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===== Greaseheart Culture ===== | ===== Greaseheart Culture ===== | ||
- | Known for their love of life and their rashness, Greasehearts | + | Known for their love of life and their rashness, Greasehearts always |
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+ | Their affinity for travel, engineering, | ||
==== Morals ==== | ==== Morals ==== | ||
- | > | + | Greasehearts have but one drive, and that is to keep going - even when they probably should have stopped. Whether its finding new horizons, new means of doing so, or simply living another day. They wear the fact they were direct descendants of space' |
- | Greasehearts have but one drive, and that is to keep going, even when they probably should have stopped. Whether its finding new horizons, or new means of doing so. They wear the fact they were the template for the other human cultures and direct descendants | + | The family unit of a Greaseheart is typical with a husband, wife, children, aunts and uncles, and grandparents. They will usually stay in contact with each other, and children are expected to move out of the house once they come of age around 18 or 20, often dipping into their savings |
- | In casual speech, Greasehearts incorporate profanities playfully | + | In casual speech, Greasehearts incorporate profanities playfully |
==== Style ==== | ==== Style ==== | ||
- | > | + | Greasehearts are renowned for playing tough or and cool, using glowing charm or a macho persona((Female Greasehearts also take this on!)) to get what they want. Ranging from cultivating a gritty and aloof appearance to remaining cool headed and slick. |
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- | Greasehearts are renowned for playing tough or and cool. Ranging from cultivating a gritty and aloof appearance to remaining cool headed and slick. | + | |
=== Fashion === | === Fashion === | ||
- | The way to be fashionable is to look cool. Hard-wearing materials such as denim, canvas, flannel, and leather are common materials, worn as jeans or jackets. In addition, their clothing incorporates alongside metal or shiny fabrics for accents and decoration. For accessories, | + | The way to be fashionable is to look cool. Hard-wearing materials such as denim, canvas, flannel, and leather are common materials, worn as jeans or jackets. In addition, their clothing incorporates alongside metal or shiny fabrics for accents and decoration. |
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+ | For accessories, | ||
- | Piloting and racing suits are also considered proper good looking attire, covered with embroidered patterns | + | Men often wear hair in slick quiffs, mullets, perms, and straight and long while facial hair can range from clean shaven, trimmed into shape, or a bushy beard. Women usually let their hair grow long, frizzy, curly, or so heavy you'd think it needs a neck brace to stay upright. Men do not wear makeup, while women can be subtle about how it is applied, or go all out to get a rise out of their friends or the neighbours. |
=== Architecture & Aesthetics === | === Architecture & Aesthetics === | ||
- | There are two things above all else that matter to a Greaseheart' | + | There are two things above all else that matter to a Greaseheart' |
- | In less wealthy areas, Greasehearts are known to live out of the hulls of wrecked starships, building in and around them while reactivating the ship's systems to the best of their ability. Their urge to recycle technology makes them highly resourceful in this regard, even if more civilised folks turn their noses upwards at the results. | + | In less wealthy areas, Greasehearts are known to live out of the hulls of wrecked starships |
==== Technology ==== | ==== Technology ==== | ||
- | >What is the culture's main draw? What do they like using? | + | |" |
Greaseheart made items are easy to spot: They have metallic paints or coatings, contrasting racing stripes, chequered patterns, or painted pin-up artworks when possible. Equipment omits unnecessary features, and operation is fairly straightforward. Handheld items are often heavy and hefty feeling, put power over subtlety, and are built to outlast and survive the competition. Its also likely for items to make noises for user feedback, even if they' | Greaseheart made items are easy to spot: They have metallic paints or coatings, contrasting racing stripes, chequered patterns, or painted pin-up artworks when possible. Equipment omits unnecessary features, and operation is fairly straightforward. Handheld items are often heavy and hefty feeling, put power over subtlety, and are built to outlast and survive the competition. Its also likely for items to make noises for user feedback, even if they' | ||
=== Tech Focus === | === Tech Focus === | ||
- | >What the society's main focus in technology is. It could be that they heavily invest in ballistic weaponry, argricultural growth in an underground plane, or magitek construction, | + | |"If its moving and it shouldn't, stick some repair tape on. If it isn't moving and it should, apply solvent."| |
