Ebokin
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Classification | Carnivore/pouncer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Minor Race | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Size | 0.8 x 1.5 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 130 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Psionic potential | Standard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Homeworld location | Yebab (Spinward Marches 3002) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
UWP | X000000-0
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Off-world presence | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reference | The Traveller Adventure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canon | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Ebokin are a Minor Race native to Yebab (Spinward Marches 3002).
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.
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 and 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.
Reproduction
No information yet available.
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.
History & Background (Dossier)
No information yet available.
Major Historical Events Timeline: 1116
These are some of the more important historical events that have affected this polity:
- No information yet available.
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.
Culture & Society (Ethnology)
No information yet available.
Social Organization: 1116
No information yet available.
Government & Politics (Leadership)
Ebokin society is a very conservative matriarchy, bound by strict, unchanging laws. They seldom leave their homeworld.
Government Structure: 1116
No information yet available.
Interstellar Relations: 1116
No information yet available.
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.
Calendar & Timekeeping (Chronology)
No information yet available.
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.
Commercial Aptitude: 1116
No information yet available.
Other Aptitudes: 1116
- Artisan aptitude (craftsman)
Research & Technology: 1116
TL–8.
Military & Intelligence (Force Projection)
No information yet available.
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)
This race (sophont species) is primarily located in the following areas:
Homeworld: 1116
The homeworld of this race is Yebab (Spinward Marches 3002)
World Listing: 1116
Significant communities of this race (sophont species) are known to exist within the following systems and worlds:
References and contributors
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- Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. The Traveller Adventure (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), 83-84,142.
- Periodical: MegaTraveller Journal 1 in Article: 'A Guide to the Domain of Deneb'
- Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 39.
- Citation Missing - Meshan Saga 7
- Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 31,102.Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 31,102.
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science