Clone
A Clone is a biological being that has been reproduced, using advanced genetic engineering techniques, to be genetically-identical to its gene-donor.
Description (Specifications)
Until more advanced technology becomes available, clones tend to have shorter lifespans. The science of creating clones is known as cloning.
- Most clones within Charted Space have been created using baseline human genestock although clones of minor human races and even of other non-humans are not unknown.
History & Background (Dossier)
The first clones tend to be created from plants by technologies societiesthat have developed the sciences of biology and botany.
The desire to create clones of animal foodstuffs often follows. Some sophont species have created simple clones of sophisticated multicellular life by TL-7, but others take much longer in their technological development.
At TL-15, the Third Imperium has been able to create sophisticated clones for some time now, but those clones still lack some of the advantages of a naturally evolved sophont species.
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- T5 novel: Agent of the Imperium
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science