Silicoid

A Silicoid is a type of life, involving an unconventional biochemistry 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	Sophont	Incorporeal electromagnetic intelligences that have taken over robot bodies.
Chips	Proto-Sophont	None
Doyle’s Eel	Creature	None
Graytch	Sophont	None
Ice Crawler	Creature	None
Intr'gtha	Creature	None
Ka Keleree	Sophont	None
Koyn	Sophont	None
Reticulan Parasite	Proto-Sophont	Probably proto-sophont with language and possible psionic abilities including limited telepathy.
Shard Gargoyle	Creature	None
Tashaki	Sophont	None
Viji	Sophont	None
Virus	Sophont	None
V'Tlar Komehk	Sophont	None
Vujliop	Sophont	None

History & Background (Dossier)

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

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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