[TML] 1st session with Mongoose Traveller.

[shadow at shadowgard.com]

On 14 May 2008 at 11:05, Knapp wrote:

> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 8:15 AM, Jerry W Barrington
> <jerry.barrington at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 5/14/08 12:19 AM, "shadow at shadowgard.com" <shadow at shadowgard.com> wrote:
> >
> >  > On 13 May 2008 at 20:55, Jeff Zeitlin wrote:
> >  >
> >  >> On Tue, 13 May 2008 08:53:33 -0700 (PDT), Azalais Aranxta wrote:
> >  >>
> >  >>> I'm a chick, and I've been a chick since I was born, in 1964.
> >  >>
> >  >> Y'know, it says something about my circle of friends when my second
> >  >> thought about the part after the command is that it's NOT redundant
> >  >> information...
> >  >
> >  > You and me both. :-)
> >  >
> >  > And that'd be an interesting bit of "color" to throw at the players
> >  > if your TU's med tech is up to it.
> >  >
> >  > Have them run into an old contact (or enemy) who has chaged sex since
> >  > the last time they met.
> >  >
> >  > Or have some comment in conversation "Oh yeah, I used to be a woman".
> >  > With about the same emphasis as "Or yeah, I used to dress goth".
> >  >
> >  > Great for the "we're not in Kansas anymore" feel.
> >
> >  In John Varley's stories, it's just about that easy.  He even menions that
> >  some parents have their childrens genitals removed so they grow up
> >  completely neuter and can choose when they reach adulthood.  Also prevents
> >  unwanted pregnancy.  Of course one of his main characters has implants
> >  allowing him/her to adjust *bone structure* to better play acting roles (or
> >  escape identification).  I wish he'd write more.  :P
> 
> You can't change your X and/or Y though.

That's apt to be doable in the not so distant future. Tailored 
"viruses" that go in and alter DNA to fix genetic disorders are being 
worked on. 

Also, there are a *lot* more possibilities than XX and XY. Including 
things like XY "males" who can't be told from females without a 
really *thorough* physical exam, an MRI or a genetic test (Androgen 
Insensitivity Syndrome)


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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at shadowgard dot com