Humanity Offshoots
Over the generations that humanity has been in space, three distinct types of non-baseline humanity have emerged. To detail these we need to begin with baseline humanity, however. This is humanity as it exists now: with some genetic modification, often with colorful skin from intermingling with other species. Humans can now come in brindle, merle, and other kinds of skin color, with a widened array of skin tones.
Due to the relative shortness of the following developments, humanity still considers these offshoots part of itself, but this may change in the aeons to come.
A kind of humanity that has developed a denser, hardier build from living on higher-gravity planets. They tend to be shorter, stockier, and overall more rough than any other humanity type. Over time, the Sagittal crest has begun to emerge again.
A kind of humanity that has a massively increased amount of polydactylic individuals. These humans are also taller, with longer arms and larger eyes; these have emerged from individuals living on darker, lower-gravity worlds.
An altered humanity capable of increased survival time in the vacuum of space itself. Originally begotten as a form of ship assistance for generation hulks, these humans are the most alien: their skin is almost scale-like, and they can hold their breath without needing to so much as flex a lung for upward of thirty minutes. They are strange, spindly individuals who cannot exist within an even commonly-gravatied hold.
Due to the relative shortness of the following developments, humanity still considers these offshoots part of itself, but this may change in the aeons to come.
A kind of humanity that has developed a denser, hardier build from living on higher-gravity planets. They tend to be shorter, stockier, and overall more rough than any other humanity type. Over time, the Sagittal crest has begun to emerge again.
A kind of humanity that has a massively increased amount of polydactylic individuals. These humans are also taller, with longer arms and larger eyes; these have emerged from individuals living on darker, lower-gravity worlds.
An altered humanity capable of increased survival time in the vacuum of space itself. Originally begotten as a form of ship assistance for generation hulks, these humans are the most alien: their skin is almost scale-like, and they can hold their breath without needing to so much as flex a lung for upward of thirty minutes. They are strange, spindly individuals who cannot exist within an even commonly-gravatied hold.
Civilization and Culture
Average Technological Level
All three offshoots of humanity have achieved sapce-faring technology, though it's probably more correct to say that they developed with these technologies in place as opposed to having developed them independently.
It's incredibly likely none of them would exist were it not for this technology, particularly the vacuum-thriving subspecies, which cannot survive in a regular environment.
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
There are no uniform views on interspecies relations for the most part. Since these offshoots are so vastly changed from baseline humanity, they tend to be, as a whole, more accepting of non-human species than some humans can be.
Origin/Ancestry
Homo Sapiens
Related Organizations
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