Species:Humanity

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Klk'k

Species data

Humans
Homeworld (Origin)	Sol (System)
Age of spaceflight	{{{age of spaceflight}}}
Physical characteristics	1.9m (tall) Limbs: 4
Life span	105-125 Earth standard years
Habitat	Oxygen-Nitrogen
Number scheme	Radix 10

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Humans

Subspecies

• Homo Sapiens Sapiens
• Homo Sapiens Superioris (Primary faction: Shapers)
• Homo Sapiens Cyberis (Primary faction: Mechanists)
• Homo Sapiens Pluralis (Primary faction: Andolians)
• Homo Sapiens Fascists (Primary faction: Homeland Security)
• Homo Sapiens Highers (Primary faction: Highborn)
• Homo Sapiens need name (Primary faction: Hunter) FIXME
• Homo Sapiens Indipents (Primary faction: League of Independent Human Worlds (LIHW))
• Homo Sapiens Merchantis (Primary faction: Merchant's Guild)
• Homo Sapiens Purialis (Primary faction: Purist)
• Homo Sapiens need name (Primary faction: Unadorned) FIXME
• Homo Sapiens Illuminates (Defunt faction: Lightbearer)
• Homo Sapiens Cosmonatalis (Other faction: Spaceborn)
• Homo Sapiens need name (Primary faction: Forsaken) ((Fixme))

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 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.

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. The culture and society of these Homo Sapiens has come to be known as the Mechanists.

However, no matter how modified they may be, at the least, portions of their brains and nervous systems remain. Many sport enhancements specific to their employment or hobbies, and some take great efforts to disguise the modifications to the naked eye.

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 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 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 Fascists

Homeland Security need descFIXME

Homo Sapiens Highers

Highborn need descFIXME

Homo Sapiens name

Hunter need descFIXME

Homo Sapiens Indepents

League of Independent Human Worlds (LIHW) need descFIXME

Homo Sapiens Merchantis

Interstellar Shipping and Mercantile Guild need descFIXME

Homo Sapiens Purialis

A surprisingly large 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

Homo Sapiens name

Unadorned need descFIXME

Homo Sapiens Illuminates

<Defunct meme>

One of the earliest factions bursting outward on 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 Dgn, further twisting their development into their designs until they eventually had the Shmrn.

When later a Lightbearer exploratory group discovered the Klk'k homeworld they prepared to subjugate and enslave this species too. 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, 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 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 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 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.

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.

Religion

The most mixed and varied in the known galaxy running the gamut from atheists to zealots.

Number scheme

Base 10.

See also

• ./history/species/humanity/Humanity.txt in CVS
• WikiPedia:Humanity

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