Ped

A Ped is an appendage on an organism used primarily for locomotion.

• Humans typically call them a foot or feet.

Description (Specifications)

Most creatures or sophonts use limbs or appendages specialized towards one of two ends:

1. Specialized fine motor limbs called manipulators for the handling of tools.
2. Specialized ambulatory limbs called peds for locomotion.

Peds by Number

1. Uniped
   1. Gastropod
   2. Monopod
   3. Sciapod
2. Biped
3. Tripod
4. Quadriped
   1. Tetrapod
5. Quintapod
6. Hexapod
7. Septapod
8. Octopod

Peds by Type

1. Gastropod
2. Monopod
3. Sciapod
4. Tetrapod

Locomotory Stances

Gaits (Locomotion & Ped):

1. Ambulation
2. Arboreal Locomotion (Brachiation)
3. Concertina Locomotion
4. Hand-walking
5. Jumping
6. Kiting
7. Knuckle-walking
8. Lateral Undulation
9. Metachronal Locomotion
10. Parachuting
11. Passive Locomotion
12. Phoresis (Riding)
13. Rectilinear Locomotion
14. Rolling
15. Running
16. Sailing
17. Sidewinding
18. Undulatory Locomotion
19. Walking

Gaits (Stance):

1. Digitigrade
2. Orthograde (vertical)
3. Plantigrade
4. Pronograde (horizontal)
5. Saltigrade
6. Unguligrade

History & Background (Dossier)

Evolution is a tricky thing and a very wide variety of evolutionary advantages have developed for different species. These include dual-use limbs, tails, headless torsos, and a very wide variety of ped and manipulator types. While humanoid body plans are very common on standard gravity planets, non-human body types are nearly as common in the same range of environments.

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.

• T5 Core Rules
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science