Tashaki

Tashaki
Base Information
Classification	Radiosynthetic autotroph
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Walker
Terrain
Body Form
Confluence	Non-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Silicoid
Size	1.8 meters
Weight	110 kg
Culture
Languages	Native Language
Social Structure	Dictatorship
Technological Epoch	TL:4-6
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Retinae (Spinward Marches 0416)
UWP	E8C69AA-9 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere C Exotic (insidious) Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 9 High (9 billion) Government A Charismatic Dictator Law A Extreme Law (no weapons) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
Primary Star	M1 V
Atmosphere	Exotic (insidious)
Off-world presence	No
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	Behind the Claw 42.
Canon	Yes
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The Tashaki of Retinae (Spinward Marches 0416) are a technologically developing Minor Non-Human Race with a Non-humanoid appearance.

Description (Specifications)

Tashaki are a mysterious alien species indigenous to Retinae (Spinward Marches 0416). A silicon-based humanoid species whose life cycle depends, as does all life on Retinae, upon heavy amounts of radioactive materials in the atmosphere.

Physiology & Environment

A silicon-based humanoid species whose life cycle depends, as does all life on Retinae, upon heavy amounts of radioactive materials in the atmosphere.

The entire ecology is alien to this world, and appears to have been transplanted here around 600,000 years ago. The Tashaki do not seem to have any individual characteristics, though no evidence exists for a hive mind or telepathic linkage. The Tashaki communicate through phosphorescent "eyes" on their bodies (which is where the world takes its name) that can be translated by computer software.

These lifeforms rely upon high radiation levels to support their biological systems. The Tashaki are silicon based lifeforms who communicate by producing colored flashes of lights through silicon "retinal" nodes located in their skin. These can be translated by computer, and communication with them is relatively easy.

Psychology & Philosophy

The race appears to rely upon a communal intelligence, as they do not differentiate themselves as individuals, or separate genders.

Social Organization

The race appears to rely upon a communal intelligence, as they do not differentiate themselves as individuals, or separate genders. When first contacted in 377, they were still locked in a primitive pre-industrial period, and an Imperial Research Station was eventually established to study them. Over the last three centuries they've taken greater notice of their neighbors technological prowess, and have slowly advanced to post-industrial levels.

Government & Politics

The Tashaki are ruled by a charismatic "Divine Lord" whose power seems to reside in its manner to communicate to the rest of the species.

Astrography

This race is primarily located in the following areas:
Charted Space:

• Spinward Marches Sector
  • Querion Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Retinae (Spinward Marches 0416)

World Listing: 1105

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

1 of 1 World articles in Tashaki

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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.

• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 42.
• Peter Gray. BARD GAIL 2006