Trakii

Trakii
Base Information
Classification	Carnivore/hunter
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Flyer
Terrain	Mountains
Body Form
Confluence	Non-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Alien
Size	5.0 meters
Weight	150 kg
Culture
Languages	Native Language
Social Structure	Republic
Technological Epoch	TL:10-12
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Trakiini
UWP	X683000-0 Starport X No Starport Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 0 Barren (1) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level 0 Pre-Industrial (primitive)
Primary Star	G6 V
Atmosphere	Dense
Off-world presence	No
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	Aliens Archive 96-100.
Canon	Yes
Also see

The Trakii of Trakiini are a technologically sophisticated Minor Non-Human Race with a Non-humanoid appearance. They were in the last days of their civilization as the Third Imperium rose.

Description (Specifications)

Trakii were aerial carnivore hunters native to Trakiini (currently D'Artur), a large world with a dense atmosphere. Due to their appearance, size, and common name, Solomani Humans dubbed them Dragons.

Physiology and Ecology

The Trakii were winged bipeds with tough, leathery skin over most of their body. That skin which stretched to form their wings was equally tough but didn't heal easily. They were very large, measuring 5 meters from snout to tail, with a wingspan of 10 meters. Like most fliers, they were very light for their size, with hollow, honeycombed bones.

Senses

Their senses of sight and hearing were superior to those of Humans, whereas their senses of touch and smell were inferior.

Lifespan

Trakii were extremely long lived; their average lifespan was 500 standard years, with some individuals reaching an age of 1,200 standard years.

Language

Very few offworlders spoke Trakii language, not only because of the rarity of Trakii but because any socially significant use took a tremendous amount of time. Trakii spoke as they thought; slowly and with great patience. Few wanted to listen closely for so long, nor were Trakii willing to absorb entire communications in mere minutes. Computer translators were available, but these did nothing to close the gap in perceived time.

Despite the communication problems, one Human -- Georgeapolitra Hermenicine -- famously joined with a Trakii -- Numoultingdag -- in the production of two critically acclaimed films. To find a Dragon and a Human speaking frequently was remarkable. To discover that they actually collaborated was nearly beyond belief.

Selected Proper Nouns

• Numoultingdag
• Ornerreerratum
• Relloutommea
• Spiddethalus
• Wunthunderbay
• Zebbachnoccookander

History & Background (Dossier)

The Trakii society has a recorded history of over 200,000 years, making them one of the oldest and longest lived societies in Charted Space. Two events, however, have driven this culture into a severe decline, rendering them all but extinct.

Starting in -1037, and over the next two centuries, Trakiini was hit by a wave of twelve very severe asteroid impacts. The resulting destruction killed more than 70% of the population and destroyed much of their technology and society.

Secondly, in the early -400s, the first of the "abominations" began to appear. These Trakii are savage, cruel, uninterested in communication, and wanton cannibals. They never cooperate and often die as a result. The frequency of these abominations as a percentage of overall births increased over time, further causing a decline in the population.

As of the first century of the Third Imperium, the remaining Trakii had become resigned to their fate, accepting that they were the last few generations of a dying race. Their world is littered with the ruins of their once great society.

Astrography

This race is primarily located in the following areas:

• Dagudashaag Sector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Trakiini (currently D'Artur)

World Listing: 1105

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

• Trakiini

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.

• Timothy B. Brown. Aliens Archive (Imperium Games, 1996), 96-100.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science