Stalker

Starport	D	Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size	7	Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g)
Atmosphere	5	Thin
Hydrographics	8	Wet World 80%
Population	8	Moderate (400 million)
Government	7	Balkanization
Law	B	Extreme Law (control of movement)
Tech Level	6	Pre-Stellar (nuclear)

Primary Star

M1 II M6 V

Atmosphere

Thin

Off-world presence

Yes

Zoetic individuals

Yes

Source

Reference

"Hinterworlds Sector." Challenge 52 26-28.

Canon

Yes

Also see

The Stalkers of 214-389 (Hinterworlds 1328) are a technologically sophisticated Minor Non-Human Race with a Non-humanoid appearance.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

This amorphous, quadrupedal species from the Hinterworlds Sector are technically known as the Outcasts of the Whispering Sky. However, they are more commonly known and referred to as the Stalkers by Humaniti due to their two-meter long necks.

Physiology & Environment (Ecology)[edit]

A Stalker appears as a quadrupedal "blob" with an extensible neck and one eye.

They descend from carnivorous ancestors with the siren lifestyle -- unusual for sophonts.

Psychology & Philosophy (Mindset)[edit]

Dour and reserved. Their name refers to their belief that the stars in the night sky are incoherent voices -- their bioluminescent language makes it appear so. The stars talk, but the Stalkers aren't permitted to know what about.

Two of the most prominent values in Stalker society are:

Paranoia
Xenophobia

This is because alien societies appear as an overwhelming, insane barrage of visual noise.

Stalkers are known for a "lurking-hiding" mentality. The early Stalker lived in shallow lakes, ponds, swamps and marshes; with its cumbersome trunk resting on the bottom, a Stalker would attract surface creatures by playing brief flitters of light across its eyecones. If the surface creature moved closer to investigate, the Stalker would abruptly extend its neck and seize the prey in its mandibles, then drag the creature underwater until it drowned.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Government & Politics (Leadership)[edit]

The government of this species is also known, simply, as the Outcasts of the Whispering Sky. This is likely a consequence of poor translation between Human languages and the luminous language of the Stalkers.

Society[edit]

Stalker young are kept sheltered until sexually mature, and parents are belligerent and tireless defenders. The young expect and are reassured by this; Stalkers are very clannish and dependent upon contact with their own kind, even as mature adults. Stalker "wanderers" occupy an interesting if ambiguous place in society. These people are considered to be somewhat mad, since they are willing to spend time among strange, chaotic species and forego the reassuring contact of other Stalkers. However, returning wanderers are instant celebrities, since it is primarily through these individuals that the Stalker populace learns more about other worlds and species.

Language & Letters (Communication)[edit]

They communicate through light patterns; the starry sky appears to be saying something they can't quite make out, hence the concept of "whispering sky" and their own status as outcasts.

Military & Intelligence (Force Projection)[edit]

The Stalker military is known as the Xenophobic Enforcement Agency. They have a strange assortment of space craft pressed into service to protect their territorial possessions. There is no real navy, just squadrons of system defense vessels assigned to each planet. Stalker xenophobic enforcement vessels, examples are described here.

Astrography[edit]

This race is primarily located in the following areas:
Charted Space:

Hinterworlds Sector

Homeworld[edit]

The homeworld of this race is:

214-389 (Hinterworlds 1328)

World Listing: 1105[edit]

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

12 of 12 World articles in Stalker

211-111 • 211-902 • 212-332 • 213-584 • 213-701 • 214-389 • Blood • Daniss • Keratl • Kervid • Leenitakot • Shista •

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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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

Loren Wiseman. "Hinterworlds Sector." Challenge 39 (1989): 32.
Loren Wiseman. "Stalkers." Challenge 52 (1991): 26-28.