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I could elaborate, but it's challenging to pack as much info as possible in only 2 x 50 words. 
I do have to admit that I left a lot of questions.
- Who or what is Mother?
- Why was Afeeba being tested?
- Were their really 11.5 M test subjects on a single experiment?
- What happened to the other test subject?
- What's the deal with the "red door"?
- What did Mother mean when she said "I will always be there"?
- Is Afeeba still being tested wile on the planet?
- Is RimWorld just one big experimental game where real people die?
- Are you sure you're just a player in this?

Name: Afeeba Dafo

Test subject #11,529,914 of experiment #56,048 spent her childhood in white rooms performing mental and physical tests with only a voice called mother for companion. Praises from mother were earned for success and harsh punishment for failure.

As she grew up, the tests went from geometry to quantum physics and she was able to run the grand gauntlet without a scratch. One day, mother said that her final test lay beyond the red door and even if she didn’t hear mother, she would always be with there.

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My explanation for the hexadecimal name.
In hexadecimal AFEEBA = 11,529,914 and DAF0 = 56,048

Obviously, her social skills would be very low and having spent her life in white rooms she probably would not want to get dirt under her fingernails.

Perhaps this set of skills:
Construction: 0
Growing: N/A
Research: +3
Mining: N/A
Shooting: 0
Hand To Hand: +3
Social: N/A
Cooking: +1 (Cooking is chemistry)
Medicine: 0
Artistic: 0
Crafting: 0

Hope you don't mind. 
I took your research tree and added some of my own ideas.


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If your going to have some voices in a game you better do it right or it can be disastrous. So that means finding good voice actors and a quality studio. And that cost $$$$$. Right now I would rather see the funds turned towards more content rather than flavor.

At most, I would see voice acting in the intro video. If there will be one. 

[official]

This is a small guide to help people who would like to create new, original and believable names for RimWorld characters.

For the official guidelines PLZ see: Creative Rewards Guidelines

So this is about 3400 years in the future and you need to name someone. While some classic name might stay the same like John Smith or Yu Wong. After that much time, names are bound to change and evolve.

Because names from different cultures and different places can differ greatly, I suggest you read the RimWorld longsleep revival briefing to have a better understanding of the RimWorld universe and to have an idea as to where the character might come from.

First names:
- The first name is what people will call the character. It has be intelligible and easy to pronounce.
Ex: "Silvana" is alright but "Gbuthrdfgut" not so much.

- I've notice that, no matter the number of letters, first names will usually not be more than 4 syllables long.
Ex: "Jean-François" 12 letters and 3 syllables. "Jean", "Fran" and "çois"

- If the name is too long it just might get confusing.
Examples:
"Britny" 6 letters, 2 syllables.
"Britany" 7 letters, 3 syllables.
"Britanyca" 9 letters, 4 syllables.
"Britanycala" 11 letters, 5 syllables.
"Britany-Calabra" 14 letters, 6 syllables. While this name would be valid in the real world, it's a mouthful.

- Try to mix names from similar cultures. You can get very interesting results this way.
For example if you take "Elisabeth" and "Isabelle". You can get "Elisabelle" and "Isabeth".

Surnames:
Surnames are an other matter. While it's not always the case, most surnames and family names, no matter the culture, have a specific meaning. It could be socially related, work related, environmental, geographic...ect.
Ex: Smith, Potter, Mason, Tailor, Spinner, Thatcher, Tyler, Slater, Miller, Baker, Cook, Fisher, Shepherd, Skinner.

These are all surnames related to the work people did in medieval times. If the character comes from an industrious heavy planet than we could probably add "Smelter", "Pumper" and "Asphalter" to the list.

If a family lives close to a river, they might end up having the surname "Kawasaki" or "Riverstone" in a generation or two.
If this family is on a war torn toxic planet they might have the surname "Toxipond", "Deadlake", "Crater" or "Blackrain" instead.
If your character is a descendant from a small group of bio-engineered soldiers he might have the surname "Sniper", "Spotter", "Driver", "Gunner" and all the military ranks even if he's actually a Burger Flipper.

Basically, think of where your character comes from and on what kind of planet did he/she grew up.

Hexadecimal Names:
- If you can make some good names with only the letters: A, B, C, D, E, F and maybe O for 0. Go for it.
Just be prepared to do some explanation.

Here is a list of sites that can help you in creating a good name.

Feeling creative? Wordiod will create random fake words in sevral languages.
http://wordoid.com/

Japanese naming conventions with first names and surnames lists.
http://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/names-for-people.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_name
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Japanese-language_surnames

Russian naming conventions with first names and surnames lists.
http://lisahayden.com/lch/Russian%20Names.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Slavic_naming_customs
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Russian_given_names
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Russian-language_surnames

Spanish naming conventions with first names and surnames lists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_naming_customs
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Spanish_given_names
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Spanish-language_surnames

English naming conventions with first names and surnames lists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_name
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_given_names
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:English-language_surnames

French naming conventions with first names and surnames lists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_names
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:French_given_names
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:French-language_surnames

German naming conventions with first names and surnames lists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_names
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:German_given_names
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:German_surnames

Arabic first names and surnames lists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Arabic_feminine_given_names
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Arabic_masculine_given_names
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Arabic-language_surnames

[Are you a clear, concise writer?]

I would like to help if you'll have me.

Are you a clear, concise writer?
I try as much as possible.

Are you interested in the RimWorld fiction?
After reading the longsleep briefing, absolutely.

Are you willing to help moderate creative rewards?
Yes, I would like help as much as possible.

1. What is your writing experience?
Professionally...None what so ever. I write small things from time to time but nothing serious.
This link to Forsaken Fortress's forum is a good example of what I write for fun.
See the 5 posts from "kelfka" same user name I'm using here.
http://forsakenfortress.boards.net/thread/14/characters-story?page=2

2. Why do you want to help out?
I believe in this project and I would like to contribute in whatever way that I can.

3. How much are you available to help out?
Evenings and weekends. I live close to Ottawa if you need on site help.

[What introduced you to rimworld or to this style of game?]

Hi all,
I'm a 32 years old dad gamer. I.E. I only have time to play when the kids are asleep. Computer tech by trade, I fix computers all day for kids who are learning how to do my job.

What introduced you to rimworld or to this style of game?
I'm a Kickstarter fan and earlier this week I told my self that I would like to play a casual, top down colony survival sim. And what do I find the next morning on Kickstarter? You guessed it!! Rimworld!
-Thou shalt not ignore a sign from the Void gods.

Top 5 games of all time (in no specific order)
- Dune 2
- UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-COM)
- Homeworld
- Fallout
- Doom (still remember the cheat codes: idkfa and iddqd)

Favourite Breakfast Cereal?
I used to eat cereal every morning up until I started becoming intolerant 2 years ago.

Most embarrassing game related story?
- Doom: When I learned that I was playing the demo for all these years.