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| − | == Minor Race (Sophont) Synopsis ==
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| | [[Minor Race]]s are those races who are not [[Major Race]]s (did not independently develop the [[jump drive]]) and were not geneered (genetically engineered) by others, except possibly the [[Ancients]]. | | [[Minor Race]]s are those races who are not [[Major Race]]s (did not independently develop the [[jump drive]]) and were not geneered (genetically engineered) by others, except possibly the [[Ancients]]. |
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| | + | == Description (Specifications) == |
| | + | Minor Races have been living on a world from before the [[Vilani]] got jump drive and have not independently developed faster-than-light-travel ([[FTL]]) or the [[jump drive]]. |
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| − | == Minor Race (Sophont) Description ==
| + | There are several types of Minor Races: |
| − | Minor Races have been living on a world from before the [[Vilani]] got jump drive and have not independently developed faster-than-light-travel (FTL) or the [[jump drive]].
| + | * [[Minor Race]]s |
| − | | + | ** [[Minor Human Race]]s |
| − | Geneered races are sometimes erroneously called Minor, but the proper term is Variant. Numerous minor races exist, some have been fully developed, some only briefly mentioned, in the Traveller background material. Minor Races can exist at all [[Tech Level Comparison Chart|levels of technology]] and may have acquired faster than light travel from all sorts of sources from traders, or even reverse engineering ancient technology. This page contains a summary of the best known Minor races taken from the [[Races/summary|complete list]] of known [[sophont]] races.
| + | ** [[Minor Non-Human Race]]s |
| − | | + | ** [[Variant race]]s |
| − | There are at least 100 intelligent races in the Imperium and 400 in [[Charted Space]], but these figures do not included ''Minor Human Races'' or ''variants''. Some have been described in great detail, some only mentioned, and many others not mentioned at all.
| + | *** [[Chimera]] (Chimerae) |
| − | | + | *** [[Variant Human Race]]s |
| − | == Minor Race (Sophont) Types ==
| + | **** [[Human Chimera|Human Chimerae]] |
| − | There are sevral types of Minor Races:
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| − | * [[Minor Human Races]] | |
| − | * [[Variant Human Races]] | |
| − | * [[Non-Human Races]] | |
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| | === Minor Human Races === | | === Minor Human Races === |
| − | As well as the three recognized Major Human Races ([[Solomani]], [[Vilani]], and [[Zhodani]]), there are 46 Minor Human Races known to the Imperial scientific community (though some dispute this classification). | + | As well as the three recognized Major Human Races ([[Solomani]], [[Vilani]], and [[Zhodani]]), there are at least 46 [[Minor Human Race]]s known to the Imperial scientific community (though some dispute this classification). |
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| − | The Ancients transplanted populations of ''Homo sapiens antiquus'' to more than a hundred worlds. On a large number of these the populations survived down into historic times. Some became extinct between the time the Vilani first invented jump drive and the Classic Era. Some became so intermixed with Vilani that they ceased to have a distinct existence. Others simply died out. Some were exterminated by the Vilani. | + | The [[Ancients]] transplanted populations of ''Homo sapiens antiquus'' to more than a hundred worlds. On a large number of these the populations survived well into historic times. Some became extinct between the time the Vilani first invented jump drive and the Classic Era. Some became so intermixed with Vilani that they ceased to have a distinct existence. Others simply died out. Some were exterminated by the Vilani. |
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| − | By 1100 there were 49 human races (including the three major ones) known to Imperial scientists. At least one more (the Loeskalth) are known to exist, but the news has not yet been accepted by the established scientific community of the Imperium. Of those 50, 26 or more have been mentioned in canonical works. | + | By [[1100]] there were 49 human races (including the three major ones) known to Imperial scientists. At least one more (the Loeskalth) are known to exist, but the news has not yet been accepted by the established scientific community of the Imperium. Of those 50, 26 or more have been mentioned in recognized, scholarly works. |
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| − | 50 human races in Charted Space works out as roughly one per sector, but that's an average. A sector doesn't absolutely HAVE to have a minor human race and a sector could conceivably have more than one ([[Reaver's Deep Sector|Reaver's Deep]] and the [[Trojan Reach Sector|Trojan Reach]] each has THREE!). However, any sector with more than one is well over its quota. | + | Fifty (50) human races in Charted Space works out as roughly one per sector, but that's an average. A sector doesn't absolutely HAVE to have a minor human race and a sector could conceivably have more than one ([[Reaver's Deep Sector|Reaver's Deep]] and the [[Trojan Reach Sector|Trojan Reach]] each has THREE!). However, any sector with more than one is well over its quota. |
