[quote=@Arawak]
[@REDSHEILD]Why not be a [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/3889626]Solarian[/url]?  They're basically humans but with more time in space (300 years instead of a hundred) and genetic variation.  Not to mention Willy's all lonely without alien contact.
[/quote]Actually we're approaching a thousand. We began exploring other star systems before FTL was invented so there had been times when traveling took almost a century and only the later invention of quantum comms kept them together.
300 years ago was when the Last Great War happened which ironically the result of FTL technology connecting everyone and people realizing how much of an irredeemable assholes the other nations were.
Post-war situation was a mess and honestly wouldn't surprise me if some people just escaped the Rainbow Cluster and formed their own civilization elsewhere.
It's also dangerous because while war-era technology was inferior its abuses were widespread and made the war the horrible experience which is still remembered after 300 years.
So if they don't have the convoluted rules and limitations on technology then [@REDSHEILD]'s faction could be even more dangerous than me.
He can also contact me in PM to discuss the details.