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==Backstory/Timeline== | ==Backstory/Timeline== | ||
# '''235903.01''': As part of an extensive eugenics program considered morally dubious by much of the Federation, and many other Kellerun, the Kellerun gene pool is monetized. Genes are traded as commodities, with the most advantageous genes being bought and sold at a high price. Investors assemble genomes composed of valuable genes, and auction off the rights to raise a child with the constructed genome. | # '''235903.01''': As part of an extensive eugenics program considered morally dubious by much of the Federation, and many other Kellerun, the Kellerun gene pool is monetized. Genes are traded as commodities, with the most advantageous genes being bought and sold at a high price. Investors assemble genomes composed of valuable genes, and auction off the rights to raise a child with the constructed genome. Parent investors pay the heavy cost of artificially conceiving and gestating a child if they consider the assembled genome to be likely to produce a highly valuable individual. Children born in the program are considered | ||
to be investments, genetically engineered to contribute as much as possible to society. | to be investments, genetically engineered to contribute as much as possible to society. | ||
# '''236502.10''': A Kellerun experimental utopian project, consisting of a small society in the Northern Arboreum, buys five copies of an assembled genome. Massem and his four siblings are created. | # '''236502.10''': A Kellerun experimental utopian project, consisting of a small society in the Northern Arboreum, buys five copies of an assembled genome. Massem and his four siblings are created. | ||