Silicoid

A Infotoid is a type of life, involving an unconventional biochemical basis of life based on silicon.

• It is a classification of creature type.
• It is a type of lifeform, a typoid.

Library Data Referral Tree

Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Life Sciences:

Biotechnology

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• B: Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Conventional Biology
  • Sophontology
  • Xenobiology

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• B: Biotechnology
  • Artificial Womb
  • Biochip
  • Bio-Identenoid
  • Biotechnology
  • Cybertechnology
  • Metabolic Chamber
  • Personality Recording
  • Relict Regeneration
  • Replacement Body Part

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• G: Genetic Engineering
  • Chimera Species
  • Clone
  • Human Chimera
  • Relict
  • Supra-Species
  • Synthetic
  • Terragen
  • Uplift
  • Variant Race
  • Variant Human Race
  • Variant Non-Human Race

Description (Specifications)

This creature is distinguished by a number of characteristics:

• Based on a silcon biochemistry
• Unconventional lifeform

Specific Species Examples

Selected Silicoid Species Examples
Species	Sophonce	Remarks
Awakened
Chips
Doyle’s Eel
Graytch
Ice Crawler
Intr'gtha
Ka Keleree
Koyn
Reticulan Parasite
Shard Gargoyle
Tashaki
Viji
Virus
V'Tlar Komehk
Vujliop

History & Background (Dossier)

It is relatively common for a creature to meet sufficient criteria to qualify as more than one classification of animal.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science