Hm. I am faced with a dilemma. I'd like to sign up to conceptually explore an idea, but at the same time I feel it would be a monumentally terrible idea to do so in practice.
Oh well, here goes. Into the bicker frontier I dive.
DAD Tym would point out that species is an incorrect term to describe Tym as a whole, because Tym is singular, but iterated, and reproduces without heed to population genetics. Transcended. A cut above the rest, dude. A humanoid frame, modular, sleek, beautiful in its featureless functionality. Two arms, two legs. One head. The magical, optimal numbers. Advanced hardware. DAD Tym is all things to all people, he is the apex, the omega. A feeble organic framework transposed onto a powerful robotic form, the resulting jumble of software polished, iterated, copied and adapted along the course of thousands of years of manic development, during which Tym outdid all of his competitors on a planetary scale, and of the past all that remains is Tym in well-kept, unassailable crypts of proprietary code so alien and entirely lacking in annotation that it would most certainly take a Type 2 civilization, like, a million years to begin to decipher it. All that time spent on the endeavor seems to have been incredibly worthwhile, given that FTL and other forms of advanced tech were easily stolen from later arrivals.
DAD Tym, of course, is unspecialized, because specialization is unnecessary. DAD Tym, optimized to the full extent that current Tym specs will allow, can fulfill virtually any role to at least a moderately skilled person's degree if given 8 hours to prepare with adequate materials (note - materials can be experiential in nature). More preparation and better materials bring better results. Memory capacity is limited, however, and less relevant specific knowledge is dumped when the limits are pushed (Tym can be masterful at about two professions at a time, or less skilled in more). Hardware is nothing to write home about in relative terms, and thus a testament to Tym ingenuity, clearly.
Most Tym have determined that the mission is likely to be a failure, and thus the Tym that bought his place on the ship is more of an independent researcher - a fairly old one, and not particularly respected in the galactic community (which ticks him off to no end), though with some notable work under his belt. Currently schooled to mastery in geology, skilled in music, skilled in dance. Carries with him a slightly antiquated briefcase computing device that acts as a media library with a rather comprehensive set of engineering and science textbooks found within. Does not require life support, though he hasn't got an internal power source, and gets about 48 hours of battery life before a recharge is required.
How's the concept look? Good enough? OP? Lazy? I will provide more details if it works fundamentally.
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Topic: The Dark Star (Space game) [Who are "Them?"] (Read 54011 times)