Avatar

An Avatar in Stars United is the graphical representation of Dimistros that takes a three-dimensional form as a human/Astro in Sidra. In Stars United, the Full Dive system allows the Dimistros to completely immerse themselves in Sidra and take complete control of the movement of their avatars with their thoughts via a VR/AR console. It also allows Dimistros to experience Sidra by having the VR/AR console replicate the input of the senses experienced by the avatar via inducing the respective electric signals within the Dimistro's brain.

## Taste

Eating in Stars United simulates the feeling of biting into food. It sends preprogrammed sensations of eating various foods. It could make the user feel like they are eating just like on Earth by sending signals to the part of the brain that registers heat, taste, and smell. The system was initially designed for Dimistros on diets or those who needed to restrict their food intake. Eating in Stars United produces an impression of being full that immediately disappears after the Dimistro logout; thus, it is recommended to not overeat in Stars United. As Stars United has alcoholic beverages, the Dimistro's body can digest even a drop of it; thus, in most of them, the Dimistros can get drunk by drinking these beverages and may feel a little light in the head if they consume too much of it in one drink. Drinking alcoholic beverages produces the effects of being drunk when the Dimistro's body ingests any drunk alcohol.

## Emotion Depiction

Stars United has an astonishing system of recreating Dimistros' emotions on their virtual avatars, rarely tends to exaggerate for effect. It doesn't take little or long for sadness to manifest as tears and anger were represented by a reddened face and a bulging vein on the forehead.

## Customization

All the Dimistros' avatars match the Earth appearance of the Dimistros based on information about the appearance of their earth bodies received from the Full Dive system; this includes their gender, height, build, and facial features and mixes those with the Astros as their hair color (although they can put in highlights on their preferred color), eye color, and other features such as elf or dog/cat ears are generated from their race based on the birthdays they type in the system.

## Damage and Pain

The damage an avatar receives is portrayed in the damaged area, emitting a red light. Stars United has no feature that nullifies or uses misleads to erase the pain signals generated upon their avatar being injured. Intense negative feedback, like magical explosions, may have an unwanted influence on the Dimistro's body in the form of headaches or dizziness that last for several hours. All injuries the avatar suffers produce a realistic sensation of pain. The pain felt in Stars United could even be greater than the pain felt on Earth, as the brain would generally secrete chemicals that would decrease the pain, or the person would end up in a coma as a defensive mechanism. Additionally, the avatars in Stars United may bleed upon injury and even die if the injuries are not treated on time.

## Death

In Stars United, the death of every avatar in the game is portrayed by the avatar shattering in a pool of the element based on their race. For example, a Cancer shatters into a pool of water. In contrast, a Gemini shatters into a pool of light and darkness. The destroyed avatar is then either deleted entirely, as in the case of the official service of Star United or recreated at a respawn point, after some time with the Dimistro receiving a death penalty, which may include loss of experience and even a chance of losing items the Dimistro had in their inventory in the New Stars United.