HAzerBiomorph [Genotype, Econiche]The Hazer Genotype emerged during the Le Belle Epoque - the name of the Utopian Era in the Yellowstone Demarchy. This was the height of the Yellowstone Demarchy, and so naturally they sought to create a genotype that could celebrate it, and so the engineers developed the Hazer, a genotype that was designed to hazard extremely cold temperatures like those found on the Titanian world of Yellowstone. The design was thought lost in the Ascension Crisis, but it was only recently rediscovered several decades ago. The rediscovery of the genotype has seen a renewal of interest in it, even as the first generation of Hazers to be grown since the end of Le Belle Epoque achieve adulthood.
Hazers are, in general, tall, fine-boned and lightly muscled genotypes that feature a number of transgenic organs as well as modifications to body that insulate them against extreme cold. The most extreme of these is the modification that causes their body to produce brown fat, which is burned to keep them warm. This brown fat is constantly replenished, and it is packed into the body so it doesn't take away from the slender profile that they cut. While they are incapable of surviving the harsh cold of cryolithic worlds directly, they can handle what would qualify as extremely cold temperatures better than most other biologicals and bioshells are capable of doing. They also feature a natural biological sensitivity to ionizing radiation, including genes copied and spliced in from an transgenic species invented in the Solar System during the Interplanetary Period, the ability to resolve the ultraviolet spectrum, and modified livers and muscle tissue that store oxygen. Being the product of Le Belle Epoque, they were also designed to be strikingly beautiful as well, capturing the elegance and excessiveness of that era very well. Some of them have very angular or elven features, descending into the uncanny valley at times while still retaining their relative attractiveness. Intersting Facts
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Hazer 91 points
Attribute Modifiers
Advantages Perks Disadvantages Quirks Features |
DX +1 [20]; HT +2 [20]
Appearance (Handsome/Beautiful, humans only, -20%) [7]; Detect (Radiation) [10]; Doesn't Breathe (Oxygen Storage, x25, -50%) [10]; Ultravision [10]; Resistant to Disease (+8) [5]; Temperature Tolerance 10 [10]. Sanitized Metabolism [1]. Unnatural Features 1 [-1]. Slightly Unusual Biochemistry [-1] Extended Lifespan; Longevity; Reproductive control, Taboo Traits (Genetic Defects, Mental Instability). |