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Are there no black people in space?
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What is race anyway? It's the human race after all. Skin pigmentation (or reduction in Caucasian skin) is generally a reaction over generations to our environment. Europeans migrated north and in the cold sunless lands we made home our skin pigmentation reduced/ faded. Indeed red hair is believed to have been possible because of living in those darker colder climes. If we all migrated to the Sahara eventually our descendants would regain their darker skin.
Therefore I conclude that if they're all living in the darkness of space they should all be pale blue skinned, red heads.
In all seriousness though I get your point but I see considerable representation from a few nations of the world as it is today but there but it maybe isn't a proportional split as we see today. It' seems however that nations are no longer important and factions are. Certainly there is a mix of cultures in each faction.
Therefore I conclude that if they're all living in the darkness of space they should all be pale blue skinned, red heads.
In all seriousness though I get your point but I see considerable representation from a few nations of the world as it is today but there but it maybe isn't a proportional split as we see today. It' seems however that nations are no longer important and factions are. Certainly there is a mix of cultures in each faction.
Exactly what I thought.
Having read the comments on this fast moving thread. I'll just put this out clearly as my view, which may help some.
Fiction needs to give all people believable characters and role models they can identify with. It is unacceptable for fiction to rely on the white male default, it needs to challenge this and be inclusive to its readers so they can connect with characters, particularly the young. Otherwise you disenfranchise them from their own imaginations.
I welcome the diversity in this image. I would like more diversity that is representative of more of our global society.
The white male default is so engrained in writing that people reading books assume characters are white males before being given any clue that they aren't. That needs to change and any fiction that helps change it is positive.
Fiction needs to give all people believable characters and role models they can identify with. It is unacceptable for fiction to rely on the white male default, it needs to challenge this and be inclusive to its readers so they can connect with characters, particularly the young. Otherwise you disenfranchise them from their own imaginations.
I welcome the diversity in this image. I would like more diversity that is representative of more of our global society.
The white male default is so engrained in writing that people reading books assume characters are white males before being given any clue that they aren't. That needs to change and any fiction that helps change it is positive.
That is a good question.
There will be a few more Powers I understood. So not all is lost.
I hope FD will add someone with the powerful good looks of Adewale.
Adewale from Assassin's Creed is one of my favorite AC characters. He should have gotten a full game I think.
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Well said.
Some of the comments on this have been quite... disappointing. Kinda thought that at least in a community for a game like this, medieval thinking wouldn't be so prevalent.
By the time this game takes place there will be far less to differentiate races simply based on the skin colour or eye shape of earth based humans, genetic engineering is going to decide what humans look like based on what planet they settle on almost no natural selection will take place and interracial breeding will have diluted most peoples racial heritage.
I suspect most humans will be olive skinned with almond shaped eyes, "white" and "black" people will be in a minority.
Also don't forget all pilots have implants, that's how the ship plays all the "sounds" of space into your ears for one thing, biotech is probably fairly commonplace on the technological planets.
I suspect most humans will be olive skinned with almond shaped eyes, "white" and "black" people will be in a minority.
Also don't forget all pilots have implants, that's how the ship plays all the "sounds" of space into your ears for one thing, biotech is probably fairly commonplace on the technological planets.
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But what about transgender individuals? And are any of the above gay? If not, that's preposterous!
Sarcasm aside: I think the current line up is just fine! I will, however, blatantly discriminate based on their belief systems and politics. As a matter of fact, anyone that participates in PP will actively and openly discriminate based on politics and values.
Edit: It's pretty obvious to me that whoever is pictured second from the right is black - or of black descent. In fact, I think we have a great deal of ethnic diversity in the mix. No 3-eyed green folks, though, so we're clearly discriminating against non-humans as well
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I like diversity. Does that make me annoying?
Edit: They are fairly varied character designs though, with a decent gender split. But a black character or two wouldn't hurt.
I understand that there are more to come?
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why do you bother?
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1200 years is a meaningless tiny number for biological evolution.
I would have liked to see some cyborg type though as I strongly believe we will have technologically evolved quite a lot in that respect.
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