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Poni lifeform.
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{{Animal simple
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|name    = Poni
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|alsosee = Scout Service
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|armor  = Thick skin
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|atmo    = Standard
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|author  = Loren Wiseman
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|canon  = Yes
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|caption = The emblematic mount and symbol of the Scouts!
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|code    = TBD
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|era    = 1105
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|extinct = Extant
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|footnote= Canon mount creature.
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|gravity = Standard
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|home    = Unknown
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|image  = [[File:Symbol IISS Poni.jpg| 300 px]]
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|limbs  = 8-ped
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|locomotion= Ambulatory walker
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|multi  = Yes
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|psi    = Standard
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|quantity= Few
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|ref    = JTAS-6
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|size    = Large
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|speed  = Very fast
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|strength= High
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|terrain = Plains
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|type    = Herbivore
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|weapons = Bite/kick
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|weight  = 1,500.0 kg
  
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== Physiology & Ecology ==
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|name      = Poni
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|type      = Herbivore
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|locomotion = Ambulatory walker
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|speed      = Fast
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|symmetry  = Bilateral
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|edibility  = Yes
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|training  = Easy
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|home      = [[Capital (world)|Sylea]]
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|canon      = Yes
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|ref        = {{JTASref|6}}
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}}
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The [[Poni]] is a [[creature]] [[lifeform]] that is not a [[sophont]].
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* It is a [[Equinoid]] species that most closely resembles a [[Terran]] [[Horse]].
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* It is a domesticable [[Riding Beast]].
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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The [[Poni]] is a large creature resembling an eight-legged [[terran]] horse.
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* Dray beast aka riding beast aka beast of burden.
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* [[IISS]] symbol.
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[[File:Poni with Rider.jpg|600 px]]
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=== Physiology & Ecology ===
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* Octoped
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* 8-ped
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* 1 tail
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=== Life Cycle & Reproduction ===
 
No information yet available.
 
No information yet available.
  
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== Life Cycle & Reproduction ==  
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=== Diet & Trophics ===
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Herbivores, with some omnivorous tendencies.
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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The poni is a large creature resembling an eight-legged horse, which was used as a beast of burden on several worlds in the [[Sylean Federation]] and has since spread to many other systems. Poni are well suited to carrying a rider at considerable speed over long distances, and can handle rough terrain that would defeat a [[Horse]] or [[Kian]]. Poni are not so much agile as stable, however, and do not turn quickly. An unwary rider who begins a turn on ‘on the wrong leg’ can bring his mount down hard enough to inflict serious injury to both. More experienced riders can read their mount’s complex gait and use it to ‘smooth out’ rough ground and guide the animal through quite complex evolutions that would confound a less skilled poni-wrangler.
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[[File:Symbol IISS Poni.jpg|200 px|right]]
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The xboat service emblem was taken from a history of [[Terra]] by Professor Dinimbue of the [[University of Sylea]]. The professor found records of an organization called the ''Pony Express'', but her knowledge of old [[Anglic]] was not complete enough to equate the word pony with the [[Terran]] horse. The professor translated the word as poni, a beast of burden used on several worlds of the [[Sylean Federation]]. When the xboat service was organized, the emblem was designed, even though by then the professor’s mistake had been discovered.
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=== Derived Products ([[Good]]s & [[Service]]s) ===
 
No information yet available.
 
No information yet available.
  
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== Diet & Trophics ==
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=== [[Travellers' Aid Society]] Advisory ===
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No information yet available.
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The [[Travellers' Aid Society]] (TAS) classifies the [[Poni]] as perfectly safe to most [[sophont]]s and advises no particular caution when in the presence of this organism.
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* Larger carnivorous [[sophont]]s are advised caution around this lifeform as their pheromonal signatures may spook this animal. Animals may lash out with their locomotory limbs or bite under such conditions.
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== [[World]]s & [[Sector]]s ([[Astrography]]) ==
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This [[creature]] can primarily be found in the following areas: <br>
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''[[Charted Space]]:''
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* [[Core Sector]]
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** [[TBD Subsector]]
  
