Maybe this was covered somewhere so let me know. <br /><br />Age of Assumption the age at which a being is considered responsible and can assume their place in society.<br /><br />Currently in the US this is a little confusing since you can vote and jion the military at 18 but can not buy alcohol until 21 and can not rent a car until 25. Marrying varies between 16 and 18 by state. But for argument sake let's use 18. Mainly because that is the age your education ends and they tell you to start living your own life because you are supposedly prepared.<br /><br />Now in earlier times and societies this age was much younger mainly because when most people didn't live past 35. 200 years ago a woman not married at 18 was considered on her way to spinsterdom.<br /><br />Now we have the Frontier where the youngest race lives till 140 and the oldest 250. This begs some questions:<br /><br />Is there a general Age of Assumption or is it race specific?<br /><br />Is it tied to education or reproductive cycles?<br /><br />Are their varying ages for varying things such as marriage, voting, driver's license, entering the military, running for political office <br /><br />Also given the supposedly advanced medicine of the Frontier how long is the useful working life and retirement of the various races and is there a parallel between ages of the four races. Do Yazirians expect to die with their glide going and have very short retirements while Dralasites expect to sit in floater chairs debating each other for decades after their working lives are done.<br /><br />OK any thoughts.
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