Gene-Tech vs Gene Splicers

[SolCannibal]

One is from Phaseworld, the other first appeared in Rifts.

The Gene-Tech seem more sociable/acessible, but beside that what's the differences, if any?

Any opinions on the two groups/races?

[Nightmask]

Gene-Tech seem to be the Poor Man's Gene-Splicer, so either a race that independently learned a number of secrets like the Gene Splicers or one created by or an offshoot of the Gene Splicers that just aren't a bad, relatively speaking.

[SolCannibal]

"Poor Man's Gene-Splicer", why would you say?

They seem potentially just as bad, but devised with less of a "shoot on sight" logic than the Splicers.
That said there's nothing to say a Gene-splicer might act like a typical Gene-tech or vice-versa.

[Nightmask]

"Poor Man's Gene-Splicer", why would you say?

They seem potentially just as bad, but devised with less of a "shoot on sight" logic than the Splicers.
That said there's nothing to say a Gene-splicer might act like a typical Gene-tech or vice-versa.

Simply the impression I have of them, that they're second-rate in comparison to the Gene-Splicers (which still leaves them above most beings when it comes to genetic manipulation technology) hence why they're more numerous and far more interactive with other species than the Gene Splicers.

[eliakon]

The Gene-Tech are the graduate students, who still have a bit of a social life. To the Gene-Splicers who have finished their Post-Doc work and have taken up their mad-science jobs full time.

[Giant2005]

"Poor Man's Gene-Splicer", why would you say?

They seem potentially just as bad, but devised with less of a "shoot on sight" logic than the Splicers.
That said there's nothing to say a Gene-splicer might act like a typical Gene-tech or vice-versa.

Simply the impression I have of them, that they're second-rate in comparison to the Gene-Splicers (which still leaves them above most beings when it comes to genetic manipulation technology) hence why they're more numerous and far more interactive with other species than the Gene Splicers.

The Gene-Tech are "easily on par with the near mythical and malevolent Gene-Splicers" the world easily in there would be redundant if the advantage wasn't in the Gene-Tech's favour. I'd say they are at least as good as the Splicers but probably more-so.

[SolCannibal]

"Poor Man's Gene-Splicer", why would you say?

They seem potentially just as bad, but devised with less of a "shoot on sight" logic than the Splicers.
That said there's nothing to say a Gene-splicer might act like a typical Gene-tech or vice-versa.

Simply the impression I have of them, that they're second-rate in comparison to the Gene-Splicers (which still leaves them above most beings when it comes to genetic manipulation technology) hence why they're more numerous and far more interactive with other species than the Gene Splicers.

I see what you mean and they are certainly more acessible in the Threee Galaxies space, though that might be a matter of being more insidious or suited to the vagaries of local powers and threats than the outsider Splicers.

[cornholioprime]

One is from Phaseworld, the other first appeared in Rifts.

The Gene-Tech seem more sociable/acessible, but beside that what's the differences, if any?

Any opinions on the two groups/races?

They are both generally similar in terms of capabilities in genetic alteration, but the primary difference between the two is that one group completely ignores the hopes and dreams of the people they experiment on, callously and potentially willing to depopulate an entire planet if their experiments take them in that direction.....

.....while the other group of aliens are at least occasionally willing to take on "paid" jobs -but the buyer of their services is said to be very rarely happy with the results, even though they get the promised powers.
(I remember this last part being a conscious effort on the part of The Authors to strongly discourage Players from trying to take the 'easy road' to superpowers -as I recall, they added numerous/significant physical and mental penalties to a chart that Players would have to roll on.)

And no, away from my books I can't remember which one is which, but I think that the aliens who are on Earth and currently chugging out truckloads of Monster Brodkil (amongst other new species), are the "reclusive" species who can't be paid to do what they do.

[SolCannibal]

One is from Phaseworld, the other first appeared in Rifts.

The Gene-Tech seem more sociable/acessible, but beside that what's the differences, if any?

Any opinions on the two groups/races?

They are both generally similar in terms of capabilities in genetic alteration, but the primary difference between the two is that one group completely ignores the hopes and dreams of the people they experiment on, callously and potentially willing to depopulate an entire planet if their experiments take them in that direction.....

.....while the other group of aliens are at least occasionally willing to take on "paid" jobs -but the buyer of their services is said to be very rarely happy with the results, even though they get the promised powers.
(I remember this last part being a conscious effort on the part of The Authors to strongly discourage Players from trying to take the 'easy road' to superpowers -as I recall, they added numerous/significant physical and mental penalties to a chart that Players would have to roll on.)

More social and restrained, certainly, now if Gene-Techs are less callous than Gene Splicers because they take requests, or more callous because they just take them simply as excuses to spread greater misery by utterly twisting their "clients" desires, is quite up to debate i think.

And no, away from my books I can't remember which one is which, but I think that the aliens who are on Earth and currently chugging out truckloads of Monster Brodkil (amongst other new species), are the "reclusive" species who can't be paid to do what they do.

Yes, those guys on Rifts Earth close to the Tree of Darkness are the Splicers - first mention of them ever, in fact.