Varaha

Varaha
Base Information
Classification
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion
Terrain
Body Form
Confluence
Bio-Identenoid	Alien
Size
Weight
Culture
Languages	Native Language
Social Structure	Civil Service Bureaucracy
Technological Epoch	TL:4-6
Psionic potential
Origin World
Homeworld location	Bhudevi
UWP	E955587-5 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 5 Moderate (500 thousand) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 5 Industrial (mass production)
Primary Star	K1 V
Atmosphere	Thin
Off-world presence	Unknown
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference
Canon	No
Also see

The Varaha of Bhudevi are a Minor Non-Human Race native to Fulani Sector.

• Their homeworld is located within Vanguard Subsector.
• Their technological competency is rated as sophisticated.

Description (Specifications)

Varaha are smaller than humans, with a trilateral symmetry.

They have broadly egg-shaped torsos covered in a thin downy fur that becomes a broad ruff at the top. Three squat legs emerge from the base of the torso, three long thin arms radiate from the upper part, and a "head", a dome containing a ring of major sensory organs at the top of the body. The brain is located within the torso, directly below the head. A Varaha doesn't really have a front, though most seem to favour facing in a particular direction.

Most Varaha are a reddish-brown color.

Varaha are naturally adapted to climatic conditions similar to those preferred by humans. They create sealed cities that have natural processes for controlling the internal climate.

Billions of Varaha inhabit their homeworld, but only a tiny percentage have intelligence.

• Unintelligent Varaha have broadly the same capabilities as a very smart animal.
• They are referred to as Drones.
• Non-sapient Varaha are not counted as part of the worlds population.

Intelligent Varaha are physically indistinguishable to Drones

Intelligent Varaha tend to be relatively solitary, serving as the leader and thinker of a community of thousands of almost mindless drones - a self-contained city, in effect - directing them through simple instructions, naturally produced chemical signals, and through a process of coercion.

• Non-sapient Varaha do not require intelligent members of the species to live a full and normal life.
• Thinkers help them deal with issues and problems.

Demographics

The total known population equals 500,000 intelligent individuals and around a billion non-sapient Varaha.

Urbanization

Multiple large urban centers are surrounded by smaller satellite communities.

• Inhabited areas are dotted across the world.
• Structures and facilities are sealed against local environmental conditions.
• Large regions of the surface of the world remain as wilderness.

Psychology

The Varaha exhibit recognized characteristics of intelligence:

• Conceptual thought, including abstract language.
• Social structure, including social organization.
• Tool use, allowing environmental manipulation.

Varaha psychology is driven by factors common to many sophonts:

• Acquisition (stemming from the need to gather adequate nutrition),
• Preservation (derived from the need to continue their personal existence), and
• Perpetuation (the urge to continue the species).

World Culture

• Homogeneity: 5 (harmonious)
• Acceptance: 3 (xenophobic)
• Strangeness: 7 (confusing)
• Symbols: 6 (somewhat concrete)

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Astrography

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

• Fulani Sector
  • Vanguard Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Bhudevi, an agricultural non-industrial world with a thin atmosphere atmosphere and a temperate climate.

Local Technology

Bhudevi possesses a Technology Level of TL–5.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone, radio, and television.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Electricity, hydrocarbon internal combustion, and the most fundamental atomic energy.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Ground cars or automobiles and tracked vehicles.
  • Water: Large ships and submersibles with steel hulls.
  • Air: Early aircraft including seaplanes and very early unmanned rockets.

Local Government

Bhudevi is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government is another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. The bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucracy or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence like the military.

Local Law

Bhudevi has a moderate law level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. All firearms, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Listing: 1105

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

No world articles for Varaha

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Author & contributor: Jo Grant of CORE (generated data)
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS