Author Topic: Definition of Clan Trueborn Generations  (Read 1689 times)

Natasha Kerensky

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Definition of Clan Trueborn Generations
« on: 07 July 2020, 20:41:32 »

Various products refer to new Clan trueborn generations being produced every ten years (the original Wolf Clan sourcebook) or every five years (all more recent products).

What does this mean, specifically, especially in terms of the grouping and timing of iron womb decantings (births)?

Do the Clans decant a new generation of sibkin once every five years, with the Scientist Caste spending the time in between assessing sibkin growth, analyzing warrior caste codex performance, and planning geneparent pairings for the next generation?

Or are new sibkin continuously decanted, and the canon references to trueborn generations being produced every five years are about some other cyclical aspect of the process, like temporal limits on geneparent pairings?

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Re: Definition of Clan Trueborn Generations
« Reply #1 on: 08 July 2020, 07:38:47 »
Or are new sibkin continuously decanted, and the canon references to trueborn generations being produced every five years are about some other cyclical aspect of the process, like temporal limits on geneparent pairings?
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