Graytch

Graytch
Base Information
Classification	Omnivore/gatherer
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Walker
Terrain	Forest
Body Form
Confluence	Non-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Arachnidoid
Size	1.75 meters
Weight	125 kg
Culture
Languages	Ga-ray-cha (language)
Social Structure
Technological Epoch	TL:10-12
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Liigash (Gushemege 2815)
UWP	A688863-A Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 8 Wet World 80% Population 8 Moderate (600 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
Primary Star	G3 Ib BD
Atmosphere	Dense
Off-world presence	No
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	Marc Miller's Traveller 147-148.
Canon	Yes
Also see

The Graytch of Liigash (Gushemege 2815) are a Minor Non-Human Race with a non-humanoid appearance and technologically sophisticated sophonts.

• They are correctly called the Ga-ray-cha; "Graytch" is a human corruption.

Physical sophontology

The arboreal Graytch have six legs. Their two arms are quite short and weak, but the hands are very flexible and delicate. Graytch bones are made of crystalline silicon, and their muscle fibers, working in both directions, give them both great dexterity and great range of motion. Though slower than humans on flat surfaces, Graytch are supreme in 3-D environments, often moving through trees faster than human runners on the ground.

Graytch mass from 75 - 125 kilograms, stand some 1.5 - 1.75 meters from ground to head, and extend about 2 - 2.25 meters from snout to rump.

Senses

Graytch ingest food through a horizontal mouth beneath their chin. Sensory glands along the inside of the mouth allow Graytch to taste and smell, but these functions are strictly optional. Graytch ears are mounted on the side of the neck.

Reproduction

There are three sexes; male, female and neuter, born in a ratio 3-3-1. Two or three times in its life, a male or female Graytch may become absent-minded and mistake-prone as they enter a thirteen-month parenting phase, but their culture has evolved to deal with these occasional sabbaticals.

Graytch grow up quickly, reaching physical maturity a mere seven months after birth, and the age of majority within two years.

The biological urge to form a family is strong during the breeding phase, but as soon as the children have passed out of the family to take their place as adults, the mother and father enter another biochemical shift. The urge for companionship is quickly replaced by feelings of revulsion. The small family disintegrates and the individuals move back into society, most likely to never contact each other again.

Cultural sophontology

Almost all Graytch follow the non-violent teachings of Say-ta-chu, but each of the several sects looks down upon the others. Graytch are intensely curious about aliens, and despite their firm religious rivalries, are adaptive and tolerant in their dealings with other races and cultures, even suffering when they are alone.

As families are temporary affairs, business affiliations are the closest relationships Graytch have to Human family bonds. Management hierarchies can resemble blood ties, from a Human point of view. Senior managers hold the status of "family elders", and their employees grant them the appropriate respect and attention. These close bonds make Graytch business ventures slightly more organized and efficient than those of most Human cultures, if only because employee turnover is much less prevalent.

Government and politics

Graytch Harmony

Language

Ga-ray-cha.

All words consist of two or more components joined by a dash, which represents a slight pause. Only the first component is capitalised when the word is transcribed into Anglic.

Interstellar Relations

They may become confused in off-world dealings, since Graytch legal codes treat almost all crime as an example of mental illness, and hand out banishment as one of their most substantial punishments.

Astrography

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

• Dagudashaag Sector
  • Gadde Subsector
• Gushemege Sector
  • Isi Ahto Subsector
  • Sallounn Subsector
• Ilelish Sector
  • Miitan Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Liigash (Gushemege 2815)

World Listing: 1105

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

17 of 17 World articles in Graytch

'Twee  •  Bruyrkna  •  Colehco  •  Jasper  •  Kaagaarkha  •  Khusgulur  •  Kinshasa  •  Koinunmatie  •  Liebing  •  Liigash  •  Lumu  •  Shakhamash  •  Tinisutta  •  Tuuttka  •  Twele  •  Une  •  Upllor  •  

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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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. Marc Miller's Traveller (Imperium Games, 1996), 147-148.
• Timothy B. Brown. Aliens Archive (Imperium Games, 1996), 37-45.
• David Burden, Stuart Dollar, Andy Lilly, Joseph Walsh. Aliens Volume 1 (Imperium Games, 1998), 183-256.