[UA] Evolutionary Archetype - the Next Step / New Model

[Gaston Phillips]

on 6/9/01 6:14 AM, R. Menzi at menzi212 at yahoo.com wrote:

[SNIP]
> 
> The second requirement is that the New Model must
> have offspring.  Walking the path can only begin once
> the avatar has passed the trait on to the next
> generation.  The taboo is not passing having a genetic
> legacy - if the character ever has no surviving
> children who carry the mutation, they violate their
> taboo.  (In UA, this usually means that they make
> themselves mystically vulnerable by having lots of
> kids and that their families are often targeted by
> their enemies.)
> 
> Channels are further mutations that provide
> benefits.  Low-level channels might be the
> disappearance of wisdom teeth and the apendix.  More
> useful ones include subtle modifications to their
> biology that make the New Model immune to most
> diseases.  (eg: their cellular membranes don't use the
> protein that HIV uses to get in, making them immune to
> the disease.)  At this level, the avatar can still
> have more children, though the only the original
> mutation, not the channels get passed on.
> 
[SNIP]
> 
> -----------
> 
> What do you think?
> 

"BLUE PEOPLE" IN APPALACHIA

"The "Blue People" are decendents of Martin Fugate, who suffered from a
recessive gene which limits or stops the production of the enzyme
diaphorase. The lack of this enzyme gives people a blueish cast to their
skin rather than pink. Few people still have this gene."


I actually wanted to find the description of those weird appalachian people
who have the blue-on-blue eyes, but this came up on the search engine and
seems just as, if not even more, appropriate.

gaston




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