Definitions for "Topsiders"
Many of the colony people are topsiders. Meaning that they were born above the colony sanctuary. As opposed to Lowlanders (colony born people), topsiders are usually engineered with different attachments. It is rare to find a topsider that can swim due to the fact that bionic attachments are usually in fashion. All topsiders are free (meaning they have no tattoo of ownership), once a topsider find his, her, its way to the colony, that topsider must have a brand of ownership. Often, prospective employers stalk the boarder just in case there is a topsider who is in quick need of a tattoo. Topsiders can be tattooed however, but it's rare for a topside employer to tattoo a worker for the very fact that any tattoo, topside or lowland, is still a tattoo and the worker could very well escape to the colony. While if the worker has no brand, then the said worker has nowhere to go. Topsiders look down upon Lowlanders as slaves, while Lowlanders look down upon Topsiders as lowlifes. They are both correct.