Originally posted by KillerWave:
[T]hey were all humans [in P2], right?
It appears the answer is no.
The Tri-System does distinguish between “humans” and “humanoids” as species; in particular the hero, Ser Lev Arris, is classified as humanoid.
However, as far as we can tell, the terms are used only generically and so could mean that relative to
us humans, the Tri-System is made up of only various humanoid species, with one constituting a majority. (Well, okay, the character Slade “Tex” Carver
sounds like he’s a bona fide human being, and if there’s one, there certainly could be more, though even then it could still be the case that Slade and his presumed fellows constitute one of the minority groups of “humanoids” relative to the predominant “humans” in the Tri-System.) We also have to keep in mind that instances of genetic mutation, both natural and induced, are not uncommon in the Tri-System.
Originally posted by Napoleon:
The 2000 year thing, do we know that the year used on Anhur is equivilant to a Terran Year . . .
First of all, the game refers to 2000 years as the amount of time (1) that the three systems in the Tri-System have “co-existed peacefully”, and (2) that Anhur was transformed from a “once-pleasant planet into a smog-laden, filthy warzone”. The time frame does not mark any “beginning” for Tri-System civilization.
Second, your point about the length of a year is a good one. It appears that the Tri-System year is
not equal to a Terran year. While the Tri-System seems to use a twelve-month calendar, at least a few of those months are 33-37 days long. What we
don’t know, however, is whether any of the other months “compensate” by being less than 30 days, and to what extent the Tri-System day (hour/minute/second?) equals the Terran day.