities have arisen that rely upon linked existences, none save the [[Faction:Andolian|Andolians]] have sufficiently differentiated themselves en masse from the rest of humanity to be a discernable grouping. Implanted at birth with hardware that allows data-net access and an array of near constantly transmitting sensors, a permanently linked existence has rendered this strain of humanity notably different in culture and mentality from all other strains.
-While every Pluralis retains its individuality, each is awash in a similarly accessible sea of information.   Culling from the group of those not capable of entering into such an existence, combined with a willingness to engage in limited crafting of offspring has also lead to small but noticeable genetic drift over the past 800 years.  Implantation is universal, and the use of synthetic or mechanicaly enhanced body modifications is not uncommon, but the desire for total body replacement present in the Cyberis strain is absent.
+:While every Pluralis retains its individuality, each is awash in a similarly accessible sea of information.   Culling from the group of those not capable of entering into such an existence, combined with a willingness to engage in limited crafting of offspring has also lead to small but noticeable genetic drift over the past 800 years.  Implantation is universal, and the use of synthetic or mechanicaly enhanced body modifications is not uncommon, but the desire for total body replacement present in the Cyberis strain is absent.
-The linked existence and general culture proclivities of the Andolians have brought them to near unity on their religious doctrine. While an Andolian would refer to his/herself as a devout skeptic existing in the absence of proof of the metaphysical, many others find it simpler to call them Atheists.
+:The linked existence and general culture proclivities of the Andolians have brought them to near unity on their religious doctrine. While an Andolian would refer to his/herself as a devout skeptic existing in the absence of proof of the metaphysical, many others find it simpler to call them Atheists.
-While not overly concerned with improving the physical form, health related genetic traits deemed undesireable have been recorded, and then excised from the gene pool.  When isolated for long periods of time from any data-net, Pluralis individuals often experience pronounced withdrawl symptoms, earning them the nickname "Link-Junkies".  Motto: '''Through the advancement of knowledge, the betterment of Humankind'''.
+:While not overly concerned with improving the physical form, health related genetic traits deemed undesireable have been recorded, and then excised from the gene pool.  When isolated for long periods of time from any data-net, Pluralis individuals often experience pronounced withdrawl symptoms, earning them the nickname "Link-Junkies".
-===Homo Sapiens Cosmonatalis===
+===Homo Sapiens Suprahomo (Lightbearers)===
-Crafted as a slave race by the now defunct Light-Bearer faction, the '''Spaceborn''' remain, frail and over-specialized, incapable of surviving in planetary environments.  Instead, as they were designed to, they spend their entire lives in micro-gravity.  The Spaceborn have a unique cardiovascular system superbly tuned to life outside of a [[Terminology:Gravity well|gravity well]].
+(Defunct [[Terminology:meme-group|Meme-group]])
-Their bone structure, however, is a less cheery affair, and the Spaceborn, though not suffering the degenerative effects of planetborn entities in prolonged micro-gravity, never had much durability in the first place and are weaker and more easily injured.  They are almost universally tall, lanky, and flexible, and all are possessed of a rather pallid complexion tending towards a slight reddishness. Spaceborn frequently begin developing severe medical problems between the age of 60-80 Earth years, giving them a somewhat shorter life expectancy than that of the other subspecies.
+:One of the earlier factions to aggressively expand outward in the [[Terminology:FTL travel|FTL]] era were the Lightbearers, a meme-group built around the development of a supra-human race. Believing the human form to be the sacred forefront of evolution in the entire galaxy, they sought to claim the place of their distilled and purified strain at the throne of all sentients.  From a planet discovered on a joint mission with the [[Faction:Shaper|Shapers]] the Lightbearers cultivated some of the early [[Species:Dgn|Dgn]], further twisting their development along their own designs until they settled upon what ar now the [[Species:Shmrn|Shmrn]].
