Dominion Mer ID

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Introduction

All Dominion Mers have an ID.  The ID for humans starts with either an F, G, H or U*, based on the person’s Social Class.

F = Forerunner (sometimes called ‘Founder’)
G = Geneered
H = Hybrid
U = Unclassified
A = Felline
U is provided for where a person is ‘new’ to the gene pool, orphans etc.  Genetic testing of an unknown can usually identify if the person is a ‘G’ but if they are not a G they are assigned a ‘U’.
All Felline IDs start with an A.  Felline IDs are not further affected by the assignment rules below.
 

Assigning a Human Mer ID

The initial code letter assigned to a child depends on their parents’ and/or grandparents’ codes, as determined by the following six rules:

Rules

  1. Two parents of the same class have issue of that class;
  2. A Forerunner and a Geneered parent have Hybrid issue;
  3. An Unclassified parent and any other class have Hybrid issue;
  4. A Forerunner parent and a Hybrid parent have Forerunner issue if there are three Forerunners among the grandparents;
  5. A Hybrid parent and a Geneered parent have Geneered issue if there are two or more Geneered among the grandparents;
  6. Otherwise, a Hybrid parent and any other class have Hybrid issue.
These rules decompose to the following table:
Assignment Table

Rule

 

Parent 1

 

Parent 2

 

Grandparent 1 of Parent 1

 

Grandparent 2 of Parent 1

 

Grandparent 1 of Parent 2

 

Grandparent 2 of Parent 2

 

Issue

 

1

 

F

 

F

 

any

 

any

 

any

 

any

 

F

 

1

 

H

 

H

 

any

 

any

 

any

 

any

 

H

 

1

 

G

 

G

 

any

 

any

 

any

 

any

 

G

 

1

 

U

 

U

 

any

 

any

 

any

 

any

 

U

 

2

 

F

 

G

 

any

 

any

 

any

 

any

 

H

 

3

 

F

 

U

 

any

 

any

 

any

 

any

 

H

 

3

 

H

 

U

 

any

 

any

 

any

 

any

 

H

 

3

 

G

 

U

 

any

 

any

 

any

 

any

 

H

 

4

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

F

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

4

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

F

 

F

 

G

 

F

 

4

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

F

 

F

 

U

 

F

 

5

 

H

 

G

 

F

 

H

 

G

 

G

 

G

 

5

 

H

 

G

 

F

 

G

 

G

 

H

 

G

 

5

 

H

 

G

 

F

 

G

 

G

 

G

 

G

 

5

 

H

 

G

 

F

 

U

 

G

 

G

 

G

 

5

 

H

 

G

 

H

 

H

 

G

 

G

 

G

 

5

 

H

 

G

 

H

 

U

 

G

 

G

 

G

 

5

 

H

 

G

 

G

 

U

 

G

 

H

 

G

 

5

 

H

 

G

 

G

 

U

 

G

 

G

 

G

 

6

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

F

 

H

 

H

 

H

 

6

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

F

 

H

 

G

 

H

 

6

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

F

 

H

 

U

 

H

 

6

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

F

 

G

 

U

 

H

 

6

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

H

 

H

 

6

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

G

 

H

 

6

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

U

 

H

 

6

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

H

 

H

 

H

 

H

 

6

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

H

 

H

 

G

 

H

 

6

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

H

 

H

 

U

 

H

 

6

 

F

 

H

 

F

 

H

 

G

 

U

 

H

 

6

 

H

 

G

 

F

 

H

 

H

 

G

 

H

 

6

 

H

 

G

 

F

 

U

 

H

 

G

 

H

 

6

 

H

 

G

 

H

 

H

 

H

 

G

 

H

 

6

 

H

 

G

 

H

 

U

 

H

 

G

 

H

 

NB:  The higher class parent is listed first, in order F, H, G, U.

The Rest of the Mer ID

The full Mer ID takes the form
<Gene code>-<Date of Birth>-<System code>-<City code>-<Birth registry code>-<serial>-<check code>
  • Gene codes are as above – ‘A’
  • Date of Birth is in Cycles, as per the Dominion Calendar (ie. omitting the dot) – ‘999999’
  • System code is as per the list of main Dominion Systems – ‘AA’
  • Region code is the three alphanumeric designator assigned to each sub-world Region (similar to airport codes today, but sometimes they contain numbers) – ‘XXX’
  • Birth registry code is a two digit code assigned to a facility that can register a birth (for about half the Mers in the Dominion this is ’01’) – ’99’
  • Serial is a three-digit number starting at 001 and incrementing with each birth registered at that facility on that date.
  • The check code is an alpha character calculated based on the other code values
Example of a Geneered person born on GRRAS on the day Overlord Zarg took power:  
G-193882-VL-GRR-01-001-N
 
GRRAS is a small facility and the main registration centre has registered the birth.  This is the first baby registered on that date.
* Note that all references to character codes are anglicised versions of the Dominion’s phonetic script. 

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