Sst'ankh'rii

Sst'ankh'rii
Base Information
Classification	Omnivore
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Walker
Terrain
Body Form
Confluence	Non-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Alien
Size
Weight
Culture
Languages	Native Language
Social Structure	Anarchy
Technological Epoch	TL:4-6
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	530-053 (Diaspora 3027)
UWP	X543201-5 Starport X No Starport Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 4 Thin (tainted) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 2 Low (800) Government 0 No Government structure Law 1 Low Law (no explosives, poison gas) Tech Level 5 Industrial (mass production)
Primary Star	K3 V M3 V
Atmosphere	Thin (tainted)
Off-world presence	No
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	The Freedom League 147.
Canon	Yes
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The Sst'ankh'rii of 530-053 (Diaspora 3027) are a technologically sophisticated Minor Non-Human Race with a non-humanoid appearance.

Description (Specifications)

The Sst'ankh'rii are homoeothermic bipeds with a bow-legged but surefooted gait and dexterous six-fingered 'hands'. Their heads resemble a common household light bulb frontally, with an enlarged cranial lobe curving down and back behind their 'faces'. They have four pupilless black eyes, arrayed laterally; two closely above the nasal slits, and the other pair about where humans have ears. They have no true nose, only two pronounced slits above an insect's mandible mouth. They are covered in a tough, segmented chitinous skin. They have no concept of clothes beyond utility belts, and harnesses for carrying loads in wicker baskets or animal hide sewn haversacks

So far as can be determined, they are a highly non-aggressive species. They seem to have no concept of hate, or war. Crime is unheard of, and the group owns everything communally.

History & Background (Dossier)

Technologically, the Sst'ankh'rii have harnessed solar power, wind power, and geothermal energy for electricity, and are skilled in metalworking to a high degree for farming and mechanical tools, as well as personal weapons. Lacking certain minerals here to make gunpowder, they use compressed air rifles and handguns for hunting. Their society is a participatory democracy of adults, who dwell in separate groups segregated by gender and age. The adult males and females dwell apart: the males hunt, build, and create, the females gather foodstuffs, and raise the young.

The Sst'ankh'rii have a normal lifespan of approximately 90 years. They have no written language, and pass on all their knowledge orally by rote to the next generation.

They have no music, being essentially tone deaf, but are acutely sensitive to changes in temperature, wind, and tectonic activity. They use lightweight natural materials for their dwellings due to the high amount of seismic activity on their world.

Astrography

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

• Diaspora Sector
  • Promise Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• 530-053 (Diaspora 3027)

World Listing

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

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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.

• Daniel Hammersley. The Freedom League (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 147.