The Grettin
The Grettin are a variant of an ancient species that has changed over it's long isolation within the Mernoac Sector .
Distinctively compared to other groups of their species, they have begun to regain some of their species lost technology. The creation of Hypergates allows for simple and fast access to Hyperspace even through regions of space with the unusual difficulty of hyperspace navigation. As almost a third of the galaxy is within a region of hyperspace that is difficult to navigate this could open up significant trading corridors to these formerly unknown regions. These technologies are furnished at a significant price and their secrets jealously guarded by the Technic Caste.
Due to some ancient event they are unwilling to talk about, Grettin dislike artificial life forms. This has led to them engaging in significant bio-engineering of various species, their most popular and common of which is the Vinot. Some others are used for security purposes, construction and even military purposes.
Naming Traditions
Unisex names
Names themselves are Gender Neutral but a specific suffix is used in situations where mating and specific familial designation is required. The Suffix for females is Zal, for males is Kurl, for mothers is Jaol, and fathers is Xim. Xim and Jaol are also occasionally used as honorifics for those who have helped an individual in certain aspects in their life regardless of familial association.
Examples of names include: Gret, Hovt, Suluw, Vool, and Zisv
Family names
Grettin don't use family names but instead use Caste position signifiers. Taking the place of family names are genetic marker trees that are often a source of interest and cataloging of related persons.
The Caste names include the caste and a position signifier. The Caste's and their names being:
- Technic - Jult (scientists and engineers)
- Operator - Vorul (Persons who run things; governments, schools, pilots, Conductors)
- Maker - Urun (some types are hyphenated with a specifier of what they make, such as Urun-Iril for a maker of food. These are fairly broad however and an Urun-Iril can be a farmer, a chef or a food packer)
- Marketer - Dus (Including teachers, traders, venders etc)
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