Lurent

Lurent
Base Information
Classification	Omnivore/gatherer
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Walker
Terrain	Rough
Body Form
Confluence	Non-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Alien
Size	2.0 meters
Weight	400 kg
Culture
Languages	Native Language
Social Structure	Dictatorship
Technological Epoch	TL:13-15
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Borlund (Deneb 1406)
UWP	E554AAA-9 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population A High (70 billion) Government A Charismatic Dictator Law A Extreme Law (no weapons) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
Primary Star	K8 V M9 V
Atmosphere	Thin
Off-world presence	Yes
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	Deneb Sector 56-57.
Canon	Yes
Also see

The Lurent of Borlund (Deneb 1406) are a Minor Non-Human Race with a Non-humanoid appearance and technologically advanced sophonts.

Biology (Physical Sophontology)

The Lurent are large, typically taking up as much space as six humans. Their bulky, headless bodies are covered in a soft fur, ranging in color from pale green to dark blue. Their two flexible legs are capable of raising their bodies up two meters and their two tentacles are another two meters long. The useless vestigial tail is often mistaken for an ear flap. Their mouths are lined with sharp teeth but they lack vocal chords.

Evolution & Environment (Epigenetics)

This species originated on Borlund (world) and developed intelligence.

Sophonce (Evolution)

This species developed intelligence in response to climactic change.

Climate & Ecotope (Environment)

This species holds the following environmental preferences:

• Terrestrial planet
• Temperate climate
• Plains and grasslands ecotopes
• Standard gravity
• Standard atmosphere

Anatomy & Physiology (Phenotype)

Sophontologists studying this species have discovered the following data.

Body Plan (Morphology)

Mammalianoid

• Semi-humanoid
• Bilateral symmetry (2-ial)
• Kind of -pod (4-ped)
  • 2 limbs used for manipulation "tentacles"
  • 2 limbs used for locomotion "legs"
  • 1 vestigal tail
• Body consists of two segments (no head):
  • Thorax with sensory apparati
  • Abdomen

Respiration (Reaction)

This species used a conventional respiration cycle consisting of:

• Oxygen-nitrogen inhalant
• Carbon dioxide exhalant

Diet & Trophics (Consumption)

This species survives using the following methods of consumption:

• Omnivore/gatherer
• This species favors a variety of foodstuffs.

History & Background (Dossier)

Social Organization: 1105: Lurent are divided into tribes and clans. Each tribe has a migratory period where it travels abroad and a sedentary period where it returns to its homeland.

Language (Linguistic Sophontology)

Their speech is composed of whistled tones and patterns that can be heard over long distances.

Research & Technology (Knowledge)

Lurent have a vague claustrophobia when it comes to starships, and use large planetoids equipped with engines for in-system and interstellar travel. Their fleet of at least 250 wandering planetoid starships are scattered across Deneb Sector at any one time. Lurent Ships can be of up to 3 kilometres or so in diameter, or at least a billion dTons, making them one of the Imperiums Megastructures to be wondered at.

Astrography

This race is primarily located in the following areas:

• Deneb Sector
  • Antra Subsector
  • Atsah Subsector
  • Dunmag Subsector
  • Geniishir Subsector
  • Gulf (De M) Subsector
  • Inar Subsector
  • Lamas Subsector
  • Million Subsector
  • Pretoria Subsector
  • Sabine Subsector
  • Star Lane Subsector
  • Usani Subsector
  • Vincennes Subsector
  • Zeng Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Borlund (Deneb 1406)

World Listing

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

60 of 60 World articles in Lurent

Achemadon  •  Agdarmi  •  Antra  •  Ara Pacis  •  Ash (De 0504)  •  Askigaak  •  Atsah  •  Balzac  •  Beaxon  •  Berora  •  Borlund  •  Carthage (De 0202)  •  Daumier  •  Dekha  •  Deneb  •  Doho  •  Fel  •  Filangger  •  Gabrael  •  HRD  •  Inkekush  •  Irumunu  •  Jecife  •  Kernal  •  Kiirindor  •  Kretikaa  •  Kubishush  •  Lamas  •  Lengighdzuerz  •  Liiri  •  Lilad  •  Liran  •  Maelstrom (De 2522)  •  Magash  •  Malkei  •  Marz  •  Mater Nova  •  Matsa  •  Gabrael  •  Namidshur  •  Northammon  •  Nyassl  •  Orenberg  •  Petrarch  •  Pikha  •  Pretoria  •  Qevar  •  Remsen  •  Rhinom  •  Segan  •  Sherad  •  Starn  •  Sui'tang  •  Taburi Nen  •  Teyobald  •  Thengin  •  Tuwayk  •  Usani  •  Zeng (De 1339)  •  Zerderu  •  

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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.

• Robert Eaglestone. Deneb Sector (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), 56-57.
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 159, 162, 172-173, 225.