Faar

Faar
Base Information
Classification	Omnivore
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Walker
Terrain
Body Form
Confluence	Humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Alien
Size	1.5 meters
Weight	100 kg
Culture
Languages	Native Language
Social Structure	Democracy
Technological Epoch	TL:13-15
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Alphaaric (Gateway 1133)
UWP	A996220-F Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 2 Low (200) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 0 No Law Tech Level F High Stellar (anagathics)
Primary Star	F4 V
Atmosphere	Dense (tainted)
Off-world presence	No
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	Gateway to Destiny 28-29,106.
Canon	Yes
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The Faar of Alphaaric (Gateway 1133) are a Minor Non-Human Race with a Humanoid appearance. They are technologically advanced sophonts.

Description (Specifications)

Coming from a high-gravity world, the Faar are squat blocks of muscle and heavy bone who only rarely reach a height of 1.7 meters. 1.5m is about average for males and females alike. They are otherwise humanoid (same numbers of limbs, sensory organs etc.) but their internal structure is subtly different. In particular, Faar hips and shoulders are constructed differently to those of humans. Faar have very pale skin and no body hair of any kind. Their eyes are also very pale, and usually blue or green. They are warm-blooded, bear live young, and have two sexes.

Psychology

Faar are not particularly talkative, and away from Alphaaric become even more close-mouthed and single-minded about their business, as if they cannot wait to get home. Humans who have visited Alphaaric claim that the Faar are a hedonistic people, with a great love of art, music and theater, who spend as much time as possible enjoying themselves. They are said to work very efficiently to get the job at hand done, so that they can get on with the serious business of enjoying life to the full. Some, who claim to have insider knowledge, say that the Faar are deeply frightened of something "out there", and seek to hide on their one little world rather than confront the terrifying mysteries of the universe.

History

Ruins apparently of Faar origin are found in many parts of Gateway Sector. All show signs of violence, hurried abandonment, or both. There are today no known communities of Faar anywhere but their homeworld, and the race does not elaborate on its apparent history as a nation of explorers and colonisers.

Astrography

This race is primarily located in the following areas:

• Gateway Sector
  • Ariel Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Alphaaric (Gateway 1133)

World Listing: 1105

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

1 of 1 World articles in Faar

Alphaaric  •  

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Worlds with ruins that may be of Faar origin include:

• Haro
• Picard's Belt
• Plinth
• Rios

References & Contributors (Sources)

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.

• Joe Fugate. "Gateway Sector Library Data: Gateway Systems." MegaTraveller Journal 4 (1993): 36.
• Martin Dougherty, Hunter Gordon. Gateway to Destiny (QuikLink Interactive, 2004), 28-29,106.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science