Khethss

Khethss
Base Information
Classification	Carnivore
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Walker
Terrain	Forest
Body Form
Confluence	Semi-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Alien
Size	2.2 meters
Weight	90 kg
Culture
Languages	Native Language
Social Structure	Oligarchy
Technological Epoch	TL:7-9
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Giranima (Deneb 1334)
UWP	D7979C8-8 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 9 High (3 billion) Government C Charismatic Oligarchy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
Primary Star	K9 V M1 V
Atmosphere	Dense (tainted)
Off-world presence	Yes
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	"Cover." MegaTraveller Journal 1 Cover,1.
Canon	No
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The Khethss of Giranima (Deneb 1334) are a technologically developing Minor Non-Human Race with a Semi-humanoid appearance.

Description (Specifications)

A typical Khethss stands approximately 2.2m tall, and weighs about 90kg. They are descended from arboreal nocturnal predators. Their eyes, protected by bony ridges, are large, and provide excellent night vision but poor colour perception. The mouth is a muscular trunk-like tube, some 20cm long when fully extended, lined with fifteen rings of interlocking teeth set into sphincter-like bands of muscle. Khethss skin is dark grey to brown, and leathery. A strip of short black fur runs from the top of the conical skull to the base of the spine.

The digits on all four limbs are tipped with retractable claws.

Khethss generally wear loose-fitting hooded robes, always in black, which make it hard to identify individuals, while making it easy for the Khethss to carry concealed weapons. Khethss are often uncomfortable in bright light, and many wear dark goggles.

Society and Culture

They have a somewhat deserved reputation for treachery, and seem proud of that fact. Within their own culture, positions and belongings are kept only as long as an individual can hold onto them. If somebody does not have the strength to keep a rank or possessions, then these should be taken from them, by any means available.

To the traditionalist Khethss, it is said that theft, deception, kidnapping and murder are all normal business practices.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Khethss built a small empire for themselves about 500 years ago using STL ships. Three centuries later somebody sold them Jump technology, and they have been preying on their neighbours ever since -- though they have been "tamed" somewhat by the Third Imperium, and the predation is more along the lines of "driving a hard bargain" than "piracy". Still, their homeworld carries an Amber Zone rating.

Some Khethss have joined the IISS.

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.

• Rob Caswell. "Cover." MegaTraveller Journal 1 (1991): Cover,1.
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