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Define Human for me.

been told by one source that "Ture Atlanteans' are "human" ...

i tend to disbelieve that claim. am i wrong?
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shiiv-a wrote:Define Human for me.

been told by one source that "Ture Atlanteans' are "human" ...

i tend to disbelieve that claim. am i wrong?


In the Megaverse, where half-elves are impossible
(you, genetic incompability), humans and True atlanteans
are capable to produce an offspring, which is alive,
and fertile...

So, basically, the same species.

Kinda like chiuhauas and alsatians... Both are canis lupus(?).

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I would say that human is kind of a general term. Reason being that there are human, True Atlantean, and then there are those mutant lost clan of Atlantis. All human, but then again you can also have all of them mate with mutants from HU or After the Bomb, or oddly enough Ogres. If you want to go with "Pure Human" you'd have to have someone like use, no powers, no psionic, no magic abilities, just plain human. Of which if you're going that road, just make a version of the CS in the Three Galaxies, though I don't think they'd last long going out and trying to conquer and expunge the world of magic and inhuman species.
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Just as some "races" of humans have elvolved darker skin, a lack of facil hair, or epicanthic folds, True Atlanteans have evoled (or mutated?) to be magically adept... which gives them a longer life, higher PPE base, and immutability to transformations.

Yes, it.s a bit of a reach, but they originated here on Earth, and are human... maybe just Homo Superior instead of Homo sapiens.
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Okay, let's see...we have your standard humans, True Atlanteans, Ogres, the Seeron offshoots of humans being Talus and Seermen, then we have the psychic or mutant variations like Psi-Stalkers, then the other offshoots like the Amazons(South America), Sea Titans(Underseas) and the Altess(Anvil Galaxy), not to mention the Wormwood humans and close relatives to Earth human aliens like the Arismal(Aliens Unlimited). That's all I can immediately think of. You can have the same basic genetic cursor, but due to environment, civilization advancements and other X-factors can cause minor changes in these specific beings, but they're all still considered genetically human, and can all breed with one another if desired.
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thanks Dave ... *hugs happily*

always a nice visit from you when you show up. great to see you back up and running again.
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Don't forget the Achillies neo Humans...those things are deceptively powerful.
They are in SA II.

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shiiv-a wrote:Define Human for me.

been told by one source that "Ture Atlanteans' are "human" ...

i tend to disbelieve that claim. am i wrong?



Huh, I'd have never thought otherwise myself....why Disbelieve?
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alright. its obvious that there is NO possible way to have something geared for just 'humans' without someone twisting and inserting justification for something that wasn't 'human' to be included.

i forgot why i needed to know now, ahh yeah another race. but hey its cool. will just have to rework their fighting style till i'm content with it andthen insert the whole disk.

*wonders if the cats found it and 'played' with it on the floor someplace?
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Darkmax wrote:Wait... where's the passage that says TAs can mate with humans? I like to prove it to my some people I know! Thanks!


They can mate with humans because they are human. Pure, 100% Homo Sapiens Sapiens. It's just that because the medical technology and magic tricks of their society are so advanced, and because they used genetic engineering and a bit of magic to make sure their DNA is only the best of the best, they're healthier and smarter and more long-lived than other human beings. Basically they're a walking example of what the rest of the human race has the potential to be if it ever achieves the sort of utopian civilization that True Atlantis was.

It's also worth noting that if we wanna be pedantic in this conversation, the Mechanoids are also human. And in a way, arguably more human than some of the mystically transformed naturall Mega-Damage human variants :)
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Kryzbyn wrote:Don't forget the Achillies neo Humans...those things are deceptively powerful.
They are in SA II.


Except it says quite plainly and clearly in their own writeup that they are NOT considered human at all, and in fact have far far more animal DNA than the tiny amount of Human DNA.
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Kryzbyn wrote:Don't forget the Achillies neo Humans...those things are deceptively powerful.
They are in SA II.


Actually neo Humans have a lot of animal genes.
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