Human

## Physical

**Humans** is a space-faring mammalian sapient species that originate from Earth in the Sol system. With their curiosity guiding them to expand beyond their home star, and fear of an extinction-level civil war, humans pushed themselves on all levels to eventually reach to neighboring and distant stars. Largely divided between different worlds and into nations, humans have very few stellar nations worth noting with the exception of the Orion Defense Coalition which holds treaties with much of human space.

## History

Humanity had lightly terra-formed and colonized much of their home star system, building habitat stations and mobile colony platforms where they could not hundreds of years after their first departure from the atmosphere of Earth. Following the rising of tensions between different nations and the advancement of weapons technology to a terrifying level, many of their greatest minds dedicated themselves to finding a way of forestalling their own extinction and discovered the only way was to find methods of traveling to other stars and finding new homes.

Building the funds and technology required, the solution was broadcasted and much of humanity united for a brief time to achieve this grand undertaking. While tensions rose in between the time in began and finished, when they had completed their objective and the door to the universe was opened to them, humanity both took their first steps to join the stars, and release a collective breath that had been held for centuries.

## Physiology

While human biology is varied between different groups, they are all generally have some degree of body hair with mammalian traits, forward facing eyes, and "fragile" build compared to other species. Most have five digits on their hands and feet that they use to grip and stand upright. Their skin pigmentation, eye and hair colour widely vary before their space age, even more so after they began genetic alteration so they could live on new worlds.

## Culture & Society

The limitless possibilities of the newfound universe as unlocked the most defining trait among humans: curiosity. Research, understanding, and exploration has become the most prominent enterprises for humans in uncovering the mysterious of the vast space and nigh-unlimited number of worlds open to them. This drive has also inspired innumerable works of art that entertain those who are not capable of reaching for the unknown in the form of cinematography, paintings, and storytelling to catch the imagination of the masses. Exploration, while can be done mostly by recon drones, are often manned as they can see the new discoveries in person rather than through a screen.

### Belief

While not completely all-encompassing, the dominant belief system among humans is called the "Unbound Cosmos" that was born in the Solar Age of Mankind. It teaches that humans are simply a small part of an infinite universe that has yet to be discovered, and that the purpose of life is to ensure that their generation, and the many that follow them, uncover every rock on every world. The spreading of this philosophy has led to an increase in not only intellectual fields, but military sphere that wish to protect the future generations.