Khethss

Khethss
Base Information
Classification	Carnivore
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion
Terrain
Body Form
Confluence
Bio-Identenoid
Size	2.2m
Weight	90kg
Culture
Languages
Social Structure
Technological Epoch
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Giranima (Deneb 1334)
UWP	X000000-0 Starport X No Starport Size 0 Asteroid/Planetoid Belt Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 0 Barren (0) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level 0 Pre-Industrial (primitive)
Primary Star
Atmosphere
Off-world presence	yes
Zoetic individuals
Source
Reference
Canon	no
Also see

The Khethss built a small empire for themselves about 500 years ago using STL ships. Three centuries later somebody sold them Jump technology, and they have been preying on their neighbours ever since.

The Khethss homeworld is a closely guarded secret, and much of what is "known" about their history is based on speculation. That they are descended from arboreal nocturnal predators is one of the few things that can be said about them with any degree of certainty.

A typical Khethss stands approximately 2.2m tall, and weighs about 90kg. Their eyes a large, and provide excellent night vision, but poor colour perception. The mouth is a muscular trunk-like tube, some 20cm long, lined with fifteen rings of interlocking teeth set into sphincter-like bands of muscle. Khethss skin is dark grey and leaathery. A strip of short black fur runs from the top of the skull to the base of the spine.

The digits on all four limbs are tipped with retractable claws.

Khethss generally wear loose-fitting hooded robes, always in black, which make it hard to identify individuals, while making it easy for the Khethss to carry concealed weapons. Khethss are often uncomfortable in bright light, and many wear dark goggles.

They have a somewhat deserved reputation for treachery, and seem proud of that fact. Within their own culture, positions and belongings are kept only as long as an individual can hold onto them. If somebody does not have the strength to keep a rank or possessions, then they should be taken from them, by any means available.

To the Khethss, theft, deception, kidnapping and murder are all normal business practices.

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.

• Rob Caswell. MegaTraveller Journal 1 (Digest Group Publications, 1991), .
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