Kolipian

Kolipian
Base Information
Classification	Herbivore
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Walker
Terrain	Underground
Body Form
Confluence	Non-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Alien
Size	1.5 meters
Weight	120 kg
Culture
Languages	Native Language
Social Structure	Anarchy
Technological Epoch	TL:0-3
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Kolipio (Old Expanses 2424)
UWP	X426612-7 Starport X No Starport Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 6 Moderate (3 million) Government 1 Company/Corporation Law 2 Low Law (no energy weapons) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
Primary Star	M1 V
Atmosphere	Very Thin (tainted)
Off-world presence	No
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	The Freedom League 144.
Canon	Yes
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The Kolipians of Kolipio (Old Expanses 2424) are a Minor Non-Human Race with a non-humanoid appearance and technologically primitive sophonts.

Description (Specifications)

Adapted to trace atmospheres (types 1-3) and low gravity, the Kolipians are a tripodal, burrowing tool-using race. They resemble 1.5m tall "walking tree trunks", each of their limbs ending a manipulative three-fingered claw. They have no true head, the torso having a radial set of six 'eyes' about a half-meter above the upper set of limbs. Their 'mouth' is located dorsally atop of their torso, much like the Beree (another tripodal Minor Race found in the trailing-coreward Crucis Margin Sector).

The Kolipians are vegetarians, eating lichens and fungi grown in damp dark caves, and are adapted to the dim light of their M class star or total darkness, using a form of sonar similar to Terran bats for navigation in utter darkness.

The average lifespan of a Kolipian is 70 Terran years.

History & Background (Dossier)

Kolipians have a difficulty due to their physiology in speaking Anglic, but Hive Federation-supplied voders were found to be a useful tool for communicating with these hard working aliens. The Kolipians among themselves have a simple 'sign' language of gestures and 'footsteps', coupled with their tough chitinous chameleon skin ability for 'punctuation'. The Kolipian skill also acts as a defensive mechanism.

The Kolipians were an unusual rediscovery for RCES in 1212, who presumed that they had been destroyed by passing raiders of vampires along the main long ago.

Astrography

This race is primarily located in the following areas:

• Crucis Margin Sector
  • Karse Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Kolipio (Old Expanses 2424)

World Listing

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

1 of 1 World articles in Kolipian

Kolipio  •  

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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.

• Daniel Hammersley. The Freedom League (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 144.