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• You're familiar with Alana Specter, The Black Vanguard, Romano de Luca, Arcanum I, Dimensional Battalion Esselia, Lyssa, the Knights of the Rim, and Alice from the Void.
• You know how levball and skirmish are played. If you're male you can argue intricate points about their rules. At school, you learned fencing, some kind of fighting art or self-defense, shooting, and soccer. If you live in a city, you probably go up to play levball now and then.
• Board games and video games are a traditional means of entertainment. You know chess and xiangqi by heart, shogi if you're an enthusiast. You have at least one game system, and you'll be given a blank stare if you can't at least name the 17 types of pokemon.
• You get a week off for the Emperor's birthday, another for the span between Christmas and New Year's, one more for enlightenment week, and of course, the anniversary of the Confederacy. You don't count the coronation of the new Emperor, because that might happen only once a lifetime.

• You've got an even shot of being Christian or Non-religious, regardless of what you are, you never talk to anyone about it outside of A Church or at home, and absolutely never try to convert someone.
• Fast food is a quick meal, if not necessarily a cheap one.
• You own a telephone and television as a matter of fact, they are given out by the government. Your house is heated in winter and cooled in summer, or whatever is your planet's equivalent. You do your laundry by machine. You rarely kill your own food. You eat at a table sitting on chairs, which are always cushioned.
• You know how to cook at least one dish by heart, this is required as part of standard education, and is tradition anyway.
• You probably don't consider insects, dogs, cats, monkeys, or guinea pigs to be food, but to each his own.
• A restroom always has a toilet, but never a bathtub, a bathroom always has a bathtub and usually a toilet, a bathhouse is communal and is found in most if not all standing communities.

• It's only logical that railroads and land transportation are public, no company wastes time with such rudimentary methods of transport. Aerospace transportation is a mostly even split leaning in the favor of privatism. You would likely get around in a metropolis by the abundance of trams.
• Phones are expected, getting a new one is done by necessity.
• You most likely have a palmtablet, it only makes sense as it makes life in the cities convenient, and life in the country bearable. It will more than likely have your contacts, schedule, music and games on it.
• Aerospace transportation is reserved for trips to other continents or islands, with the obvious exception of offworld travel. Land transportation will take you anywhere on the continent worth going, with railroads for the long distance trips. Anything scheduled will be on time, period.
• The government is partially socialized by necessity. The large number of people make it so that certain areas must be publicized lest corporations get enough money to attempt a coup (wouldn't be the first time.)
• You don't think it's worth arguing over politics, but you do find the recent rise in power of the Anti-Federation Coalition to be interesting, whatever that means for you.
• You aren't sure (Unless you're from the nobility, in which case, you almost certainly are sure) if you think that the Emperor should be given absolute power at the moment. While you probably think that democracy, in some form, is absolutely nessisarcy for society to function, you're troubled that politicians are more interested in fighting each other then the Federation. It might be good to have a single unifying leader...for a short while, of course.
• You are aware of heritage, it's important, but not significant, as you're all Centauri first.
• You speak English as a matter of course, if you speak anything else, it's a preservation of your ancient culture.
• The courts are reliable, but they are not used for much other than criminal law. Lawsuits are rare as any civil disputes are amended either by negotiation or a duel.
• If taxes are beyond 30% you don't have a fit, but if they within 2% of 50% then you start getting miffed, more than 50% is unheard of and possibly illegal, but you're not sure. (It is, unless you're a convicted felon.) Taxes are deducted from your paycheck before it is handed to you, so you only gripe about taxes if you're a business owner or self-employed.
• Your medical system damn near miraculous, good thing, as it's where most of your taxes are going. You most likely live to 120 unless you're murdered or have a genetic condition that wasn't caught early on, which is highly unlikely.

• You've probably only learned English, but if you speak another language you're fluent in it, as you won't attempt to speak a language you aren't proficient in to anyone other than your teacher.
• There is compulsory education from age 5 to age 16, split into Primary and Secondary Schools, the switch happens at age 13. Secondary school graduates go on to either a job they earned in high school or a university.
• University is four years (seven for medical students), and not necessary for employment by any means. Universities are meant to facilitate specialized learning, and are often for the sake of knowledge or a means of entry into an academic career.
• If you can't pay for university yourself, it is common to get a noble as a sponsor to pay for it for you.
• After school you either go to the library, the fields or the arcade, depending on where your realm of expertise falls.

• Mustard comes in a plastic bottle, shaving cream comes in cans, milk comes in cartons.
• The date comes second, 3/27/2662 (and you know what happened on that date.)
• You know the name of the Emperor, his Father, and his heir apparent.
• In the presence of the Royal Family, you genuflect until told to do otherwise, no exceptions. But you wouldn't dream of actually being in one's presence.
• A decimal point is a dot, what else would it be? (Ancient civilizations used commas)
• A billion is a thousand times a million.
• The war is a fact of life, and you are okay with it. Those serving in the military are respected, but no one is expected to join outside of certain noble families. If Centauri ever truly needed your service though, you'd enlist in a heartbeat.
• You expect marriages to be made for love, not arranged by third parties. Nobility will often encourage a marriage, but will never force one. You can be married by a priest, judge, or your captain, if you are in the military. Naturally, you can only have one spouse at a time.
• You make no distinction between a man or a woman as a partner, if you do it's because one or the other isn't your type, and rarely any more so than someone with blonde hair isn't your type.
• Once you're introduced to someone, you refer to them by first name if they are your equal, by last if they are your superior or subordinate. And with the appropriate honorific if they happen to be in a position of status, such as a Knight.
• If you're a woman, you don't go to the beach topless.
• A hotel room has a private bath and the hotel has a bath house.
• You expect to be able to transact business, or deal with the government, without paying bribes. A game of some type may be necessary to determine where you stand, though.
• If a politician has been cheating on their spouse, they won't be in office for long.
• Everything that takes cash accepts credit cards. In fact, most transactions are done in credit.
• A company rarely fires anyone unless they are horribly incompetent or undermining their protected patents.
• You like your bacon limp.

