Dray Beast

A Dray Beast, Pack Beast, or Beast of Burden is a creature suitable to being trained to serve a sophont species, typically as a riding beast farm animal, or a beast of burden.

• Such creatures tend to be the first form of transportation for a given society or civilization.

Description (Specifications)

Pack animals help sophonts carry or pull heavy loads, such as plows or wagons.

Selected Dray Beast Creatures

• Horse
• Kian
• Ox
• Poni
• Remex Muta
• Miniphant

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Version Rules

• (Possibly) First mentioned on page 110 of The Traveller Book
• In Mongoose 1e, "Pack Animal" was a type of power source used in low-tech vehicle design, such as wagons and barges.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Worlds and Adventures (Classic Traveller Book 3)
• Emperor's Vehicles
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science