By the way, it takes ~10,000 hours to master a skill. That means, at 5 hours a week to practice it, it would take you 40 years to master a single skill. Another way of looking at that is, given 40 years and 40 free hours each week dedicated to improving yourself, you could master 8 skills. Which means you *could* be a multilingual martial arts master who spends a dozen hours each week helping down at the local hospital as a very good surgeon, then flying yourself into a disaster area in your hypersonic ramjet plane to help them there...
Ahem. Aside from giving some ideas about how capable people could be in a post-scarcity, post-mortality world, here's my character.
Name: John Wuir Age: 56 Brief description: John Wuir is dark haired, and like most Titanians, dark eyed due to the size of his pupil. Like many people, it's hard to distinguish a specific ancestry from his features, but if they had to guess, most people would say he was from somewhere in North America. Not that they would be able to see his features from the outside of his environment suit. Enhancements: resistance to most common toxins, titanium/bio skeleton (on account of an unfortunate accident which saw much of his body destroyed beyond repair), ability to store significant oxygen reserves in his muscles allowing for half an hour without breathing Height: 1.9m Equipment: John is a firm believer in the ancient art of Poking Things With Pointy Sticks, and to that purpose carries with him an extendible rapier, rendered all the more deadly by the inclusion of diamond into it's manufacture. Noting, however, that it's often easier to take opponents down at range, he's invested in a light pistol, as well as small - but very explosive - rocket propelled grenades. Of course, when dealing out damage to enemies it is common to receive a few oneself, and to that end he has invested in a very modern first aid kit, as well as a field surgery kit for rapidly fixing minor issues such as organ damage. Skills: Over his 56 years, he's picked up many skills, such as how to effectively use the equipment he carries. He's also practised in dispatching enemies by hand. Like many people, he knows the basics of how most technology operates, and can fix nearly everything he owns.
_________________ Formerly DragonRider. Almost teenage me could have been more imaginative with names.
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