Ashiin

Ashiin
Base Information
Classification	Omnivore
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Walker
Terrain
Body Form
Confluence	Humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Alien
Size	1.5 meters
Weight	75 kg
Culture
Languages	Native Language
Social Structure
Technological Epoch	TL:4-6
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	183-361 (Diaspora 3201)
UWP	X694889-5 Starport X No Starport Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 8 Moderate (300 million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level 5 Industrial (mass production)
Primary Star	G4 V
Atmosphere	Dense (tainted)
Off-world presence	No
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	The Freedom League 142.
Canon	Yes
Also see

The Ashiin of 183-361 (Diaspora 3201) are a Minor Non-Human Race with a humanoid appearance. They are technologically developing sophonts.

Description (Specifications)

The Ashiin are a Minor Non-Human Race that has been interdicted for many centuries, since the time of the Terran Confederation.

Anatomically, the Ashiin resemble Humaniti, with defined female and male sexes. They stand at about 1.5 meters for females and 1.7m for males on average. They are oxygen-breathers with hexadigital features (six fingers and toes), and have black eyes with no distinct pupil. Due to their closer orbit to their parent star, they have more than the usual share of melanin in their skin pigmentation, being extremely dark skinned. The hair atop their heads is the inverse, very light colored; white, silver or blonde predominate, darkening to deeper hues of grey with age.

The Ashiin have impressive brain capacity, being a naturally intelligent species.

Psychology

The Ashiin have a crystalline sense of law, order, and balanced mathematical symmetry -- and of their opposites: chaos, disorder, a lack of symmetry, and bad mathematics. Their worldview distinguishes between that which "fits in" and "gets along with" their hierarchical society, and "that which is an obstacle" -- which should be removed, driven off, shunned, or killed.

History & Background (Dossier)

This minor humanoid race and pre-stellar culture were interdicted early, upon their discovery during the unification period of the Terran Confederation. They were found to be unique to the one planet, and had a language with no resemblance to that of any Minor Human Race or known transplanted Humaniti (like the Vilani or Zhodani). They appear to be truly alien, not the result of activity by the Ancients. Convergent evolution is the favoured explanation for their form.

Government

Ashiin governance is a cross between the feudal hierarchy of a landed caste, and elevation of those with knowledge and skill. Both sexes are found in political roles.

Later Eras

The last known data from their interdiction satellites in 1120 placed their development at late TL–3 to early TL–4. The first recorded encounters with them came in 1162 via an exploratory trading vessel.

Astrography

This race is primarily located in the following areas:

• Diaspora Sector
  • Khavle Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• 183-361

World Listing: 1105

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

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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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Daniel Hammersley. The Freedom League (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 142.