Hawklings

Hawklings
Status	Minor Race
Classification	Carnivore/hunter
Size	1.4 meter
Weight	50 kg
Homeworld	Ghostring
Multi-world	No
Canon	No
Extinct	Extant
Reference	Marooned on Ghostring

Hawkling Synopis

The Hawklings are a primitive non-starfaring society of avianoid (bird-like) humanoids located on their homeworld of Ghostring.

Hawkling Physiology

Hawklings are 1.4 meters tall, with a creamy fur covering the head and thorax. Their large, protruding eyes have nictitating membranes, and the have thick, yellow tendrils at the lower corners of their mouths. These are used to hold food, and to manipulate close objects.

Hawkling Trophics

The Hawklings are carnivores, with sharp teeth, and their long arms end with a three digit and opposing digit on each hand; otherwise they are very humanoid.

Hawklings have also a developed a system of agriculture and raise grain foodstuffs as major component of their diet.

Hawkling Reproduction

Hawklings are sexually dimorphic with The females having a slightly smaller stature than the males. They reproduce by giving live birth to their young. The young are cared for by their parents in small family groups until the children are grown, usually about 12 to 15 standard years. The lifespan is about 50 standard years.

Hawkling History

Hawkling society was transformed around 1116 when adventurers from the third Imperium became stranded on Ghostring after a starship break-down. Those adventurers informed the Hawklings about galactic culture and technologies beyond the Hawkling imagination.

Hawkling Society & Culture

The Hawklings are eager hunters and maintain gaming species through conservation techniques. The Hawkling have also adapted to farming, with a primary crop of Peel, a wheat-analog which provides most of the nutrients required for their growing population.

Hawkling Social Organization

Very little is known about Hawkling social organization.

Hawkling Government & Law

Very little is known about Hawkling governance and law.

Hawkling Language

Very little is known about the Hawkling language.

Hawkling Calendar

Very little is known about how the Hawkling form a calendar or mark the passing of time although it is assumed that the Hawkling calendar is based upon the planetary rotation of their homeworld of Ghostring.

Hawkling Technology & Trade

Hawkling technology is relatively primitive (TL 1 to TL 3) although some leading Hawkling thinkers are on the cusp of discovering many TL 4 technologies.

Hawklings are largely ignorant of galactic culture and only trade internally, amongst one another, as a result.

Hawkling Military

Very little is known about the Hawkling military or even they possess one.

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• Marooned on Ghostring