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| | 90% of all known homeworlds of human races, surviving and extinct, lie within a kidney-shaped area that stretches from the Spica sector to trailing to the Eiaplial sector to Spinward. This means, of course, that 10% lies outside this area. If one gets far enough away from the Imperium, one may even encounter MHRs that are not part of the canonical figure. | | 90% of all known homeworlds of human races, surviving and extinct, lie within a kidney-shaped area that stretches from the Spica sector to trailing to the Eiaplial sector to Spinward. This means, of course, that 10% lies outside this area. If one gets far enough away from the Imperium, one may even encounter MHRs that are not part of the canonical figure. |
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| | Many human races are indistinguishable from each other without genetic testing, though a number of them began from a small gene pool and/or evolved in an extreme environment and developed unique characteristics. Some were tampered with by the Ancients. | | Many human races are indistinguishable from each other without genetic testing, though a number of them began from a small gene pool and/or evolved in an extreme environment and developed unique characteristics. Some were tampered with by the Ancients. |
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| − | ====Answerin====
| + | A list of [[:Category:Minor Human Race|minor human races]] is available, some extra details are listed below. |
| − | Answerin are mentioned in [[Travellers' Digest]] No. 5, p. 40; [[GURPS Traveller: Humaniti]], p. 17-23; and [[Vilani & Vargr]], p. 98. Their homeworld is {{WorldS|Answerin|Vland|0431}}. They are a subspecies of ''Homo sapiens'', but their taxonomic name has not been mentioned.
| + | * Please see '''[[Minor Human Race]]''' for more information. |
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| − | ====Ayansh'i====
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| − | Ayansh'i are mentioned in [[Reaver's Deep Sector Sourcebook]], p. 48-49. Their homeworld is {{WorldS|Ghost|Reaver's Deep|3115}}. They are a different Hominid species than ''Homo sapiens'', but their taxonomic name has not been mentioned.
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| − | ====Azhanti====
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| − | Azhanti are mentioned in [[GURPS Traveller: Humaniti]], p. 24-29. Their homeworld is {{WorldS|Irale|Antares|2315}}. They are a different Hominid species than ''Homo sapiens'', but their taxonomic name has not been mentioned.
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| − | ====Cafadians====
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| − | [[Cafadians]] are mentioned in [[Travellers' Digest]] No. 3, p. 47. Their homeworld is {{WorldS|Cafad|Corridor|3135}}. There is little or no description of this race, so it could be Human or it could be Hominid.
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| − | ====Cassildans====
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| − | Cassilldan are pictured in [[Alien - Solomani & Aslan|Solomani & Aslan]], p. 24.
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| − | ====Darrians====
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| − | [[Darrian]] live in a small group of worlds immediately spinward of the Imperium or the Regency. Such is the cosmopolitan nature of Darrian society that, within Darrian borders, you can find 'pure' Darrians, Aslan (mostly citizens of the Confederation, although a small number of Ihatei have been allowed to settle on Darrian worlds), Zhodani and Imperials.
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| − | Darrians mass slightly less than other Humans on average, probably due to their origins on a low-gravity world.
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| − | The Darrians are detailed in Classic Traveller Alien Module 8 "Darrians - The Secret of the Star Trigger" and [[GURPS Traveller: Humaniti]].
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| − | Their taxonomic name is ''Homo sapiens darrianus''.
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| − | ====Dynchia====
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| − | Dynchia are mentioned in [[GURPS Traveller: Humaniti]], p. 50-59 and in [[JTAS]] No. 24, p. 44-48. Their homeworld is Melantris/Leonidae. Their taxonomic name is ''Homo dynchia''.
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| − | ====Fiorin====
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| − | Nine of the [[Lightning class]] cruisers had very similar names [''<Something> High Lightning'']. Of those, one was named after the Vilani, five were named after minor human races living inside the [[Imperium]] but outside the [[Solomani Sphere]], and one was named after a variant human race (the Acheron). The last two were the Fiorin and the Ilurian. Odds are that they, too, are minor human races.
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| − | ====Floriani====
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| − | [[Floriani]] are mentioned in [[GURPS Traveller: Humaniti]], p. 60-67. Their homeworld is {{WorldS|Floria|Trojan Reach|0213}}. Their taxonomic name is ''Homo floriani''.
