Edafosax
| Edafosax | |
|---|---|
 "Eater of Chamax" | |
| Base Information | |
| Classification | Omnivore/eater |
| Terrain | Exotic (subterranean) & Ocean (marine) |
| Locomotion | Walker (burrower) |
| Size | 270.0m / 120 dTons |
| Speed | 35kph (Fast) |
| Strength | Very strong |
| Social Structure | Solitary |
| Weapons | Teeth (bite) & claws |
| Armor | Plate |
| Source | |
| Homeworld | Raschev (Foreven Reidan) |
| Multi-world | No |
| Canon | No |
| Extinct | Extinct (Cryptid) |
| Reference | The Chamax Plague/Horde |
| (Not mentioned by name, alluded to) | |
The Edafosax was a carnivorous hunter native to Chamax in the Alenzar system.
- Please see Edafosax/meta for more information.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The Edafosax is an enormous amphibious, burrowing (fossorial) carnivore, capable of consuming large amounts of biomass. The local sophonts developed a number of poisoning techniques that are believed to have made the Edafosax extinct. There hasn't been an Edafosax sighting since the Darrian Maghiz.
Physiology & Ecology[edit]
Little is known about how the Edafosax lived. They were underground dwellers, though no dens have been linked to them.
Life Cycle & Reproduction[edit]
Little is known or understood about the lifecycle or reproductive habits of the Edafosax.
Diet & Trophics[edit]
The favored prey of the Edafosax was the Chamax.
Because of their large size and high food requirements, Edafosax must cover a larger area than do most animals that live underground. Scientists estimate that an Edafosax can consume at least 500,000 kilograms a day.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Population pressures on Chamax caused the native sophonts -- a pseudo-crustacean species -- to try to settle a remote sub-continent which had been isolated for millennia. There, they came into conflict with the Edafosax. The subterranean giants attacked food supplies and burrowed into underground settlements, killing the inhabitants and collapsing sections of these new cities. The sophonts refused to withdraw, and eventually won their battle by means of a targeted poison that damaged the ability of Edafosax to reproduce. What the people of Chamax didn't know was that the sub-continent was also home to a voracious species of colonial arthropod, which had evolved a tremendous rate of reproduction to survive predation by the burrowing giants. With their predator removed, these creatures exploded in numbers, becoming a deadly threat -- not only to the sub-continent, but in time to all of Chamax.
Derived Products (Goods)[edit]
No information yet available.
Travellers' Aid Society Advisory[edit]
Even though the creature is considered extinct, the Travellers' Aid Society (TAS) classifies the Edafosax as very life-threatening to most sophonts, and makes a special advisory to avoid this lifeform at all costs.
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)[edit]
This creature was only found on one small continent on Chamax in the Alenzar system, in the Reidain Subsector of Foreven Sector.
Homeworld: 1105[edit]
The homeworld of this creature was Chamax (world).
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- Classic Traveller Double Adventure #5 The Chamax Plague/Horde (pg. 20)
- EXTERNAL LINK: Citizens of the Imperium (CotI)
- Author & Contributor: Master of Sophontology Robert Eaglestone of the Ministry of Science