# Revelation Space (series) ## Overview - Work_type:: hard-SF space opera - Setting:: Far-future galaxy with human and post-human factions - Scale:: Fully interstellar, with multi-system civilizations and millennia-long histories ## Trans-human form - Transhuman_type:: hybrid - Mechanism:: Extensive biological and cybernetic augmentation; long-term shipboard life; some partial digitization - Degree_of_change:: High; many characters are physically and cognitively far beyond baseline ## Survival logic - Survival_strategy:: Engineer humans into “ultras” who can withstand deep-space travel, long lifespans, and harsh environments - Key_technologies:: Advanced medical nanotech, cybernetic interfaces, relativistic starships - Main_constraints_addressed:: Time delays, radiation, resource scarcity, and fragile bodies ## View on baseline humanity - View_on_baseline:: replacement - Attitude:: Baseline humans persist but are marginalized; enduring power lies with heavily modified or machine-linked groups - Identity_question:: Raises questions about whether ultras and other variants still count as human in culture and values ## Notes - Themes:: Degenerate civilizations, cosmic-scale threats, costs of deep alteration - Open_questions:: Whether long-term survival demands sacrificing baseline human norms - Links:: [[Trans-human Space Survival Schema]]