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| − | ====Geonee====
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| − | [[Geonee]] are mentioned in [[GURPS Traveller: Humaniti]], p. 68-78 and in [[Travellers' Digest]] No. 11, p. 8. Their homeworld is {{WorldS|Shiwonee|Massilia|1430}}. Their taxonomic name is ''Homo sapiens geonensis''.
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| − | ====Halkans====
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| − | [[Halkans]] are mentioned in [[Travellers' Digest]] No. 20, p. 8. Their homeworld is {{WorldS|Halka|Trojan Reach|0510|}}.
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| − | ====Iltharans====
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| − | Iltharans are mentioned in [[GURPS Traveller: Humaniti]], p. 79-85. Their homeworld is {{WorldS|Drexilthar|Reaver's Deep|1826}}. Their taxonomic name is ''Homo sapiens ilthara''.
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| − | ====Ilurian====
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| − | Nine of the [[Lightning class]] cruisers had very similar names [''<Something> High Lightning'']. Of those, one was named after the Vilani, five were named after minor human races living inside the [[Imperium]] but outside the [[Solomani Sphere]], and one was named after a variant human race (the Acheron). The last two were the Fiorin and the Ilurian. Odds are that they, too, are minor human races.
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| − | ====Irhadre====
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| − | Irhadre are mentioned in [[GURPS Traveller: Humaniti]], p. 86-92. Their homeworld is {{WorldS|Chanad|Lishun|0935}}. They are a subspecies of ''Homo sapiens'', but their taxonomic name has not been mentioned.
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| − | ====Kargol====
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| − | Kargol are mentioned in [[GURPS Traveller: Humaniti]], p. 93-102. Their homeworld is {{WorldS|Kargol|Leonidae|1205}}. They are a different Hominid species than ''Homo sapiens'', but their taxonomic name has not been mentioned.
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| − | ====Loeskalth====
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| − | The Loeskalth are mentioned in [[The Trail of the Sky Raiders]], p. 28 and 45. Their homeworld were somewhere in Gushemege Sector, but the surviving remnant have fled far, far away. They were thought to be extinct, but a population was found around 1110 in [[Far Frontiers Sector|Far Frontiers]]. The Imperial scientific community did not learn of their existence for some time, and they are not part of the 46 Minor Human Races known to exist.
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| − | ====Luriani====
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| − | Luriani are mentioned in [[GURPS Traveller: Humaniti]], p. 103-112 and the [[The Traveller's Handbook]], p. 26. Their homeworld is {{WorldS|Daramm|Ley|0821}}. Their taxonomic name is ''Homo luriani''.
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| − | ====Murrissi====
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| − | Murrissi are mentioned in [[Alien - Solomani & Aslan|Solomani & Aslan]], p. 49. Their homeworld is somewhere in the coreward [[Aslan Hierate]].
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| − | ====Suerrat====
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| − | The [[Suerrat]] are mentioned in [[JTAS]] No. 26, p. 4-5. Their homeworld is {{WorldS|Ilelish|Ilelish|2907}}.
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| − | The Suerrat claim to be a [[Major Race]] as they independently developed interstellar travel. However this was based on [[generation ship]]s, not jump technology, so the claim is not accepted by other races.
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| − | ====Sydites====
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| − | The Sydites are mentioned in [[The Traveller's Handbook]], p. 27-28. Their homeworld is called Khuur. They are a different Hominid species than ''Homo sapiens'', but their taxonomic name has not been mentioned.
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| − | ====Syleans====
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| − | The [[Syleans]] have their own article.
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| − | ====Tapazmal====
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| − | The [[Tapazmal]] are mentioned in [[Travellers' Digest]] No. 20, p. 27. Their homeworld is {{WorldS|Dlaekan|Reft|3134}}.
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| − | ====Thaggeshi====
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| − | The Thaggeshi are mentioned in [[Vilani & Vargr]], p. 18. Their homeworld is {{WorldS|Thaggesh|Vland|2530}}.
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| − | ====Vlazhdumecta====
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| − | The Vlazhdumecta are mentioned in [[The Trail of the Sky Raiders]], p. 53. Their homeworld is called Afachtiabr.
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| − | ====Yilean====
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| − | The Yileans are mentioned in [[GURPS Traveller: Humaniti]], p. 135-142. Their homeworld is {{WorldS|Gashikan|Gashikan|2732}}. They are a subspecies of ''Homo sapiens'', but their taxonomic name has not been mentioned.
