Jovionoid

A Jovionoid is a kind of lifeform that uses Gas Giants as its native world type rather than the more common terrestrials worlds or "rock balls" used by the majority of sophont species.

Description (Specifications)

In practice, the vast majority of known Jovionoids are flyers or floaters and breath hydrogen with alternate biochemistries compared to the conventional carbon-water based biochemistries of most sophont species.

• Jovionoid civilizations are sometimes called "Hydrogen Societies."

History & Background (Dossier)

While Jovionoid is still considered rare within Charted Space, many Imperial scientists feel that this is because the environmental and biological needs of Jovionoid species are very different than those of conventional terrestrial life. So the two have had little opportunity to interact fully, and in many cases, are not searching for each other. It is widely thought that a comprehensive program to search for Hydrogen-breathing Jovionoid life would turn up many other such species, and that while many of them would be primitive pre-spacefaring civilizations, the existing starfaring Jovionoids have already proven that such life is viable.

Notable Species

Charted Space knows only a handful of Jovionoid species:

• Blimps
• Domination
• Jgd-ll-jagd

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

Jovionoids tend to be prolific species and experience much less competition for worlds than conventional, terrestrial life.

World Listing: 1116

The following systems and worlds are known places of residence for these sophonts:

12 of 12 World articles in Jovionoid

Arend  •  Asimidiske  •  Beleperan  •  Bondi  •  Dywosik  •  Gabik  •  Gh'kabrroo  •  Jagd  •  Liaw  •  Querion  •  Reshumirak  •  Tess  •  

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