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Teinyhr
A Club for Reputable Gentlemen
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Posted - 2012.11.07 16:29:00 -
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...Just how good were they at it at the height of their civilization? Could they for example design a human being to any specification (from a supermodel to a deformed blob of flesh)?
Obviously, interested because of a fanfiction idea I have brewing in my head. And yes I know, it's fan fiction so I could make anything up I wanted, but just to bounce some ideas off of you all.
Dev answer clearly appreciated, but I'd take educated guesses at this stage. |
Teinyhr
A Club for Reputable Gentlemen
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Posted - 2012.11.07 17:20:00 -
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Well, that was fast!
Thank you, this certainly gives me something to work with. |
Teinyhr
A Club for Reputable Gentlemen
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Posted - 2012.11.10 10:58:00 -
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Romvex wrote:considering how severely they damaged their genes, it was probably pretty intrusive. i would assume that they used it to cure disease and deformity, also maybe for cosmetic reasons. Also several of the small picture we have buried deep in old dev blogs and fiction show that they had transparent skin, were hairless and very short. doesn't sound too cosmetic to me, but it was probably caused by the disease.
According to Evelopedia they have grayish-yellow skin (not transparent) with larger veins very visible and are about four feet tall - I would guess it is because that is the only genetic makeup they dare to use, not to make their jovian disease worse. I haven't found any in-depth information about their reproduction but based on a tiny description under a picture, they've taken test-tube babies to the extreme, being grown in "fetus tubes."
The background fluff stated that they modified themselves to survive better in space ( genetic modification was their answer to everything at the height of their emprie), and I'm pretty sure curing things like cancer is pretty much a given. And yeah I agree with you, they probably did some pretty crazy things with their genes if they truly are irrepairable (even with normal, healthy humans they could compare their genetic makeup to, readily available). |
Teinyhr
A Club for Reputable Gentlemen
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Posted - 2012.11.12 06:59:00 -
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Velarra wrote:Here's a thought: Does pride keep the Jovians from biologically breeding with non-jovians? Particularly with an interest toward rehabilitating the Jovian genome & introducing new / healthier material into their profile?
I guess the problem is that they might not have the "right parts." As said, they're bred in devices known as fetus tubes, and have been for millennia (Stargate +āsgard anyone?) so they're all essentially clones. Also for all we know, their genetic makeup might be so different that even if they had the right parts, we just might be too genetically different to interbreed by normal means.
You would think they have explored normal humans and their genome in an effort to fix their own. But maybe they're just too prideful to use "mudblood" genes? |
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