Kursae

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Primary Star

Atmosphere

Off-world presence

Yes

Zoetic individuals

No

Source

Reference

T5 Core Rules 16.

Canon

Yes

Also see

Precursor

The Kursae are an extinct race who settled Charted Space with slow NAFAL generation ships around -200,000.

Variant spelling: "Khursae".

Description (Specifications)

Very little is conclusively known about the Kursae. Some of leading research supports the idea that they were insectoids. Others vehemently disagree.

The Kursae settled a region more than 3,000pc across. It is generally believed that Kursae did this using NAFAL technology. That would make them a major interstellar power, despite the lack of a Jump Drive.

Point of Interest: The Kursae Mystery

Some of the great questions of our age involve the Kursae and many dedicated scientists from the Third Imperium are actively exploring these very mysteries:

How did they manage to colonize such a large sphere without one of the Ancient's heirs interfering?
How did the Kursae devolve so quickly, by astrographic standards, and lose their technology? Why?
What myths and knowledge do the Kursae have about what was once their space?
After losing their technology, why did they not die out as so many other species have?
If they truly colonized Charted Space, where are their remains? Why aren't we knee-deep in artifacts and ruins?

History & Background (Dossier)

From an unidentified homeworld somewhere in now- Charted Space, these sophonts reached out and settled nearly five thousand worlds across half of settled space.

Over the next thousand centuries these many worlds of the Kursae all followed a common path: a downward spiral to a comfortable low technology level where they are today… sharing a common heritage of myths about their past.

Astrography

This race is primarily located in the following areas:
Charted Space (~1500 pc radius):
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Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

Unknown World

World Listing: 1105

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

No world articles for Kursae

References & Contributors (Sources)

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Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 16.
Novel: Traveller 5th Edition Agent of the Imperium
The Galaxiad Public Introduction (Far Future Enterprises)
Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science