Humans

Also known as Terrans, Humans are one of the major races across the known universe. Pioneers and explorers at heart, they have ventured where more conservative species would not. In turn, their population is estimated around 1.38 trillion as of 2884.

Biology
Humans are a medium-sized anthroid race with relatively smooth beige or brown with sparse coverings of hair along the arms, legs, chests and backs. Most humans have a full head of brown or black hair (though outlying colours such as red and blonde do exist), though its volume may diminish with age. Body hair prevalence in adult humans appears to be genetic, stemming from ancient tribal distinctions in humans from different geographic locations on their old homeworld.

Humans are a sexually dimorphic species with males developing more body hair and increased muscle mass over females. The primary sex characteristics other than build are the size of their breasts, enlarged in females of the species in order to feed their young after birth. Genitalia between the two sexes also differ, but if you expect me to describe it in my report, defer to my colleage Dr. Tashir. He seems to enjoy describing alien mating habits in explicit detail.

Humans are a carbon-based lifeform from a biosphere that uses dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) as a biological solvent, meaning that the majority of biospheres in the galaxy are poisonous to them. Of note, ammonium, hydrogen, sulphur, and hydrocarbons are unsuitable for breathing. To an extent, they can survive in nitrogen-based planets, but they require a respirator lest they suffer pneumonitis (inflammation of their respiratory organs), which can lead to permanent lung damage after several hours of unfiltered exposure.

Culture
A common theme in human cultures is the worship of a singular god. The exact name of this god is debated and often taboo to say, but the religious practises of various humans also seem to vary greatly. Different holidays, fasts and festivals are observed in different regions; viewpoints ranging from the zealous Holy Mormon Armada, to the technocratic Templars, and the secularised Unionists.

As a people, humans are united in their tenacity in the face of danger, ingenuity, and desire to explore new worlds and discover new things; not because of a desire to accrue wealth from the resources, or to expand to new planets as compensation for an exuberant birth-rate, but because it is in their blood to take to the stars and make contact with new life. Or at least, that's what their propaganda department states.

History
After polluting their previous homeworld to the point of inhospitality, humans banded together as a collective effort and sent 67,000 carriers holding roughly 2.5 billion humans inside into space. The Exodus or Great Migration as its often referred, spread humankind across the stars of The Milky Way, but doomed the remaining eight billion remaining on Terra; condemning them to a slow and painful death as their planet slowly dies.

Using their primitive atomic engines, roughly half a million humans landed on a seemingly habitable planet in 2346, forty-three human years after The Exodus began. This planet was quickly named Utopia, for what the colonists hoped it would become in the future. The settlement of New Terra was founded and humans began eagerly settling-in on their new world, spreading across the planet's surface, as well as the neighbouring planet they named Lethe, which required the establishment of artificial structures to lower the temperature of the planet, to make life more suitable for the settlers, but was otherwise well-suited for them.

Not long after, human explorers discovered the remains of, what was determined to be, an ancient battle. Using carbon dating, this battle seemed to have taken place over 1.2 million years ago (for a frame of reference, this was how long ago Earth's Last Ice Age happened). This discovery, along with scavenged tech, paved the way for many breakthroughs in human engineering, but it wouldn't be until almost fifty years later that humans would discover faster-than-light technologies.

The post-atomic humans on Lethe, however, were contacted by a race of aliens known as the Vajeen and were given many technologies, as well as an observer position in The Galactic Union of Spacefaring Nations. The humans of Utopia (further known as Utopians) were strongly against teaming-up with aliens and instead sought their own path in expansion through conquest and colonisation in the vast, untamed wilderness that was open space in the 2400s.

Despite their similar beginnings, the Utopians would later form The Templars of The Dark Sun, and be the major opposing force against The Union. As time went on, other colony ships were discovered in different parts of the galaxy, each with their own strange new ideas, customs and traditions.

Human Worlds

 * Terra: The original Human homeworld, long-since destroyed.
 * Utopia: The new human homeworld, colonised in 2346 after The Great Migration.
 * Lethe: A human colony in the same system as Utopia. It possesses a thick atmosphere of CO2.
 * Prometheus: A human settlement on the asteroid of the same name rich in valuable metals

Notable Humans

 * Bronk Mu
 * Jessica Rogers
 * Kentucky Hellraiser
 * Mr. Richards (Presumed)

Humans In-game
To represent their varied backgrounds and ingenuity, Humans are rewarded an extra skill-point in Character Generation.