Chip

Chip
Base Information
Classification	Ergivore/phototroph
Terrain	{{{terrain}}}
Locomotion	Walker
Size	Very small
Speed	Extra Slow
Strength	Weak
Social Structure	Small pack
Weapons	None
Armor	{{{armor}}}
Body Structure
Symmetry	Polylateral
Head/Torso	Other
Limbs & Manipulators	Other
Tail	Other
Skeleton	Other
Internal Fluids	Other
Skin	Scales
Natural Weapons	None
Body Shape
Size	Very small
Stance	Horizontal
Length/Height	5cm
Body Profile	Thin
Weight	1.5 kg
Details
Edibility	No
Training Difficulty	Yes
Source
Homeworld	Cymbeline (world)
Multi-world	No
Canon	Yes
Reference	Adventure 13 Signal GK (book)

Silicone lifeform.

Physiology & Ecology

A naturally occurring silicon-based form of life was discovered on Cymbeline in the Solomani Rim. This lifeform was a very different form of life than biological and did not conform to the conventional (...and biological) scientific definition of life.

These microchips possessed not much more than animal intelligence in the wild.

Life Cycle & Reproduction

Their only need for raw material was for reproduction - chips to implant their own programming into. This lifeform was a sort of ergivore/phototroph, not previously known to science.

Diet & Trophics

Although these silicon-based lifeform "Chips" needed raw materials to survive as a species, they did not need it for their individual survival. Their power was electrical and was obtained and converted from the environment: from sunlight or geothermal heat.

History & Background (Dossier)

During the Seventh Interstellar War, a damaged Terran Confederation military vessel crashed on Cymbeline. Naturally occuring Chips eventually encountered components from its computer systems in the wreckage; merging with them, their computational complexity increased by an order of magnitude, bootstrapping them to full sentience. The descendants of these Chips were discovered by an independent expedition in 1110.

Unfortunately, the intelligent chips were wiped out by the effects of a Black War nuclear strike by Lucan's forces during the Rebellion on 063-1127.

Travellers' Aid Society Advisory

The Travellers' Aid Society (TAS) classifies Chips as not dangerous to most sophonts and does not advise great caution when in the presence of this organism.

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.

• Classic Traveller Adventure 13 Signal GK (book)
• GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire
• Mongoose Traveller: Solomani Rim
• External Link: Landgrab by Author & Contributor: John G. Wood