Hawkling

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Hawklings
Marooned on Ghostring.jpg
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

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

Hawkling (Sophont) Physiology & Environment

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 Diet & 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 (Sophont) History & Background

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 (Sophont) Psychology & Philosophy

Hawkling (Sophont) Culture & Society

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 (Sophont) Government & Politics

Very little is known about Hawkling governance and law.

Hawkling (Sophont) Language & Letters

Very little is known about the Hawkling language.

Hawkling (Sophont) Calendar & Timekeeping

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 (Sophont) 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 (Sophont) Military & Intelligence

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

Hawkling (Sophont) References & Contributors

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.