The basic idea is that one of the Elysiums decided that their gene pool was way to limited for long term survival. This Elysium was built late in the game and it only got a few hundred people. This Elysium was never as cut off from the outside world as the main one but no one seems to have thought they got finished or were worth the trouble of checking up on.
The leaders of the community decided that genetic modification was the only path to survival. Deciding to go slow and play it safe the people of Elysium 13 achieved solid results.
The Transhumans do have serious advantages as well as some serious problems.
When creating a Transhuman PC they start with one point in each of three attributes and two in the remaining attribute. Then the Transhuman PC distributes 12 points between the four attributes with seven in any given attribute being the limit.
All Transhumans have Awareness. This functions as the TELEPATHY mutation except that it only reads emotions and general physical and mental well-being.
All Transhumans are Rot Resistant.
Transhumans have about half again as many skill points as ordinary humans. Transhumans live longer than ordinary humans. The Transhumans assume that they would live about three times as long as an ordinary human. However, no Transhuman is old enough to have reached old age or died of old age. So they don't know how long they can live or how they will age once they start aging.
Transhumans need about half again as much food and water as ordinary humans.
Elysium 13, because they were focused on survival and the Transhuman project other technologies are less developed. The people of Elysium 13 eat better and live more comfortable lives than other people but their weapons and defense technologies aren't really different than those they brought with them into Elysium 13 at the start.
More later as I figure it out.
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