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| − | === Variant Human Races ===
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| − | For convenience, known Variant Human Races are also listed here.
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| − | ====Acheron====
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| − | The [[Acheron]] were genetically engineered to exploit the mineral wealth of their homeworld. They are stronger, tougher and more resistant to high radiation levels.
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| − | ==== [[Jonkeereen]] ====
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| − | Created in the [[6th Century]] by [[SuSAG]] under contract from the [[Ministry of Colonization]] to create a Human race that could survive in hazardous environments. A breeding population was originally established on [[Jonkeer (world)|Jonkeer]]. They have subsequently spread to a number of other worlds [[Behind the Claw]].
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| − | ==== Otrai ====
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| − | ==== Wuans ====
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| − | === Non-Human Races ===
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| − | For convenience, known Non-Human Races are also listed here.
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| − | ====Devi====
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| − | The Devi Intelligence, an unusual [[K'Kree]] subject race, consisting of the sedentary Intellects, who resemble colonies of giant fungi, and their mobile spores, the Shiverbats.
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| − | ====Ebokin====
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| − | An eight-legged, matriachal minor-race native to the [[Spinward Marches Sector|Spinward Marches]]. They rarely travel, but appear as colorful passengers in the ''[[The Traveller Adventure]]''.
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| − | ====Gurvin====
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| − | The [[Gurvin]] are a [[Hiver]] subject race.
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| − | They are detailed in the books ''[[GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 3]]''
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| − | ==== Inheritors====
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| − | The [[Wikipedia:fluorine|fluorine]]-breathing [[Inheritors]] inhabit a [[Wikipedia:Dyson sphere|Dyson sphere]] created by the Ancients, their whole society relies on technology they do not understand.
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| − | They are detailed in the books ''[[GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 3]]''
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| − | ====Inyx====
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| − | The [[Inyx]] are a race of aquatic parasites who absorb electrical energy from their whale-sized hosts. They are detailed in the books [[GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 2]].
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| − | ====Ithklur====
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| − | The [[Ithklur]] are the most feared warriors known to man. To an Ithklur, [[Vargr]] plunder is a walk in the park; Aslan warrior spirit is the babbling of a toothless child. Other races make such a fuss over violence-why not just do it and enjoy it?
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| − | To the [[Hiver]]s, the Ithklur are their trained, elite shock troops, lovingly perfected by millenia of [[manipulation]] and social engineering. no finer tool has ever been fashioned.
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| − | But as far as the Itklur are concerned, the have the Hivers just where they want them. Who wants to be a boring taxi driver anyway? if the hivers want to pretend they're in charge, what does it really hurt, so long as the leave the Ithklur alone? Who is manpulating whom?
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| − | The Ithklur are detailed in the books ''[[GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 3]]'' & ''[[Aliens of the Rim|Traveller the New Era - Aliens of the Rim]]''
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| − | ====Lithkind==== | + | ==== Variant Human Races ==== |
| − | Lithkind are a tiny nocturnal race.
| + | A list of [[:Category:Variant Human Race]]s is available. |
| − | They are detailed in the books [[GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 3]]
| + | * Please see '''[[Variant Human Race]]''' for more information. |
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| − | ====Llellewlowy==== | + | === Non-Human Minor Races === |
| − | Llellewlowy are a radially symmetric species native to the Spinward Marches, colloquially referred to as Dandelions due to a supposed similarity to that Terran plant. They play a part in the ''Traveller Adventure''.
| + | A list of [[:Category:Minor Race|non-human minor races]] is available. |
| | + | * Please see '''[[Non-Human Race]]''' for more information. |
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| − | ====Mahkahraik==== | + | == History & Background (Dossier) == |
| − | The [[Mahkahraik]], which means “People of This World” in their native tongue, are a species of warmblooded, bipedal reptiloids native to {{World|Ma|Sydymic|Ley|3021 B865134-6}}.
| + | Geneered races are sometimes erroneously called Minor, but the proper term is Variant. Numerous minor races exist, some have been fully developed, some only briefly mentioned, in the Traveller background material. Minor Races can exist at all [[Tech Level Comparison Chart|levels of technology]] and may have acquired faster than light travel from all sorts of sources from traders, or even reverse engineered ancient technology. This page contains a summary of the best known Minor races taken from the [[Races/summary|complete list]] of known [[sophont]] races. |
| − | Full details of this race are available as a free download from [http://www.travellerrpg.com/cgi-bin/catalog/pview.pl?action=view&stocknum=elib0011&h=header_ct&s= QLI/RPGREALMS PUBLISHING]
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| − | ====Saie====
| + | There are at least 100 intelligent races in the Imperium and 400 in [[Charted Space]], but these figures do not include ''Minor Human Races'' or ''variants''. Some have been described in great detail, some only mentioned, and many others not mentioned at all. |
| − | The [[Saie]] are found in the [[Reaver's Deep Sector]].
