Shrieker
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Classification | Omnivore/gatherer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Minor Race | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Size | 1.8 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 200.0 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technological Epoch | TL:1-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Psionic potential | Standard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Homeworld location | 567-908 (Spinward Marches 1031) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
UWP | X000000-0
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Off-world presence | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zoetic individuals | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reference | Safari Ship 10-12. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canon | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Also see | Denuli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Shriekers are a technologically sophisticated sophont species.
- They are a Minor Non-Human Race with a Non-humanoid appearance.
- They are also known as the Denuli and speak a language known as Yiirabarhi.
Description (Specifications)
Shriekers are crustacean-like omnivores evolved from plains gatherer/scavengers. Superficially, they resemble gigantic, short-legged tarantulas. Their homeworld is 567-908 (Spinward Marches 1031)
History & Background (Dossier)
Language & Letters (Communication): The Shrieker name derives from their manner of speech, which uses high-frequency sounds which must be bellowed through the thin atmosphere of 567-908 by trained speakers. Corporations have produced translator devices to shift the Shieker vocalizations into the range of human hearing. Shriekers also use a complex set of gestures as part of their language.
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:
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Marc Miller. Safari Ship (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), 10-12.
- Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 73.Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 73.
- Steve Jackson, Loren Wiseman. Alien Races 4 (Steve Jackson Games, 2001), 107-115.
- Shawn Havranek, Loren Wiseman. Planetary Survey 2: Denuli (Steve Jackson Games, 2001), all.
- Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 110.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science