• You know ancient media quite well, it's part of a standard education. You still find the idea of the Death Star utterly ridiculous, though.
• Same with ancient music, especially ancient music.
• You know how to play at least one instrument, as if it's not part of your education, you live in an area where your parents will make you learn it.
• Music is an inextricable part of your life. It's played everywhere in the city, even in government buildings and military vessels. Naturally, everyone's complete music collection is on every computing device they own.
• You went over Centauri and Ancient Terran history. And at least know what the current political climate is.
• You expect the military to fight the war, but they keep getting involved with politics somehow. As long as they keep up the good work you don't mind too much. And you damn well at least know the Grand Lord of the Navy.
• Your country has never been conquered by a foreign nation.
• You're used to a wide variety of choices for almost anything you buy.
• You use metric or imperial, whichever you prefer. Though it tends to crowd the space on the packaging.
• You are not a farmer. But you've heard of them.
• Comics are almost entirely on the internet.
• The people who appear on the most popular talk shows are mostly entertainers, politicians, or academics.
• You might have met a 'Terran' as they're called, depending on if you've ever vacationed to Yokolit. But never in the Centauri or Federation planets, considering the tensions between the countries it's rare to get a permit for travel. Unless it's for some kind of important business.
• You probably don't drive, but if you do, you drive on the right side of the road. You stop at red lights even if nobody's around. If you're a pedestrian and cars are stopped at a red light, you will fearlessly cross the street in front of them.
• The police are armed, but not with submachine guns.
• If a woman is plumper than average it doesn't improve her looks, nor does it take away from them in most cases.
• The biggest meal of the day is in the evening.
• The city is not a danger at night or any time of day.

• You feel that your kind of people aren't being listened to enough in Oson.
• You wouldn't expect both inflation and unemployment to be very high (say, over 15%) at the same time.
• It is pretty important what family someone comes from, but you don't care about it if the individual proves themselves competent.
• The normal thing, when a couple dies, is for their estate to be divided equally between their children.
• You think of opera and ballet as a special event. Plays are also enjoyable, but they're far less common than television.
• Christmas is on 12/25 regardless of planetary season.
• The church doesn't meddle, but you may think that the government is too centralized. You don't think it is wise to have a state church.
• You'd be hard pressed to name the "main worlds" of the Federation. Except Earth, everyone knows we came from there, a long time ago.
• You've left a name and number at the beep.
• You've never heard of something called a 'Taxi' it's probably some kind of Federation thing.
• You think welfare and unemployment payments are necessary, even though you sometimes hear of people cheating. You will graciously take a check, and use the money to get properly employed again quickly.
• If you want to be a doctor, you need to get a bachelor's first.
• You know lawyers exist, but you've never seen one in person.

• If you have an appointment, you'll apologize curtly if you're five minutes late, and apologize profusely if it's ten minutes. An hour late is almost inexcusable.
• If you're talking to someone, you get uncomfortable if they approach closer than about a meter.
• You think it's rude to touch people you're not intimate with. When you're a nameless face in a crowd or jam-packed on a commuter train, however, you have no qualms about pushing and bumping into people.
• About the only things you expect to bargain for are houses, cars, and antiques. Haggling is largely a matter of finding the hidden point that's the buyer's minimum.
• Once you're past college, you very rarely simply show up at someone's place. People have to invite each other over— especially if a meal is involved.
• You bow to greet people. Once you're past school age, you're expected to know the various methods and degrees of bowing— from cursory nods to full ninety degrees to groveling on the floor— and use them properly according to the situation.

• If someone challenges you to a duel, you accept, no questions asked. However you are allowed to choose the nature of the duel, be it a fight, sports, or a game. It's a very serious charge, and making frivolous challenges is practically criminal. Only an adult can make one against another adult though.
• Your family almost certainly has a ceremonial sword that is passed down to the eldest heir of your family name, which helps keep track of your lineage. Any member of your immediate family, by blood or through marriage, is allowed by law to take possession of this sword temporarily if challenged to a duel to the death. Should two heirs marry together, one would pass their lineage and sword to the next family member in line. Should two non-heirs marry, it is common to have a sword forged to celebrate the creation of a 'new' lineage.
• If you're from the city, you call space "the sky", or "up", if you're from the country, you call it "the black", if you're nobility, it's just space.
• Edeners are strict and straight-laced, and have a bad habit of not understanding how things work elsewhere.
• Ossetians are either stoic but reasonable or epicurean and laid-back.
• Ubekonians are rain-loving weirdoes that like vegetables. But they're receptive to orders and give credit where due.
• Illionese are art-loving psychopaths who can beat a man to within an inch of his life in between sips of wine and art films.