Otarri

Otarri
Otarri
Base Information
Classification	Omnivore/hunter
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Walker
Terrain	Wetlands
Body Form
Confluence	Humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Amphibianoid
Size	1.8 meters
Weight	75 kg
Culture
Languages	Native Language
Social Structure	Dictatorship
Technological Epoch	TL:0-3
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Faldor (Spinward Marches 1131)
UWP	E5936A7-5 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 6 Moderate (5 million) Government A Charismatic Dictator Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 5 Industrial (mass production)
Primary Star	M2 V
Atmosphere	Dense (tainted)
Off-world presence	No
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	Behind the Claw 74.
Canon	Yes
Also see

The Otarri of Faldor (Spinward Marches 1131) are a technologically primitive Minor Race with a humanoid appearance.

Physiology & Environment (Ecology)

Physically the Otarri are humanoid in size and shape. They have two arms, two legs, a flexible tail, and a head mounting the primary sensory organs and containing the brain. They are descended from primitive amphibians and require regular soaking in water to prevent their skin from drying out. The Otarri have a number of other features which mark them as water dwelling creatures, including webbed feet and hands and over-sized eyes with excellent dim light vision. The Otarri are largely carnivores, and occasionally cannibalistic.

Culture & Society (Ethnology)

Culturally, the Otarri are a primitive race, having reached only TL–0. Faldor is undergoing a massive climate shift, which has reduced the numbers and range of the Otarri to a few thousand individuals living on the fertile western shores of the Sea of Storms.

Social Organization

The Otarri are organized into tribes, each of which is overseen by a queen. Fighting both between the tribes and within them is frequent as the Otarri hunting grounds shrink. Imperial xenobiologists estimate that the Otarri are rapidly becoming extinct, though no long term study of the Otarri has been undertaken.

The Otarri construct urban regions featuring swampland parks and gigantic, highly detailed sculptures constructed entirely from bone.

The current Matriarch of the various scattered Otarri tribes is Queen Nabalus III, a powerful leader who has created a confederation through diplomacy and the occasional judicious use of force. The Otarri consider her to be the first ruler of the entire world and have raised monuments in her honor.

Technology & Trade (Economy)

The Otarri operate at TL–0. They have made contact with interstellar merchants, but little has come of it. The Otarri have little to trade and are apparently highly aggressive with most outsiders.

Astrography

This race is primarily located in the following areas:

Charted Space – Balkanized Space:

• Spinward Marches Sector
  • District 268 Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Faldor (Spinward Marches 1131) UWP E5936A7-5 Ni Lo

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Locations
1: Sea of Storms. 2: The Great Sea. 3: The Great Southern Ocean. 4: Norvasser. 5: The Lost Sea.
6: Tunsar Coast. 7: Junglend Wastes. 8: Skyreach Mountains. 9: Demon Plateau. 10. The Eastern Plateau.

Human Settlements
(a) Jarlshalt, (b) Westfored, (c) Stensbay, (d) Norfjart,
(e) Haldskeep (f) Vesthald, (g) Lortspaert (h) Vesserbenk

World Listing

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

1 of 1 World articles in Otarri

Faldor  •  

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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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), pages 32-33, 74.
• EXTERNAL LINK: Tony Barr's Hobby Notebook