Shorticus

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I love it! But don't let the Xim find out you can change genes so easily, or that you disapprove of cloning. They'll flip the fuck out

@Hael

Yeah, I thought about that, and about the Namilee perception of cloning. Cloning, at least, allows some semblance of normal growth, at least if it's used to create youth instead of adults. But the question the Namilee have for cloning is what its purpose is. They don't need to conquer, and they don't feel a need to populate the universe with their people, so cloning to them is just... weird.

But replicating people entirely? That's even weirder. And they have the capability to do so, and to clone, but they're avoiding both because they're not certain of the purpose or of the ramifications of each.

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Well, let me double check this section to make sure it's fine. This is an excerpt from the Culture section.

Replication

Due to their scientific achievement, the Namilee are capable of doing things that would make other species awed. For one, their replication devices are able to reproduce most anything they need on a daily basis, even be used to regenerate wounds or create plants from a database of stored plant DNA. They are able to synthesize metals which other species cannot. This technology has allowed them to recreate some of their lost comforts from home while aboard the New Hope. Having seen the horrific results of what happens when other species possess advanced technology - such as the utilization of that technology to destroy other civilizations - the Namilee are incredibly wary of exchanging knowledge of this replicating power with anybody.

But perhaps more interesting than that is their ability to easily modify the genetic traits of an individual and modify the body non-intrusively at the same time. Though generally avoided, as natural diversity within the gene pool is treasured, this process is conducted in cases when someone's genetic code makes them at risk of dying an early or painful death, or simply when someone desires to modify themselves enough to request such a transformation. Chromosomes - including sex chromosomes - can be modified and their phenotypic implications made reality in the same instant. Moreover, the genetic material from one person can be used to create sexual product of another, meaning that a male's DNA can be used to synthesize eggs and that a female's DNA can be used to synthesize sperm. The societal ramifications of such technologies have utterly transformed the Namilee's perception of their mortal condition.

Despite their ability to modify life, however, the Namilee have no intention of creating more of their own species through replication techniques, nor do they know how to do so without creating an inherently flawed people. Regrowing a lost limb is one thing. Using pre-existing DNA structures to create plantlife or to modify an organism is one thing. But to create sentient life, to try and make that life an individual, to deny it any of the usual processes of growth associated with normal life: that is both questionable and, in some ways, just out of the Namilee's grasp. And if it weren't out of their grasp, the Namilee would still ponder the ethical ramifications of utilizing technology for that purpose. Genetic abnormalities would almost certainly be present - partly why chromosomal changes are so carefully considered before the gene modification procedure is conducted - and there may be problems unforeseen by modern science that could also arise from creating an entirely new member of one's species with replication technology.

Other societal questions have been posed by the development of replication technology. Can replication be used to restore life to the dead? The science seems to support that it one can, at least, use the DNA from dead tissue to recreate the lost individual, even if the individual knows nothing of themselves. Are there spiritual ramifications for doing so? Does this disrupt the energy of life? Could the technology be used to immortalize people, to effectively give them eternal life by rejuvenating or replacing their cells? The science there is muddled and unclear. If that is so, is it wrong to withhold the technology out of fear of other species destroying themselves?

It is a messy series of questions that have yet to be answered.

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DROWN THEM. DROWN THEM ALL.

Seriously, I love ridiculous amounts of info, so just fucking go nuts and write a novella for us, if you feel the need

Well, I'm just a little concerned because I now realize I spent three paragraphs discussing the societal ramifications of replication technology on the Namilee people.

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Working on my sheet presently. I'm a bit worried about the length of the paragraphs in my culture section, actually. I want to hammer certain points home without drowning people in information.

Masters of the Hidden Valley

It's no problem, @babbysama. I'll wait for tonight, and then I'll update. We'll then having the next turn end planned for 6-7 days afterwards, but you'll only be missing one week, so that's no biggie.

I can RP it as Dunlad getting sick for 1/2 a season.

CLOWNQUEST

>win woman's love by trading eggplant for smoochies????

AGE OF DAWN

May I put ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ as my character's gender?

Also, going to make my sheet in the morrow. I'm pooped.

The Guild Mods are unfriendly to hobbits.

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Maybe you just drew the short straw.
It's a small world after all, and you're a little man.

@Betterinblue

AGE OF DAWN: LEGENDS OF A NEW ERA

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Yes, you basically have the correct understanding of it. I had a shitty map before, but if @Shorticus wouldn't mind lending their considerable talents to my cause, I wouldn't mind making a better one.

@Dead Cruiser

My talents aren't considerable, but I'm totally willing! Just give me the map you want, point out roughly where you want mountains/etc placed, and I'll make something.

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@Lauder

You LIAR.