Nexxie

Starport	C	Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size	9	Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g)
Atmosphere	7	Standard (tainted)
Hydrographics	A	Water World 100%
Population	4	Moderate (80 thousand)
Government	4	Representative Democracy
Law	3	Low Law (no automatic weapons)
Tech Level	8	Pre-Stellar (superconductors)

Primary Star

G9 V M2 V

Atmosphere

Standard (tainted)

Off-world presence

Yes

Zoetic individuals

Yes

Source

Reference

Humaniti 113-118.

Canon

Yes

Also see

The Nexxies of Nexine (Spinward Marches 3030) are a technologically advanced Human Chimera with a humanoid appearance.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

The Nexxies are a Human Chimera, recently genetically engineered to help exploit the water world of Nexine (Spinward Marches 3030).

There remains a distinction between "Alpha" Nexxies (those who began life as mainstream Humans) and "Beta" Nexxies (those who were born with the Nexxie genome). Later generations of Beta Nexxies are expected to breed true, producing a Variant Human Race.

Diet[edit]

Nexxies can derive nourishment from just about any organic matter found on their homeworld, although they prefer well-prepared food similar to that eaten by other Humans. They have no issue with the dissolved salts and minerals of their watery environment.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

The Nexine Mining Consortium was granted the license to mine resources from Nexine, but most high tech mining methods damage the local environment and prevent the creation of valuable Gemores. The solution was skilled Human labour, from people adapted to local conditions.

The first true Nexxies were bred in 1096, making them the youngest human race.

Nexxies are beginning to exhibit noticeable changes from the Human psychological norm. They are gregarious among their own kind, playful and openly affectionate even among those of the same sex, but more reserved when in a mixed group of Nexxies and "dryfeet." While they do not necessarily suffer from a sense of inferiority, they are acutely aware that they are the product of an effort to create a new race of Humans, rather than the result of natural processes. They tend to be sensitive to discussions of their origins, and quickly (but not unkindly) deflect any questions.

Languages[edit]

Aside from standard languages such as Galanglic, many Nexxies (and all Beta Nexxies) speak an artificial language called, simply, Nexine. This is a combination of signs and audible words developed for underwater communication. Although it is structurally simple, it is difficult for anyone other than Beta Nexxies to speak; it requires tonal qualities that are difficult to mimic with an unaltered larynx.

Astrography[edit]

This race is primarily located in the following areas:

Spinward Marches Sector
- Mora Subsector

Nexxies have access to the best educational materials and teachers in the Spinward Marches, ensuring that their children are among the top academic achievers on a yearly basis. While the majority of Nexxies go on to become harvesters, marine biologists, or underwater engineers, some Beta Nexxies leave to find their fortunes among the stars. With their lifelong experience in a "weightless" underwater environment, some Nexxies find that they have an aptitude for zero-G work such as starship construction. Others find work as consultants on other water worlds.

Homeworld[edit]

The homeworld of this race is:

Nexine (Spinward Marches 3030)

World Listing[edit]

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

No world articles for Nexxie

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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.

Loren Wiseman, Jon F. Zeigler. Humaniti (Steve Jackson Games, 2003), 113-118.