Orca

Orca
A Killer Whale or Orca.
Base Information
Classification	Carnivore/chaser
Status	Uplifted Race
Locomotion	Swimmer
Terrain	Ocean
Body Form
Confluence	Non-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Alien
Size	6.5 meters
Weight	6,000 kg
Culture
Languages	Delphinic Trinary
Social Structure
Technological Epoch	TL:10-12
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Terra (Solomani Rim 1827)
UWP	A867A69-F Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population A High (10 billion) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level F High Stellar (anagathics)
Primary Star	G2 V
Atmosphere	Standard
Off-world presence	Yes
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	Gateway to Destiny 36.
Canon	Yes
Also see

The Orca of Terra (Solomani Rim 1827) are a technologically sophisticated 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.

Astrography

This race is primarily located in the following areas:

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

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Terra (Solomani Rim 1827)

World Listing

Significant communities of this race 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

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.

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.
• Darren Bulmer. Aliens of Charted Space: Volume 3 (Mongoose Publishing, 2022), 196.