Urban Subcultures of the Union

SUB-SUBURBIANS

Underground sub culture on Pluribus. Individuals who despite all efforts fell through the social. Usually individuals who lost citizenship or did never attain it. Individuals who lack the ambition to do anything or have to hide for some reason or the other end up in an extensive natural cave system that can be found on Pluribus on the northern continent and right underneath several residential areas of North Town

All but a few small access tunnels are known to the authorities and every year efforts are made to round up the “Sub-Subs” and try to socially integrate them.

Usually some private security or Social service Company is tasked with that and sometimes with disastrous results. However since it only affected Sub-Subs the responsible departments often sweep reports or complaints under the proverbial carpet.

(Previous efforts included : Forced Psycho Surgery, Involuntary Re Settlement on Gargutan Colony, and even flooding the caves with Poisonous Gas, Sending in Bio Seekers or Killer Nanites.)

FRANKENSTEINS

Botched cyber implant jobs done by underground, non licensed cyber clinics. Genetic Cross Species grafting that went wrong, Cross species breeding that results in living results that otherwise should not exist usually between species biologically completely incompatible and not sanctioned or recommended by official Gen-Mix Facilities.

While Cross species civil unions are welcome, promoted and legal, the Union government allows cross- species grafting on planned off spring DNA only between very few species and prohibits any experimentation in this area. While Gene code mixing and adapting is technically easily done and possible, long experience has shown that such attempts usually led to very sad results and individuals that do not belong to either society, have biological needs and body functions that work against other functions.

Successful Trans species splicing individuals between approved species are called Mixers. Mixers are socially exotic and usually very popular. The botched and bad examples are called Frankensteiners.

Since the individual had no control over the criminal activities that caused its existence, Frankensteiners are not criminals, but do their sometimes severe problems often treated as social misfits.

FIGHTER-PRIESTS

Religion still plays a big role in society as over 2 million registered religions proof. While the Union strictly seperates state and Church, some individual union members do not. All religions that include any form of gathering of believers, be it physical or via GalNet must be registered with the Union Arts and Culture department, and