Six Races

Traditional term for the intelligent races which dominate this region of the galaxy.

• It appears independently in Aslan, Vargr, and K'kree literature.
• Please see the following articles for related information:
  • Humaniti
    • Major Human Race
    • Minor Human Race
  • Major Race
    • Major Human Race
    • Major Non-Human Race
  • Minor race
    • Minor Human Race
    • Minor Non-Human Race
  • Variant Race
    • Variant Human Race AKA Human chimera
    • Variant Non-Human Race
    • Genetic Engineering AKA Geneering

Description (Specifications)

Most thinkers on the subject have reached a general consensus that all of the six races must be major races; the candidates are: Aslan, Droyne, Hiver, K’kree, Solomani, Vargr, Vilani, and Zhodani.

History & Background (Dossier)

There is some disagreement as to the meaning of the term and the identity of the races involved.

• Various racially based hypotheses have emerged, but none has gained ascendancy.

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.

• MegaTraveller Imperial Encyclopedia
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science