Acara

Acara
Distant Fringe Sophont
Base Information
Classification	Omnivore
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Amphibian
Terrain	Waterways
Body Form
Confluence	Non-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Skiapodoid
Size
Weight
Culture
Languages	Native Language
Social Structure
Technological Epoch	TL:4-6
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Carasan (Far Home 1126)
UWP	C567899-4 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 8 Moderate (100 million) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level 4 Industrial (combustion)
Primary Star	K1 V
Atmosphere	Standard
Off-world presence	No
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	Adie Alegoric Stewart - Distant Fringe
Canon	No
Also see

The Acara of Carasan (Far Home 1126) are a Minor Non-Human Race with a Non-humanoid appearance and technologically developing sophonts

Description (Specifications)

They are semi-aquatic omnivores, preferring temperate marshland environments. Acara display a variety of body shapes dependent on the role that they fill within society. All, however, share some basic physiological elements. All have a single large foot with a coarse sole that uses muscular waves to move and all interact with their environment via long manipulatory tentacles. A “saddle”, a residual shell, covers part of the upper body, a narrow frill surrounds the head, and three short feeding tentacles surround the mouth.

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Characteristics

A baseline species has the following characteristic ranges:

• Strength
• Dexterity
• Endurance
• Intelligence
• Education
• Social

Psychology & Philosophy

Acara have a caste-based society with strictly defined roles and defined social limitations for individuals based on their body type. They are slow and calculating, they are evasive and rather defensive, and it is difficult to reach a firm agreement with one. They are extremely orderly, and once they have set their minds on something they tend to be single-minded in pursuit of their goal. Acara are intensely aware of status and rank and can appear arrogant towards those they deem to be of a lower social level. They find it difficult to associate with humans – by nature they are far too chaotic and disorganised.

Primal Drives

Species 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).

Behaviours

• Philosophy: Connectivity. Everything is connected, nothing is disconnected.
• Theology: Pantheism, many gods, and panantheism (everything is god)
• Ethics: Inner relativism: in any given situation there is a right and a wrong. The individual must determine what that is.
• Psychology: Co-effective consciousness, this is the concept that we are all inter-connected. My psychology is impacted by yours.

Outlook

• Philosophy: Connectivity. Everything is connected, nothing is disconnected.
• Theology: Pantheism, many gods, and panantheism (everything is god)
• Ethics: Inner relativism: in any given situation there is a right and a wrong. The individual must determine what that is.
• Psychology: Co-effective consciousness, this is the concept that we are all inter-connected. My psychology is impacted by yours.

History & Background (Dossier)

Primal ancestors: * Human contact (2255AD onwards)

Astrography

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

• Far Home Sector
  • Demon's Eye Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Carasan (Far Home 1126)

World Listing: 1105

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

1 of 1 World articles in Acara

Carasan  •  

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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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• 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