Now we all know it was a pledge level during the kickstarter but is there any lore about them?
First question is how are Founders in game related to the original Founders? According to the Wiki the PF was founded in 2805 ,which means that any original Founder is over 500 years old. Even given the longer life span and advances in medicine suggested by lore it seems unlikely unless we invoke some other factor such as being kept in stasis, being clones or relativistic effects. While that may explain a few, the sheer numbers seem unlikely and why did they all arrive/revive in 3300?
This brings me to the next question. How many Founders are there/ were there?
I don't have accurate figures from the kickstarter, but I recall that the pledge tier was limited to 5000 plus any of the higher pledge tiers. I remember that the numbers were greater than 3000. I would estimate the total figure is somewhere between 3500 and 10000. That seems rather a high figure for Founders. The alternative suggestion that they are descendants runs into the opposite problem of being rather low. For comparison it is estimated that there are over 10 million living descendants of the 102 passengers of the Mayflower voyage of 1620.
First question is how are Founders in game related to the original Founders? According to the Wiki the PF was founded in 2805 ,which means that any original Founder is over 500 years old. Even given the longer life span and advances in medicine suggested by lore it seems unlikely unless we invoke some other factor such as being kept in stasis, being clones or relativistic effects. While that may explain a few, the sheer numbers seem unlikely and why did they all arrive/revive in 3300?
This brings me to the next question. How many Founders are there/ were there?
I don't have accurate figures from the kickstarter, but I recall that the pledge tier was limited to 5000 plus any of the higher pledge tiers. I remember that the numbers were greater than 3000. I would estimate the total figure is somewhere between 3500 and 10000. That seems rather a high figure for Founders. The alternative suggestion that they are descendants runs into the opposite problem of being rather low. For comparison it is estimated that there are over 10 million living descendants of the 102 passengers of the Mayflower voyage of 1620.
