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|code        = Sund
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|home        = {{WorldS|Weeven|Alpha Crucis|1812}}
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The [[Sundowner]]s are a technologically primitive sophont species.
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The [[Sundowner]]s of {{WorldS|Weeven|Alpha Crucis|1812}} are a technologically primitive [[Minor Non-Human Race]] with a [[Non-humanoid]] appearance.
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* They are a [[Minor Non-Human Race]] with a [[Non-humanoid]] appearance.
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
 
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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A [[Sundowner]], or ''Lampshade'', is a member of a sedentary vacuum-adapted [[Minor Race]] native to {{WorldS|Weeven|Alpha Crucis|1812}}, where their population numbers in the billions.
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A [[Sundowner]] -- sometimes called ''Weeven'' after their planet, or ''Lampshade'' for their appearance -- is a member of a vacuum-adapted [[Minor Race]] native to {{WorldS|Weeven|Alpha Crucis|1812}}, where their population numbers in the tens of billions.
  
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=== Image Repository ===
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=== Physiology & Environment ===
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No information yet available.
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Sundowners leach light metals and oxygen from their world's regolith, which they convert into a form of rocket fuel used to migrate.
  
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=== Physiology & Environment ===
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The billions of Sundowners on Weeven trundle slowly along the surface, other than when they jet hundreds of metres to cross an unappetising area of bedrock. These jumps take several minutes to complete. A faster leap is possible with greater thrust, but Sundowners do not think quickly enough to course correct if such a step is taken.
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They leach light metals and oxygen from the world’s regolith, which they convert into a form of rocket fuel used to migrate.
 
  
 
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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Some Lampshades have been induced to perform resource extraction tasks for the [[Solomani]] population.
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Some Sundowners have been induced to perform resource extraction tasks for their world's [[Solomani]] population.
  
 
=== Psychology & Philosophy ===
 
=== Psychology & Philosophy ===
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The Sundowners are [[sentient]] but very slow thinkers. They operate on a different sense of time. They are long lived and in no hurry for any facet of life. They perceive other carbon based life forms as fleeting and ephemeral when compared to their more gradual progress through existence.
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The Sundowners are [[sophont]] but very slow thinkers. They operate on a different sense of time, and communication with other species is difficult. They are long-lived and in no hurry regarding any facet of life. They perceive other carbon-based lifeforms as fleeting and ephemeral when compared to their gradual progress through existence. They sometimes acknowledge and even work for the Human colonists on Weeven, but a conversation (technologically assisted) takes place over months.
  
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== [[World]]s & [[Sector]]s ([[Astrography]]) ==
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== [[Astrography]] ==
 
This race is primarily located in the following areas: <br>
 
This race is primarily located in the following areas: <br>
 
''[[Charted Space]]:''
 
''[[Charted Space]]:''
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=== World Listing ===
 
=== World Listing ===
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Significant communities of this race are known to exist within the following [[system]]s and [[world]]s:  
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Significant communities of this race are known to dwell within the following [[system]]s and [[world]]s:  
 
{{ClusterWorlds2}}
 
{{ClusterWorlds2}}
  
 
== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
 
== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
 
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{{Sources
 
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name=Solomani|version=Mongoose Traveller|page=152}}
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= Solomani|version=Mongoose Traveller|page=152}}
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|S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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|S2= {{Ludography cite|name=Solomani Front|page=13}}
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|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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|S3= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 
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[[Category: Guidebook to Alpha Crucis Sector]]
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[[Category:Mongoose Traveller races]]
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[[Category:Solomani Confederation races]]
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Latest revision as of 17:39, 23 August 2025

Sundowner
Imperial-Sunburst-Green-wiki.png
Base Information
Classification Autotroph
Status Minor Race
Locomotion Sessile
Terrain Plains
Body Form
Confluence Non-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid Cosmoid
Size
Weight
Culture
Languages Native Language
Social Structure
Technological Epoch TL:0-3
Psionic potential Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location Weeven (Alpha Crucis 1812)
UWP
E310A9A-C
StarportE Frontier - no facilities
Size3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g)
Atmosphere1 Vacuum (trace)
Hydrographics0 Desert World 0%
PopulationA High (90 billion)
Government9 Impersonal Bureaucracy
LawA Extreme Law (no weapons)
Tech LevelC Average Stellar (robots)
Primary Star M4 III D
Atmosphere Trace
Off-world presence No
Zoetic individuals Yes
Source
Reference Solomani 152.
Canon Yes
Also see

The Sundowners of Weeven (Alpha Crucis 1812) are a technologically primitive Minor Non-Human Race with a Non-humanoid appearance.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

A Sundowner -- sometimes called Weeven after their planet, or Lampshade for their appearance -- is a member of a vacuum-adapted Minor Race native to Weeven (Alpha Crucis 1812), where their population numbers in the tens of billions.

Physiology & Environment[edit]

Sundowners leach light metals and oxygen from their world's regolith, which they convert into a form of rocket fuel used to migrate.

The billions of Sundowners on Weeven trundle slowly along the surface, other than when they jet hundreds of metres to cross an unappetising area of bedrock. These jumps take several minutes to complete. A faster leap is possible with greater thrust, but Sundowners do not think quickly enough to course correct if such a step is taken.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Some Sundowners have been induced to perform resource extraction tasks for their world's Solomani population.

Psychology & Philosophy[edit]

The Sundowners are sophont but very slow thinkers. They operate on a different sense of time, and communication with other species is difficult. They are long-lived and in no hurry regarding any facet of life. They perceive other carbon-based lifeforms as fleeting and ephemeral when compared to their gradual progress through existence. They sometimes acknowledge and even work for the Human colonists on Weeven, but a conversation (technologically assisted) takes place over months.

Astrography[edit]

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

Homeworld[edit]

The homeworld of this race is:

World Listing[edit]

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

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References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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.
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