over 5 years ago - /u/TynanSylvester - Direct link

Originally posted by divesyer

From what Iā€™d read before on one of the threads on this sub, the game was intended to be played in less than 10 in-game years (personal preference, debatable play-time based on person) and raising a kid for 16 years to be useful in menial tasks is probably not a very smart option for a bunch of space refugees.

Yeah, it's basically this. Kids would be a HUGE addition, it'd take forever to do properly, and I chose not to bite it off.