05-28-2015, 10:44 AM
(05-28-2015, 06:17 AM)Reks Wrote:(05-27-2015, 01:06 PM)Comito Wrote: Probably one with as much interaction with others as possible. Bartender might be good, assuming they have those.
Reks was a musician, and without grandstanding of my own characters, was popular enough that she was never really 'alone'.
But yes, that leads me to my actual question.
How ARE packless Avali treated, in terms of governmental affairs? As in, since they can't really bond, I don't imagine they'd be capable of the work a full pack would provide, and from what you've told me there's not a whole lot else because mechanical labor.
The Avali are already something of a post-labour/post-scarcity race. In such an economy a fairly significant portion of the population don't even have regular jobs anyway, but can be supported to a degree that everyone can enjoy a decent lifestyle, thanks to the vast production capabilities such an advanced race holds. In such an environment the value of labour is effectively zero, and opting to work brings other benefits than economic ones*. As such there isn't such a huge stigma if an Avali found themselves without a pack and unable to work. It'd just put them in the same position as the rest of the population (Not to say they'll be happy about the situation if they enjoyed their old line of work).
They might still be able to get placement in other related roles, like an old hunter might get re-enlisted as a training supervisor to pass on his experiences to the next generation of recruits.
* As in one poignant scene in Dresden Codak, when the singularity "guardian" AI is approached by non-augmented humans and asked to help them, it simply responds "I can give you anything but relevance", which is a true hazard of future technology. And why labour-orientated economics are risky going forward, even today the labour market is beginning to show signs of trouble.