Arkaeides

Arkaeides
Base Information
Classification	Omnivore
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Walker
Terrain	Swamp
Body Form
Confluence	Non-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Alien
Size	3.0 meters
Weight	4,000 kg
Culture
Languages	Native Language
Social Structure	Anarchy
Technological Epoch	TL:0-3
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Endimyon (Deneb 0516)
UWP	X555434-3 Starport X No Starport Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 4 Moderate (50 thousand) Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level 3 Pre-Industrial (basic science)
Primary Star	M3 V M1 V
Atmosphere	Thin
Off-world presence	No
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	Peter Gray. BARD OPAL 8581
Canon	No
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The Arkaeides of Endimyon (Deneb 0516) are a Minor Non-Human Race with a non-humanoid appearance and technologically primitive sophonts.

Description (Specifications)

The Arkaeides as they call themselves are sometimes called Endimyon after their homeworld.

The Arkaeides are massive quadrupedal centaurs, looking both lizardish and insectoid in appearance. They are also one of the largest sentient races ever discovered, ranging up to three meters in length for a full grown adult, and up to 4000 kg in mass. They live in the world's steamy swamps, living on paddy agriculture and swimmers raised in pens.

History & Background (Dossier)

Arkaeides are a gerontocracy of sorts, as the species lives up to 300 standard years. Status is accorded to size, as the race grows throughout their lives. The larger the individual, the more status they are accorded, and the rulers are corpulent and massive creatures according to observers. The world is interdicted, first by the Third Imperium, and later, as per Regency Law, by the RISS. Both services maintain, in their respective eras, a pair of scout cruisers in orbit at all times to prevent off-world contact.

Astrography

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

• Deneb Sector
  • Sabine Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Endimyon (Deneb 0516)

World Listing: 1105

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

• Endimyon (Deneb 0516)

World Listing: 1200

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

• Endimyon (Deneb 0516)

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.

• Peter Gray. Lights of the Midway: Worlds of Sabine Subsector (Traveller TNE Mailing List), published 8 August 2001
• Peter Gray. BARD OPAL 8581