-==Habitat==
+:When later a Lightbearer exploratory group discovered the [[Species:Klk'k|Klk'k]] homeworld they prepared to subjugate, and "correct" this species, whose somewhat anthropomorphic construction they viewed as a mockery of the divine human form.  Fortunately for the Klk'k, the [[Faction:Andolians|Andolians]] discovered them only some weeks after the first Lightbearer pacification vessel had arrived at the planet.  The Andolians were outraged at the Lightbearers' actions against civilized sapients, and threw themselves against the Lightbearers in the first full-fledged human interstellar war.
-Originating on the third world of the [[Terminology:Solar System|Sol system]], all variants of humanity, even Homo Sapiens Cyberis, are most comfortable in '''Oxygen-Nitrogen atmospheres''', and temperatures not overly distant from 294 Kelvin.
-==Culture==
+:The Andolian's greater manufacturing base outperformed the Lightbearer's economy. As the Lightbearer military-industrial complex collapsed, a secret was revealed that not even the Lightbearer allies had known about, namely, the existence of the [[Species:Humanity#Homo Sapiens Cosmonatalis|Spaceborn]] a genetically engineered slave race of humans, designed to live their lives in zero gravity so as to prevent Lightbearer from having to deal with such a menial task as laboring in vacuum.
-Listed here are [[Species:Humanity|Humanity]] [[Terminology:Meme|Meme]] orginizations, factions and groups comprised of [[Species:Humanity#Subspecies|Humanity Sub-Species]]:
-===Forsaken===
+:It is this revelation that is believed to bear primary responsibility for the lack of action taken by any other faction when the Andolians proceeded to eliminate not only the industrial capacity of the Lightbearer, but also the Lightbearers themselves.
-Here lies one of the larger tragedies belonging to Humanity's expansion into space.  The first great colony ships to set forth from [[Terminology:Earth|Earth]] towards the stars, were composed of some of the best minds and the most adventerous and couragous spirits.  These ships, known as [[Terminology:Slowboats|slowboats]] because they took generations to reach their destinations, were made obsolete by the development of FTL travel.  But this didn't help these colonists in their slowboats, who upon reaching their destinations found--the worlds slated and promised them--already inhabited by Humanity which had leapfrogged in its exapansion outward.
-Alienated from these new societies and factions, the colonists found themselves and the cultures they had brought suddenly second classed.  Eventually driven to backwater worlds in search of a home for themselves, they have become known as the '''Forsaken'''.
+:Those that did not manage to escape to [[Faction:Shaper|Shaper]] or [[Faction:Highborn|Highborn]] space, or were not fortunate enough to be killed in the assaults on their worlds, had the dubious honor of being turned over to the [[Species:Klk'k|Klk'k]], the [[Species:Humanity#Homo Sapiens Cosmonatalis|Spaceborn]], and the [[Species:Shmrn|Shmrn]].  The ensuing combination of sterilization and incarceration served to eliminate the Lightbearer meme from the realm of dominant thought.
-A minor faction, now, they were not asked to join the [[Faction:Confederation of Inhabited Worlds|Confed]], nor would they have accepted, having no love for the powers that had done nothing to stop the leapfrogging of colony worlds that had been slated them.  And considering the Confed's protection would be at best hollow, and at worst a pretense for tyranny, the Forsaken declined the offer to join the [[Faction:League of Independent Human Worlds|LIHW]], and instead focused on the settling the Diaspora sector, ignoring, to the best of their ability, the Confed.  See also [[Faction:Forsaken|Faction:Forsaken]]
+===Homo Sapiens Cosmonatalis===
+:Crafted as a slave race by the now defunct Light-Bearer faction, the ''Spaceborn'', as they are commonly referred to, remain frail and over-specialized, incapable of surviving in planetary environments.  Instead, as they were designed to, they spend their entire lives in micro-gravity.  The Spaceborn have a unique cardiovascular system superbly tuned to life outside of a [[Terminology:Gravity well|gravity well]].
-===Homeland Security===
+:Their bone structure, however, is a less cheery affair, and the Spaceborn, though not suffering the degenerative effects of planetborn entities in prolonged micro-gravity, never had much durability in the first place and are weaker and more easily injured.  They are almost universally tall, lanky, and flexible, and all are possessed of a rather pallid complexion tending towards a slight reddishness. Spaceborn frequently begin developing severe medical problems between the age of 60-80 Earth years, giving them a somewhat shorter life expectancy than that of the other subspecies.