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| − | ====Schalli==== | + | == See also == |
| − | The Schalli are an uplifted (genetically-engineered) Dolphin-like piscinoid-like species of air-breathing mammaloids and a natural ally of Humaniti, their creators. Schalli are naturual navigators (with a superior sense of 3D and 4D environments), but lack manipulator limbs, a serious handicap, for a sophont species. To overcome this handicap, a variety of exoskeleton suits with mechanical manipulators have been created to allow the Schalli to operate in terrestrial environments.
| + | {{:Referral-Tree-Sophont}} |
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| − | ====Vegans==== | + | == References & Background (Sources) == |
| − | [[Vegan]]s are an alien species from a star system near [[Vega]]. The are of some importance in the Third Imperium when they were granted them a small semi-autonomous state as a counterbalance to the racist [[Solomani Confederation]]. | + | {{Intermediate}} |
| | + | {{Detail}} |
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| | + | |S1= Periodical: [[MegaTraveller Journal 4]] in Article: 'Governments of Gateway' |
| | + | |S2= Periodical: [[Stellar Reaches 05]] |
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| − | ====Za’Tachk====
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| − | The [[Za'tachk|Za’Tachk]] are a [[Hiver]] subject race.
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| − | They are detailed in the books ''[[GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 3]]''
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| − | {{Wikipedia|Minor_Race}} | + | {{LE|Sophontology|}} |
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Minor Races are those races who are not Major Races (did not independently develop the jump drive) and were not geneered (genetically engineered) by others, except possibly the Ancients.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
Minor Races have been living on a world from before the Vilani got jump drive and have not independently developed faster-than-light-travel (FTL) or the jump drive.
There are several types of Minor Races:
Minor Human Races[edit]
As well as the three recognized Major Human Races (Solomani, Vilani, and Zhodani), there are at least 46 Minor Human Races known to the Imperial scientific community (though some dispute this classification).
The Ancients transplanted populations of Homo sapiens antiquus to more than a hundred worlds. On a large number of these the populations survived well into historic times. Some became extinct between the time the Vilani first invented jump drive and the Classic Era. Some became so intermixed with Vilani that they ceased to have a distinct existence. Others simply died out. Some were exterminated by the Vilani.
By 1100 there were 49 human races (including the three major ones) known to Imperial scientists. At least one more (the Loeskalth) are known to exist, but the news has not yet been accepted by the established scientific community of the Imperium. Of those 50, 26 or more have been mentioned in recognized, scholarly works.
Fifty (50) human races in Charted Space works out as roughly one per sector, but that's an average. A sector doesn't absolutely HAVE to have a minor human race and a sector could conceivably have more than one (Reaver's Deep and the Trojan Reach each has THREE!). However, any sector with more than one is well over its quota.
90% of all known homeworlds of human races, surviving and extinct, lie within a kidney-shaped area that stretches from the Spica sector to trailing to the Eiaplial sector to Spinward. This means, of course, that 10% lies outside this area. If one gets far enough away from the Imperium, one may even encounter MHRs that are not part of the canonical figure.
Many human races are indistinguishable from each other without genetic testing, though a number of them began from a small gene pool and/or evolved in an extreme environment and developed unique characteristics. Some were tampered with by the Ancients.
A list of minor human races is available, some extra details are listed below.
Variant Human Races[edit]
A list of Category:Variant Human Races is available.
Non-Human Minor Races[edit]
A list of non-human minor races is available.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Geneered races are sometimes erroneously called Minor, but the proper term is Variant. Numerous minor races exist, some have been fully developed, some only briefly mentioned, in the Traveller background material. Minor Races can exist at all levels of technology and may have acquired faster than light travel from all sorts of sources from traders, or even reverse engineered ancient technology. This page contains a summary of the best known Minor races taken from the complete list of known sophont races.
There are at least 100 intelligent races in the Imperium and 400 in Charted Space, but these figures do not include Minor Human Races or variants. Some have been described in great detail, some only mentioned, and many others not mentioned at all.
See also[edit]
Sophont
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