How is procreation handled in Eclipse Phase? Given that morphs are highly interchangeable this heavily shifts the normal perception of how passing on your genetics would work. Also can infomorphs reproduce? I realize that right now population wise there are many, many infomorphs sitting in storage so the need for "new" people can be met. However the need to procreate would still have a hold on some portions of transhumanity. It's been awhile since I've read the core rules so I cannot remember if this is addressed there or not.
Eclipse Phase – How Does Procreation Work?
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Custom Points
- Spend them on your morph and traits.
- Liquefy the rest into credits and Rep so that you can buy stuff
- During the game
- Or During Character Creation
- Use the Credits to buy some nice mods and implants.
Skills
Buy at least 20 points in a few combat skills: Kinetic/Beam/Spray/Seeker, Unarmed, and Blades (if you're going to be using those). Remember to add your aptitude score to the base, so with 0 points in a SAV-linked skill and 20 points in SAV, you would have 20 points as your total. Remember to put aptitude bonuses from your morph in the "morph bonus" column.
You must have Fray. It is your defensive skill. Have something in Free Fall if you'll be in space, or Freerunning if you'll be on the ground. Put about as much into your Networking as you'll have in your Rep category, so you can use it properly. Scrounging and Palming are good for smugglers, but Research is almost useless because your Muse will have that. The rest of the Muse's skills are in the Software section.
Reputation
This depends on your character. I use about 25~50 CP on Rep, in at least 3 categories. Again, depends on your background and definitely your faction.
Gear
I usually have a couple things from every category. Scrapper's Gel, Electronic Rope, at least a couple of nanoswarms, and some medical equipment are pretty useful. Unless you have visual enhancements, I'm pretty sure there's a flashlight.
Additional Info
If your gamemaster rolls dice without telling you, be cautious. (S)he's probably plotting something super secret, and there's no guarantee you're all prepared. Ask about the are when you enter. My party literally got away with murder while running Glory; they beat someone's head in, stole their stack, destroyed the body with superthermite, psychologically tortured them into giving info, and finally ejected the cortical stack into space. Because it was on an anarchist habitat and the person was a gang member, nothing happened and I might even have to give them a bounty.
It's probably best to have 4~6 moxie. Some EV strains require a Moxie test to avoid infection.
I think I've answered the question, but please ask for clarification if needed.
Best Answer
Greg Egan's Disapora starts with an infomorph's birth (orphanogenesis) if you were interested in reading it. Since bodies are irrelevant, the mix is a set of memories and education. Charles Stross's Accelerando is full of partial forks that get education till they are considered adults and different than the original.
Personally I would say that creating a child is like creating a memoryless fork, with strong characteristics (some random) and merging it with your partner's similar fork. You could add more forks into the mix: presto, you have a new blank ego that given different stimuli from its parents will evolve into something new.
Edit: I guess that this would be a good way to answer the Nature vs Nurture question: Does the nature take precedent or does educations and experiences? Many story ideas are just right there.