- | |"If its moving and it shouldn' | + | In general, Greasehearts are drawn to finding new ways to go fast or do things faster: They enjoy using combustion engines where possible, but are not impartial to using antimatter or plasma. Their love of all things mechanical also extends into designing ballistic |
- | In general, Greasehearts are drawn to finding new ways to go fast or do things faster: They enjoy using combustion engines where possible, but are not impartial to using antimatter or plasma. Their love of all things mechanical also extends into designing ballistic and energy small arms, and powered suits. In addition, Greasehearts are responsible for pushing aerospace and spaceflight research and development into new horizons. | + | In general, they enjoy coming up with solutions to practical |
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- | In general, they enjoy coming up with practical | + | |
=== Magic === | === Magic === | ||
- | Greaseheart spellcasters do not occupy any particular bracket above or below their peers, as its seen as another means of expression. So long as it gets the job done, people aren't too worried. Mages often focus on magic spells which assist with agility, movement, psychometry, | + | Greaseheart spellcasters do not occupy any particular bracket above or below their peers, as its seen as another means of expression. So long as it gets the job done, people aren't too worried. Mages often focus on magic spells which assist with agility, |
Given the Greaseheart hard-on for noise, thunder, and technology, it isn't uncommon to see magical devices made by Greasehearts incorporate things like chainsaw engines to boost their spell' | Given the Greaseheart hard-on for noise, thunder, and technology, it isn't uncommon to see magical devices made by Greasehearts incorporate things like chainsaw engines to boost their spell' | ||
=== Psionics === | === Psionics === | ||
- | Greaseheart Psions are uncommon, but highly valued for their instinctual understanding of complex mechanics and the mathematics involved. Greaseheart psions who specialise in mechanics and engineering are often nicknamed blackfingers, | + | Greaseheart Psions are uncommon, but highly valued for their instinctual understanding of complex mechanics and the mathematics involved. Greaseheart psions who specialise in mechanics and engineering are often nicknamed blackfingers, |
==== Agriculture ==== | ==== Agriculture ==== | ||
- | > | + | Plying themselves further into the artificial side of living than the natural, Greasehearts are generally inclined away from working with the land and animals. To a lot of onlookers, what they see in Greaseheart agriculture is an understanding of all the technology and design necessary for making effective and productive gardening, but not having the intuition or fixation to make a garden grow strong and healthy. |
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+ | Exceptions are present however, as people who yearn towards farming and nature are willing to go the whole hog - designing sprawling hydroponics solutions for growing food and materials in highly unlikely places. In addition, Greasehearts are fiercely loyal towards their domesticated pets, particularly dogs. | ||
=== Horticulture === | === Horticulture === | ||
|"I don't understand. I improved the water flow, got more nutrients, and addressed that nitrogen deficiency... ugh, stupid plant." | |"I don't understand. I improved the water flow, got more nutrients, and addressed that nitrogen deficiency... ugh, stupid plant." | ||
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- | To a lot of onlookers, what they see in Greaseheart gardening is an understanding of all the technology necessary for making effective and productive gardening, but not having the intuition | + | |
=== Fauna === | === Fauna === | ||
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=== Cooking === | === Cooking === | ||
- | >What are common cooking traditions? What is a likely flavour profile? | ||
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Practically an aptonym, Greaseheart cooking specialises in frying things up. Their most common staple dish is a hamburger, fries, and a sugary drink - all the food groups contained between two lightly toasted buns, with some chips and soda to wash it down. In addition, they flock towards cooking savoury baked goods, such as pies, pizza, jaffles((Australian word for Toasted Sandwich. [[https:// | Practically an aptonym, Greaseheart cooking specialises in frying things up. Their most common staple dish is a hamburger, fries, and a sugary drink - all the food groups contained between two lightly toasted buns, with some chips and soda to wash it down. In addition, they flock towards cooking savoury baked goods, such as pies, pizza, jaffles((Australian word for Toasted Sandwich. [[https:// | ||
- | This makes the typical diet appear | + | On the healthier end of the scale Greasehearts are fond of the 'meat and two veggies' |
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+ | The typical diet appears | ||
==== Religion ==== | ==== Religion ==== |