"Hard to port!"
"I don't want to fight; I just want to fish."

        Tens of millions of years ago, life crawled out of the primordial sea. Sometimes, you think it was a mistake. You love the ocean's greens and blues, its rhythms and calls, its calm and rage. Your parents are boaters, ocean farmers, or fishing boat captains. Your families are a dying breed; there aren't many left with a deep connection to the ocean. The ISA is crushing everything you hold dear with extinction, corruption, and pollution, but you're a SeaRat, and it’s the only life you want.

What you look like
        Seawater runs through your veins, and your clothes suit your lifestyle. Many SeaRats wear outfits with oceanic motifs or classic fishing images. Almost all of you own waterproof outerwear, usually insulated. They key issue in any clothing decision has always been its durability and safety. Everything you own takes an incredible amount of abuse and may have to save your life.
        As for your personal appearance, you tend to be lean and tan. While you are often very healthy and strong, it manifests itself as a wiry power, rather than bulk. In addition, your long hours in the salt and sun usually bleaches your hair, no chemicals needed.

Subculture
        One sermonizes, while another brags, and a third sits in quiet contemplation. Yet, despite your differences, they all agree that the sea is their life. It's a family member that you actually like. All of you see the ocean's slow death, and you cannot sit idly by when the cradle of life dies. You fight to save both the sea and lives intimately tied to it. It is a personal cause with ties that are impossible to put into words. To defend the waves is an internal voyage in the external environment. You must succeed or death will be a pleasant alternative.
        Life on the sea is a mixture of society and solitude. One's connection to the ocean is very personal and private, but the environment is vast and dangerous. So, you try for the best of both worlds. You rarely venture out alone, and you gather in groups of several dozen for large undertakings. At the same time, all of you understand not to intrude on another's need for solitude. To interrupt without an excellent reason is the epitome of rudeness and stupidity.
        Leadership is lax at best. Most SeaRats glom together in ad hoc families, and reach out as friends, competitors, lovers, and business partners. There is no formalized system of recognition (although some of the lines use old-fashioned maritime ranks). Usually, the line chooses leaders by two criteria, property and personality. A SeaRat that owns their own boat has some sway, as does a very knowledgeable or persuasive one. Luckily, communication and supplies flow easily from member to member, something vitally important that living on the edge of extinction has taught you.

Belonging
        As long as you understand the sea and respect its needs, SeaRats will accept you. Since you were born into an ocean going family, your way was easier than most, but you still had to show respect for the sea. Participating in rescue operations or being at peace on the waves is an excellent indicator of the proper mentality. If you ever lose your respect for the ocean, they will lose respect for you. If you become actively antagonistic towards them or the sea, they will take an aggressive (and very often lethal) stance. In short, you walk the line or you walk the plank.

Allies and Enemies
        Since you avoid interaction with city life, you don't have much contact with most yogangs. The only yogangs that you call friend are those that purposely seek you out. Chief among these are the EcoWarriors who support your cause and need your access to escape routes, whaling ships, and mining operations. Also, the Beastieboys try to help you to reclaim the marine habitat, and NeoPioneers admire your frontier mentality. Unfortunately, you occasionally get into turf wars with the BoardPunks, but mostly you try to avoid each other. The ISA is a much bigger problem then the police, since you pose more of an economic obstacle than a criminal source.

Slang
Lubbed: terrible
Net: a close group of SeaRats
Line: a very large net or a group of nets
Sweepers: the ISA
Alexa: an excellent SeaRat
Tidals: EcoWarriors, BeastieBoys
Chummers: BoardPunks (shark bait)

Yogang skill: Sailor (Ref)
        This skill covers your knowledge of the sea and your boating knowledge. Using this skill you can navigate by the stars (Easy), row effectively (Easy), sail against the wind (Average), swim, and fish. All in all, it demonstrates your knowledge and training in sea craft.

If you're a SeaRat,
1) Tell me your name, age, and sex.
2) Describe yourself.
3) Aside from your v-trodes, pick four things you are carrying

• 3 person Sailboat
• 100m superstring
• Flare gun
• Water purifier
• Fishing net (15 square meters)
• Waterproof insulated buoyant jacket