Post by Insano-Man on Oct 2, 2018 13:19:05 GMT -5
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LOOK UPON YOUR HANDS
Mankind hasn't changed much since Earth. They're still the same five-fingered freaks who were slapping trees and rolling rocks back in the day. Men are still men, women are still women, and all the old ethnicities and personal quirks hold true. People still die when you shoot them, they still bleed when they're cut. Only a relative handful of mutants, oddballs, and spacers are any different. Average height on the planet works out to 5'6" (1.67m) in men and 5'3" (1.6m) for women. Variations between regions are immense - especially in well-fed Looney bunkers. By comparison, the average Looney or well-heeled townie is around 5'10" (1.77m) for men and 5'6" (1.67m) for women - a combined total of seven inches over the norm.
The split between planetside and orbit are the worst of all. Up in space, with gravity all mixed up and society a touch more sophisticated, people get tall. The average human spacer is 6'5" (1.95m) on the male half, 6'3" (1.91m) on the female half. Builds tend to bias towards top-heavy and tiny-waisted. When it comes to positives, the list is short. Frail bones, feeble muscles, poor vision, immunodeficiency - spacers have it rough. If it weren't for their genomes, they'd be as much a different species to the dirt-suckers below as redworlders are. Only the high-class spacers and Space Loonies get it better. Artificial gravity and better healthcare push them more in line with their terrestrial counterparts.
LOOK UPON YOUR HANDS
Mankind hasn't changed much since Earth. They're still the same five-fingered freaks who were slapping trees and rolling rocks back in the day. Men are still men, women are still women, and all the old ethnicities and personal quirks hold true. People still die when you shoot them, they still bleed when they're cut. Only a relative handful of mutants, oddballs, and spacers are any different. Average height on the planet works out to 5'6" (1.67m) in men and 5'3" (1.6m) for women. Variations between regions are immense - especially in well-fed Looney bunkers. By comparison, the average Looney or well-heeled townie is around 5'10" (1.77m) for men and 5'6" (1.67m) for women - a combined total of seven inches over the norm.
The split between planetside and orbit are the worst of all. Up in space, with gravity all mixed up and society a touch more sophisticated, people get tall. The average human spacer is 6'5" (1.95m) on the male half, 6'3" (1.91m) on the female half. Builds tend to bias towards top-heavy and tiny-waisted. When it comes to positives, the list is short. Frail bones, feeble muscles, poor vision, immunodeficiency - spacers have it rough. If it weren't for their genomes, they'd be as much a different species to the dirt-suckers below as redworlders are. Only the high-class spacers and Space Loonies get it better. Artificial gravity and better healthcare push them more in line with their terrestrial counterparts.
