Spacer

A Spacer is a tough sophont who has chosen to live and work in hostile expanses of the void, space.

• They are often popularly referred to as star men, travellers, etc.
• The term most often refers to military men, sailors, or naval ratings.

Description (Specifications)

The term has several meanings:

1. Popular Spacer Definition: A number of old spacers popularly define themselves as sophonts who spend half their lives or more in space.
2. Military Definition - Spacer: Someone who serves in a (space) navy or works on am armed (star) ship. Naval Officer. Rating. Sailor (archaic).

Types of Spacers

• Belters
• Deployed Astrophysicists
• Military Men
• Naval Enlisted
• Naval Officers
• Naval Personnel
• Ratings
• Sailors
• Starship Crew
• Travellers

History & Background (Dossier)

Old Spacer's Tales: An Old Spacer's Tale is a legend, myth, or generally good story told by spacers. Such tales can be truthful, fictional, or somewhere in-between. They are primarily told for entertainment purposes, a way of passing the long hours spent in the lonely voids between worlds.

• Please see the AAB Library Data article Old Spacer's Tales for more information.

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