| Category 1 | Anthropoid | 1 |
Early in the development of genome resequencing, it became popular for humans to alter their appearances to better suit fashion. However, push human genetics far enough and it begins to break down. For centuries, Novak's Disorder would kill patients with too many modifications. With no cure for the disease, resequencing became heavily restricted. When humanity left earth, a colony on the planet Artemica discovered that the local wildlife were less aggressive if some of the genetic alterations were more… extreme. The colonists spent several generations developing a method of altering their genomes without contracting Novaks.
Despite their discoveries, the rest of humanity considered the actions of the Artemica colonists reprehensible. There were repeated attempts by human and eventually Imperial forces to end what they considered an 'abomination' on Artemica. With each attack, the people of Artemica redoubled their insistence that their bodily autonomy could not be governed. Eventually, the Empire was forced to recognize that an independent government... and an individual species had emerged.
You should play a Rakkuri if your ancestors became one with the planetary environment they settled on, rather than fighting against it. You prefer the feeling of grass and dirt beneath your paws to the metallic clang of boots on grav plate. As a species, you enjoy the world of genetic manipulation and bettering yourself through scientific advances. As the old commercials used to say: “Be your best self!”