Twilight of the Surreal

Let's explode a couple popular myths about immortals. They are imposing physical specimens.   Probably not. Go to a museum with a collection of armor. I stand about 5' 7" (170 cm) and first thing I noticed was I'd have a hard time squeezing into most of those suits. The exception was the suit of a king (I forgot who). That dude was at least 6' (183 cm) and must have been imposing as hell. So your immortal character might a petite person (immortal Neanderthals would be a bit shorter but much wider.)  Does your immortality convey regeneration? If not your immortal might show the results of close calls, a missing eye or limb or just be scarred heavily. They might also be a complete mess and a total invalid... waiting for medicine to find a cure. Let's not even get into what gravity could do too a human body after centuries. Eek.  They are filthy rich. Assuming they work a few centuries and manage to bank some of it, it's reasonable to assume they are well off.

The following is a recycled post, about Diesel and other flavors of punk. Comments in italics.  I like dieselpunk a lot. I want other people to like it. Having said that, the major hurdle is to make it look retro in a way that appeals to people in the Twenty-first Century. That isn't much of a hurdle to be honest. The artwork of the period and the machines have their share of fans. There's a ton of reference images and there is a slew of wild inventions and vehicles documented and photographed. ATM interplanetary travel is neither diesel nor atom punk. As this focusses on interplanetary travel I',m going with Planetpunk!. There are a few problems though, like the Solar System. from what we know of the Solar System it's pretty darned hostile. Earth itself, our home wrold, is pretty darned hostile and can kill you in a number of ways! Consider 90% of the population is crammed into about 25% of the land area. There's a lot of deserts, tundra, and places with bears! If