Pandora Racial Template

Pandora (TL10)

66 points

Instead of just gengineering a smarter human, the goal of the Pandora's designers was to create a faster-thinking one. The resulting Pandora genetic upgrades look identical to normal humans, but their brains have been neurologically modified to improve information flow between neurons, permitting faster thought.

Unfortunately, the interface with the speech centers of the brain was not as smooth as intended: they don't actually stutter, but they do find it hard to slow their words down when talking to normal people, so the effect is about the same. The Pandoras were also not as robust as hoped.

Despite their flaws, the Pandoras are popular general-purpose Homo superior genetic upgrades, likely to find jobs in many different fields, especially where complex snap decisions are required, such as surgery, piloting or even battle management.

Attribute Modifiers: IQ+2 [40]; HT-1 [-10].
Advantages: Enhanced Time Sense [45].
Disadvantages: Stuttering (Accessibility, no penalty if talking to someone else with Enhanced Time Sense, -10%) [-9]. Features: Taboo Trait (Genetic Defects).
Availability: $166,000. LC3.

Sub-Races

Prometheus (+19 points): Upgraded Pandora model; delete -1 HT and Stuttering. $185,000. LC3.