[K5pbem] Life in 2112

[Alex Fauth]

> I'm playing in a FTF game called "Shadows Angelus" which combines elements
> of the Kazei 5 setting with Silent Mobius Zeta. I suggested, and will be 
> running an adventure where the PCs go *sideways* in time, and end up in 
> Kazei 5's 2112. There they'll meet Shion Nys, who's 110 years old, and 
> president of the Nys Corporation, the primary force behind the Esper 
> Foundation. Oh, and they'll be in the rebuilt city of Los Angeles, too.

Its just a jump to the left...
And a hop to the right

(ahem)

> My question is this -- what would/should life be like in 2112? Are there 
> still replicated humans? (I think so.) And what is their social status? Do 
> we get the floating blimp asking people to immigrate to the off-world 
> colonies? Adds for vacations on the moon and in space stations? Espers 
> more accepted? Genetic engineering and upgrades leading to customized 
> people? (As in -- Sarah isn't so special with her blue skin...). Cyborgs 
> akin to Sonnet from Blue Sonnet? Talking animals? Transhumanism -- with 
> people who are adapted to live in specific enviroments (like... 
> mermaids?).

In 2112, the German Shepards don't talk. But they can open locked doors, 
drive cars, use computers...

Me, I'd leave off the Transhumanisim - Besides the fact that I'm no fan of 
it, it honestly doesn't seem to be where K5's universe is headed. While yes, 
there is the push towards full-conversion cyborgs it seems to stop there; 
for the most port, humans seem to leave their bodies "as is" otherwise. 
Certainly, the technology seems to exist in K5 to let humans go off all 
willy-nilly turing themselves into whathave you, but, well, they don't. 
Humans remain humans, or turn into giant metal men.

Just my random thought

Alex