Stone Tree

Stone Tree
Base Information
Classification	Unknown
Terrain	Unknown
Locomotion	Unknown
Size	Unknown
Speed	Unknown
Strength	Unknown
Social Structure	Unknown
Weapons	Unknown
Armor	Unknown
Source
Homeworld	Hrunting
Multi-world	Unknown
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The Stone Tree is a creature native to Hrunting in the Spinward Marches.

• It is a lifeform.
• It is classified as a Molluscoid.

Description (Specifications)

Stone Trees, a diverse mollusc-like order of animals, are Hrunting's most prominent native lifeform.

Stone trees have dark gray or black shells, designed to heat up in the sun and generate a large difference in temperature between the top of the stone tree and its "roots" in the cool ground. Using the heat gradient, the stone tree then breaks down the sulfur compounds left behind by the receding sea, and from this gains the nutrients it needs.

Varieties

• Barreltree: Noted for throat-quenching caches of water.
• Pebbletop: When properly prepared to remove its sulfurous compounds, this supplies meat to Humans.
• Snake's spire: Has poisonous spines and flesh.

History & Background (Dossier)

Originally marine life, they have recently colonized the land.

Image Repository

No information yet available.

Travellers' Aid Society Advisory

The Travellers' Aid Society classifies the Stone Tree as TBD to most sophonts and gives a TBD advisory regarding this creature.

References & Background (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.

• GURPS Traveller: Sword Worlds
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science