Helot Racial Template

Helot (TL10)

12 points

This non-aggressive genotype is the result of deliberate gengineering to produce a "tractable" variant race. Helot parahumans have been eugeneered to weed out genetic defects and vulnerability to disease, and are fully as intelligent as ordinary humans. However, subtle neurological and glandular modifications have bred rebellious, impulsive and aggressive genes out of the genome – and they are very good at following orders. An unintended defect was some reduction in natural curiosity.

Sometimes called "Social Man," the Helot genetic template's supporters claim that the upgrade makes human beings more suitable for a crowded urban civilization, reducing aggressive and selfish impulses without curtailing overall intelligence. Detractors point out that these traits are exactly what a would-be ruling elite would desire, making the human population more docile and tractable.

Totalitarian governments have used the Helot genotype in an attempt to prevent popular uprisings. Elsewhere Helots are few, since the genotype is unpopular among parents who have a choice of genetic template for their children.

Attribute Modifiers: HT+1 [10].
Advantages: Resistant to Disease (+8) [5].
Quirks: Broad-Minded [-1]; Humble [-1]; Staid [-1].
Features: Taboo Traits (Aggressiveness, Genetic Defects, Mental Instability, Unattractiveness).
Availability: $37,000. LC3.

Sub-Races

The Helot II is a higher-TL upgrade that incorporates species modification.

Helot II (-4 points): A more elaborate parahuman version of the Helot genotype, this involves a complete restoration of the vestigial human vomeronasal organ, allowing the variant form to be strongly influenced by pheromones. This makes them susceptible to the use of dominance and sexual pheromones as a tool of political control. Add Susceptible to Pheromones 4 [-4]. $58,000. LC2.

Helot Bioroid (-19 points): A TL10 bioroid version, which "neatly" shuts down and dies after reaching old age. Add Bioroid [-5] and Self-Destruct [-10] to either the Helot or Helot II. TL10; $50,000. LC2.