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| − | [[ | + | [[Affine]] is a form of political, non-sexual, cross-species marriage (...which does not preclude traditional marriage for the participants). |
* It is a cultural practice, an interstellar social [[institution]]. | * It is a cultural practice, an interstellar social [[institution]]. | ||
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) == | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == | ||
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||
| − | Marriage can be quite a number of things to different populations. For some it has a religious connotations, for others a secular one. For some, the reproductive aspect of supporting species survival is paramount, while other emphasize the metaphysical aspects of emotional relationships and the hard-to-define concept of love. Many sophont species simply didn't have the human-model concepts of love and marriage in the Terran or Vilani senses. Human sociocultural models simply didn't work for those societies. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] | + | Marriage can be quite a number of things to different populations. For some it has a religious connotations, for others a secular one. For some, the reproductive aspect of supporting species survival is paramount, while other emphasize the metaphysical aspects of emotional relationships and the hard-to-define concept of love. Many sophont species simply didn't have the human-model concepts of love and marriage in the Terran or Vilani senses. Human sociocultural models simply didn't work for those societies. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }} |
| − | As the early Third Imperium grew increasingly cosmopolitan with an increasing number of sophont species, the [[Imperial Nobility]] increasingly saw the need to tie together power blocs of different sophont species... and thus the concept of ''Affine'' became a resurrected reality. The practice of cultural affinity now mostly serves as a vehicle for tying together [[World-State Nobility]], [[Gentlesophont]]s, [[Landed Nobility]], and [[Imperial Clan]]s so they can reach the highest levels of Imperial society. The Vilani and a number of earlier societies had their own cultural practices that were widely comparable to to the contemporary [[institution]] of cultural affinity. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] | + | As the early Third Imperium grew increasingly cosmopolitan with an increasing number of sophont species, the [[Imperial Nobility]] increasingly saw the need to tie together power blocs of different sophont species... and thus the concept of ''Affine'' became a resurrected reality. The practice of cultural affinity now mostly serves as a vehicle for tying together [[World-State Nobility]], [[Gentlesophont]]s, [[Landed Nobility]], and [[Imperial Clan]]s so they can reach the highest levels of Imperial society. The Vilani and a number of earlier societies had their own cultural practices that were widely comparable to to the contemporary [[institution]] of cultural affinity. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }} |
== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == | == References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == | ||
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= Agent of the Imperium |page=155 |article=}} (v1.1 - Annotated) | |S1= {{Ludography cite|name= Agent of the Imperium |page=155 |article=}} (v1.1 - Annotated) | ||
| − | |S2= T5 Noble Patent 8.5" x 11" forms (reverse side) - corrected for T5.10 | + | |S2 ={{Ludography cite|name= T5 Noble Patent 8.5" x 11" forms (reverse side) - corrected for T5.10}} |
|S3= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]] | |S3= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]] | ||
|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] | |S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] | ||