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|name   = Loon
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|atmo   = Standard
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|author = TBD
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|status   = Minor Race
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|canon   = No
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|caption = TBD
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|size    = 8.0 m
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|code    = Loon
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|environ = TBD
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|home     = {{World|Paradise (Ha 3026)|Halcyon|Paradise|3026}}
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|era     = 1105
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|multi    = Yes
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|extinct = Extant
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|canon    = No
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|footnote= TBD
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|extinct = Extant
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|gravity = Standard
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|home   = {{WorldS|Paradise|Halcyon|3026}}
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|image  = Distant Fringe Logo.gif
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|lang    = TBD
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|locomotion= Ambulatory (walker)
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|multi   = No
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|psi    = Standard
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|ref    = [[Adie Alegoric Stewart]]
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|size   = 8.0 m
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|socstrct= TBD
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|status = Minor Race
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|TL     = TL-8 
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|TLrange = TL:7-9
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|type    = Unknown
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The [[Loon]]s are a technologically sophisticated sophont species.
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A Sophont species native to Paradise (3026 Halcyon), a world in [[Halcyon Sector]] with an exotic nitrogen-chlorine atmosphere and trichloramine seas. Loons are flying chlorine-breathers, estimated to number around 5 million in total and content to exist at a tech level of 0: the 3 million humans living on the world are entirely contained within an island “enclave” surrounded by the fluid seas. This island is the site of the starport and gives the world its tech level.
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* They are a [[Minor Non-Human Race]] with a [[Non-humanoid]] appearance.
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* They are a [[sophont]] species native to [[Paradise_(Ha 3026)_(world)|Paradise]] (3026 Halcyon), a world in [[Halcyon Sector]] with an exotic nitrogen-chlorine [[atmosphere]] and trichloramine seas.  
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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Loons are flying chlorine-breathers, estimated to number around 5 million in total and content to exist at a tech level of 0: the 3 million humans living on the world are entirely contained within an island “enclave” surrounded by the fluid seas. This island is the site of the starport and gives the world its tech level.
  
 
Loons are named for Terran hot air balloons, which they resemble. The major part of the Loon body is a huge buoyant sac with a volume of hundreds of cubic meters. It is studded with clusters of secondary sensory organs – their main sensory and manipulatory organs are located on a thick hanging torso at the base of the sac. They secure themselves in place with long organic “tethers” while feeding. They are geovores, consuming the minerals, chlorides and salts that crust the surface of their world. They excrete exotic compounds that fetch excellent prices if they can be gathered before they degrade.
 
Loons are named for Terran hot air balloons, which they resemble. The major part of the Loon body is a huge buoyant sac with a volume of hundreds of cubic meters. It is studded with clusters of secondary sensory organs – their main sensory and manipulatory organs are located on a thick hanging torso at the base of the sac. They secure themselves in place with long organic “tethers” while feeding. They are geovores, consuming the minerals, chlorides and salts that crust the surface of their world. They excrete exotic compounds that fetch excellent prices if they can be gathered before they degrade.
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All Loons are psionic and communicate with one another through telepathy. They appear to partially maintain their bodies through the use of awareness.
 
All Loons are psionic and communicate with one another through telepathy. They appear to partially maintain their bodies through the use of awareness.
  
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=== Image Repository ===
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# ''Loon''. <br> [[File:Loon.jpg]]
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
All Loons crave solitude and are intensely xenophobic, disliking the presence of other individuals of any kind, including other Loons. The natural functions of the human brain appear to disrupt Loon psionic activity, though the use of psi shields alleviates this. Loons are patient and pacifistic, and unless something presents an immediate danger they will either ignore an irritation until it goes away or release their tethers and float away.
 
All Loons crave solitude and are intensely xenophobic, disliking the presence of other individuals of any kind, including other Loons. The natural functions of the human brain appear to disrupt Loon psionic activity, though the use of psi shields alleviates this. Loons are patient and pacifistic, and unless something presents an immediate danger they will either ignore an irritation until it goes away or release their tethers and float away.
  
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== [[World]]s & [[Sector]]s ([[Astrography]]) ==
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This race ([[sophont]] species) is primarily located in the following areas:
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* [[Halcyon Sector]]
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** [[Paradise Subsector]]
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=== Homeworld: 1105 ===
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The [[homeworld]] of this race (sophontic species) is:
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* [[Paradise (Ha 3026) (world)|Paradise]]
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=== World Listing: 1105 ===
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Significant communities of this race ([[sophont]] species) are known to exist within the following [[system]]s and [[world]]s:
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{{ClusterWorlds2}}
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== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
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{{Intermediate}}
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{{Detail}}
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{{Sources
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|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[User: Alagoric|Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
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|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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}}
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[[Category: Minor Race]]
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[[Category: Races]]
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[[Category: Sophont]]
 
{{LEA|Distant Fringe}}
 
{{LEA|Distant Fringe}}

Revision as of 11:30, 24 February 2019

Loon
Distant Fringe Logo.gif
Base Information
Classification Unknown
Status Minor Race
Locomotion Ambulatory (walker)
Terrain
Body Form
Confluence
Bio-Identenoid
Size 8.0 m
Weight Unknown
Culture
Languages
Social Structure
Technological Epoch
Psionic potential Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location Paradise (Halcyon 3026)
UWP
X000000-0
StarportX No Starport
Size0 Asteroid/Planetoid Belt
Atmosphere0 Vacuum
Hydrographics0 Desert World 0%
Population0 Barren (0)
Government0 No Government structure
Law0 No Law
Tech Level0 Pre-Industrial (primitive)
Primary Star
Atmosphere Standard
Off-world presence No
Zoetic individuals
Source
Reference Adie Alegoric Stewart
Canon No
Also see
TBD

The Loons are a technologically sophisticated sophont species.

Description (Specifications)

Loons are flying chlorine-breathers, estimated to number around 5 million in total and content to exist at a tech level of 0: the 3 million humans living on the world are entirely contained within an island “enclave” surrounded by the fluid seas. This island is the site of the starport and gives the world its tech level.

Loons are named for Terran hot air balloons, which they resemble. The major part of the Loon body is a huge buoyant sac with a volume of hundreds of cubic meters. It is studded with clusters of secondary sensory organs – their main sensory and manipulatory organs are located on a thick hanging torso at the base of the sac. They secure themselves in place with long organic “tethers” while feeding. They are geovores, consuming the minerals, chlorides and salts that crust the surface of their world. They excrete exotic compounds that fetch excellent prices if they can be gathered before they degrade.

All Loons are psionic and communicate with one another through telepathy. They appear to partially maintain their bodies through the use of awareness.

Image Repository

  1. Loon.
    Loon.jpg

History & Background (Dossier)

All Loons crave solitude and are intensely xenophobic, disliking the presence of other individuals of any kind, including other Loons. The natural functions of the human brain appear to disrupt Loon psionic activity, though the use of psi shields alleviates this. Loons are patient and pacifistic, and unless something presents an immediate danger they will either ignore an irritation until it goes away or release their tethers and float away.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This race (sophont species) is primarily located in the following areas:

Homeworld: 1105

The homeworld of this race (sophontic species) is:

World Listing: 1105

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

No world articles for Loon


References & Contributors (Sources)

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