Taurean

Starport	C	Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size	6	Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g)
Atmosphere	6	Standard
Hydrographics	5	Wet World 50%
Population	A	High (10 billion)
Government	9	Impersonal Bureaucracy
Law	D	Extreme Law (paramilitary law)
Tech Level	9	Early Stellar (fusion)

Primary Star

F8 V

Atmosphere

Standard

Off-world presence

Yes

Zoetic individuals

Yes

Source

Reference

Solomani .

Canon

Yes

Also see

The Taureans of Taurea (Aldebaran 0531) are a technologically sophisticated Minor Non-Human Race with a Non-humanoid appearance.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

Taureans are a broadly mammalianoid sophont minor race native to Taurea. They are physically very small -- though solidly built -- typically measuring about 30 cm in height and weighing in the region of 20 kg. They are covered in dense fur that insulates them and helps protect the body from impacts.

Taureans are trilateral, with a barrel-shaped torso supported by a dense internal skeleton that surrounds the internal organs. They have three legs projecting equidistantly downwards from the lower part of the torso, with the upper musculature of the legs almost entirely encasing the body. They have three arms projecting from around the center of the torso, each ending in hand-like manipulators with three long digits. Rather than utilizing a skeleto-muscular system for movement and motion they instead use a hydraulic system, expanding and shrinking fluid-filled sacs within their limbs and fingers to shorten, lengthen, stiffen, or brace them.

Taurean sensory organs are principally located in a small head located on the top of the torso, while the brain lies in the upper part of the torso. Taurean brain size is small -- only about 40 cm³ in volume compared to the 1400 cm³ of the average Human, but it is very densely packed with neurons. While Taureans never attain the levels of intelligence of even an average Human, for their size they are extremely smart. Taurean senses tend not to be as sharp as those of Humans, but they have an extremely well developed natural sensitivity to magnetic and electrical fields.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Taureans can be found alongside their Human "carers" on a number of worlds in rimward Aldebaran Sector. They are generally not considered intelligent enough to navigate interstellar society without supervision.

Billions live more traditional lives on Taurea itself.

Astrography[edit]

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

Aldebaran Sector
- The Barrens (Al I) Subsector
- Taurea Subsector

Homeworld[edit]

The homeworld of this race is:

Taurea (Aldebaran 0531)

Known Populations[edit]

10 billion on Taurea itself.
30% of the population of Portia (around 15,000 individuals)
30% of the population of independent Shuanyun (around 180,000 individuals)
20% of the population of independent Stark (around 20,000 individuals)
10% of the population of Kolomyia (around 1,000 individuals)
Less than 10% of the population of Weinberg (less than 60,000,000 individuals out of a global population of 600,000,000)

World Listing: 1105[edit]

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

6 of 6 World articles in Taurean

Kolomyia • Portia • Shuanyun • Stark • Taurea • Weinberg •

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References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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David L. Pulver. Solomani (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), .
Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science