-The '''Homeland Security''' organization is primarily composed of [[Species:Humanity#Homo Sapiens Purialis|Purists]] but contain members from all major Humanity groups. Wartime constraints require the drafting of local forces into patrolling the homefront.  Raw, inexperienced, and often less than fully competent, they are, nevertheless, generally capable of repelling a pirate attack.... if they ever get there to do so.   See also [[Faction:Homeland Security|Faction:Homeland Security]]. ''could use more info''{{Fixme}}
-===Highborn===
+:Almost all Spaceborn live in habitats situated in Andolian Protectorate space, having relocated from Light-Bearer space after liberation from that faction.
-The '''Highborn''' are better known for their disregard of life than for their art or achievement. The religion of the Highborn is the bastard child of Calvinist WASPism and Objectivism, marinated in a counter-historical romantic view of the importance of chivalry and the duty of the better to the wretched. Primary they are manufacturers of dueling weaponry of all kinds with a motto: '''There is no substitute for a superior human being'''. See also [[Faction:Highborn|Faction:Highborn]].
-===Interstellar Church of True Form's Return===
+==Habitat==
-The '''Interstellar Church of True Form's Return (Luddites)''' begain as an extremist branch of the [[Species:Humanity#Purist|Purists]] with an anti-technologists dream of a humanity blissing away in an agrarian fashion.  Having been disowned by the Purists, and having been long since reviled by all other [[Terminology:Meme|memegroups]] for both their philosophy and, more importantly, their disposition towards military action in support of said philosophy, the Luddites are hunted all over [[Faction:Confederation of Inhabited Worlds|Confederation]] Space. See also [[Faction:Interstellar Church of True Form's Return|Faction:Luddites]]. ''Could use more desc/hist'' {{Fixme}}
+Originating on the third world of the [[Terminology:Solar System|Sol system]], all variants of humanity, even Homo Sapiens Cyberis, are most comfortable in Oxygen-Nitrogen atmospheres, and temperatures not overly distant from 294 Kelvin.
-===Interstellar Socialist Organization===
+==Culture==
-The '''Interstellar Socialist Organization (ISO)''' ''Need desc.'' ''Composed of.''{{Fixme}} See also [[Faction:Interstellar Socialist Organization|Faction:ISO]].
+Listed below are links to noteworthy human [[Terminology:Meme-group|Meme-groups]], organizations, and governments:
-===League of Independent Human Worlds===
-Scattered across the frontiers of known space are many words housing minor subsets of humanity which hold no place among the larger more popular major [[Terminology:Meme|meme]]-[[Species:Humanity#Subspecies|groups]].
-Humanity has, throughout the past, been an oft balkanized lot. While the bulk of human power and population has, for various reasons, aligned itself with one of the major or minor meme-groups there are many colonies, that, for reasons of either intense pluralism or adherence to a tertiary meme-group have remained independent.
-* such as the inhabitants of Vegan-ville, citizens of the "Brotherhood of Militant Agnostics" (motto: "'''''I don't know, and neither do you!'''''")
-But in the wake of the Mankind's first notable interstellar fraternal conflict--the demolishing of the [[Species:Humanity#Lightbearer|Lightbearer]] by the [[Species:Humanity#Homo Sapiens Pluralis|Andolians]]--and the efforts which followed in the founding of the [[Faction:Confederation of Inhabited Worlds|Confed]] who's membership consists of the major meme-groups, the bulk of the lesser subsets realized that--while they may not get along all that well with each other--if they did not in some way present a united front of resistance, they would likely be consumed by the major meme-groups. As such, they joined the Confed united as the '''League of Independent Human Worlds (LIHW)''', and, counter-intuitively, gained, through their co-operation, a guarantee of protection of their individual and often separatist modes of life.
