Jovionoid
A Jovionoid is the typoid classification of creatures with Gas Giants as their native world. Jovionoids are considered unconventional life.
Description (Specifications)
The term Jovian derives from the Terran system planet Jupiter (world), the largest gas giant in the system. The world of Jupiter has no life forms.
In practice, Jovionoids are flyers or floaters and breathe hydrogen or hydrogen compounds with alternate biochemistries. Jovionoid civilizations are sometimes called "Hydrogen Societies."
It is known that conventional lifeforms to develop very similar biologies, physiologies, and appearances to jovionoids and develop on terrestrial worlds. These are usually cases of parallel evolution.
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- Two Jgd-ll-jagd, a long-lived hydrogen species.
- The Domination, an aggressive, threatening race of hydrogen species.
Jovionoid in Charted space
Jovionoid Lifeforms are still considered rare within Charted Space. There are numerous reports that jovionoids is much more common outside of Charted Space. The relative rarity of Jovian creatures within Charted space is usually assigned to relatively rare requirements to interact. It is thought that a comprehensive program to search for Hydrogen-breathing Jovionoid life would turn up many other such species, and that while many of them would be primitive pre-spacefaring civilizations
Specific Species examples
Charted Space knows only a handful of Jovionoid species:
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Blimps | Sophont | No information yet available. | ||
Calipha | Proto-Sophont | No information yet available. | ||
Domination | Sophont | No information yet available. | ||
Jgd-ll-jagd | Sophont | No information yet available. | ||
Sheol | Sophont & Creature | No information yet available. | ||
Zakai | Creature | No information yet available. |
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)
Jovionoids tend to be prolific species and experience much less competition for worlds than conventional, terrestrial life.
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The following systems, worlds, and gas giants are known places of residence for jovionoid
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See also
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- Canidoid
- Celestoid
- Centauroid
- Cephalopodoid
- Chilopodoid
- Chondrichthoid
- Cnidarianoid
- Cosmoid
- Crustaceanoid
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References & Contributors (Sources)
- Loren Wiseman. Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 17 (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), .
- Jae Campbell. "Library Data: Zeda." Signal-GK 11 (1995): 90-91. via HIWG
- Leighton Piper. "Port of Call: Reshumirak." Signal-GK 13 (1997): 3-5.
- David L. Pulver. "The Sheol." Alien Races 1 (1998): 122-133.
- Steve Jackson, Loren Wiseman. "Jgd-Il-Jagd." Alien Races 4 (2001): 90-94.
- Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 92-94.
- External Link: Downport CARI by Author & Contributor: Paul J. Drye dead link
- Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science