Ladybug

Ladybug
Base Information
Classification
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Walker
Terrain
Body Form
Confluence	Humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Alien
Size
Weight
Culture
Languages	Anglic
Social Structure	Dictatorship
Technological Epoch	TL:4-6
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Amiens (Alpha Crucis 0731)
UWP	D6888DE-4 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 8 Wet World 80% Population 8 Moderate (900 million) Government D Religious Dictatorship Law E Extreme Law (police state) Tech Level 4 Industrial (combustion)
Primary Star	K0 V M5 V
Atmosphere	Dense
Off-world presence	Yes
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	Solomani 28,168-169.
Canon	Yes
Also see

The Ladybugs of Amiens (Alpha Crucis 0731) are a Minor Non-Human Race with a Humanoid appearance. They are technologically developing sophonts.

Physiology & Environment (Ecology)

The Ladybugs are slender humanoids with multifaceted eyes, feathery ears, and shimmering blue-violet skins. They are serial hermaphrodites but spend most of their time as female or neuters.

Psychology & Philosophy (Mindset)

Because of their docility, piety, and hard work, the Ladybugs are used throughout the Solomani Confederation in domestic service.

The extent of the Ladybug intellect is not clear; many believe it is similar to that of a Human child. Attempts to educate Ladybugs in more complex ideas or skills generally fail, although their lack of interest might be due to social conditioning rather than innate limitations.

History & Background (Dossier)

Consolidation of Turin missionaries first contacted the Ladybugs in -200. Once a TL–0 race, the Ladybugs quickly assimilated to Amiens' TL–4 Solomani society.

All wear Human (or human-styled) clothes, speak Anglic with a lisping accent, and belong to a sect of the Solomani Catholic Church that has renounced technology. No independent enclaves are known to exist on other worlds.

Amiens' Solomani Party arranged for "surplus" Ladybugs to emigrate to jobs on other worlds, and sometimes to serve as stewards or cargo hands aboard starships. The race has proved surprisingly adaptable; a few can even be found on technologically advanced worlds where they operate advanced machinery without the slightest idea of how it actually works.

Ladybugs are now lightly scattered throughout Alpha Crucis and other regions of the Solomani Confederation, usually acting as fashionable servants for social elites.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This race is found in the following areas:

Charted Space – Solomani Confederation:

• Alpha Crucis Sector
  • Ziusudra Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Amiens, a rich but technologically backward world considered dangerous to visitors.

World Listing

Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are associated with the Ladybugs is available.

• The primary source material for all data is Traveller Map.
• Other sources may differ: some elements of the data may be contradictory or incorrect.
• Data is occasionally updated as new information becomes available.

AAB library archives contain expanded data about the following systems:

1 of 1 World articles in Ladybug

Amiens  •  

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Note that some Second Survey data, though only 40 years old, may already be out of date.

• Scouting missions gathering reliable, verified data can receive substantial payment.

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.

• David L. Pulver. Solomani (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), 28,168-169.
• Martin Dougherty. Solomani Front (Mongoose Publishing, 2021), 14.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science