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By the way, there's something that I want clarified.
I assume Epimetheus' principle directives are something to the effect of:
> The completion of [The Work].
> The preservation and enrichment of humanity.
My question concerns the second point.
How does Epimetheus define 'humanity?
Mankind has diverged into numerous radically distinct species and sub-species over the millennia, an inevitable by-product of being subject to natural selection while having populations spread across wildly disparate environments.
There's also the less natural instances of genetic alteration - Space marines, Custodes, and Primarchs to name a few examples.
Do we define 'human' as the DAoT human baseline, within [x] degrees of deviation?
Do we define 'human' as being any sentient organism derived from DAoT baseline genetic material, regardless of morphological changes? This would implicitly include not only generic mutants of all varieties, genestealer cultists, and former human chaos spawns.
Do we define 'human' as being any sapient entity produced by humanity. This categorization would encompass certain thoughtforms, and human-made AI. By this standard, Epimetheus would qualify as a human.
We should iron out these fundamental details now, just in case they become important at some point in the future.