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== History & Background (Dossier) ==
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=== Homeworld: 1105 ===
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The xboat service emblem was taken from a history of Terra by Professor Dinimbue of the University of Sylea. The professor found records of an organization called the Pony Express, but her knowledge of old anglic was not complete enough to equate the word pony with the Terran horse. The professor translated the word as poni, a beast of burden used on several worlds of the Sylean Federation. When the xboat service was organized, the emblem was designed, even though by then the professor’s mistake had been discovered.
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The [[homeworld]] of this [[creature]] is:
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* (Loren Wiseman and Marc Miller; JTAS 6; 1980; Imperial Interstellar Scout Service, Page 12)
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* [[TBD (world)]]
  
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== [[Travellers' Aid Society]] Advisory ==
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=== World Listing: 1105 ===
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The [[Travellers' Aid Society]] (TAS) classifies [Blankity Blank] as [Blankity Blank] to most [[sophont]]s and advises great caution when in the presence of this organism.
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Significant communities of this [[creature]] are known to be found within the following [[system]]s and [[world]]s:
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{{ClusterWorlds2}}
  
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== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
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|S1= TBD
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|S1= {{JTASref|6}} page 12 by Author: [[Loren Wiseman]] and [[Marc Miller]]
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|S2= [[T5 Core Rules]] page 594 of the T5 v5.09 rules
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[[Category: University of Sylea]]
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{{LE|Creature|Riding Beast}}

Latest revision as of 06:24, 6 September 2025

Poni
Symbol IISS Poni.jpg
The emblematic mount and symbol of the Scouts!
Base Information
Classification Herbivore
Terrain Plains
Locomotion Ambulatory walker
Size Large
Speed Fast
Strength High
Social Structure Few
Weapons Bite/kick
Armor Thick skin
Source
Homeworld Sylea
Multi-world Yes
Canon Yes
Extinct Extant
Reference Journal of the Travellers Aid Society No. 6
Canon mount creature.

The Poni is a creature lifeform that is not a sophont.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

The Poni is a large creature resembling an eight-legged terran horse.

  • Dray beast aka riding beast aka beast of burden.
  • IISS symbol.

Poni with Rider.jpg

Physiology & Ecology[edit]

  • Octoped
  • 8-ped
  • 1 tail

Life Cycle & Reproduction[edit]

No information yet available.

Diet & Trophics[edit]

Herbivores, with some omnivorous tendencies.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

The poni is a large creature resembling an eight-legged horse, which was used as a beast of burden on several worlds in the Sylean Federation and has since spread to many other systems. Poni are well suited to carrying a rider at considerable speed over long distances, and can handle rough terrain that would defeat a Horse or Kian. Poni are not so much agile as stable, however, and do not turn quickly. An unwary rider who begins a turn on ‘on the wrong leg’ can bring his mount down hard enough to inflict serious injury to both. More experienced riders can read their mount’s complex gait and use it to ‘smooth out’ rough ground and guide the animal through quite complex evolutions that would confound a less skilled poni-wrangler.

Symbol IISS Poni.jpg

The xboat service emblem was taken from a history of Terra by Professor Dinimbue of the University of Sylea. The professor found records of an organization called the Pony Express, but her knowledge of old Anglic was not complete enough to equate the word pony with the Terran horse. The professor translated the word as poni, a beast of burden used on several worlds of the Sylean Federation. When the xboat service was organized, the emblem was designed, even though by then the professor’s mistake had been discovered.

Derived Products (Goods & Services)[edit]

No information yet available.

Travellers' Aid Society Advisory[edit]

The Travellers' Aid Society (TAS) classifies the Poni as perfectly safe to most sophonts and advises no particular caution when in the presence of this organism.

  • Larger carnivorous sophonts are advised caution around this lifeform as their pheromonal signatures may spook this animal. Animals may lash out with their locomotory limbs or bite under such conditions.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)[edit]

This creature can primarily be found in the following areas:
Charted Space:

Homeworld: 1105[edit]

The homeworld of this creature is:

World Listing: 1105[edit]

Significant communities of this creature are known to be found within the following systems and worlds:

No world articles for Poni


References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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