 The game includes genetically "uplifted" dolphins and orcas as playable characters on either side of the native/Terran dichotomy.The first edition (BPv1), a 348-page book< dedicated to Jacques Cousteau, was demonstrated and released at Origins in 1997 to critical acclaim, receiving a nomination for the "Game of the Year" Origins award.Approximately 250 of the 348 pages of the rulebook are dedicated to background about the planet Poseidon.