Byssal
| Byssal | |
|---|---|
| Base Information | |
| Classification | Carnivore/killer |
| Terrain | Ocean |
| Locomotion | Swimmer |
| Size | 40,000kg |
| Speed | |
| Strength | |
| Social Structure | |
| Weapons | |
| Armor | |
| Source | |
| Homeworld | Nasemin (Spinward Marches 3003) |
| Multi-world | No |
| Canon | Yes |
| Reference | GURPS Traveller: Behind the Claw |
A very large and nasty aquatic predator native to Nasemin (Spinward Marches 3003).
Physiology & Ecology[edit]
A Byssal is carnivore/killer weighing approximately 40,000 kg.
A large moon in a close orbit induces a large tidal effect. An energetic sun effects on the world ocean produces extreme weather. The combination produces a world ocean rarely at rest. Nasemin's seas are extremely stormy.
Life Cycle[edit]
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Diet & Trophics[edit]
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History & Background[edit]
A Byssal possesses a gland that produces an anti-inflammation drug that has so far defied economical synthesis.
Nasemin's population is primarily occupied with chasing down byssals and excising the gland in which the drug is concentrated. The byssal hunters operate in small crews aboard specially constructed submersibles. Much skill is involved in searching for the predator in the ocean depths; the actual capture process is short but dangerous. Byssal glands can be safely removed without killing the creature. Each yields about 5.0 kilograms of raw drug. A Byssal regenerates the gland over a period of about a year and Byssals can have their glands harvested many times.
Travellers' Aid Society Advisory[edit]
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