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Mars is fully terraformed and has seen the majority of humanity shifted over to it, ostensibly to preserve the Earth as humanity's population approaches about half of what it was prior to WWIII. The Age of Pioneering has begun, driven by megacorporations who have expanded extremely aggressively following decades of booming industry on Earth.

Mars is fully terraformed and has seen the majority of humanity shifted over to it, ostensibly to preserve the Earth as humanity's population approaches about half of what it was prior to WWIII. The Age of Pioneering has begun, driven by megacorporations who have expanded extremely aggressively following decades of booming industry on Earth.

''Stellar Year 145''

''Stellar Year 144''

The human sphere of life has extended into the asteroid belt and towards Jupiter, where numerous stations have been established. The subservient worker clones had become so great in number that 'natural' humanity was easily the minority. Fearing a clone revolt, the human rights of clones are recognized in a United Human Federation constitutional amendment which simultaneously prohibits the continuation of cloning and mandates the destruction of cloning technology. While combining the beauty, health, and longevity of the 'natural' humans with the endurance, resilience, and strength of the clones through interbreeding did result in an overall improvement for humanity, it resulted in unforeseen and irreversible damage to the Y chromosome. The genetic damage resulted in a gender imbalance of roughly 7 women for every 3 men and the feminisation of males, causing the most 'masculine' males to be no more than 165cm tall and soundly androgynous, while many more are as short as 150cm with prominent, feminine hips and very slight upper bodies. The total human population exceeds 10 billion people.

The human sphere of life has extended into the asteroid belt and towards Jupiter, where numerous stations have been established. The subservient worker clones had become so great in number that 'natural' humanity was easily the minority. Fearing a clone revolt, the human rights of clones are recognized in a United Human Federation constitutional amendment which simultaneously prohibits the continuation of cloning and mandates the destruction of cloning technology. While combining the beauty, health, and longevity of the 'natural' humans with the endurance, resilience, and strength of the clones through interbreeding did result in an overall improvement for humanity, it resulted in unforeseen and irreversible damage to the Y chromosome. The genetic damage resulted in a gender imbalance of roughly 7 women for every 3 men and the feminisation of males, causing the most 'masculine' males to be no more than 165cm tall and soundly androgynous, while many more are as short as 150cm with prominent, feminine hips and very slight upper bodies. The total human population exceeds 10 billion people.