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My inclination is to take the Bio-Tech recommendations, but use the attributes
of my base genetic stock (that is, the attributes of Steve Young) as the
starting point. One would sift the best offspring off the top for pairing with
other candidates from the larger gene pool (to avoid inbreeding) and go again.
After 10 generations, I get Steve Young plus 10cps for attributes/advantages at
a minumum, or Steve Young plus 10 advantages at best...
I think to realistically get those kinds of results, you wouldn't want
Steve Young, you'd want Steve Young, all of his brothers and sisters,
and his parents, and perhaps some of the kids from his mom's family
(Because presumably some of the good genes are in there)... and then
you'd ruthlessly inbreed them until you got rid of all the recessive
genes, very carefully introducing outside stock perhaps to
counterbalance any flaws you found after four or five generations, but
only after you were sure you had "fixed" the traits you wanted OR after
you were sure you had a potentially destructive trait being passed around.
Or you clone Steve Young and his ideal mate a couple of hundred times
and use them as your population starter, for similar effects.
The question is, it runs in the family (perhaps) but is it genetic? Or
is it that the family culture has been to raise the children in just the
right way, eating the right foods, living in the right region, drinking
the right water, etc etc etc, and the genes are merely
"acceptable-to-good" in quality, rather than excellent? You don't know
that, even in an adult expressing all of the traits you want, unless
you're 100% sure the traits you want are genetic in origin, and ONLY
genetic in origin.
--
Emily Smirle - Gal Dynamo
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