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Originally Posted by tanksoldier
In the Traveller settings I’ve always thought of the Darrians as Space Elves... and Sword Worlds as Space Orks... both are human cultures but they fill those niches.
In any setting Elves appear unpredictable to outsiders not because they actually are capricious but because they make their decisions on a different, unknown, set of premises and values.
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I've always heard the Sword Worlders referred to as "Space Dwarves". And your latter description of Elves has been discussed here and elsewhere as "Blue/Orange morality", a take on Elves that I personally favor.
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