Adamists

Adamists are the larger of the two groups, and consider themselves to be normal humans. They allow themselves to use some genetic-engineering improvements (referred to as "geneering"), but do not generally condone the use of "bitek" (organic/bio technology) in their culture. They are a vast group of people of various cultures and backgrounds, and realistically, the Adamist group encompasses any non-Edenist humans. The majority of Adamists are religious, and as such do not utilise bitek (which was banned by the Pope during the 21st century) and instead use nanotechnology (which they refer to as "nanonics"). Nanonics perform many of the same physiological feats as bitek, and the two technologies are relatively compatible. Adamist starships use fusion-energy based drives, and as such much of the human economy is based on the proliferation of 3He. Use of the ZTT (Zero Temporal Transit) faster-than-light drive allows Adamists to colonise star-systems, usually through the settling of both planets and asteroid belts.