Recessive Memes: The Rim

You are the crew of an independent survey vessel, the Drake, on a mission deep in the colonial rim beyond the third and forth reach colonies. Local freedmanites and other nomads have reported sightings of strange, possibly alien vessels in the area, and you've been hired to investigate.

Character building

Pick a name, basic background, place of origin and role on the ship

Olsen Davis (Acat) - Martian native, with a Martian Alpha-grade genemods. Security and survival expert. Also pretty handy with a utilitool, but not a proper engineer. Supposedly had a bigshot corporate job for a while, before going walkabout in the colonies. Worked as a bounty hunter for a time in the fourth reach.

Charlie McKinley (Lokar) - Young Jovian. Took part in the latter stages of the war as sensor operator/EWO. Friendly personality looking to see new sites and that age old draw adventure.

L-Mielle - Oceanian, extensively modified for life in space and occupation as a doctor. Surfeit of sensory and parallel processing brain enhancements makes her quirky by the norms of Sol people, although fairly normal in home country. Previously a member of a major body alteration/art commune who decided that life in an echo chamber was skewing her aesthetics.

Origins

Terran

You're from one of the Earth nations, still powerful despite the growing power of the colonies. You are probably not transgenic but might be from one of the genetically modified minorities that still exist there. You may also be from an orbital colony

Martian

The young colony of Mars is one of the Core's most dynamic worlds, specialized in terraforming and exotic (for Sol) genetic engineering. The main Martian colony is Ares.

Corriegdorian

Independent since the war, the former American colony of Corriegdor. An temperate ocean world, it major economic and high tech hub of the American axis of colonization. Currently building up diplomatic and military power to replace America, and a major friend of the Freedmanites.

Iranian Colonial

You are a member of the Iranian diaspora in the Second Reach colonies. Either from Earth or from the major Iranian colony at Damavand, which managed to develop along similiar lines

Jovian

Recently independent after the Alliance-American War

Druze

The Druze worlds of the Forth Reach are one of the largest trading powers and richest nations of the area. They are currently allied with the Alliance of Five against potential Terran aggression, and against the

Tempesti (Islander/Continental)

Tempest is an all female colony, now most famous for being the military heart of the Five Banner Alliance, the group of colonies that defeated America in the recent wars. All tempesti are genetic augments, both to protected from their heavy metal rich environment and to augment them. Tempesti Islanders possess superhuman physical ability in short bursts, while Tempesti Continentals have vast endurance.

Plenitian

A democratic communist colony drawn from a mix of Eastern European, Chinese and Indian origins, Plenitians are genetic engineered to be larger, stronger and smarter than normal. They have a close relationship with the AIs of Mercurial, which has given them their economic power, and made them the richest power of the Five Banner Alliance.

Imprevite Colour

You are a specialist transhuman from the world of Imprev, your genetics defining your area of mastery since birth. Reds are physically superior, greens have augmented intelligence and logic, yellows have augmented social ability, and blues have augmented creativity and artistic skill.

Oceanians

You come from the pluralistic habitat swarm of Oceania, a landless nation in the orbit of a gas giant. Originally a recessive colony meant to preserve human cultural and biological sexual divergence, the discovery of valuable exotics within their gas giant catapulted the Oceanians to a major trading power. They practice abolitionist social praxis and have divorced themselves from manual and repetitive labor in order to focus on communal life, academics and the raising of families. Transhuman practices emphasize self-expression and morphological freedom, as a consequence no two Oceanians look particularly alike, even among families.

Yadzidi

Another of the large trading states of the deep rim, the Yadzidi are an emerging economy

Hanfeian

You are from the Chinese legalist colony of Hanfei, a place where the law is simple and understandable, but enforced by all seeing machines.

Freedmanite

Libertarian space nomads. Most are baseline, but they are one of the most widespread cultures in the rim

Magentan

You are from Magenta, an African decended planet with several different legal systems, with each person choosing their jurisdiction at age of majority. Magentans are genetically augmented using Plenitian templates, so tend to be very tall, strong and smart.

Reasonist

You follow the transhumanist athiesm of the reasonite colonies. Due to your augmentations and special training you can program your mind like a computer

Minkowskan

You are from one of the zero-gravity Minkowskan colonies. You are a natural in space but sickly on land, and probably religious.