Osp

Osp
Base Information
Classification	Scavenger/generalist
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	body Undulations
Terrain	Plains
Body Form
Confluence	Non-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Amoeboid
Size
Weight
Culture
Languages	Unknown Native Language
Social Structure	Anarchy
Technological Epoch	TL:0-3
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Lomodo (Theta Borealis 0204)
UWP	E7A6650-0 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere A Exotic Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 6 Moderate (1 million) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 0 No Law Tech Level 0 Pre-Industrial (primitive)
Primary Star	G3 V G5 V
Atmosphere	Exotic
Off-world presence	No
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	Lomodo IVA 5,7.
Canon	No
Also see	Amoeboid

The Osp are a technologically primitive Minor Non-Human Race with a Non-humanoid appearance.

Description (Specifications)

An average Osp is about two meters in diameter and stands around a meter tall. They are structurally gelatinous, with cartilaginous, lumpy, brown-colored exoskeleton on their upper portions, and are generally categorized as amoeboid: although they have no permanent limbs, they can temporarily form their elastic body mass into whatever limbs are necessary. They move by extending and contracting their body and can scale sheer surfaces by squeezing "fingers" into tiny cracks. The Osp's mouth is located on the central underside of the body, directly below its brain, and is equipped with a radular tongue and small pointed teeth. They will consume any organic matter they chance across. They have an extremely unpleasant body odor.

The Osp senses of touch and hearing are very developed, but they cannot see or smell. They are sensitive to electromagnetic fields, and can "visualize" their distant surroundings - in surprising detail - through tiny variances in ambient electromagnetic fields.

Psychology

The Osp exhibit recognized characteristics of intelligence:

• Conceptual thought, including abstract language.
• Social structure, including social organization.
• Tool use, allowing environmental manipulation.

Osp psychology is driven by factors common to many sophonts:

• Acquisition (stemming from the need to gather adequate nutrition),
• Preservation (derived from the need to continue their personal existence), and
• Perpetuation (the urge to continue the species).

Native Culture

• Homogeneity: 1 (monolithic)
• Acceptance: 3 (xenophobic)
• Strangeness: 1 (very typical)
• Symbols: 3 (very concrete)

History & Background (Dossier)

Lomodo IVA is the homeworld of a number of sophont species:

• The Osp, with a population of approximately 8 million.
• The Byl, an extinct species.
• The Irf, an extinct species.

The Byl and the Irf exterminated each other during the 1050s.

Astrography

This race is primarily located in the following areas:
Charted Space:

• Theta Borealis Sector
  • Alpha Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Lomodo IVa

References & Contributors (Sources)

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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.

• Bill Bledsaw. Lomodo IVA (Group One, 1981), 5,7.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
• Author & Contributor: William Richards