Kusari Human

Economic Prospects

Kusari was generally poor in natural resources, although the New Tokyo system did contain limited deposits of aluminum and titanium, which enabled Kusari shipbuilders to be relatively self-sufficient, at least for the first three centuries after arrival. The surrounding Crow Nebula had little in the way of asteroid fields found in such abundance in the Walker and Barrier regions. It did offer one key resource, however, that the entire Sirius Sector needed. Virtually unlimited supplies of Helium-3 and Deuterium were present inside the great clouds of ionized gases in the nearby Sigma systems. Both isotopes were quite rare on planets, but essential for the fusion engines that powered spacecraft of all sizes. Kusari soon became the exclusive supplier of H-fuel, as they called it, to all of the colonies. H-fuel was the foreign currency source that allowed Kusari companies to purchase the many raw materials found in the other colonies that Kusari lacked.

Kusari Human (Japanese):

Wound Die Type 1d10 Racial Control Modifiers -1

Medium Sized Base speed 30 feet.

+2 to any.

Non-Templated: +1 Party ability slot
Templated: +1 Flexible Feat

+4 Skill points at level 1 and +1 skill points per level thereafter

Hold Breath
Kusari Humans can hold their breath for a number of rounds equal to four times their Constitution score before risking drowning or suffocating.

Swim
Kusari have a swim speed of 30 feet and gain the +8 racial bonus on Swim checks that a swim speed normally grants

Craftsman - Iron and Steel
+2 racial bonus on all Craft checks involving Iron and Steel items.

Humans have a long history of forging Steel arms and armor and are skilled in working it, they also receive a bonus to mining Iron to make Iron and steel items.