Huuran

Starport	E	Frontier - no facilities
Size	2	Small (3,200 km, 0.10g - 0.17g)
Atmosphere	5	Thin
Hydrographics	0	Desert World 0%
Population	7	Moderate (10 million0 million)
Government	5	Feudal Technocracy
Law	3	Low Law (no automatic weapons)
Tech Level	4	Industrial (combustion)

Primary Star

K3 V

Atmosphere

Thin

Off-world presence

No

Zoetic individuals

Yes

Source

Reference

Canon

No

Also see

The Huuran of Rosorky are a Minor Non-Human Race native to Fulani Sector.

Their homeworld is located within Rosorky Subsector.
Their technological competency is rated as proficient.

Description (Specifications)

Huuran are naturally adapted to far warmer temperature ranges and slightly lower atmospheric pressures than humans, and prefer a significantly lower gravity.

Physiology

Huuran are descended from tunnel-dwelling herbivores. They carefully cultivate specific native crops and have a very limited diet.

Body pattern: trilaterally symmetrical non-humanoid. Some humans refer to them as "three-worms".

The average Huuran is around 1.5 meters long, can raise itself up to a height of around a meter, and masses around 80 kg – they are broadly the same size as humans.

They are skiapods, moving by using an undulating wave motion.

Huuran have a scaled hide.

Psychology

Huuran 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).

Huuran are generally considered arrogant, direct, and overbearing.

Demographics

The total known population equals 10 million individuals.

Native Culture

Homogeneity: 9 (discordant)
Acceptance: 5 (very aloof)
Strangeness: 3 (somewhat typical)
Symbols: 3 (very concrete)

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Timeline

No information yet available.

Astrography

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

Fulani Sector
- Rosorky Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

Rosorky, a tiny warm world world with a thin atmosphere.

Local Technology

Rosorky possesses a Technology Level of TL–4.

Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone and telegraphs, widespread printing.
Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early electricity, hydrocarbon internal combustion.
Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land: Trains and early automobiles.
- Water: Clippers and steam ships.
- Air: Dirigibles, balloons, very basic rockets.

Local Government

Rosorky is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.

Local Law

Rosorky has a low law level. There are few laws, covering only important areas. There may be few or no law enforcement officers, the expectation is citizens will bring law breakers to the attention of the Judicial system. Legal proceedings will be fast, with few people involved. For interactions outside of the framework of the laws, cultural norms dominate. Machine guns, other automatic weapons, portable energy weapons, and other military weapons, body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Listing: 1105

Significant communities of this race are known to dwell within the following systems and worlds:

1 of 1 World articles in Huuran

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Author & contributor: Jo Grant of CORE (generated data)
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS