User:XW3 AR3 L3GION/Human Diversity Syndrome

Human Diversity Syndrome or HDS is an recognised human condition seen after humanity left Earth. Although the condition is not considered a disease such as Down Syndrome, which has been eradicated from human medical conditions, it has been seen across all humans that have left Earth's sphere. The condition first came largely to public knowledge during the series of documents in 2495 entitled Earth and Her Colonies, which gave an in-depth study on each human colonies.

The Syndrome is most notable on Atlas, a human colony noted for its high gravity at 1.4G's and vast titanium ores despite its Earth-like appearence. The first colonists who discovered Atlas suffered from constant headaches, difficulty breathing and many women were devastated by multiple miscarriages. However, the subsequent generations that were the children of the first colonists began to adapt slowly. After several generations, the people of Atlas were suited to their home planets' higher gravity - seen physically in Atlasians by their shorter than average height, thicker bones and in their physiological status as a hard-working people due to the mines that littered their homeworld.

While the Atlasians were adapted to their life on Atlas, this did not mean that they could not survive in a lighter gravity enviroment.