Orca

Orca
A Killer Whale or Orca.
Base Information
Classification	Carnivore/chaser
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion
Terrain
Body Form
Confluence
Bio-Identenoid
Size	6.5 meters
Weight	6,000.0 kilograms
Culture
Languages
Social Structure
Technological Epoch
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Terra (Solomani Rim 1827)
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	Gateway to Destiny
Canon	Yes
Also see
TBD

The Orca are a technologically sophisticated sophont species.

• They are a Terragen and an Uplift with a Non-humanoid appearance.

Description (Specifications)

The Orca or Killer Whale (Orcinus orca), less commonly, Blackfish or Seawolf, is the largest species of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae), a mammal native to Terra and related to Dolphins.

Physiology & Environment (Ecology)

Orcas are distinctively marked, with a black back, white chest and sides, and a white patch above and behind the eye. Calves are born with a yellowish or orange tint, which fades to white. Orcas have a heavy and stocky body and a large dorsal fin with a dark grey "saddle patch" at the fin's rear. Males normally grow from 6.5-8 m long and weigh in excess of 6.0 tonnes; it has been reported that especially large males have reached nearer 8.0 tonnes. Females are smaller, growing from 5.7-7m and a weight of about 5 tonnes. Calves at birth weigh about 180 kg and are about 2.4 m long. The Orca's large size and strength make them the fastest marine mammals, often reaching speeds in excess of 56 km/h.

History & Background (Dossier)

Solomani genetic engineers uplifted a large number of Orca (Orcinus orca sapiens) for much the same reasons as Dolphins. Orca are much less friendly than Dolphins, and tend to live apart from humans.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

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

• Diaspora Sector
  • Sufren Subsector
• Glimmerdrift Reaches Sector
  • Raidermarch Subsector
• Solomani Rim Sector
  • Sol Subsector

Homeworld: 1105

The homeworld of this race (sophontic species) is:

• Terra (SR 1827) (world)

World Listing: 1105

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

3 of 3 World articles in Orca

Jammu (CM 0113)  •  New Challenge  •  Sufren  •  

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References & Contributors (Sources)

This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Orca. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. The text of Wikipedia is available under the Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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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.

• Charles E. Gannon. Astrogators' Guide to the Diaspora Sector (Game Designers Workshop, 1992), 6.
• Kevin Knight. "Astrogator's Update to Diaspora Sector." Traveller Chronicle 02 (1993): 43.
• Martin Dougherty, Hunter Gordon. Gateway to Destiny (QuikLink Interactive, 2004), 36.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science