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Brainstorming.; Brain-blast!
Topic Started: August 31, 2009, 9:24 pm (159 Views)
Devabbi
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So, the genre switch has been suggested, and here's my main idea for it... er, explanation, if you will:

On Earth, space travel (on a massive scale) became universally accessible, as cheap as driving, in a short span of time. Terraforming had been mastered, and Earth's population now stretched onto Mars, Venus, and Saturn. People began to uproot and spread out to other solar systems, galaxies, etc, claiming planets and terraforming them to their will. Some thrived, some didn't. There's now literally hundreds of species, all having adapted and evolved to new surroundings. It's been roughly two thousand years since that began.

DNA manipulation and genetic planning was also available at the time, which explains some evolutionary leaps. Fudging about with genetics is no longer a widespread practice, but instead a political hotspot, like today's stem-cell research and use, and is used mainly for medical problems. Cloning is available, but absolutely illegal, made so after the practice was abused by criminals. Early genetic mutations and medical advances expanded life expectancies, allowing populations to skyrocket. Medical advances are now having trouble keeping up with all the extra "evolutionary" medical problems, though cancer, AIDS, HIV, Alzheimers, and many other common chronic problems have been cured.

Most planets are independently governed, and most planets are also broken up into smaller, more manageable groups based on geography. Thusly, a Cleekeian from one side of the planet would have a much different outlook on life, personality, and appearance than a Cleekeian from the other side of the planet.

The internet is run off of a ridiculously intricate network of satellites run by Syds (a race of small-statured techies). Animals (aside from registered, spayed/neutered pets) are banned from spacecraft, after an incident where a pair of pedigreed dogs took over a planet. There are numerous planets devoted to livestock, often terraformed to the perfect conditions for the animals, which are slaughtered before they leave the planet.

Elemental abilities are now genetic, but they began as one of the first DNA manipulation experiments. Being that everyone is technically descended from humans, everyone is still physically compatible (far as babymakin' goes).

Teleportation (within reasonable distances) and time-travel are both common practices, though time travel is extremely expensive and heavily regulated.

Earth, by this time, has deteriorated into a polluted, dilapidated wasteland.


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The chasm is never completely bridged. We all have the conviction, perhaps illusory,
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