Uplifted Ape

Uplifted Ape
Homo simia pan troglodytes sapiens
Base Information
Classification	Herbivore
Status	Uplifted Race
Locomotion	Walker
Terrain	Jungle
Body Form
Confluence	Humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Hominid
Size
Weight
Culture
Languages	Great Ape Language, Yerkish
Social Structure
Technological Epoch	TL:10-12
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Terra (Solomani Rim 1827)
UWP	A867A69-F Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population A High (10 billion) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level F High Stellar (anagathics)
Primary Star	G2 V
Atmosphere	Standard
Off-world presence	Yes
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	Gateway to Destiny 36.
Canon	Yes
Also see

The Uplifted Apes of Terra (Solomani Rim 1827) are an technologically sophisticated Uplift Race with a humanoid appearance.

Description (Specifications)

Uplifted Apes are a family of genetically modified and uplifted species believed to have been created by the Solomani.

Uplifted great apes -- chimpanzees or gorillas -- are the second most common genetically engineered intelligent animals created by the Terran Confederation. There are two major varieties; although routinely referred to as ‘uplifted chimps’ or 'gorillas' due to their appearance, most uplifted apes are truly neither chimpanzees nor gorillas but variant forms of Troglodytes sapiens. This artificial species is actually a transgenic hybrid of gorilla, chimp, and some Human genes first developed late in the Interstellar Wars period. They were perfected by Old Earth Union genetic engineers on Terra.

By 1105 there are several million uplifted apes living on Solomani worlds.

Uplift History

A number of species of Terran animal have been uplifted to full sentience, mostly by Solomani scientists during the Rule of Man era. As the Rule of Man collapsed into the Long Night, colonies founded with the assistance of these races went their own way, and in some cases the uplifted species came to be the dominant sentient race on a particular planet. In other cases, the uplifted beings created their own society away from humans, and occasionally truly integrated civilizations were created.

While the uplifted races retain the physical characteristics of their parent race, they now breed true, and are generally as intelligent as any human. Some social characteristics do carry over from the animal instincts of the uplifted species, but for the most part the uplifted races have fully developed societies adapted to their local conditions.

The Solomani are known to have also attempted genetic manipulation of humans beyond what was necessary to fit them to harsh environments. Reports of a "gene war" between humans and some sort of "supermen" persist, though even within the Solomani Confederation little is known about exactly what happened, outside of secret government archives. It is thought that the Solomani became nervous of any race that could replace or supplant humans in their normal environment – the so-called "Supermen," the Apes and the Ursa, among others – and took steps to eradicate them. These efforts were not 100% successful in all cases.

History & Background (Dossier)

Aside from the well-known Dolphins, Terrans tampered with a number of other species to make them more useful partners in the colonial enterprise. For example, chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, and orangutans were all altered for greater intelligence and various other desirable traits. The eventual Uplifted Ape came in two varieties -- one akin to a chimpanzee, one to a gorilla.

Uplifted apes in 1105 are quite rare in the Solomani Rim. A few scattered communities exist on worlds in Albadawi, Sol and Capella subsectors. The Solomani Confederation raised uplifted apes to believe they are second-class citizens. Those living in the Imperium are usually treated as just another exotic minor race of Humaniti or confused with Suerrat.

The Solomani uplifted a number of species of Terran ape to partial or full sentience. However, few communities survived the Long Night and thus ape colonies are very rare. Some may exist in a wild or primitive (Neolithic) state in undeveloped regions of some worlds.

Language

Several Languages and Dialects have been attribuited to the various Uplifted Ape groups

• Firstspeak
• Great Ape Language (GAL), a language containing elements of Anglic spoken within Uplifted Ape communities.
  • Each world where it is spoken has its own unique dialect.
• Yerkish

Political Status

In the Solomani Confederation, Apes tend to be stereotyped as hard-working but mentally inferior types who don't really belong in polite society. Provided the Ape "knows his place", Solomani tend to like them, but there is a mild undercurrent of unease that Apes can 'revert' to dangerous animals if provoked; armed citizens or police faced with an angry uplifted Ape tend to shoot first and ask questions later.

Astrography

This race is primarily located in the following areas:
Charted Space: Rimward Space

• Aldebaran Sector
  • Hesperia Subsector
  • Kursa Subsector
• Alpha Crucis Sector
  • Regulus Subsector
• Canopus Sector
  • Suhayl Subsector
• Magyar Sector
  • Kline Subsector
• Neworld Sector
  • Borethane Subsector
  • Gamma Leonis Subsector
  • Oppenheimer Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Terra (Solomani Rim 1827)

World Listing: 1105

Significant communities of this race are known to exist within the following systems and worlds:

8 of 8 World articles in Uplifted Ape

Boise  •  Einkamp  •  Euryale  •  Kanazawa  •  Monument  •  Namal  •  Pijo  •  Pongida  •  

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References & Contributors (Sources)

This article has two or more sources with conflicting information. Because the conflict has not been resolved, all sources are linked to this article.

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Martin Dougherty, Hunter Gordon. Gateway to Destiny (QuikLink Interactive, 2004), 36.
• Martin Dougherty. Reft Sector (Mongoose Publishing, 2010), 10.
• David L. Pulver. Solomani (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), 23.
• Martin Dougherty. Solomani Front (Mongoose Publishing, 2021), 10.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science