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Originally Posted by martinl
I'd say that's invalid, actually - interbreeding is certainly possible. FB is more or less "safetech" with biological human modification, barring a few odd colonies. My understanding was imperials were what GURPS would call "genefixed," have conservative stat boosts (if any), and no other significant genomic alterations.
Imperials are inhuman in some sort of fuzzy-wuzzy sense. The entire society is incorruptible at all levels, for example. One incorruptible human is a hero, a society of incorruptible humans is alien.
(There are variant human species in FB, but the Mink aren't one.)
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It should have been relatively obvious that I was using a philosophical concept of '
human', not a biological one.
Sure, Imperials can be born to two non-Imperial parents and certainly they can interbreed with colonials. But they lack many of the things that distinguish the human race from a philosophical standpoint. They are not selfish, not greedy and they are capable of wielding power without being corrupted by it.