So, I've looked but I haven't found any indication (however small) of the historic origin of the scum. The books mention the general idea but not the particulars. Notably, there's a 'scumborn' background. That must mean they've been around for a while, at least a decade or more before the fall -- which was not what I would imagine. Countercultures (especially parasitic ones) need a critical threshold in terms of population, right? So, did that exist pre-fall? I thought colonization was limited, then. Thoughts? Am I missing something?
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Scumborn?
Tue, 2011-01-25 01:25
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hazemyth
Scumborn?
Tue, 2011-01-25 04:17
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Janusfaced
Re: Scumborn?
About after-Fall Scum, "Scum Barges"(p. 67) section describes. In short, Scum were Fall-refugee ships. Many of the refugee couldn't find any haven, so the refugee ships become moving refugee camps. As far as I know, there isn't Scum before the Fall(at least, as a faction).
So many of current Scum barge passengers aren't "Scumborn"; they might have Fall Evacuee Background and Scum Faction. On the hand, if you were space gipsy before the Fall, or born and/or rised after the Fall and in Scum, you might have Scumborn Background.
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Tue, 2011-01-25 04:23
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King Shere
Re: Scumborn?
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Tue, 2011-01-25 07:45
#4
Axel the Chimeric
Re: Scumborn?
I'd definitely imagine there were Scum before the Fall, in much the way there were isolated groups as well. The most prominent example that jumps to mind is a few of the independent orbital ships drifting between Earth and Mars, largely because they're perfect for the Scum. I figure the early Scum likely had prominent criminal ties, too, largely because they became the largest black/red/grey market in the inner system pre-Fall. They were such a small faction, though, that it was doubtful anyone even bothered much to try and get rid of them.
As long as there have been the oppressed, the troubled, the individualistic, the troublemakers, there will be people who band loosely together to throw off the shackles of society and live a less comfortable but far more free way of life. These are the early Scum.
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Tue, 2011-01-25 09:17
#5
TBRMInsanity
Re: Scumborn?
I agree that there were Scum before the Fall. The Fall just caused the Scum ranks to swell as Fall-Evacuees needed a place to go.
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