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=== Rural/Cultivated === | === Rural/Cultivated === | ||
=== Ice Sheet === | === Ice Sheet === | ||
| + | * Ice Crawler -- A man-sized, leech-like creature that travels on ice sheets and highlands, filter-feeding through consuming minerals and ores. It's about four meters long and is rather territorial, but luckily is slightly slower than a lightly encumbered, athletic human.<ref>Mongoose 2e: '''''Solomani Front''''', p.149</ref> | ||
| + | * Ice Spider -- Possibly related to Ice Crawlers, in fact they may be another caste of the same species, one which will sometimes eat the other. They're fast and dangerous ambush predators.<ref>Mongoose 2e: '''''Solomani Front''''', p.150</ref> | ||
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== Aquatic Biomes == | == Aquatic Biomes == | ||
The following are aquatic biomes. | The following are aquatic biomes. | ||
Revision as of 09:00, 21 March 2022
This page will attempt to collect all the myriad creatures in the Traveller universe. The organization style will collect them by biome first, then alphabetically.
Land Biomes
Everywhere
"Everywhere" animals are creatures that have managed to find in a wide variety of environments. Creatures with this biome tag can be assumed to be just about everywhere, limited only by geographic restriction or a few extreme biomes.
- Rats
- Space Rats?
- Cats
Plains/Steppe
- Gazaal — A hefty and robust ungulate-like herbivore. Also utilized as a beast of burden or mount.[1]
- Miniphants — Like elephants, miniphants feed on trees in savannahs, although on a smaller scale. Bred as beasts of burden and pets.
Forest
- Nibbon — A fluffy, flying, fox-like creature, often raised as pets. They eat insect and fruits, like a bat.[2]
Swamps
Arid/Desert
- Carthus — A large, pale cave-dwelling semi-humanoid carnivore. Moves extremely fast, can swim, and can fit through any passage the size of its head. Definitely causes nightmares.[3]
Beach/Island
- Klian Sea Sifter — A pangolin-esque shallow-water creature. May also be found in swamps, lakes, or other aquatic regions, if you're feeling creative![4]
Urban
Rural/Cultivated
Ice Sheet
- Ice Crawler -- A man-sized, leech-like creature that travels on ice sheets and highlands, filter-feeding through consuming minerals and ores. It's about four meters long and is rather territorial, but luckily is slightly slower than a lightly encumbered, athletic human.[5]
- Ice Spider -- Possibly related to Ice Crawlers, in fact they may be another caste of the same species, one which will sometimes eat the other. They're fast and dangerous ambush predators.[6]
Aquatic Biomes
The following are aquatic biomes.
River/Lake
Reef/Coastal
Kelp Forest
Ice Sheet
Ice sheets are half aquatic, of course. See Ice Sheet above.
Open Ocean
Ocean Floor
- Erakuul — huge, powerful worm that produces bioelectricity and eats even larger dead leviathans at the bottom of the ocean. Grows to 60 meters.[7]
Ocean Vents
Exotic Biomes
Gaseous
- Ruuta — A small, ball-shaped creature with fanning wings. It filter-feeds through a thick atmosphere, spending most of its life in the air.[8]
- Creatures on the planet of Jagd are likely mostly this type of species.
References
- ↑ Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.87
- ↑ Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.88
- ↑ Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.86
- ↑ Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.87
- ↑ Mongoose 2e: Solomani Front, p.149
- ↑ Mongoose 2e: Solomani Front, p.150
- ↑ Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.86
- ↑ Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.88