Ebokin

Ebokin
The maw and head of an Ebokin.
Base Information
Classification	Carnivore/pouncer
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Walker
Terrain	Forest
Body Form
Confluence	Non-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Chilopodoid
Size	1.5 meters
Weight	130 kg
Culture
Languages	Native Language
Social Structure	Impersonal Bureaucracy
Technological Epoch	TL:7-9
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Yebab (Spinward Marches 3002)
UWP	C9A489A-8 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere A Exotic Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 8 Moderate (700 million) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law A Extreme Law (no weapons) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
Primary Star	G9 V
Atmosphere	Exotic
Off-world presence	No
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	The Traveller Adventure 83-84,142.
Canon	Yes
Also see	Ebokin Matriarchy

The Ebokin of Yebab (Spinward Marches 3002) are a technologically competent Minor Non-Human Race with a Non-humanoid appearance.

Physiology & Environment (Ecology)

The Ebokin are an octapedal race of insectoids. They are chilopodoids and bear a base similarity to the Terran centipede and related organisms.

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1. The Ebokins are known for their matriarchal society and curious natures.
   

Physiology

Ebokin are bilaterally symmetrical and are built low to the ground, with eight legs (octopodal) and four small manipulative arms set close to the head. They average 0.8 meters tall and 1.5 meters long, as well as 130 kg in weight. They evolved from omnivorous hunters from rough-terrain fields, similar to the land near the present-day starport. Their hoof-like feet serve as effective bludgeoning weapons; unarmed combat with a trained Ebokin is deadly. Adulthood is reached at 14 standard years, physical aging at 30 years, and mental aging at 54 years. The average lifespan is 66 years.

Gender

The Ebokin have dual genders, with females less common (40%) but wielding the authority in government. Males suffer a -2 to Int, and tend to be slightly smaller than females. Males have the 'Craftsman' special ability.

Environment

An ice-capped Imperial world located within the Towers Cluster in the Aramis Subsector of the Spinward Marches. Yebab is a large, chilly world with an exotic atmosphere composed of methane, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and various trace elements.

Yebab's highly alien ecology makes the world of particular interest for scientific research. The University of Regina's biology department maintains a research facility at Yebab's starport to study the world's many exotic lifeforms. In addition to Yebab Startown, other major settlements on Yebab include Shalam Kular, Aga Ra, Kekushima, Gidii, and Kirpa.

Psychology & Philosophy (Mindset)

Human intelligence is often underestimated by Ebokin, due to their only having two arms and the Ebokin's reliance on four arms for complex tasks and language.

Government & Politics (Leadership)

Ebokin society is a very conservative matriarchy, bound by strict, unchanging laws. They seldom leave their homeworld.

One government official is the Eiyekob Bi Yekobak (roughly “Fifth Speaker to the Lawless”), an ambassador or foreign minister.

Language & Letters (Communication)

Ebokin are deaf, so their language is primarily sign language (with four arms; a two-armed pidgin language exists for the impaired, among which humans are typically classed), but have better olfactory senses than humans.

Many Ebokin find the odor of humans to remind them of food. To some, this may be distracting.

Their vision, on the other hand, is shifted far into the ultraviolet; communication between humans and Ebokin typically relies on assistive technologies.

However, their "hands" can operate human equipment without difficulty.

Technology & Trade (Economy)

The Ebokin have a TL–7 society. The Ebokin, while not having the ability to build starships themselves, do have the ability to purchase them from others, which they do, along with technical and maintenance support.

A very small number of Ebokin merchants trade throughout nearby space and are particularly looking for technology training and acquisition. The Ebokin have strong ambitions to not remain a TL-7 culture for long.

Research & Technology: 1105

They are exploring TL–8 technology.

History

Yebab is inhabited by large predators, for which the pre-sapient Ebokin were a primary prey animal. Over millennia, the Ebokin evolved intelligence as a defence against these predators. Since the survival of the species was dependent on the survival of the brood, it was natural for the larger females to assume leadership positions to co-ordinate the defence of the home. Also, the eventual solution to the predator attacks was found in a rigid formalised defence system; in this system could be found the basis of the all-persuasive “Law” which came to totally dominate all aspects of the Ebokin culture. As Ebokin civilisation and technology slowly developed, the threat from the predators receded, but the memory of the life-and-death struggle for survival remained, and the Ebokin were loath to change any aspect of the Law which had protected them. Thus the extremely conservative nature of their culture became ingrained.

Astrography

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

• Spinward Marches Sector
  • Aramis Subsector
    • Towers Cluster

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Yebab (Spinward Marches 3002)

World Listing

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

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References & Contributors (Sources)

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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. The Traveller Adventure (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), 83-84,142.
• Rob Caswell. "A Guide to the Domain of Deneb." MegaTraveller Journal 1 (1991): 22-26.
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 39.
• Martin Rait. "Spinward Marches Pre-Imperial History." Meshan Saga 07 (1988): 16.
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), .
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 72.
• Marc Miller. Aramis (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), 86.
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 48.