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Old 09-04-2010, 11:58 AM   #29
malloyd
 
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Default Re: Cultural and Technological Consequences of Racial Daredevil trait

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Originally Posted by Jerron View Post
Or get a reputation for building extremely effective, but very dangerous, equipment, to such a point that no one (at least NPCs) without the daredevil mentality (not necessarily the advantage, just the outlook) would even touch their gear. "Back up air? It's a spaceship, not a hospital bed!"
Though willing to take big risks isn't the same thing as deliberately takes worse risks than you have to. A species with Daredevil might simply be more rational about risk evaluation - they don't invest more in avoiding low probability risks than the probable cost. They probably will install safety gear where it doesn't actually matter much to the cost and functionality of the design. Backup air might not be on the priority features list, but if the final design has a bit of totally useless space somewhere, sticking a backup air bottle in it is a perfectly reasonable thing to do with it.
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