-Those that did not band together, the [[Species:Humanity#Forsaken|Forsaken]] being the only exception, are now only records in history books, having been overrun, subverted, co-opted, or in other ways gobbled up by the major meme-groups. See also [[Faction:League of Independent Human Worlds|Faction:LIHW]].
-===Lightbearer===
-<Defunct [[Terminology:Meme|Meme]]>
-One of the earliest factions bursting outward on [[Terminology:FTL travel|FTL]] wings called themselves the '''Lightbearer'''.  This early group of objective moralists believed themselves the forefront of evolution in the entire galaxy, and sought to claim their place at the throne of all sentients.  Following their belief that the ends justify the means they ruthlessly enslaved some of the early [[Species:Dgn|Dgn]], further twisting their development along their designs until they eventually had the [[Species:Shmrn|Shmrn]].
-When later a Lightbearer exploratory group discovered the [[Species:Klk'k|Klk'k]] homeworld they prepared to  subjugate and enslave this species too.  Fortunately for the Klk'k, the [[Species:Andolians|Andolians]] discovered them only some weeks after the first Lightbearer pacification vessel had arrived at the planet.  The Andolians were outraged, and discovering the Lightbearer were prepared to destroy the Klk'k culture and way of life, the Andolians threw themselves against the Lightbearer in the first human interstellar war.
-The Andolian's greater manufacturing base out performed the Lightbearer's economy to withstand and the Lightbearer military fell revealing a hidden secret not even the Lightbearer allies had known about, namely, the existence of the [[Species:Humanity#Homo Sapiens Cosmonatalis|Spaceborn]] a genetically engineered slave race of humans, designed to live their lives in zero gravity so as to prevent Lightbearer from having to deal with menial tasks as laboring in vacuum.
-It was this revelation that is believed to be the most responsible for the lack of action taken by any other faction when the Andolians proceeded to eliminate not only the industrial capacity of the Lightbearer, but also the Lightbearer themselves.
-Those that did not manage to escape to [[Species:Humanity#Homo Sapiens Superioris|Shaper]] or [[Species:Humanity#Homo Sapiens Highers|Highborn]] space, or were not fortunate enough to be killed in the assaults on their worlds, had the dubious honor of being turned over to the Klk'k, the Spaceborn, and the Shmrn.  The ensuing combination of sterilization and incarceration served to eliminate the Lightbearer meme from the realm of dominant thought.
-===Interstellar Shipping and Mercantile Guild===
-The '''Interstellar Shipping and Mercantile Guild (ISMG)''' grew and developed from the first of the FTL cartels, attracting adherents from many [[Terminology:Meme|memegroups]].  Those who joined flocked to the motto: '''grab, put, generate, grow!'''  Though they do not possess as many worlds as any of the other major memegroups, their economic clout makes them powerful. See also [[Faction:Interstellar Shipping and Mercantile Guild|Faction:ISMG]].  ''Need more desc/hist.'' {{Fixme}}
-===Purist===
-A surprisingly large [[Terminology:Meme|memegroup]], and the dominant one in Sol, the '''Purists''' seek a humanity free of changes to the species. They do not stand for genetic modification, nor for cybernetic implants. They are, however, not opposed to technology which is not used to alter humans. Motto: '''In being what we are, become all that we can be'''. ''have they any history to add?''{{Fixme}}
-===Unadorned===
+{{Fixme}}
-The '''Unadorned''' worship the cold logic of machines, and seek to abandon the limitations of human emotion and irrationality. Often referred to as the "mad monks of Myztheria", the fact that the other factions believe them to be somewhat insane has not stopped them from making use of their advances in AI and other computational fields. The unadorned worship logic. Moreover, they worship the logic of machines. And although most other groups think them a likely mad, the Unadorned find religious veneration of computational logic entirely... logical. Motto: '''Freed of noise, the mind will make true music'''. See also [[Faction:Unadorned|Faction:Unadorned]].
 ==Religion==
-The most mixed and varied in the known galaxy running the gamut from atheists to zealots. Refer to the individual groups for more information.
+Among the most mixed and varied in the known galaxy running the gamut from atheists to zealots. Refer to the individual groups for more information.
 ==Number scheme==

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